Aidan's Light

Aidan has learned to sign "light" (his new favorite sign — he'll show it off whenever he can) and is frequently using the sign for "more." Sometimes we just don't know what he wants more of, but he's trying to tell us. The easiest way is for him to point at the object that he wants more of, but sometimes that object is far away, and he can be imprecise about what he's pointing at....

So, to help us even more, he'll say something to go along with his pointing, usually "dip," or "deip." Pretty much everything in the house is now a "dip," although he sounds like he's almost saying "kitty" — although he may be saying "dippy," which may be his own editorial....

A Little Ice to Go With the Snow

So much for 70 degree weather... The temperature has plummeted and we are in the midst of an ice storm, which has effectively shut down all of Austin.

Last night, just before the ice started to fall, Renee was rear-ended. Renee and Aidan are doing well, although a little shaken up.

Return to Austin

Renee's and Aidan's winter adventure is over; they arrive back in Texas to 70 degree weather.

More Snow!

A blizzard sweeps through New Jersey, and to make things a little more dramatic, it seems as though Aidan has come down with a stomach bug. Without getting into to many details, Aidan isn't keeping any food down, and he does have a relatively low fever. At this moment, they are snowbound and trying to dig out from under about 20 inches of snow...

New Jersey Visit

Renee and Aidan left for New Jersey to make a surprise visit for Renee's sister Sandra's birthday. Aidan did very well on the flight to New Jersey (one woman mentioned to Renee that she had some "fear" about having a baby on the flight, but ultimately complimented on how well behaved he was; Renee said that she had several such comments).

And what accompanies such good behavior? Of course! Aidan cut a new tooth (this is sarcasm; cutting new teeth is much more traumatic than this). The tooth that came in is the "e" tooth.

Snow!

We received a call from New Jersey this morning. Apparently they got about 9 inches of snow, something that we don't see too often here in Austin, Texas. However, this morning, we too, have some snow. Not 9 inches worth, and one would even be hard pressed to say it was a dusting... But there was undeniably snow on the roof of the houses and on some of the cars that were kept outside.

Aidan's First Stroll

Matthew was helping Aidan stand by supporting him under his arms. Aidan saw the kitty and started to lean forward to go after her. Matthew kept supporting him as Aidan started to walk after the kitty; after a few steps, Matthew realized that Aidan had a pretty good sense of balance, and let go... Aidan took at least three or four good steps before he realized he was on his own and that crawling might serve him a bit better...

Aidan Update

Aidan is ten months old.

Aidan Update

Aidan may have accidentally taken his fist step. Very recently (today? yesterday?), Aidan has started to stand by himself, but usually only after he has pulled himself up with something near by. The something this time was the bathtub in our master bath. He had grabbed a hold of a rubber ducky that sat on the edge of the tub, and then stood for a second. Then, he moved one of his legs, as though in a walking motion, closer to the tub....

Matthew's knee is doing much, much better. We put his mountain bike on the roof-mounted bike rack on the new car (pictures coming soon) and went off to a local park. There was some pretty difficult terrain, but Matthew was able to navigate it rather well.