{"id":924,"date":"2010-09-28T01:45:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T05:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/?p=924"},"modified":"2011-05-09T22:42:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T02:42:28","slug":"seventeen-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/2010\/09\/seventeen-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-926 aligncenter\" title=\"9-1-10 Aidan (14)-1\" src=\"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/9-1-10-Aidan-14-1-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After weeks, months of silence- for our own notes and memories, we wanted to post just a few of our favorite things about our little babe turning boy, Aidan. \u00a0From One to Two is by far a favorite age (though we don&#8217;t have much to compare it to yet!) and little Aidan&#8217;s wonder and pure iridescence is simply radiant to us. \u00a0His vocabulary is exploding- every day new words that just pop out of his mouth. \u00a0His self-delight and awareness; his gentle, cuddly, loving, and also independent nature; his affection and admiration for Big Brother; and complete personality and entity of his own have warmed our hearts to bubbling over. \u00a0Not to mention that he is most absolutely adorable. \u00a0So for you, Aidan- for Muma- for our family, we remember just a handful of your treasures at Seventeen Months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are forming a real love for books, and will plop yourself down and pull a book (then another and another) off the shelf and look at them, sometimes &#8216;reading&#8217; them to yourself- even sometimes upsidedown. \u00a0You have your favorites, Z is for Zoo, B is for Bear, Animal Hide and Seek, Bugs, Digger books, All the &#8220;Priddy&#8221; Books, and you know some of them by heart- page by page you can tell us what you see, and the animal sounds that go with them.<\/li>\n<li>Animals- you know your sounds, and they are sooo cute coming from your little voice: \u00a0elephant (eeee), monkey, dog, camel (you blow- not spit), bee, pig, duck, &#8230; \u00a0and probably a dozen others.<\/li>\n<li>Every fruit to you is an &#8216;appoo&#8217;. \u00a0Not an apple, Aidan- STRAWberry&#8230; &#8220;Sabee&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>I couldn&#8217;t even type all your little words- but a few favorites, &#8220;bapoo&#8221; diaper, &#8220;mukey&#8221; monkey, &#8220;wawa&#8221; water, &#8220;yummmmm!&#8221;, \u00a0&#8220;oooohhh, woowww!&#8221; (whenever you see something you really like, or your plate each meal), &#8220;buh&#8221; bread, &#8220;dow&#8221;, &#8220;ooot&#8221;, up, off, on, Tatou, &#8220;Tatou, dow!&#8221; (If Tatou is somewhere she shouldn&#8217;t be), go!. \u00a0And of course- train, car, bus, digger, &#8220;upay&#8221; airplane, Little phrases with intonations that sound like: door&#8217;s locked! (as in &#8216;uh-oh! dodleoh!&#8217;), wa-ooo (where are you???), There it is!, Here you go!, And all the little times you just come up to me and talk away in perfect intonation with your own little language knowing exactly what you are saying and I am completely lost except to smile at everything as perfectly adorable as you are&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>I heard you even said a version of Happy Birthday to Grandpapa the other day. \u00a0And when I asked \u00a0you- &#8220;Did you say Happy Birthday, Aidan??&#8221; \u00a0You pulled a big smile- &#8220;Yeah!&#8230;&#8221; and curled into my shoulder.<\/li>\n<li>You laugh- and you laugh, and smile, and you love to smile and make little jokes that I can&#8217;t begin to explain.\u00a0 You love Muma&#8217;s silly faces.\u00a0 You love to take funny bites at mealtime, or pop out and surprise us.\u00a0 You are so happy, and so contented in almost every situation.\u00a0 You love to play, and you love to give hugs, and we love love love your joy.\u00a0 Oh little Aidan, that you wouldn&#8217;t lose your joy!&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You&#8217;re so vain&#8230;&#8221; we could sing to you as you prance about in front of any mirror you come across.\u00a0 Giggling and laughing at yourself, playing with your hair, even tossing a ball to yourself, or peeking around the corner- surprised and all grins.\u00a0 Either learning about what you look like, or not so sure who that kid is laughing back at you.<\/li>\n<li>You have jumped into our little family rituals with both feet!\u00a0 Crazy family waving and lingering &#8220;good-bye!&#8221;s from upstairs window or porch, as Papa drives off to work each morning.\u00a0 Running full tilt to the door calling out &#8220;trash guy!&#8221; to see the trash\/recycle\/compost guy stop by (up to 6 times- or more with false alarms- every Monday.\u00a0 Picking out your own book for nap, requesting your favorite plate for a meal, and <em>loving<\/em> finger jello &#8220;jello!!!&#8221; or yogurt for desert.\u00a0 You take your shoes so proudly over to the blue bench and then turn with big grins to receive Muma&#8217;s praise and hugs.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re proud of your own little jobs that we give you- though you are also still learning to obey, and <em>come when called<\/em> (grrrr).\u00a0 You love to give Tatou her treats, bring something special to Muma upon request, or take something to the trash.<\/li>\n<li>Oh how much you love your brother, Alexander.\u00a0 You want to do what he does from tricks to drinks &amp; snacks, to running and playing, swimming, bath-tub splashing, and even owie-kisses. But you are your own.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t necessarily play what he plays or have the same interest in projects or kitchen time&#8230; yet, anyway.\u00a0 But you&#8217;ve learned so well to share.\u00a0 Signing &#8216;please&#8217; by rubbing <em>both<\/em> hands over your belly (though you can say it sometimes) and wait patiently (or sometimes less so) for your turn, then returning it to him after a short time.\u00a0 These moments are so lovely to watch.<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;because we do have the loud obnoxious moments too.\u00a0 But they have been a point of prayer for us, and as we see you using more and more words and becoming more patient or asking for help, your once tempestuous squalks of frustration have become more rare.\u00a0 But when you don&#8217;t want to leave something you love, or be interrupted to get dressed or have your diaper changed&#8230; yes, you let us know well.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve also made us smile to see a &#8216;typical&#8217; toddler in our house- pulling out half a roll of toilet paper, wandering off to find you scattered all the blank CD&#8217;s across the guest room floor, turning off the network router or moving the time ahead on the light timer&#8230; again&#8230;, and dropping at least two toys in the toilet for Muma to dredge out with scrunch nose and sanitize.<\/li>\n<li>And then we have Papa&#8217;s personal favorite- the happy, joyful &#8220;Papa!&#8221; accompanied by the pitter-patter of feet each time our own family hero walks through the door.<\/li>\n<li>You love cars, every car and form of car on wheels. \u00a0You drive them for what could be hours along the couch, the sandbox, the Lego land. \u00a0And maybe the only thing that you love more than your cars is the GeoTrax Train, which once you play with it in the basement, you carry with you for pretty much the rest of the day.<\/li>\n<li>You are so proud of the little &#8216;tricks&#8217; you can do- &#8216;upside down, Aidan,&#8217; flips over Muma&#8217;s knees, and your little can&#8217;t-yet-get-off-the-ground jumps you execute with such flair: \u00a0a couple quick steps, a super smile, &#8220;jup!&#8221; you say, and do a kindof calculated high-step, &#8216;landing&#8217; with a super cheesy grin and giggle.<\/li>\n<li>You love your routines, but are also laid back enough to just go with the flow. \u00a0But bottles are still a favorite at afternoon nap and bedtime.<\/li>\n<li>Binky and swaying with Blankie over Muma&#8217;s shoulder may quite possibly be your most favorite place on earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh little Aidan, for only a snapshot of the things that endear you so tightly to our hearts, I could write and write.\u00a0 And my, how many moments this summer have I wanted to make a point to record the perfection of a certain instance, a sunshine morning, a heartwarming moment- and how few times did I take the opportunity to do so.\u00a0 Yet I know no words, pictures or books, even video that can capture the radiance of these days, but the simple bubbly, <em>joyful<\/em> gift of you.\u00a0 How great is our God!\u00a0 What a treasure He has given to us in you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks, months of silence- for our own notes and memories, we wanted to post just a few of our favorite things about our little babe turning boy, Aidan. \u00a0From One to Two is by far a favorite age (though we don&#8217;t have much to compare it to yet!) and <a href=\"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/2010\/09\/seventeen-months\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,8],"tags":[264,410,69,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}