Little friends.

It is not unusual these days to hear little sweet noises coming from Aidan's room after he awakes these days. Instead of standing up and yelling for us, he sits happily and visits with his little stuffed friends. He has four of them in his crib at all times: puppy, Bungle (his beloved monkey), giraffe, and lamb. If I walk in quietly without him hearing me I get to observe his little conversations. He talks quietly while looking at them one by one, hugging each of them and sometime laying down on them and sucking his thumb. The other day, after a longer than normal nap, I went in to get him, but when I picked him up he sat back down and reached for his lamb. He had not had time to love on his animals and was not ready for me to get him quite yet. How sweet he is sometimes!