Walking with Mama and Dada

We took Aidan out for some pizza today. Upon our arrival, we asked him if he wanted to walk and he indicated that he did. From the car all the way to the doors of the restaurant, Aidan was saying, "wok, wok, wok."

After we were seated, we were asking Aidan to sign some words for us (he seems to like to be quizzed), and while signing "daddy," he clearly said "DA-da." We asked him to then sign "mommy," which was accompanied with him saying, "ma-MA."

He then got into a nice rythm and started yelling, quite loudly, "da-DA! DA-DA! da-DA!" and "MOMOMOMOMOMA!"

As loud (and embarassing) as this was, we were still quite proud....

Something new everyday

Aidan got a postcard today from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jackie. Since it was addressed to Aidan specifically, we read it to him and then let him play with it. The picture of the card was of Zion National Park, and Aidan kept pointing at it, and then started signing something. At first I thought he was signing "hot," which is done by putting your hand near your mouth and then pulling it away, as though you are pulling something hot out of your mouth.

Well, the picture sort of looked like the weather at Zion Nation Park could be hot, so I thought that's what he was signing. But as I looked closer, I realized that he was signing something else....

Grandma
and Grandpa

He has also been recently signing:
doll
wait
uncle

Signing update

Aidan can now sign:

Yes
Want
No
hungry
thirsty
friend
play

From the Mouth of Babes...

Total number of words: 10
B
ball; bubbles; bump; bye-bye

D
dog

G
go

H
hi; hop

N
no

P
pickle; pop

S
stop

W
water

Camping Trip

We went camping this weekend and had a great time. Sam, a four-year-old from the campsite near ours befriended us and spent some time at our site telling us about his various injuries and boo-boos. He also played very well with Aidan, especially when they were playing catch....

Aidan also had his first experience in a canoe. He seemed to enjoy it, although he fell asleep about 10 minutes into our water journey.