July was action packed!

A couple weeks ago I bought Aiden a potty thinking it would be good idea to get a head start on potty training. But, we have been so busy and out and about, that I ended up putting it in the linen closet. Today, when I went to grab a towel before bath time, I pulled the potty out and thought maybe I should set it out so he could get used to seeing it. A few hours later, I heard Aiden in the bathroom and thought for sure that when I looked in he would be doing the usual, pretending to blow his nose with the toilet paper and throwing it in the toilet before flushing it. Instead, I found him sitting on his potty...pushing. Yep, he went #2 in his diaper, but he was sitting on his potty. It's official, my son is a genius. He is potty training himself! After I realized that he actually knew what he was doing, I helped him out if his diaper and let him finish like a Big Boy. It's so crazy that just a few months ago, he was just learning to walk. Now he is starting to talk, he is running, kicking and throwing balls... and he is starting to use the potty! I'm so proud :)

On the 4th of July, Aiden got to go swimming, which he loved and he got to eat corn on the cob for the first time. The next day, we took advantage of the gorgeous SF weather and took Britt out to Rainforest Cafe and then walked around Pier 39. Aiden could not get enough of the fish and the "quack quacks"--that is what he calls anything with a beak and wings.

We actually had some sunny and hot weather in Pacifica which is very rare in July, so we took advantage of it and headed to the beach every day we could. We also went with Bri, Grandma and Grandpa to Santa Cruz to check out the Boardwalk. Aiden was so scared of the cave train ride!

He likes to sit and eat like a big boy now. He is super independent and doesn't want help from mama or anyone else.

Aiden grabbed Auntie Bri's phone but didn't know that he was taking pictures of himself until he looked down and saw himself on the screen. He started laughing and then captured the last photo of himself cheesin.

 He loves to climb on my back and wrestle with me. He will squeeze my neck really tight and kiss me...mmmmmmwwwa!

See the photo of Aiden with the green ball? He won that ball in one of those claw games all by himself!

Our little family getaway! We went to South Shore Tahoe for 3 nights. Aiden LOVED it and so did we. Lots of swimming, sun, and hiking. It was so beautiful there.

Aiden got to meet his cousins from Mexico and we took some fam photos at my mom's house after we got back from Tahoe! Aiden is learning so much so fast. He says waffle, no no no,  and good girl (when he sees Ruthie). He is communicating, interacting, and playing so much more now and he just lights up our lives.

Aiden, We love you so much! Next month you will be 18 months...time is flying.

This is such a huge post of photos since we were so busy this month so I won't add videos...but there are some good ones: Click here to watch

Summertime and the livin's easy...

June 1-3: We kicked off June in Disneyland! We needed a little family get-away and it was awesome. He LOVED the pool and was working on his skills with the ladies. We couldn't keep him away from the water or the girls!

Inside the park: He didn't like the characters up close, but he loved the rides. He was in awe and loved the parade. He would say "Quack Quack" when he saw Donald Duck and "Rrraww!" when he saw Simba. The only thing he wanted was a giant balloon, so of course, Martin had to chase down the balloon man to get one for him.

16 months and I can barely keep up with Aiden's development. He is such a happy boy. He spends most the day laughing, eating, and running around playing with his toys (mostly practicing his soccer skills and yelling GOAL!). He is fearless and is climbing and jumping off things now. He is helpful and wants to do whatever I do, so he has been wiping up some of his messes. But my favorite thing is he has grown into a little love bug. He is super affectionate, always giving kisses and saying, "MMMMWA!" He waves to everyone and grabs their hands to take them to play. I love how outgoing and social you are-- I hope you never outgrow that.


Growing Vocabulary- Added to: car, bath, duck, quack, woof, dog, meow meow, go, sit, car, fish, mama, dada, shoes, roar (when we ask him what a lion or oso says--its so cute, my favorite thing he does).

Ball
Toodles (the character from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
GOAL! (he runs around kicking his balls into everything and yells "GOAL!")
SSSS (when we ask him what a snake says)
BaBa (for his bottle)
Uh-Oh
AhAhAhAh (Monkey sounds!)
This
Ooooh (whenever he sees something cool, like the ocean)
Wow!
Cracker (he is addicted to Whole Wheat Ritz Crackers)
One...Two...Treee
Onta? (Donde Esta?...where is it?)

We rented a row boat at Loch Lomand. Of course, Aiden wanted to swim, but they don't allow it, so I had to hold him over the side of the boat so he could kick and splash in the water.