Entering into the "toddler" phase

Ayden James is now a toddler! A TODDLER! I'm coming to terms with it, but I will never stop saying how crazy fast time goes. Blink. Another year, come and gone! Literally, that fast!

Whew, okay enough of that.

Cute little fact: "toddler" in the dictionary, is "one who toddles".. and we are finding this to be very true these days! Ayden enjoys cruising around the furniture now more than crawling, he will even stand straight up without holding onto anything! He just hasn't figured out that he doesn't have to go back to his knees to move around. Soon, though. I don't doubt it! We've actually joked that he's going to skip walking and go straight to running- which wouldn't surprise me a bit with the amount of energy he has! :)

His vocabulary is ever-widening. "WOP, dap, da, mmma, and up" are the words you will hear him say most. Wop is his newest, and most favorite. (I will do my best to post a video soon of how he says it because it's just too cute!) He just roams around the house saying, "Wop DA wop wop wop" all day long! I've never heard/seen anything cuter!

We're working on animal sounds & letter sounds with him, and he's catching on rather quickly! His eyes light up when you do one of his favorites- cow "mmm "M" mooooo" smile smile smile, rip the toy cow out of my hand and examine every inch of it! Then sometimes you'll hear him say, "Mmmma!" He tries so hard!! I love helping him learn these things! His world is opening up a little more every day.

Ayden's hair is getting so long, and I.LOVE.IT! He has 2 absolutely perfect symmetrical curls on the sides of his head. It adds such character to him! My husband has said once or twice that he needs a good haircut, but I'm starting to notice that he's falling more and more in love with the length/curls too. Which is a good thing, because a haircut wasn't going to happen. ;)

He eats. And he eats a LOT. On top of nursing every 3 hours (and at least once in the middle of the night), he eats 3 full meals, and 1 snack. And I wonder why our grocery bill is so much?!! This boy eats more than we do! Well, more than daddy. But, I have to keep up with Ayden- that's my excuse! He does have a "picky palate" if you will. He won't touch most red meat, and if his chicken isn't perfectly tender- forget it! Fruits & veggies are always a go. He recently decided okra (raw) was a delicious snack! Me too. So needless to say, he's getting PLENTY of nutrition.. one way or another.

That's all for now, just thought a little Ayden update would be an appropriate way to start the week!