Aaron's Updates

When it comes to Mr. Aaron Joseph, there is never a shortage of drama, events, details, anything to get excited about or throw a tantrum over. He is a roller coaster of emotions. Most of the time he is a well-mannered (with a few reminders) kid whose hobbies include constantly making motor related noises, running, giggling, bossing inanimate objects around, dramatizing booboos, and telling stories about recent events. He likes to commentate on what is happening around him and that usually comes off as bossy, but please rest assured, he only means to be bossy about seventy percent of the time. He loves to show Adam new things and gets equally excited when Adam does new things on his own. He regularly prays now before going to bed at night (so precious) and learns about Jesus and other Bible characters when we read stories. He still loves to play outside, hang out with his Daddy, go on car rides, and watch Toy Story.

Speaking of Toy Story, last week I bought the third installment, without having seen it. I figured for as much as we (Aaron and I) like the first two, there had to at least be a few elements of the third that we would enjoy.I had some idea of what to expect, but I was surprised by a few dark scenes. The first time we watched it, I skipped the gangster parts and most scenes that included Big Baby, a thug who reminds me a little too much of a Chucky doll. Then the more we watched it (Aaron watches about forty minutes of it a day during a couple of key nursings), I realized that Aaron didn't have reason to consider those parts scary, as he's never seen a mob movie so when they tied Buzz to a chair his response was a quick "Uh oh, Buzz?!"

He does insist that we skip the beginning when Andy leaves the toys, because it is "too sad mama," and a couple of scenes before they bust out of the daycare, he reminds me that "Monkey scary mama! Skip Monkey please." I agree, scary Monkey. We also skip the two minutes of giant fire at the end... there's no need for such harsh confrontation of our own mortality in a kid's movie. In the words of Aaron, "come on!"
10:30a feeding and movie time is very serious...Although Adam does his best to distract Aaron...

In case you are curious about how potty training is coming along. He's open to the idea of sitting on the potty but still will just "hold it" until we put his diaper back on. I thought this comic was fitting for the situation...
In another attempt at a serious injury, Aaron fell into the bed post and hit the soft part on the tip of his ear. It swelled up and turned purple instantly. He was surprisingly cooperative with the ice pack, I guess because it was bringing attention to his booboo.

With recent developments, it looks like my brother may be headed overseas, so I've been teaching Aaron about Oxford... so when he wore the shirt Aunt Fi brought him...

Random photo at dinner time. The finger comes along with a "No pictures mama."

Purpose of this photo, take a good look at Doggie...

We have successfully traded out Doggies. We have had two back ups for about a year and a half but our idea of a trade out was thwarted when the little wonder started pulling Doggie's hair out. The difference between Aaron's hairless Doggie and the new fluffy one would have been too great to easily disguise. However, about a month ago we came up with a plan involving a Doggie Haircut and bath.

Yes, I felt bad. Aaron loves that Doggie, despite the fact that he looks really gross, whose color is now defined by the inside stuffing, and he has these little knobs of leftover hair along the seams. Aaron calls the little knobs "granola," as referenced in the video. I held my breath when he laid the newly made over Doggie on the floor and said he couldn't play with him. I almost cried I felt so bad and immediately thought of the scene in Toy Story 3 (sorry, we've just been watching it a lot lately) where Lotso gets replaced.... Thankfully Aaron is not old enough to understand Lotso's situation and was happy with the explanation of Doggie getting a new haircut and a bath in the was machine. If you visit, it is important to know that this is not "New Doggie." It is the same Doggie, just a new haircut :) He seems to be pretty happy with him and we've seen no decrease in Doggie time since the switch. Due to my sentimental nature, the original Doggie will be kept in a safe place, to do what with, I don't know. But I can't just get rid of him. So, we are back to a fluffy, pretty Doggie.