Aiden is 2 Months Old

Our little man hit 2 months old on Saturday. He is doing wonderful and is healthy and growing fast. We all love him to pieces and are so happy he is a part of our family.

 A little about Aiden

10 lbs 6 oz

23 1/4 in

Starting to coo and smile

Follows things with his eyes as they go by

Holds head up pretty good

Sometimes rolls from tummy to back

Sleeps for 4-6 hours at a time at some point during the night

Eats 4-6 oz of formula every 2-3 hours 

Is most calm when swaddled so tight he can't move

My most high maintenance baby so far

Loves to sleep snuggled in bed with Mommy and Daddy

Thinks he needs to be held all the time

St. Patrick's Day Breakfast

Aunt Jenn made this fun, yummy green breakfast. A broccoli and bacon quiche and some muffins. The kids also had green milk. Fun way to start off the day.

Sweet Little Mama

I got Aiden all set up with a bottle and then had to go to the bathroom. A few seconds later I could hear him crying and knew he lost the bottle. The crying quickly stopped and when I came back out to the living room this is what I found. His sweet sister helped him out and all was well. She may drive me nutty with him but she sure is a good little helper!

A Touch of Aiden

 Grandpa voluntarily fed Aiden his bottle.

The little dude slept in the corner of the couch like this for a good couple hours.

Then he woke up for a bit, ate and snuggled his way into this position on the couch for another couple hours.

 The earliest age to play peek-a-boo.

 Always amuses me how big a bed hog a tiny person can be.

 When you don't have a baby swing you make things work for you. He was so content laying on the dryer while it was on. (For any of those who may be worried, he was never left unattended and he was only there for a moment.)

Silly Livi

Our Time With Alexis

Cousin Alexis came to visit for a week and it was so great to get to spend time with her. She spent one night and a whole day with just us and we had a great time. Her and Zoey got along really well even with their difference in age. Olivia warmed up to her pretty quickly too and they were pals. We are so glad she could come see us since it has been a few years since we saw her at all. Thanks for spending time with us Alexis. We love you!

The most delicious popcorn ever and a movie.

 There was quite a bit of snow on Mt Lemmon still. It was my kids first time ever touching snow. They were pretty excited.

Olivia and her pal Alexis. This visit was the first time they met. 

I am pretty sure Aiden was wondering what the heck all those big tall green things were and why in the world his face felt so cold.

Working on building a snow creature.

 They decided it was a snow monkey.

 Alexis and Noah

 Noah loved climbing. He got too close to the edge too many times for Mommy's sanity though.

I love this picture with Jenn's funny face and Noah in the background. Too funny!

I can't believe I used to take care of this girl when she was a baby. I can't believe how fast the years have passed.

Aiden (5 weeks), Noah (5), Alexis (11), Olivia (22 months), Zoey (7)

This is how Aiden does a picnic in the mountains.

Sporting her cousins sunglasses.

Park Fun

We had Mar's girls for the afternoon and the weather was beautiful so we loaded everyone up and went to the park. The kids had a great time as always.

 This was Aiden's first excursion to the park. He just did a lot of eating and laying. He was only 1 month old at the time. I guess that's about all he could have done.

 Noah is working at getting better on the monkey bars.

Daddy Daughter Night

Zoey had a Daddy/Daughter dance this year at school. Jay worked hard to find coverage at work so he could go and Zoey was thrilled. They went out to Wingstop for dinner and then hit the dance. Neither of them are big public dancers so they just stayed for a bit, had some cake, people watched and then went home. The rest of us were gone and when they got home they spent an hour or two playing Wii together. They both had a wonderful night and Zoey totally ate up the time she had with just her and Dad. It is something we are going to try and make a point to be a more regular occurrence. I am so glad they had such a great night together.

 I didn't even notice until I loaded the pictures on the computer that their outfits matched. Ha ha. How cute!

Gordy Gorilla

Noah got to bring home the "class pet" over a weekend. Gordy gorilla had a great time at our house and his most biggest fan was Olivia. She would get so mad at Noah if he wouldn't let her have the gorilla. It was too cute.

Who's the Baby?

Little miss Olivia cracks me up with her making her way into Aiden's spots. One of her favorites is the vibrating chair. She is too silly.

 Don't you just love the headband she is sporting?