Peanut Butter Jelly Time

This is Christy! I'm checking in with videos taken during my visit with the boy. He's running around and playing up a storm. Dominic and I bought him an Elmo Live doll for his 1st birthday. He loves Elmo and it's sweet to see him bend over and give Elmo kisses... and try to pull out his eyes. Jaden also shows affection on his terms - kind of like a cat. It's cute though when he decides to give you a hug or a kiss because it's always when you least expect it. I will say that he is a mama's boy. When he pitches a fit he will pull on Cheryl's legs and fall to the floor all dramatically if she doesn't pick him up right away. It's cute, but I guess I think that because I'm not here every day. In any event, keep checking in to Picasa because Cheryl has been adding some photos that we have taken throughout our weekend.

Head Knot

Jaden and I were at the park with his friends after daycare and when he was walking towards me he tripped and hit his forehead on the metal bench that I was sitting on.  It didn't sound like he hit it too hard but when I picked him up he had an instant knot on his forehead.  He was upset but not as much as one would expect - especially since it doubled in size in about 5 seconds.  It looked painful and frightening.   Maddox's dad Dominick ran home and got an ice pack for it which helped slightly but after about a minute he insisted on continuing to play.  Tonight it turned a bit more grayish blue but the swelling has gone down a bit.  Tough guy!  I took a picture but it didn't come out so well.  

Tonight, Jaden raided our pantry - he's been handing us things lately and saying his equivalent of "thank you."  He handed me a bunch of stuff - a reusable grocery bag, a huge multipack of chips, plastic bags and even Mike's shoes (both of them).  He then conveniently stored one of his shoes in the pantry and tried to close the door before he got himself stuck.  What a clown.

Look on Picasa for more pics!

Sick Day #2

I left work early today to pick up Jaden from daycare - he was still feeling under the weather and needed to be coddled.  Today was perhaps the worst day for Jaden in the crankiness department - he had an all-out temper tantrum after he woke up from his nap and flailed on the ground like a fish, screaming for about 10 minutes.   He repeated that tantrum during and after his nightly shower until I stuck a bottle in him.  Quite a challenge today, I must say...

Today is Jaden's 11 month Birthday!  Countdown begins for the big "One."   I'm eyeing this venue for his Birthday party.  Forgot to mention about Jaden's haircut in the previous post; we cut it on Saturday with electric clippers.  It was starting to look like a mullet so we had to do something about it and it was too fine to effectively cut with scissors.  And yes - I kept the clippings!

Sick Boy

Jaden's had a fever for a full day but luckily just broke it this morning.   We don't know if he's actually sick or teething...even after his fever broke he's be gnawing on his hands.  We shall see...

Here's a video of him last night displaying his funny antics.  Enjoy!

Hide and Seek

Enjoy!  

Dancing Fool

He sure loves the Ramones!!

New Videos

Here's Jaden in his new sandals I got him yesterday; he insisted on walking out of Nordstrom with them on and when I offered him a hand he pushed me away.  He then proceeded to walk out of the mall, proudly breaking in his new shoes!   When we were in the car, he admired his shoes the whole way home.

New Videos

Trying out the New Shoes

Here are some pictures of Jaden at a friend's birthday party earlier today; he was trying out his shoes and he eventually got the hang of it!