Aidan Update

Aidan has been in very good spirits lately, except for this morning, when he had a moment of despair and cried for what seemed like forever; there was no consoling him. Later, Renee discovered some puss oozing from his right ear.

She took Aidan to the after hours clinic and as sure as the sun rises, Aidan was diagnosed with another ear infection (usually he is much more moody when he has ear infections, so this one took us completely by surprise). The infection is in both ears, but the eardrum in the right one has ruptured, thus the puss. The pediatrician prescribed a couple of antibiotics for him and said that his eardrum will heal just fine....

Aidan Update

Reflecting what must be genes from his mother, Aidan has taken to wiping tables, chairs, doors, and basically anything he can reach....

Camping Trip: Inks Lake

We made another camping trip out to Inks Lake State Park (our last trip there was last November). This trip was much more fun, but Inks Lake seems to like to rain on me — and fires always have to be made from wet wood... But we enjoyed ourselves immensely; we went biking, which Aidan seems to love, and we also went hiking around Devil's Waterhole (Aidan would dip his hand into the water and then suck the water off of his hand; very cute). Aidan also cut another tooth today, bringing his teeth total to seven.

On a side note, we were finally able to get a picture of the new car (picture of it on the right), as we promised to get a picture of it about two months ago.

We did do one really stupid thing though.... As we were driving home, we went through a drive-thru to get some food.... and I (Matthew) wacked off one of the bikes going through the drive-thru awning. So, my first dent is out of the way (it's pretty small), but I bent the rim on the back wheel of my bike, and the structure of the bike rack itself has been compromised — probably still usable, but I need to figure out some fixes (I had to tie down the bike to the bike rack for the rest of the trip home with some rope....)

Aidan Update

Aidan is eleven months old.