Animal Play, School Days, and More

We are finally back home after two weeks without power due to Hurricane Ike. Aedan's favorite part of being back is playing with his animals again! He will carry around a toy for Pixel or Angel as they follow him (running!) around the room, giggling the whole time! He is also learning to pet nicely, throw a toy for Angel and hold toys for Pix to bat at.... Soooooo cute!

Aedan is also finally back at school. I picked him up early the other day so that I could take him to his doctor appointment and his teachers were so sweet about him, calling him their "model student!" After we were so worried about him napping (he lays down on his mat and goes to sleep all by himself!) and being left (recently he doesn't even cry when Nonna leaves!), this is just such a releif! I'm also really excited that this year he gets art time, outside time, and books read at school - he has even asked Ms. Teri to read to him! He looked so cute and tiny sitting with his class at their little table for lunch. He is the youngest in the class and you can definitely tell!!!

Speaking of the doctor appointment, we LOVE our new pediatrician! Aedan's doctor since birth, Audrey Tamm, just took a position at a hospital as a pediatric hospitalist, so we switched to another doctor in the practice, Joseph Edralin. Dr. Edralin came in and sat down on the floor to play with Aedan immediately and actually did all of his examination down there! He was also really sensitive to our concerns about vaccinations, and very knowledgeable and thoughtful about the issue! We're soooo excited since we were really worried about losing our sweetheart pediatrician, Dr. Tamm!