What's that on your face?

Dear Aidan,

You've been sporting a red blotchy spot for a couple of days now on the right side of your cheek (see arrow in photo). I don't know how you got it or what it is, but it's been bothering mommy and daddy. Hopefully it will go away soon. The photo I posted doesn't show it that well, but it's much more apparent in person. Anyways, this photo was taken when you took a short (I mean SHORT) nap today. I think you slept for about 15 minutes max. Ugh. Why can't you sleep longer? You were so cranky because you hardly slept during the day so it was a rough day for mommy. You were super loud and you were crying a lot. Lately you've been talking a lot. You talk a lot of jibberish and you start making loud burst of noise like 'Ahhhh!'
It's really difficult to take you to public places now because you get so loud. I've tried giving you your toys and snacks, but it's still quite hard. I'm so used to wolfing down my food everytime we go to restaurants so we can quickly eat and leave. No more enjoying food.

I took a short video of you sleeping today because you looked so cute.


I worked on the loot bags for your party this morning. I made 16 loot bags, but I'm not sure if I should make a few extra just in case. It takes a lot of time to put these together.


Here's the lunch bag loot bags that I'm going to be giving out to all the kids. I didn't seal the bag because I still have to put the baked cookies in there once your Toronto grandma bakes it for me 2 days before the event.



Here I am holding down the flap of the bag so you can see what it will look like once the flap is sealed. I stuck a cute #2 pencil on the flap and the kids can use that to write on the notebook that is inside. On the front of the lunch bag I stuck a library card with a thank you card with your photo on it. I stamped the library card holder with your birthdate and your name.




Here's what's inside the loot bag so far: The custom notebook that I made, a Milky lollipop, 2 Milky candies, 3 Crayola crayons that I bound together with striped deco tape, and Pocky snacks.



A close-up shot of the thank you card.

It was so fun making these. I hope the kids like it.