Teeth!

Babes got his front teeth in, and now the teeth on either side of that are budding, too! This makes a total of 6... anybody else wonder if he'll have a full set before he turns 1?

When Aidan Grows Up....

It's official. I know what Aidan will be when he grows up.

When he's 8, he will be the boy on the playground that chases all of the girls.
When he's 18, he will be the young track star, like his dad.
When he's 28, he will be the town's ambulance chaser.

And how do I know all this? Because my kid's a chaser!

If I leave him in the bedroom and run to do something in the bathroom, it takes about 30 seconds before he's in the bathroom with me.

When I sweep or mop, I have to put him in his swing or he will chase the broom or mop.

When I vacuum, I regularly have to move him out of the way because he follows me around.

When I do laundry, he crawls back and forth from the laundry room to the living room as I unload the clothes and fold them.

When I do an exercise video at home, I have to be constantly moving around the living room because he comes after me, determined to untie my shoelaces!

And when I play with him, one of his favorite games ever is to chase me across the room.

It's official, folks - I have a chaser!

I've Got a Feeling...

You know that song by the Black Eyed Peas?



(The real video is not appropriate, so here's a spoof version about those people that are obsessed with changing their profile pictures.) Anyway, if you change the word "night" to "day," you have the line that's been running through my head all morning.

It could have something to do with the fact that my whole house is clean, scrubbed, dusted, vacuumed, and polished, plus all the laundry is washed, folded, and put away, and the menu and grocery list are all made. All of that at THE SAME TIME!!! (Which never happens around here. And if it happens regularly at your house, keep it to yourself so we can stay friends. :)

Who knows? But I think today really might be a good good day!

Longer Out Than In

Today marks the day that Aidan has been out in the world longer than he was in. (It doesn't possibly seem like I was pregnant for as long as Aidan has been born, but I guess I must have been!)

Welcome to the world, beautiful baby boy! We're so glad you're here!

Growing Up

Our days of freedom are officially over: Aidan learned how to crawl! At first it was just a lot of rocking back and forth like this first video...

which eventually turned into the push-up/inchworm thing he's got going here...

but he eventually figured out that he can actually make himself get the thing he wants!

He also cut one of his front teeth this morning, although it's still too small to get a picture of. Sigh. My baby's all grown up and saving China! (10 points)

The Last Decade

Well okay, I really am 30 today... This "milestone" birthday got me thinking about what I've spent the last 10 years doing. I'm sure this might hold true for many people, but my twenties sure were full of life changes! Over the last 10 years I:

• Finally decided on a major
• Finished my bachelor's degree at BYU
• Bought my first car
• Started my teaching career
• Started my master's degree through SUU
• Changed jobs to start teaching in a second school
• Went through the temple, eventually becoming a temple worker
• Finished my master's degree
• Lived in 3 different college apartments with 15 different roommates
• Started dating the man I eventually married
• Lost my father to cancer
• Married my sweetheart
• Moved from Utah to Iowa (moving into a 4th apartment with a 16th roommate :)
• Started teaching at a different school (again!)
• Also started teaching at Sylvan
• Became the Young Women's President
• Got pregnant
• Had a baby
• Stopped working to stay home with my son
• Lost my childhood home (my mom had to sell it)

Whew! Quite the list! I'm so grateful for all the wonderful life experiences I've been able to have so far! While I'm sure that the next decade probably won't be quite as eventful as the last, I do hope that my thirties bring some of the following:

• My husband finishing his degree
• Being able to move somewhere different
• Buying our own home
• Having more kid(s) - no, this is NOT an announcement! :)

Whatever life brings, I'm so happy I'm still here! Here's to the next 30 years being as wonderful as the last 30!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all had a great day with friends, spouses, and loved ones. If was back in elementary school with you, I would have given you a valentine card! And not just any one, either - I would have dug through the box to choose the very best one, just for you!