Aaron, I can't believe you are so grown up that you are going into second grade! You're nearly as tall as some 4th graders, as brown as a berry, energetic like a puppy and as smart as an elephant!
You are going to have so much fun this year. Ms. Misley is amazing, she knows you well and is ready to encourage you through the year. Keep on being a great helper, a super star student, a responsible guy who knows how to help. Keep on making great friends and being friendly to everyone. When you get home each day I'll try to have a huge snack ready for my HUGE SNACKS guy. Go have great adventures and I'll see you at home!
-Mom
August 29, 2014
September 13, 2010
Mommy Time
The older two kids have begun the school year in public school. Now AJ and Mommy have time just for them every morning! Today we played playdough on the kitchen floor. He asked to go to the grocery store and was a great helper picking out plums and apples. He has a lot of fun but he is very excited when Nina comes home at lunch time!
August 12, 2010
funny things AJ says
"I do it all my byself"
"mom, can you care for me?" "care-for" means "carry"
"Can you care for me in the kitchen?"
Me: AJ can I have a turn?
AJ: Ummmmm, 2 minutes!
"mom, can you care for me?" "care-for" means "carry"
"Can you care for me in the kitchen?"
Me: AJ can I have a turn?
AJ: Ummmmm, 2 minutes!
March 8, 2010
33 months
I can't believe its been this long, but AJ will be turning 3 in a very short 3 months!
Weight: about 35 pounds
Height: average
Potty Training: still in diapers
Verbal skills: average to better than average! He enunciates a lot of things really well!
AJ learned all the letters in the alphabet by watching the older kids play Starfall games every night before bed. A little over a year ago I realized how good he was and quizzed him while in the bath tub. I now have video proof that he knew every letter before he was 2, and they were way out of order! Amazing!
AJ adores his older siblings but currently he is pretty tight with Nina. AJ and Will share a room and a bunk bed (twin over full, AJ on the full size) and AJ also still takes a nap every day that we're home.
His favorite foods are: cold hot dogs, corn dogs, plain cheeseburgers, apples, rice, macaroni & cheese, broccoli and frozen peas in ramen noodles.
He is a great little traveller and can make the drive across the state with only a small nap. He has had 3 different occasions in the last 6 months to be without me - only Daddy or at Grandma & Grandpa's for a week or more, and each time he has done great. He has always been with the older kids and I know that makes a big difference.
He looks so much like Will at the same age I get their names mixed up a lot! And AJ is wearing many of Will's old clothes to add to the visual mix up...
AJ enjoys going potty on the toilet before bath & often at the gym (very cool tiny toilets in the child care area) so I thought I would try a pull-up. But he didn't like the design on the front and specifically asked me for his Zebra Diapers. He is a bit picky about what he wears, he prefers blue & green and of course it must be soft. He is very much in the thick of "I do it myself!!"
He is riding Will's old bicycle with training wheels and doing amazingly well! He needed a new helmet right away though - how come both boys have such wide round heads so young?? He's wearing one rated for 5 years on up right now... He loves being able to "keep up" with the big kids when they ride down the street now. Yes, he can pedal! But he can't brake.
His favorite shows: Yo Gabba Gabba (I hate it), Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Veggie Tales (if its new), Word World (PBS) and Dinosaur Train (more PBS).
AJ's bedtime is 8 pm if he has a nap, 6:30 or 7 on days he has no nap.
Weight: about 35 pounds
Height: average
Potty Training: still in diapers
Verbal skills: average to better than average! He enunciates a lot of things really well!
AJ learned all the letters in the alphabet by watching the older kids play Starfall games every night before bed. A little over a year ago I realized how good he was and quizzed him while in the bath tub. I now have video proof that he knew every letter before he was 2, and they were way out of order! Amazing!
AJ adores his older siblings but currently he is pretty tight with Nina. AJ and Will share a room and a bunk bed (twin over full, AJ on the full size) and AJ also still takes a nap every day that we're home.
His favorite foods are: cold hot dogs, corn dogs, plain cheeseburgers, apples, rice, macaroni & cheese, broccoli and frozen peas in ramen noodles.
He is a great little traveller and can make the drive across the state with only a small nap. He has had 3 different occasions in the last 6 months to be without me - only Daddy or at Grandma & Grandpa's for a week or more, and each time he has done great. He has always been with the older kids and I know that makes a big difference.
He looks so much like Will at the same age I get their names mixed up a lot! And AJ is wearing many of Will's old clothes to add to the visual mix up...
AJ enjoys going potty on the toilet before bath & often at the gym (very cool tiny toilets in the child care area) so I thought I would try a pull-up. But he didn't like the design on the front and specifically asked me for his Zebra Diapers. He is a bit picky about what he wears, he prefers blue & green and of course it must be soft. He is very much in the thick of "I do it myself!!"
He is riding Will's old bicycle with training wheels and doing amazingly well! He needed a new helmet right away though - how come both boys have such wide round heads so young?? He's wearing one rated for 5 years on up right now... He loves being able to "keep up" with the big kids when they ride down the street now. Yes, he can pedal! But he can't brake.
His favorite shows: Yo Gabba Gabba (I hate it), Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Veggie Tales (if its new), Word World (PBS) and Dinosaur Train (more PBS).
AJ's bedtime is 8 pm if he has a nap, 6:30 or 7 on days he has no nap.
August 23, 2008
Summer 08
Time for another update!
AJ now has 8 teeth! He has the same 4 across the top, 2 on the bottom, but recently added 2 molars on the top jaw.
He is walking, running and climbing so well that we are nearly ready to take down the safety gate at the stairs. I've been sitting with him on the way down for over a week now and he does very well. Several times he has gone about 4 stairs before I even noticed!
AJ's personality is just so different from the other two. Not to say that the older ones are a lot alike, but I am enjoying something I'm not used to. He is very lovable, clingy and huggy. He will go off to poop, then come and find me to give me a hug - essentially saying "here I am, don't I smell great?"
He is sharing a room with Will and that works most of the time. His crying definitely bothers Will a lot, and Will will come and get me if I don't come "soon enough." AJ has attached himself to a little fleece frog lovie and Daddy recently gave him a little brown bear. He doesn't NEED them to fall asleep, but he does prefer their presence!
AJ is getting the hang of our new church nursery. Several times in a row he cried and cried, finally calming down with one of their lime green receiving blankets - the same color as his frog. So I brought the frog the next week, but wouldn't you know it, he wanted that blanket instead! The last two weeks he is already doing better and recognizing the same workers. I think it helps to have Nina in the same room - she is never by herself anyway!
AJ is weighing approximately 21-22 pounds, depending on the day! He had a bout of the stomach flu in July that lasted 72 hours. 72 hours of throwing up nearly all the time; sometimes hours of vomiting every 10-15 minutes.
*In case someone else needs this trick, this helped us: we treated him with giving only 1 tsp of liquid every 15 minutes. If he kept it down then he got another. If he threw up, he got a little less the next time. If he could keep down 4 tsp in a row, the next liquid was 2 tsp. We alternated water & gatorade/pedialyte to help him stay hydrated and also replenish the electrolytes.
He lost several pounds those few days and was a bony 19 pounds at the end. I could see his ribs and spine on his back. It didn't take long for him to regain back over 20 pounds and see the fat and muscle return to his back. I think he was probably over 22 pounds when the flu started, about 21.5 pounds now. He has never been a chunky or fat baby, he has always been very muscular and lean. The way he runs and climbs it's no wonder!
AJ now has 8 teeth! He has the same 4 across the top, 2 on the bottom, but recently added 2 molars on the top jaw.
He is walking, running and climbing so well that we are nearly ready to take down the safety gate at the stairs. I've been sitting with him on the way down for over a week now and he does very well. Several times he has gone about 4 stairs before I even noticed!
AJ's personality is just so different from the other two. Not to say that the older ones are a lot alike, but I am enjoying something I'm not used to. He is very lovable, clingy and huggy. He will go off to poop, then come and find me to give me a hug - essentially saying "here I am, don't I smell great?"
He is sharing a room with Will and that works most of the time. His crying definitely bothers Will a lot, and Will will come and get me if I don't come "soon enough." AJ has attached himself to a little fleece frog lovie and Daddy recently gave him a little brown bear. He doesn't NEED them to fall asleep, but he does prefer their presence!
AJ is getting the hang of our new church nursery. Several times in a row he cried and cried, finally calming down with one of their lime green receiving blankets - the same color as his frog. So I brought the frog the next week, but wouldn't you know it, he wanted that blanket instead! The last two weeks he is already doing better and recognizing the same workers. I think it helps to have Nina in the same room - she is never by herself anyway!
AJ is weighing approximately 21-22 pounds, depending on the day! He had a bout of the stomach flu in July that lasted 72 hours. 72 hours of throwing up nearly all the time; sometimes hours of vomiting every 10-15 minutes.
*In case someone else needs this trick, this helped us: we treated him with giving only 1 tsp of liquid every 15 minutes. If he kept it down then he got another. If he threw up, he got a little less the next time. If he could keep down 4 tsp in a row, the next liquid was 2 tsp. We alternated water & gatorade/pedialyte to help him stay hydrated and also replenish the electrolytes.
He lost several pounds those few days and was a bony 19 pounds at the end. I could see his ribs and spine on his back. It didn't take long for him to regain back over 20 pounds and see the fat and muscle return to his back. I think he was probably over 22 pounds when the flu started, about 21.5 pounds now. He has never been a chunky or fat baby, he has always been very muscular and lean. The way he runs and climbs it's no wonder!
June 17, 2008
12 month info
Wow I'm really not doing very well at blogging this year!
Aaron just had his 12 month check up on Monday and here's his info:
Height: 30" - 30th percentile
Weight: 20 lbs, 6 oz, 20th percentile
Head Circ - still big but normal for his growth curve
Apparently I forgot his 9 month appointment so there was an extra vaccination he needed, which made it 5 total!
Still 6 teeth, has been since early April. I had a dream that he got molars before any eye teeth (which would be great!) but I didn't find anything and the doctor didn't either.
AJ has been walking since mid-March but doesn't run yet. He recently discovered that he can climb a lot of things besides stairs. He can climb our coffee table (has a lower ledge to it), the kid-sized red chair, the ottoman and almost onto a couch. He likes to climb onto the car & train table and then yell because he can't get down. He can get down from a stair or two by standing, sitting and then standing up on the next lower level.
His hair is coming very very slowly! Will needed a haircut soon after turning 1, AJ only has a few long hairs total. But it is all there and thickens all the time. I'm still not sure what color it is. I'm guessing a dirty blonde, light brown. When he's in the sun it definitely has a warm, red tint to it.
AJ learned to say "uh oh" about a week ago. He's not very consistent with it lately but for a few days he said it a lot. He also said "hot" in reference to my parent's fireplace that was going at the time. He has TONS of consonants that he babbles with: m, n, d, b, p, g, h, and probably a few more. He understands to "gimme five" and he makes up his own signs but won't use mine. When he wants something he opens and clenches his fist, similar to the sign for milk. It is most often directed at a toy but sometimes food. When he's ready to go he waves. It appears that he's saying goodbye, but he's not, he's directing his sign to me! The doctor was a little concerned and said if he's not saying at least "mama" by 15 months he wants to check his hearing. Whatever. He's fine. He talks a lot more in quiet situations or when the older kids aren't around. Honestly, how often is that going to happen? The poor guy just can't get a word in edgewise around here sometimes!
He is still nursing a little. Just at morning wake up and then one other time during the day. Sometimes it's after morning nap, sometimes after his afternoon nap. But if he doesn't get his mommy time he can be a real crank by dinner. I'm not sure how much longer this will go on. I'm ready to finish but he does enjoy it so much.
Aaron just had his 12 month check up on Monday and here's his info:
Height: 30" - 30th percentile
Weight: 20 lbs, 6 oz, 20th percentile
Head Circ - still big but normal for his growth curve
Apparently I forgot his 9 month appointment so there was an extra vaccination he needed, which made it 5 total!
Still 6 teeth, has been since early April. I had a dream that he got molars before any eye teeth (which would be great!) but I didn't find anything and the doctor didn't either.
AJ has been walking since mid-March but doesn't run yet. He recently discovered that he can climb a lot of things besides stairs. He can climb our coffee table (has a lower ledge to it), the kid-sized red chair, the ottoman and almost onto a couch. He likes to climb onto the car & train table and then yell because he can't get down. He can get down from a stair or two by standing, sitting and then standing up on the next lower level.
His hair is coming very very slowly! Will needed a haircut soon after turning 1, AJ only has a few long hairs total. But it is all there and thickens all the time. I'm still not sure what color it is. I'm guessing a dirty blonde, light brown. When he's in the sun it definitely has a warm, red tint to it.
AJ learned to say "uh oh" about a week ago. He's not very consistent with it lately but for a few days he said it a lot. He also said "hot" in reference to my parent's fireplace that was going at the time. He has TONS of consonants that he babbles with: m, n, d, b, p, g, h, and probably a few more. He understands to "gimme five" and he makes up his own signs but won't use mine. When he wants something he opens and clenches his fist, similar to the sign for milk. It is most often directed at a toy but sometimes food. When he's ready to go he waves. It appears that he's saying goodbye, but he's not, he's directing his sign to me! The doctor was a little concerned and said if he's not saying at least "mama" by 15 months he wants to check his hearing. Whatever. He's fine. He talks a lot more in quiet situations or when the older kids aren't around. Honestly, how often is that going to happen? The poor guy just can't get a word in edgewise around here sometimes!
He is still nursing a little. Just at morning wake up and then one other time during the day. Sometimes it's after morning nap, sometimes after his afternoon nap. But if he doesn't get his mommy time he can be a real crank by dinner. I'm not sure how much longer this will go on. I'm ready to finish but he does enjoy it so much.
March 22, 2008
Catching UP again!
Now that he's 9 months old and I have neglected this blog for months & months let me back track a little.
First - AJ walks!! His steps are tentative but he has moved on from cruising along the furniture, then cautiously letting go of the couch, step, then to the chair. Last weekend he took6 steps alone from me to the vacuum. He has even stood next to the wall & then started walking into an open room with nothing to hold onto within several feet.
Second - he has 4 teeth. They all erupted between Dec 30th and the end of January. Nothing since then.
Third - He has finally figured out a sippy cup. It's taken multiple brands and some bottles for him to learn how to get liquid out, but it finally happened! Now I can leave him with a babysitter or in church nursery without worrying about him being thirsty.
Fourth - his personality is coming out. He is still more mellow than Will but he is certainly showing some indignation, some independence, some frustration and of course lots of love. He adores David and Will. Nina and I are okay companions too. Nina gives kisses every chance she gets (still.) Mommy is the source of food and comfort so I'm definitely a favorite. But Daddy & Will - wow. They are the best toys ever!!
Fifth - he had his 6 month well-baby check up in early January, I have to dig up his stats.
Height: 26"- 80th percentile
Weight: 16 lbs - 50th percentile
Head Circ: 16.75" - 50th+ percentile
Everything is growing steadily and in proportion! He was in the office for lung sounds a few weeks ago & he was over 18 lbs. If he's like the older kids, he'll hover around 20 lbs because he'll walk & stop nursing sometime before 12 mo.
Nursing - he continues to nurse 3-4x during the day, 1-2x at night. I didn't want to cut out night sessions because he wasn't really taking to solids. But I actually got something I had hoped for: a child that skips the pureed baby food and goes straight to table food. AJ doesn't like to be fed with a spoon. Put a glob of applesauce straight on his tray and he's good to go! He also likes rice cakes, Gerber Puffs, baby raviolis, cold noodles and most anything I'm making for dinner, especially chicken.
Just discovered the link from xanga to this page is broken so I'll fix that later today and I will post pictures later today as well.
First - AJ walks!! His steps are tentative but he has moved on from cruising along the furniture, then cautiously letting go of the couch, step, then to the chair. Last weekend he took6 steps alone from me to the vacuum. He has even stood next to the wall & then started walking into an open room with nothing to hold onto within several feet.
Second - he has 4 teeth. They all erupted between Dec 30th and the end of January. Nothing since then.
Third - He has finally figured out a sippy cup. It's taken multiple brands and some bottles for him to learn how to get liquid out, but it finally happened! Now I can leave him with a babysitter or in church nursery without worrying about him being thirsty.
Fourth - his personality is coming out. He is still more mellow than Will but he is certainly showing some indignation, some independence, some frustration and of course lots of love. He adores David and Will. Nina and I are okay companions too. Nina gives kisses every chance she gets (still.) Mommy is the source of food and comfort so I'm definitely a favorite. But Daddy & Will - wow. They are the best toys ever!!
Fifth - he had his 6 month well-baby check up in early January, I have to dig up his stats.
Height: 26"- 80th percentile
Weight: 16 lbs - 50th percentile
Head Circ: 16.75" - 50th+ percentile
Everything is growing steadily and in proportion! He was in the office for lung sounds a few weeks ago & he was over 18 lbs. If he's like the older kids, he'll hover around 20 lbs because he'll walk & stop nursing sometime before 12 mo.
Nursing - he continues to nurse 3-4x during the day, 1-2x at night. I didn't want to cut out night sessions because he wasn't really taking to solids. But I actually got something I had hoped for: a child that skips the pureed baby food and goes straight to table food. AJ doesn't like to be fed with a spoon. Put a glob of applesauce straight on his tray and he's good to go! He also likes rice cakes, Gerber Puffs, baby raviolis, cold noodles and most anything I'm making for dinner, especially chicken.
Just discovered the link from xanga to this page is broken so I'll fix that later today and I will post pictures later today as well.
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