Free at Last

Naptime and bedtime have become quite the fight with Aidan lately. There is a lot of avoiding (Aidan runs around the house laughing madly and trying to hide) and crying (once we pick him up and drag him to his room). He usually spends awhile crying and/or playing after we leave him in his room to sleep. Yesterday at naptime he spent quite a bit of time talking and playing after his door was shut. I started to hear the doorknob jiggling. Aidan hasn't been able to open the doors at our house before because a) he is too short to get a good hold on them and b) they are round so even when he can get ahold of them it's very difficult for him to turn them. No more, though! I went upstairs to sit by his door for a few minutes and heard the doorknob jiggle again. After a few minutes of intense work, Aidan was free! He opened the door slowly and gave me a giant grin when he saw me sitting there. We made a quick trip to Target that night and got some safety doorknobs, though, so his prison is once again escape-proof. He was not happy about this development when I put him to bed. He tried the door once when I was getting him ready and was quite angry to discover he can no longer turn the knob.

It's About Time...

After many months I have finally decided to update the blog. We have been having lots of fun with Aidan and Calder. Calder arrived on May 18th and was 6 pounds, 10 ounces. We took a walk around the neighborhood the night before he was born and apparently I overdid it because when we got home I began having contractions. It was convenient though because when we left Aidan was asleep in bed and grandpa was able to come over and spend the night with him while Bones and I went to the hospital.






Calder has been a pretty good baby although it is a lot more work taking care of two kids instead of just one. Aidan likes Calder most of the time, as long as Calder does not try to use any of Aidan's precious blankets and doesn't interfere with Aidan's playtime with his daddy. Aidan likes to give the baby kisses and bring him his own blankets so he will stay away from Aidan's blankets.


We blessed Calder a couple of weeks ago and although he cried A LOT that day, at least he managed to stay quiet through the blessing.

To get out of the house this weekend we took a quick trip up to Logan. Aidan loved playing at the park with daddy and Calder enjoyed some quality time outside too (although you can't tell since he cried in the only picture we took of him!).