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Aidan Dancing

Aidan loves to dance, sometimes he dances so hard that he falls over.  I hope to catch the falling over on video some day, but until then here is a bit of dancing.  There is also a bit of Aidan copying his mom and cleaning the floor.  The camera work is a bit shaky, but then Aidan won’t hold still for more than a second at a time for me to film him.

1 Year MD Appointment

Date: 7/10/2009
Weight: 22lbs 14oz – 52nd percentile
Length: 30.7 inches – 79th percentile
Head Circumference: 19.4 inches – 95th percentile

Aidan continues to grow and learn, he is doing something new every day. He is a strong crawler and is almost able to keep up with Murray. He can walk as long as he has something to hold on to and is starting to stand unassisted for up to ten seconds at a time. That first step still looks to be weeks or months away (thank goodness). He is also trying to assert his independence by yelling when we take toys away, going limp when he wants to get down, and continuing in forbidden activities after we tell him no. He does understand no, but is just as likely to almost touch the trash can to get us to say no (then laugh) as he is to listen and move on to making a mess with something else. He continue to add to his tricks and can wave on command, touch his ear when asked too, climb the stairs (figured that one out on his own), bang two cups together, throw a ball, and intentionally turn the light of the fan on with the remote control. He is starting to be interested in books and has taken an interest in rearranging any furniture that is light enough for him to move.

He came down with a cold a day before our doctor visit, but that did not stop them from giving him his immunizations. Strange that as I look back at the last MD Appointment update Aidan was also sick. He isn’t sick all that often, but for maximum annoyance to his parents he apparently gets sick around the time of his doctor visits. This time around he managed to get both Katherine and I sick as well. He is also starting to resist taking naps as his body moves to only needing one nap a day, in the meantime nap time is a huge struggle.

Hopefully more pictures will be coming soon.

Aidan’s first forward facing drive

We had to turn the car seat around to prevent Aidan’s legs from becoming permanently bowed. The video isn’t action packed, but it is amusing to see how intent he is on taking everything in. Before we turned the seat around he was yelling most of the time in the car because he was so uncomfortable.

Aidan and the Cups

I have still not convinced Aidan to clap, but as you can see he is very good at banging things together. He is also pretending to drink water in the video, this is the first time that I have seen him do that. I grabbed the camcorder to try to get him throwing his ball with both hands, but he wasn’t cooperating on that one. Hopefully I can catch that soon, as well as Aidan helping me to play the guitar.

Aidan’s exciting Hawaii vacation

Here is what Aidan is up to in Oahu.

Aidan and the Corndog

Now that Aidan has three teeth, he is getting better at ripping off pieces of food. We recently had veggie corn dogs and handed one to Aidan on a whim.

Here is what happened.

Aidan and the Corndog from Randy Musgrove on Vimeo.

Note: Just because Aidan can rip off a piece of food doesn’t mean that it gets eaten. He also has fun pushing out pieces of food with his tongue.

Aidan and the Rattle

If you thought banning electronic toys from your house would keep your headaches to a miniumum, think again!

Aidan and the Rattle from Randy Musgrove on Vimeo.