So this is a video of Aidan and I paging through one of his books, too cute not to share (yes I’m biased)

It’s your second birthday and you are snuggled next to me as I type… it’s storming now and as you told me last night “it’s dark and raining I sleep by you” (dark a yayn,  I dudu here)
The rain is symbolic and so is the fact that I had one of the worst days ever yesterday (locked everything in house,had things break and lost a substantial amount of money to a dishonest stranger and ended up trying to pay for your party with nothing but a smile)
It reminds me that you are my rainbow … The calm after the storm…not just because of your brother but because of who you are little man and the fact that you are wise beyond your years. you saw the things I made you for your birthday and said “wow so pretty” and didnt try to take anything.
I was feeling pretty defeated and when you saw my tear stained face after a tough day you asked for a “huggy kissy”
And said “I kissy better” because that’s what I do for you.
I pray so hard that you will always have such a good heart, that you will always be willing to say sorry and eager to say thank you. That I can still get huggies and kissies for a little while longer and that you will never lose your mischievous smile…
You suprise me every day…you speak now and though your sentences are broken, the sentiment never is…you pray every night for everyone and everything and if I forget you remind me to “tank u jesus”. You are still quite sneaky and if you really don’t want to sleep you will list everything from building blocks to chocolate in your prayer.
Sometimes you infuriate me…you don’t like to eat or sleep (unless you are faking it to get out of school) and you get a little too helpful in shops filling the trollies of random strangers, also although you will tell me to “change a bum bum please” take out the nappies,wipes and powder your own bum you tell me in no uncertain terms…”No! you pee a toilet, I pee here” (points at nappy).
You are such a daddy’s boy you will ask me to “call a daddy” “bring  daddy here” if your dad is not around… you two drive me crazy with your wrestling matches and balloon saber fights over me when I’m trying to watch TV but my life is richer for it…
You have this cute/awkward habit of doing “boom” if you have a object and someone else has same:  you need to put them together and say boom…you hurled a rugby Ball at a rugby match on TV for “boom” and shoved my face into a magazine because the woman in picture reminded you of me.
That being said you are such a blessing… everyone that meets you says there is something special about you and today I just thank you for the chance to be your mom….

Happy Birthday Aidan or like you say Ahhhden

His first birthday…where did time go?

Aidan turns two on Sunday and I thought I’d check out those development charts, don’t worry anti-competition moms, I don’t intend to berate him for not matching the criteria, or trade him in…
I was just curious 🙂
The list comes from HERE

THIS MONTH…
• Can make a tower of four bricks 
He can build up to 12, how do you I know this? I might have counted, I was impressed okay! sheesh – he also proceeds to throw the blocks on the floor if his tower breaks, good times 🙂 “It boken mommy, it boken now” tears …..
 • Can make two- or three-word sentences
Does Mommy, it’s boken now count? he says lots of things though that sounds like polite orders, “milkies now please”, “put a butter on”, “change my bum bum please”
 • Can walk down stairs
Yes much to my horror, up and down
 • Can name a simple picture in a book
yes pretty well, well sometimes he calls every animal either a cow or a cat, oh look at the kitty (giraffe) I dunno, he calls anything that cuts like a pair of scissors, a knife, pliers, “cut scissors”
“I want a cut scissors please”… uhm no
 • Can sing simple tunes
sorta, he is great with tunes but bad with lyrics, here a cow there a cow everywhere a cow cow
• Talks about self (likes, dislikes)
Uhm not technically, he does say, “no not that one”, “no not that channel”, “I don’t a eat mummy”
• Can use 50 single words
Not so sure hey I haven’t counted, he talks non stop like his mom though so should be about 50
• Takes more of an interest in playing with other children
He is still a bit (a lot) of a loner but tells me about the babas at school so we are getting there, he is great with one on one play dates though
• Asks”Why”?
He says why as in the letter though, he gets his number and letters all mixed up and will run through the house like, 1 2 3 6 9 y m

NEXT MONTH HE SHOULD
 • Can name at least six body part on a doll
Jip including calling a dog’s tail a penis, regardless of what his mom says or how embarrassing pointing out penises in toy stores are
• Starts talking about self
It’s already Ahhdin this and Ahhdin that
• Begins to understand abstract concepts like sooner and later
As a true South African this is, Now mummy not Now Now
• Half of speech is understandable
Well sort of sometimes he speaks with amazing clarity and other times “Ba naana mama na”
•  Can arrange things in categories
I don’t know hey, I’ve never asked him to do this, how would I ask him to do this
•  Becomes attuned to gender differences
Sorta but not really, can say boy and girl but don’t know if it means anything to him
• Can walk down stairs
Much to my dismay, “no help mummy”
• Learns to jump
Been doing this forever, not sure this one should be here