May the Force be with you...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
My Jaeden Fix
So thank goodness for me, Mom is wonderful, and she fills me in on what happens at home while I'm at work. It's a nice little Jaeden fix. Since I'm gone for 12-13 hours each day, it's nice to get some picture or video of my little boy. Some days, she'll just send me pictures from her iphone like this:
Here Jaeden is pushing his toys down the slide. He thought it was hilarious to push them down, and then watch them bounce across the porch.
Or this, where he is playing in his car with his friend Chloe:
Or even his first postcard from Grandma and Grandpa Memmott (he was in heaven since usually he's not allowed to play with paper...
But most of all, I'm grateful that Mom is kind enough to capture moments like these on the camera:
That's right, it's his first steps (well, technically, this video is of the next day, when he did the exact same thing, but who's counting). True, he's using his toy, but pretty soon here I don't think we'll be able to keep Jaeden from running around.
Here Jaeden is pushing his toys down the slide. He thought it was hilarious to push them down, and then watch them bounce across the porch.
Or this, where he is playing in his car with his friend Chloe:
Or even his first postcard from Grandma and Grandpa Memmott (he was in heaven since usually he's not allowed to play with paper...
But most of all, I'm grateful that Mom is kind enough to capture moments like these on the camera:
That's right, it's his first steps (well, technically, this video is of the next day, when he did the exact same thing, but who's counting). True, he's using his toy, but pretty soon here I don't think we'll be able to keep Jaeden from running around.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Jaeden's New Hobbies
Do you remember my post from two weeks ago? I made an off hand comment about Memmott Men and dancing, in reference to my brother. Well, despite the influence of his mother, Jaeden has truly inherited the Memmott Man dancing syndrome (meaning we can do it, but it's better for everyone if we don't.) It's not that he doesn't look cute doing it now, but it just won't serve him well later; he won't be a lady killer on the dance floor, unless someone other than dad teaches him his dance moves. Remember the movie Hitch, and the safe dance? Well, daddy doesn't do that, and without my knowing it until it was too late, Jaeden watched, learned, and then copied his moves and style...
On the flip side, Jaeden has a new passion that we learned of last week: I opened the door so that he could crawl out onto the porch and have some fun. He left for about 4 minutes, then came crawling back inside with this truck. He hasn't left it alone for a single day since. He loves pushing it around while he crawls around, and he loves looking at the wheels, as you can see here. Such a boy!
On the flip side, Jaeden has a new passion that we learned of last week: I opened the door so that he could crawl out onto the porch and have some fun. He left for about 4 minutes, then came crawling back inside with this truck. He hasn't left it alone for a single day since. He loves pushing it around while he crawls around, and he loves looking at the wheels, as you can see here. Such a boy!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
It was bound to happen...
So I had an experience yesterday that I knew was going to happen eventually, but I still wish it was a little later in coming. Jaeden is such a chill kid, but he LOVES playing with his toys, especially his car, as you can see in this clip:
(p.s., I love his stiff-legged crawl that he does, ONLY when he's pushing his toy car... so funny!)
He also loves his slide, which we keep out on the porch.
So yesterday he was playing with his toys, when I picked him up to put him in his high chair, because it was dinner time. I started putting him in, and he immediately started whining, and tried to hold on to me so I couldn't put him down. I finally got him into his chair, he realized that he was in his chair, and he started to squirm and cry. It was then that he looked directly into my eyes, and with a loud clear voice, said "NO!".
(sigh)
It was bound to happen. I'm sure this isn't the last I've heard of his protestations (in fact, when i took paper from him today in church, he said "no, no, NO!!") He's a very smart kid, and thus a fast learner, in both good and bad ways!
(p.s., I love his stiff-legged crawl that he does, ONLY when he's pushing his toy car... so funny!)
He also loves his slide, which we keep out on the porch.
So yesterday he was playing with his toys, when I picked him up to put him in his high chair, because it was dinner time. I started putting him in, and he immediately started whining, and tried to hold on to me so I couldn't put him down. I finally got him into his chair, he realized that he was in his chair, and he started to squirm and cry. It was then that he looked directly into my eyes, and with a loud clear voice, said "NO!".
(sigh)
It was bound to happen. I'm sure this isn't the last I've heard of his protestations (in fact, when i took paper from him today in church, he said "no, no, NO!!") He's a very smart kid, and thus a fast learner, in both good and bad ways!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Jaeden the world traveler...
Wow. My first order of business tonight? To apologize to everyone for the LONG delay in blog updating. I have been either traveling or hosting visitors nearly every weekend since I last wrote, so I have not had a chance to update the blog in a long time. But, that means we have lots of pictures and movies of Jaeden as a world (or at least a US) traveler... and oh what a cute little traveler he is. He is an amazingly good baby, and he is a dream on airplanes, which made each of these trips bearable. The first trip was back to Utah, where my youngest brother James got married (yeah, that is STILL weird, 1.5 months later). Jaeden was so excited to see his cousins, and to be at the wedding. He still loves bath time, and bath time with Leah (his cousin) is even better!
He was such a trooper at the long wedding reception, but I think that's only because he got to crawl on and off the dance floor over and over again. I don't know if he liked going between the grass and wood or if he just was being a goof, but he kept doing this for most of the night.
And a quick props to James and his mad dancing skills. Who knew that there was a Memmott Man in existence who could actually dance (sorry Renee, I missed that rare genetic defect!)
Next we had our friends Erin and Brett with their daughters Aeriana and Zoe visit again. Jaeden and Zoe were instant best friends.
Their favorite activities included eating,
being tickled,
and drinking drinks.
Finally, Renee heard the ice-cream truck one night and took Jaeden out to get something. Jaeden was in absolute heaven: there was a big truck stopped right in front of him (yes, he's a truck boy... favorite toys are the big trucks) played music, and in the end, he got ice cream!
Lastly, we got to go and visit Grandma Clark for her birthday. Jaeden again loved being with his cousins! In fact, the only bad thing is that he misses them so much when we come back home that Renee has a hard time keeping him entertained for a few days after we get home!
He was such a trooper at the long wedding reception, but I think that's only because he got to crawl on and off the dance floor over and over again. I don't know if he liked going between the grass and wood or if he just was being a goof, but he kept doing this for most of the night.
And a quick props to James and his mad dancing skills. Who knew that there was a Memmott Man in existence who could actually dance (sorry Renee, I missed that rare genetic defect!)
Next we had our friends Erin and Brett with their daughters Aeriana and Zoe visit again. Jaeden and Zoe were instant best friends.
Their favorite activities included eating,
being tickled,
and drinking drinks.
Finally, Renee heard the ice-cream truck one night and took Jaeden out to get something. Jaeden was in absolute heaven: there was a big truck stopped right in front of him (yes, he's a truck boy... favorite toys are the big trucks) played music, and in the end, he got ice cream!
Lastly, we got to go and visit Grandma Clark for her birthday. Jaeden again loved being with his cousins! In fact, the only bad thing is that he misses them so much when we come back home that Renee has a hard time keeping him entertained for a few days after we get home!
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