Aidan's creative side and more

Here are some more pictures of our little girl. She has been exploring her artistic side with fingerpaints and play dough (homemade, no less!) as well as her scientific side at the Museum of Science and Nature. She's also been exploring her wild side by running through the house naked. And her nurturing side by obsessively feeding the outdoor kitties at least 4 times a day. It is very cute: she puts food in their bowl and then crouches down to look for the kitties under the cars. She also needs to go outside for some bubble blowing action on a regular basis. So much so, she can now say "bubbles!" And she's all about climbing into chairs and reading her books. She's babbling up a storm and learning to copy the rhythm of our words if not the actual letter sounds. She has her 18 month check-up in about a week and a half, but when she stood on the scale the other day, she weighed in at 24.8 pounds. Such a big girl!

A few cute pictures

Just a few pictures to share because they are cute.

Isn't this interesting?

Just for fun, I thought I would compare Aidan to Christianne and myself, as we are always saying how similar Christianne and Aidan are. Look at this:



Maybe 7033 didn't disclose everything on his donor application? :-)

look-o-like meter

This was sort of fun. Wasn't the donor a cute little boy?

upset tummy

Aidan had her first bout of a stomach virus last night. Thankfully, the worst was over after about 4-5 hours. Poor little girl up-chucked everything that went into her. Christianne and I changed her bedding 5 or 6 times, changed her jammies several times, and had a midnight chat with the nurse on-call. Not a pleasant evening. She's much better this morning and we are working up to trying some toast and a little banana, now that water is staying down. Overall, she seems pretty much like herself again. Hooray! Currently, she's climbing up in a chair and now running through the den. Off to chase!

Halloween Pictures!

Aidan said that if the ladybug costume didn't work out, she was going as a stunt person from a movie set. I didn't know that ladybugs could play the piano or drive a truck, but look at this! (P.S. We are so lucky she doesn't just bang on the piano; she actually wants to make sounds and listens to what she is doing.)