Hello everyone and welcome back to our Aiden blog! Sorry the posts are so far and few between, but life is proving to be very busy so it's rare that I even find a minute online that isn't fully consumed with school. To make up for it i'll try to post tons of pictures, because I know that's what ya'll out there want!
Well I guess we'll start with our little baseball kid! Aiden has always been funny when it comes to balls, always chasing after the other kids balls in the room, it's always been the toy he has zeroed in on. But now it's even more fun, he searches for bats to hit his balls then runs around the room after every hit, not to mention that great arm of his! Watch out everyone grandpa may get his wish one day to see this little dude on a pro-team! 
This week we even took Aiden to go see the Isotopes, Albuquerque's own minor league team and I hafta say he did pretty great with his first ball game hotdog, the ice cream oh and of course watching the guys "Hit the balllllllll!". 
This week we even took Aiden to go see the Isotopes, Albuquerque's own minor league team and I hafta say he did pretty great with his first ball game hotdog, the ice cream oh and of course watching the guys "Hit the balllllllll!". 
In March Aiden, grandma and I trecked back to Illinois on a 24 hour train ride to visit family that Aiden had never met. The ride there he did great, it was inspiring enough to warrant a return train ride home. However, pretty much the whole time we were there he had the flu and I must say I have never had a more unvacationy vacation in my life. It was one of those times that really reminded me that yeup I'm a mommy and I'd do anything to trade the pain and discomfort he was in for my own. Funny how those little moments work their way into your life to remind you what a great thing you have. Aiden, of course, was a champ with it, fussy though he was, he stayed on Aunt Debbie's bed without much of a quarrel and once we saw that great smile of his again we knew he was back to normal! And on our last full day there we finally got out of the house, managed one day without rain and headed strait for the zoo! All in all I'm so glad we went and were able to introduce Aiden to his great-aunts, uncles, second cousins and of course Great Grandpa. It was amazing how quickly he took to grandpa, like they've known each other his whole life. His reaction to Uncle Steven was priceless as all he could do was stare, until I finally asked "Does he look like grandpa?" To which I got an enthusiastic "uh-huh." However the one thing I could have totally done without was the drunk people behind us on the train trying to give me parenting advice, but that's a whole other story...
Since we've returned from our trip our normal, hectic life has returned. Easter came and went and still there are plastic eggs all over the place as he loves them! Yet each day Aiden becomes more and more exciting and full of new firsts. He's said several full sentences now, which still is taking us by surprise when he does it. For example, the other morning he asked me "Can I take this?" when we were on our way to grandma's and he wanted his baseball bat to tag along.
Oh and now our big news, for the first time ever yesterday Aiden pee-peed in his poty! Thanks to our tireless group effort in making sure he sits on it and gets rewarded for doing so ( a whole 1 m&m) he finally got his cookie, the ultimate reward for doing his deed! Now just keep your fingers crossed as we hope this is not a one time thing, we're aiming to be done with this by his second birthday! So please send us good potty thoughts! 
Other than that Aiden is his great, normal self, fully of smiles, laughing oh and running of course! Now don't get me wrong we are fully working our way into the two's, with increased tantrums and disagreements, but still more often then not we have a lively, happy kiddo. You can tell he loves that spring is in full bloom and his outside time has really increased. He is also really growing in kindness lately, weather it is to schmooze something outta grandma by saying "please gramma" or by having a meltdown because mama didn't know it wasn't ok to kill an ant she found wandering her kitchen. Or my favorite is telling the woman who sneezes in the grocery store "Blesh you." But today in particular it really struck me how generous he is, always wanting to share as he handed me his slightly jelly covered goldfish and said "for mama" and smiled as he ate his. I can't help it I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful kid. 
So I hope this sufficed for now, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
