I'll start at Austin's baptism. It was a great weekend with a lot of family in town for the celebration. Austin shared his special day with Guka, who joined the church, too! Nana was thrilled to say the least. Uncle Mark flew in to perform the ceremony, and Father Peak helped. It was a beautiful, private ceremony just for the family. Both Nana and Grandma did readings, and they both did great. Just ask Aidan. When Nana walked up to the altar, Aidan said (VERY loudly!), "What are you doing, Nana?" When she finished, he announced in a loud voice, "Good job, Nana!" It was great! Later in the ceremony, someone's cell phone rang, and instead of ignoring it, Aidan kept looking up at the ceiling and asking everyone around him (again - loud voice, so everyone would be sure to hear), "Where's that phone coming from? Who's phone is that?" I'm sure the person who's phone it was wanted to crawl out of there! :-) Austin behaved beautifully throughout, and he did not cry at all. It was amazing because he got quite a bit of water poured on his head. Here's a picture of Austin in his gown.
Austin can officially roll over now. Jared, Nana, and me all got to witness his first time doing it completely on his own. He did it on February 17. Now he's a pro, and every time you put him on his back, he flips over immediately. Including today when he flipped right off the couch and landed on his feet right as I caught him. It was actually pretty graceful looking... thank goodness I got to him right when I did. You think I would have learned my lesson after that, but about an hour later, I laid him on the couch to walk 10 feet away to grab the camera and come back to take a picture of him, and he flipped to his stomach and then rolled off the side. Again, I caught him. So far, we've managed not to drop Austin. (Guess we learned our lesson after we carried Aidan on the pillow when he was a little baby.)
Aidan is embracing the "Terrible Twos" to the fullest. It has been a tough couple of weeks. I'm hoping that he is just sensing the tension with Jared leaving this weekend, and that is why he is having such a rough spell. Even with the tantrums that he's been throwing, there have been MANY great things to come out of his mouth. I'll try to think of a few...
Horndog = Corndog
Mom: "Aidan, can you put your shirt on by yourself?"
Aidan: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it's too dan-ger-ous."
Mom: "Aidan, don't throw that chalk on the ground. It will break."
Aidan: Throws chalk in the grass - "Look Mommy! It didn't break."
Also, anything that Aidan doesn't want to do now, he will tell us that he will do it tomorrow. "I not take a nap today. I take a nap tomorrow." "I not take a bath. I take a bath tomorrow."
Well, I guess I'll wrap this up for now. Austin put himself to sleep tonight, which was great. He cuddled up with his pacifier and his lovie and went to sleep. Jared is up putting Aidan to sleep right now. He is taping their prayers and stories so we can listen to them while he is deployed. We're at the five day mark now. I'm in the denial stage, so I'll end here.
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