No Fear...

Ayden's new thing tonight was to go down the slide head first.... need I say more. :) Although I am surprised he hasn't done this sooner being a boy.

No, no, no....

Sorry we haven't updated the blog recently... we haven't had too much to report. He is really getting to be a big boy! I say that every time I post, but it's hard to believe this former 26 weeker is doing so much so fast! He now recognizes his letter and numbers. He can't say them all, but he will sign all his letters and numbers. So his favorite book went from being Hand, Hand, fingers, thumb to the ABC book, both by Dr Seuss. :~)

With all of his new speech since the trach came out, he has now learned the word no. We have refused to teach him the word and asked the speech therapist to not teach it to him. So at almost 3, he has learned the word. Surprisingly he doesn't use it against us very much. Every now and then he will tell us no, but usually he uses it to tattle on himself. So when he does things that he shouldn't, we hear a "no, no, no".... but of course, like 2 or 3 year old, he still does what he knows he shouldn't do. :~)

In case you hadn't hear, we have had unseasonably warm weather here with highs in the 60s and low 70s, so he has really enjoyed getting out and playing on the playground.

Cohorts in crime....

With a title like that, some of you might be thinking what could a 2 year old possibly do to get a blog of his titled "cohorts in crime". I am sure your first thought would be Ayden and his dad, but it wasn't (sorry to disappoint you Tim and Sue)... he wasn't even home (dad that is). Then it goes to the dogs, so those of you who know our dogs probably are thinking Irish... well, you are wrong again. (O-fer... not good) So yes, all that is left is Ayden and Dakotah (and a mom w/ a camera). Well, with all these gifts a certain someone ordered from Amazon (you know who you are Stangler family) that comes in individual boxes, there also comes about 10 feet of brown packing paper as a filler. Which the boxes are fun for a 2 year old, but you add in paper that crunches REALLY loud when you stomp and bang on it, makes for a good time in 2 year old land. On top of that, you share it w/ a kid who likes to shred the junk mail along a 10 year old "puppy" lab, who in her younger years used to enjoy shredding kleenex and paper towels from the garbage, here is what your living room could be decorated with...

(Dakota is also laying on a lot of the shreds)

She can shred a lot faster than I can.

Tug of war can be loads of fun, except an additional 50lbs wins every time!

Let us know when you want us to visit your house too... it's pretty cheap entertainment and you will find the brown paper for months to come! :~)

Happy Holidays!!