Beautiful Liar

Aiden learned the word NO. It goes without saying that learning new words is improving our channel of communication. Unfortunately he is not always truthful. My beautiful liar tells me NO when I ask him if he pooped or if he has a wet diaper. He fibbs because he dislikes diaper changes. He refuses to do anything that interrupts his play. When will he learn that he can not trick his mother?

3 Brouzins and a Brouzinita

Arianna joined the team of cousins a week ago. I call her BROUZINITTA.

The thought of 4 babies under 1 roof was scary. After 6 days I'm relieved to report that I can handle it. We had a rough start because Arianna refused to drink from a bottle. It took her less than a week to adjust. Now that the feeding challenge is behind us, I am glad to say, Arianna will fit in quite nicely.

The brouzins love to have her around and show it in different ways. AJ kisses her and calls her baby. Justin has to be near her by climbing in her swing or bassinet and straddling her. Nathan taps her head.

Stay tuned for more episodes of 3 Brouzins and a Brouzinitta

Weaning... Mission Complete

He is officially weaned.

Golf

AJ likes to play golf.

The Names Changed But the Story Remains The Same

Once upon a time there was a sit to stand music player.

On January 6, 2010, as Aiden was playing with it, Justin scooted and squirmed his way in front of him so that he could play instead.

On November 12, 2010, 11 months later, Nathan played with the same music player but Aiden scooted and squirmed his way in front of him so that he could play instead.

Notice the similarities in each photo: (I promise this was not staged)

• the youngest brouzin is wearing footed pajamas but the oldest is dressed to play
• the boys are facing the same direction
• the youngest brouzin is facing the camera as if he is asking for help getting his toy back
• the oldest brouzin could care less because he got what he wanted

Mommy - Sleep + 3 boys =

After a restless night...
a long day with the brouzins...
after taking all 3 boys clothes off...
and putting them in the tub...
3 minutes later...







I realized that I forgot to take AJ's socks off.

Jibberish

Aiden tries so hard to speak. He can hold an entire conversation of jibber jabber. All I know so far is that he ends every conversation with a question. I can tell by the pitch and tone of his voice. He is probably asking, "Mom do you know what I am saying". I wish I did. His speech is full of facial expressions, gestures ,and eye contact. Whatever he is saying must be important.

Pretzels

Pretzels are Aiden's new favorite treat or shall I say meal. It took me a while to figure this out. He refused his 1st cup of milk, breakfast, and lunch. He only wants pretzels. I am not complaining because it keeps him happy while I wean him.

DancyDance

Check out Aiden's version of the YoGabbaGabba's dancey dance called Peanut Butter Stomp.

SplishSplash

All three brouzins joined in the fun of splashing in the tub but we only caugt AJ in action on video.

Fall 2010

Picture collage personalized with Smilebox

Looking Sundays Best

1st Official Weekend

My divorce is final and a new parenting schedule is in effect. Weekends are now being shared.
Having my son all weekend was great! We did everything together.
No more back seat clothing changes in the car before going inside the Kingdom Hall. No more being late to the meeting every Sunday. No more rushing around picking up and dropping off AJ in 2 hours.

Weaning,continued

Day 2 & 3: Aiden spent the next two nights with his dad so I have no updates to report.

Day 4: The distraction method did not work as well as Day 1 because he missed me so much while he was gone. I gave in and nursed him but I put vinegar on my nipples to discourage him but he didn't mind the awful taste.

Day5 & 6: Progress is being made. The distraction method worked during the day and I only nursed him once right before bed.

Weaning - Night 1

The distraction method does not work at night. AJ woke up at 2am demanding to be nursed. He has not woken up in the middle of the night in a long time so Im not sure what is going on. I hope I can stick this out.

Weaning - Day 1

I have no more excuses. There are two reasons why I should wean AJ from breastfeeding. The stressful process of my divorce is finally over and his cousin Arianna will be joining TYC's day care soon. I have 30 days to get the job done.
Im trying the distraction method. When he tries to nurse, Iv'e been distracting him with unlimited TV, juice, and lots of attention. So far it is working. Normally I only allow 2-3 hours of TV and 4 ounces of juice but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Yo Gabba Gabba

I didn't know if AJ enjoyed the live show of YoGabbaGabba until he turned around and gave me a kiss in the middle of the show. That was the best way to say, "thanks mom".

Bro. Aiden

AJ no longer wants to sit in his stroller while out in the ministry. He would rather walk to each door, climb up the steps, knock on each door, and ring the door bell. We all know that people rarely answer the doors when a Jehovah's Witness comes to visit but they make an exception for Aiden.....Brother Aiden that is.

Hold the Presses

Aiden Ray went down for his nap today......for the first time without nursing or screaming. Is it a miracle? Not hardly. It took over a month of consistant training.
Now I must get his brouzin Nathan on the same routine so I can get a nap too.

Thank You Aiden

Aiden was so patient with me today as we ran errands all day. We took a 60 minute lunch break at McDonalds. He ate his 1st happy meal and played in the play zone.