Highlights of October 26-28, 2009

Here we are, just hanging out:

And here's my baby brother, learning how to walk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HevJkJ4Deyc

And this is why we lock our cabinets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzwHmk5a8_c

And here are Aiden and me getting into all sorts of trouble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXCAaR9E-rc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xReB4ObUng

Way Back When... My Zoo Trip from October 21, 2009

We had a wonderful school field trip to the Richmond Metro Zoo. Mommy couldn't come with me because of baby Aiden. Daddy couldn't come with me because he had a meeting he couldn't miss at work. So Lindsay took me. I got to ride in Lindsay's blue car which was way more fun than mommy's van. We had SO MUCH fun! I got to feed a giraffe and I tried to feed the birds.

And the only video we were able to get was of me trying to feed the birds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1skMMdUag

And daddy surprised me when he joined us for lunch there. He didn't get to see any of the animals but we hung out with all my friends and teachers and the other parents for lunch.

Then we drove back in Lindsay's blue car and I took a nice, long nap

Several New Posts Are In the Works

Suffering from serious lack of time and energy. Going to Blacksburg for Thanksgiving. Will get some posts going soon, especially with Liam's birthday celebrations that are no where near as fun as Lorenzo's was, but we had some good times...

Beautiful Weather, Beautiful Food, and Trouble

We've had some wonderful weather lately. With my mommy's recent diagnosis of severe vitamin D deficiency we've been spending as much time outdoors as possible. Luckily, we have a wonderful pond by the wonderful Panera Bread where we can go and feed the duckies, geese, beaver and giant fish. And we always have lots of bread that got forgotten and has gone stale to use.

Baby Aiden Wishing He Was Feeding the Duckies Too

Me Feeding the Duckies

Looking Cool

Our Beaver

Videos: Feeding the Duckies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glV7KdTQ_M8, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmbZRgm4WY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FjyP_GsZR4

And then there's the exciting news of baby Aiden graduating to a harness booster (just like mine) and eating at the table with the rest of us. He is also eating more stuff in little pieces and having a blast with all the new foods. If you are wondering, he is now in a booster like mine because he hated having the tray of the high chair constrict him and he felt like he was being left out when he didn't get to sit at the table with us.

Look at All This Beautiful Food

And this next stuff happened when I was at preschool. Mommy has Aiden's clothes in a pop-up bin downstairs so that she doesn't have to run upstairs every time he spits up (which is still quite a bit, especially considering he is 9 months old in 2 days). And baby Aiden has developed this annoying new habit of getting into it and making a mess of all the nicely folded clothes. Also, he is very into pulling on the cord that powers the TV. NOT GOOD! Must come up with a solution for that one.

Aiden = Trouble

Aiden Planning to Get the Cord

Who Me?

Menace is My Middle Name

Videos of Aiden getting into trouble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYWkKC51Q4, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twXVlLsZvfI, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVu1VQkhAg8

Food and Good Friends

Baby Aiden has been eating solids for a while. He has also been eating little pieces of 'real' food in spite of not having any teeth yet.

Baby Aiden eating green peas and organic puffs

Baby Aiden eating chicken

Baby Aiden eating Challa

And here I am helping baby Aiden eat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzi3bNsuK9M

A few weeks ago we also had a visit from my mommy's close friends Molly & John and their baby girl Sara. Sara is two months and 5 days older than our baby Aiden. She is the cutest baby girl ever. She is sweet and beautiful and smart and wonderful. Aiden and Sara really hit it off and my mommy was so excited to see her old friends that she never gets to see anymore because they live in Denver.

There's only one picture of baby Sara but several videos

Baby Aiden meeting Sara for the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIu87Ey24E

Baby Aiden and Sara playing together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH7MJ_FhPWQ

Baby Aiden attacking the camera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFBr7yXvys

Babies climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6WZkWd7dDc

Baby Sara eating spaghetti for the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuRnFHjk2OA

Baby Sara reading http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZpT7VYYadc

They start so young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPdwtlhofbk

The visit's last video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pj7e19WXcs

We're really hoping to go visit them in Denver when me and Aiden are a bit older.

And here's baby Aiden eating 'real' chicken for the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxUEjo_gGCk

And here we are, brothers at play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-gVQEhF7o

Ah, look at this gorgeous boy

More us bros at play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ6V5LIoyo0 and a bit more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5eRMraG13s

I'm not sure I like this business of my baby brother playing with my stuff while I'm at preschool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stvYSUoDfrw

I think that's enough for one post. More to come...

A bunch of stuff

Last week Lindsay took me to her house after she picked me up from preschool to see her cats. I liked them but was a little scared of them. So I kept getting close and chasing after them but didn't want to actually touch them. It's ok though, I'll be more brave next time she takes me over there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PeE8pKUVzk - 'what happened to the cat video'

And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfe6ajiqlE - 'I'm going to get you video'

Some Updates

So when I was about Aiden's age now I went through a phase of sticking my tongue out and being just as cute as can be.

Me Sticking My Tongue Out at 6 + Months Old

And now look at Aiden doing the same thing...

Aiden Sticking His Tongue Out at 7 Months Old

He also shares my love of cell phones...

And let's see what else...

Aiden has been spending the last month pulling up on anything that he can. He pulls up on mommy, on daddy, on the table, on the TV stand, on chairs, on my step stools, and on me, which is quite irritating. But I forgive him because he's my little brother and I love him. He has been mobile via rolling and scooting and hopping like a bunny.

I started preschool on Tuesday. I really like my new preschool. I am adjusting super well and liking my new teachers and friends. I also like coming home an hour earlier than I used to and spending more time with mommy and baby Aiden. Here are pictures from my preschool orientation day

Here's a video of me getting comfortable with my classroom at the new preschool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExBuhHyZNZU, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ludBxyZd28, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oe8aiftEY

And I guess the biggest news of all is that baby Aiden started crawling yesterday. Of course this is hard to catch on video because he gets so distracted by the camera. But today we caught a bit of his crawling. But really, he crawls much better and faster than what we've been able to catch on video. Oh, when he did his first crawl and mommy and Lindsay were cheering him, I ran to him and hugged and kissed him and told him: "Good job baby Aiden". I am very proud of my baby brother.

Here are the videos, but keep in mind he crawls much better and faster than this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj11S3VGUX0, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7TbIX-2Ho

Nice Weekend

My Savta Ruti is still here which is great. But even better, grandpa Phil & Nima came to visit her this weekend so I got to spend a ton of fun times with the grandparents.

Something very special happened yesterday during lunch: I ate salad. This happens every so often, which is against all odds because my daddy doesn't eat vegetables so he isn't the best example setter for me when it comes to veggies.

But my mommy's efforts of organic, healthy meals are paying off big time! Check it out for yourselves... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHflMZnB9Y4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVemIiDY8Y

Also, it's all silly talk when people say that boys don't help out around the house - I mean, look at me, I have my own broom and all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yPQl_nP1b8

Yesterday, grandpa, Nima & daddy took me to the Richmond aviation museum. It was pretty fun

There's also a very short video that grandpa took there http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?pi=0&ps=20&sf=added&sa=0&sq=&dm=1

And of course, I must include a picture of my gorgeous baby brother who is way too interested in MY trains...

It's Been a Long Time

So, it's been a very long time. My mommy has been busy and since I still don't know how to type myself, and considering I only say like 6-word sentences or so, I pretty much have to wait until she has time to help me out. So let's see, what have I been up to since July 4th?

My Sabba (Israeli grandpa) came to visit me... he actually stayed here for three weekends in a row, one of which while my daddy was away in the UK, which was very helpful for my mommy. We don't like it when daddy is away.

My grandma was here helping mommy while daddy was away. My grandpa was also here helping my mommy while daddy was away.

We have a tradition of daddy making hot wings for dinner every Sunday night. I like them hot and I like to dip them in extra hot sauce in addition to the sauce already on them. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWvhK6fHXI, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOabM7VFKfs

Let's see, what else... baby Aiden regularly poops on the potty whereas I only pee in the potty so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nx8xwPtPc

My daddy took me to the part of the park that has a real Caboose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXQwHhHbOM

Caboose Picture 1

Caboose Picture 2

Baby Aiden really really loves to eat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO7gAnD4tXU it's a real shame he is allergic to so many things

And yesterday we discovered his pincer grasp is pretty darn good so now he can have cheerios and puffs (of course he has to alternate days because he's allergic) and mommy might try to give him little pieces of soft, cooked chicken in the coming days to try

He also really loves to read

And Aiden and I take baths together now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UyykkFsJQk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-GYQed7CE, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgBum1Mx64, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSDp4YQu_Y0

Today we went outside for a bit after I came home from day-care because finally it was under 95F!

Oh, and baby Aiden had a nasty double ear infection that has caused some serious sleep deprivation for my mommy... he is also teething... he is trying oh so hard to crawl and he almost has it... he is pulling up to standing really really well. He's been sitting well for months now so that's nothing new I guess. And the worst of all is that now that he's more mobile and can pull up to standing, he is making a grab for my trains. We'll have to come to some sort of agreement on when and how he can play with my trains.

I start pre-school at Chabad come this September. Mommy and daddy are really excited about it so I am hoping it means it will be good and fun!

That's it for now. I'll try to update more often. Hopefully now mommy will be getting more sleep.

Fourth of July 2009

We had lots of visitors for 4th of July weekend. Grandpa Phil & Nima Sandy, grandma Phyllis, aunt Debbi & uncle Kevin & my cousin Colin were here. We had lots of fun. I shared all my toys with my cousin and we all went to the park and had a blast. We had lots of good food and I can't wait till I get to see them again.

Here's a video of baby Aiden's first time in the swing at the park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4x3G0Ywps and here's a video of my feeding baby Aiden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F8j-c74C0w