Happy 2010

The aughts are over! There were some good times (finishing med school and then residency, meeting Mike, getting Aaron) and some crap times (fertility heartbreaks and my father's death). All in all, I'm happy the next decade is upon us.

The arrival of 2010 means that in 2 weeks, Aaron will be 2 years old! He is into everything, talks constantly ("car, mommy, car, car, mommy, car, car, right mommy?"), and wants to help with everything. In general, he is not such a good helper. He has decided that feeding Bouts is his responsibility and insists on bringing the dog food from the container to the bowl by himself. He only gets a few bits in each scoop, so it's a long process. Bouts, however, is sweet about it. He is one patient dog. Forgive me for including both videos. I couldn't decided which one to use.

Aaron has started to count and to name colors, although both numbers and colors are so abstract that he often confuses them. He has an Elmer the Elephant stuffed animal that he loves and carries everywhere. He pointed to a pink square and said, "pink". Then he pointed to a green square and said, "green". Then he pointed to a black square and said, "four". I'm sure he'll get there eventually.

He seems to be a smart little boy (no bias). He lost a car under a cabinet the other day and I got it out with a wooden spoon, which he thought was wonderful. The next morning, he pushed a bunch of his toys under the cabinet and then asked, in his sweetest voice, for the spoon. Here he is wielding it like a weapon.




We are not planning anything big for his second birthday. It was just Channukah and Christmas, and he won't know the difference this year. Maybe we'll just hang out in our jammies and make an Aaron cake.