Idiomatic Expression

We had to turn the car seat around to prevent Aidan’s legs from becoming permanently bowed. The video isn’t action packed, but it is amusing to see how intent he is on taking everything in. Before we turned the seat around he was yelling most of the time in the car because he was so uncomfortable.

I have still not convinced Aidan to clap, but as you can see he is very good at banging things together. He is also pretending to drink water in the video, this is the first time that I have seen him do that. I grabbed the camcorder to try to get him throwing his ball with both hands, but he wasn’t cooperating on that one. Hopefully I can catch that soon, as well as Aidan helping me to play the guitar.

I will be the first one to admit that this vacation was more work than any previous vacation. We were happy to find that we can get away from home every now and then, keep Aidan happy, and manage to have a bit of fun ourselves. It was also good to go to places that we were already familiar with, we knew where to get extra diapers and formula and did not have to worry too much about wasting a meal on bad food.

We did manage to take a couple of pictures while we were gone, although the volume went way down from previous trips. Two naps a day take a big bite out of the vacation, but are much better then the alternative (a grumpy baby). Three cities and over 10,000 miles sounds more adventuresome than it really is, we had to go to Hawaii and just found a way to stop places that we enjoy along the way.

Here is what Aidan is up to in Oahu.

We tested out a child restraint device on our flights to Seattle. It worked very well and is much easier than toting a car seat on board. Here is Aidan taking a nap on our trip from Kansas City to Seattle.

Don’t forget to check out the latest adventures from our trip at TheTravelTots.

One of the reasons that this site has been relatively quiet this month is that with the help of a friend I have been working on launching a new site dedicated to traveling with infants and toddlers. It is still under construction, but now open to the public at www.thetraveltots.com. One of the features of the website is a travelogue that will follow my (and my fellow travelers) trips.

We are still a bit light on content and features, but look for that to change in the coming months.

Now that Aidan has three teeth, he is getting better at ripping off pieces of food. We recently had veggie corn dogs and handed one to Aidan on a whim.

Here is what happened.

Aidan and the Corndog from Randy Musgrove on Vimeo.

Note: Just because Aidan can rip off a piece of food doesn’t mean that it gets eaten. He also has fun pushing out pieces of food with his tongue.

In honor of our upcoming vacation I am experimenting with google latitude. Check out the location link on the right to see where I am.

If you thought banning electronic toys from your house would keep your headaches to a miniumum, think again!

Aidan and the Rattle from Randy Musgrove on Vimeo.

This is getting stale, so I wanted to get it up. Aidan is much better at walking with assistance already and thinks it is hilarious to run with while holding my hands.

Walk Outside from Randy Musgrove on Vimeo.