Aaron: Age 4

I stopped journaling during Aaron's 3rd year and so the next (and last) entry I have is from March of 2010, when Aaron was 4 years old.  Here's what I wrote at that time:

Age 4:

Ack!  I stopped journaling.  Whoops!  I am blaming Baby #4!  HA!  Well, let’s see.  Aaron is now 4 years old.  He is very tall… only about an inch or so shorter than Asher.  Not sure how many inches that is though, but suffice it to say that we are always asked if the boys are twins because they are the same size!  They wear the same size clothes (size 5/5T).  Aaron is standing nearly perfectly straight now!!  His knees were at about a 5 to 10 degree bend after his casts came off and the good news is they stayed that way (instead of getting worse like we thought they might).  And gradually, especially over the past year (age 3 to 4) that bend has all but disappeared.  The more tired he is though, the more bend you will see. 

Just this past week or two, I have gotten Aaron to jump off a low step.  Twice.  He is very reluctant to try it and insists he can’t do it, but he is starting to figure it out.  I’m hopeful in another year he will have mastered jumping off a step.  

He is running now, but it isn’t a fast run and his feet stay close to the ground.  But he can run and I know that will only improve with time.  He is such an amazing little boy!  He has really thinned down too.  He weighs about 45 pounds I think.  His head is still huge.  Not sure on size right now.  

He is starting to learn to read, but it is a slower process so far than it was for Ada and Asher.  He is very interested in spelling words he sees so I know he’s ready to start learning to read.  He also loves to COUNT.  He counts everything!  He can count to twenty, can count backwards from 10 to 1 and so forth.  

He loves to play with Asher and with Aiden.  He is still very sensitive and cries easily and often.  We’re still working on him “using his words” instead of crying and/or grunting.  Sometimes he just grunts and points to ask for something so we always make him ask nicely with his words.  He finally potty trained this summer at age 3.5, but just recently he has peed in his underwear several times a week. This is a very new thing and we’re not sure why it is happening or what to do about it.  [Note: When Aaron had his serial casting, he couldn't use the potty, so all that we had gained prior to that was completely lost and it took a long time to regain it, but he eventually figured it out!]


Pictures from Age 3:
I didn't journal, but I did take pictures while Aaron was a 3 yr. old!  Here are some photos from that year.

Ada, age 6; Asher, age 4, Aaron, age 3; Aiden, 6 months