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9 Months

Aiden had his nine month checkup today. His height is in the 90th percentile, his head size is in the 95th percentile and his weight is in the 80th percentile. He is a perfectly healthy "little" baby. Things at home are starting to change very quickly for us. Yesterday he took his first steps without any help. Apparently he wanted his mother to walk him around like we always do and she didn't want to so he just took off on his own. What a strong willed child! Since then he has been practicing walking from mommy to daddy and back again without any help. He's also doing a bunch of other new things. He has learned to open cabinet doors and look inside. He plays soccer by kicking things around the house when he's walking with us. He's got a basketball game that he picks up the ball and puts it in the basket. He also claps his hands without any help now. It seems like all of a sudden he can do so many things! We feel so lucky to have such a wonderful, healthy little boy. Here are some recent pictures of him.

February Videos

So here are the videos mentioned in the previous post. One is of Aiden as he shows that he is getting ready to crawl. He's not there yet but it shouldn't be long. The other is a video of him playing the piano. Granted he is not that good yet but if you listen closely, we're pretty sure he plays Mary Had a Little Lamb right at the end!

February 2009

Time is going by so fast and Aiden is changing so quickly it is hard to keep up with him. His newest tricks include opening and closing cabinet doors and drawers, pushing and carrying things around the house (accompanied by mom or dad) and yesterday he even said his first word. He had been making a lot of "mom" and "momma" sounds (I thought because of his teething) but his mother got up to go into the kitchen and he said loud and clear "Momma!" It may have been a bit of a coincidence but dad will have to concede that his first word wasn't "dada". On the teething front, Aiden has at least a few teeth coming in on top to match his two beauties on the bottom. Here are some recent pictures (with guest appearances by Matthew and Mason Visconti). We hope to post some new videos this coming weekend. Stay tuned!