Aiden and His Ancestors

Got to spend time with family and grandparents today. There were five generations, from my great Gramma joyce down to Aiden! Cool, huh?

My great gramma joyce hasn't been doing too well... She never recovered from her stroke and it seems like now she's aging faster. I'm really thankful that she lived to see my firstborn, although I don't think that  Aiden is her first great-great grandson, I know he's the first from my gramma joy.


Gramma Joyce had six kids, her daugher (my gramma) Joy had 7, Joy's daughter (my momma) had 8. uh, does that mean nine for us? we'll see! 

A big day!!

today - is Aiden's one month birthday!
He's getting so big!! Can't wait to weigh him again, I'm thinking he's huge.
I'm putting his 0-3 month stuff away this week - all except for a couple the things that I like and that still fit.

Also, today marks one month until Graduation!! Lord willing, my wonderful Luke is going to be a december grad :)

To celebrate - Pizza for dinner, and chocolate chip pound cake for dessert!!

Oh, and furthermore, I made bread while Aiden slept. That is a big accomplishment. First time to make bread since he was born. (I had more than 4 loaves saved before his birthday)
I could have done the whole thing by myself, Aiden slept so long, but Luke was home and doing schoolwork, so I said 'could ya get the bread out of the oven in 22 minutes, darling?'  and I went to sleep too :P

Luke asked if I'd posted anything recently, b/c he hasn't been checking his google reader since last week.

He was becoming frustrated b/c he spends time reading the bible, but it feels like 'token time', and he reads all these great inspiring, God-centered blogs that are always sharing some neat truth or convicting thought. Which is great, except, but after reading it, it doesn't seem to really stick, he said. I've been feeling the same way.
So I suggested that he just mark all his blogs as 'read' on his Reader, without reading them, and use that time to  spend a little more time in his Bible reading - not so he could read more, but so he could think about 'okay, what does this story/passage show me about God, why did God want it included in scripture?' I further suggested he should do it with me. :)
It's been neat - perhaps I will share what we learned in 2 Kings later.
Anyways, he asked about my blog, and we went there, and I saw that my last post, written friday, never posted! Grrr, frustrating and weird. But it should be here now.

hmm

I went into the bedroom to check on my napping Aiden when I suddenly noticed something. Somewhere in the past couple weeks I have lost my teeny newborn and gained instead an (almost) 4 week old little boy who is holding his head up, wearing size one diapers, making even more facial expressions, recognizing me and Luke from across the room, and rapidly outgrowing his 0-3 months clothes...

 but he still sleeps sweetly...

and even more pictures :)

my cute adorable handsome men 'talking' to each other and smiling.

I love how Aiden holds his hands like that :)

Just cute. and you gotta love the shirt!

this is the face he often makes when he's wide awake and ready to latch on and nurse.

He's got a good natured growl that he adds on for good measure, right before diving in to eat.

it kinda makes me think he's trying to eat me, and not just drink milk.

And then I am grateful that babies are born without teeth!!

haha, but I love it. He's so sweet.

Aiden has had trouble sleeping yesterday and today, but he's still been a pretty good baby.

Right now he's napping in his stroller. He had been taking a nap while I held him, then I put him down to figure out supper.

Luke had bought fishsticks so I made those.

When we sat down to eat Aiden woke up again, he was being quiet, but made a sound every so often and I realized 'oh, he's awake'.

So I brought him out with us and turned out the overhead lights and put him in his stroller with his brand spankin' new 'momma bear' You know - the kind that can play the sound of the mother's womb?

anyways, and then the sleepy fellow fell back asleep.  :D good deal, he needed it.

I guess he is just really needing to know that his mommy is close by right now.

Sweet thing.

some pictures... and packing away maternity things

This one was on the link that I posted a few days ago, but I figure my readers with slower internet probably didn't look at that album. Anyways, this is one of my favorite pictures :)

This is Aiden with his Uncle Caleb after the Patriots' game Tuesday. I didn't get a real good one b/c Aiden was READY TO EAT...

... In a week or so we might have pictures from the photo shoot with Ms. Tammie, and I'll probably put some of those up here.

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I put away my maternity clothes today (that is to say, the ones I'm not still wearing, haha)

Makes me wonder about 'next time'... will there be a next time? when will it be? will I be 'big' during the summer, or will I be needing winter clothes? Will I need nursing maternity wear or will I have long since weaned Aiden? Will number 2 be a girl? Will my brothers in law still be praying for twins? lol

don't let these questions make you think that I'm sad that I'm not pregnant anymore. I'm not, I'm thrilled to have my little Aiden here! And yes, I am happy to have my bladder back and it's very nice to be able to lay down in bed and be instantly comfortable.

but then, I've always wanted a bunch of kids, so I am certainly planning on being pregnant again sometime - Lord willing.

I just wonder when the whole trip will start again, that's all.

three weeks old!

This week Aiden:
Listened to new Rich Mullins' music and seemed to like it all
Made a mess all over his bouncy seat and had to be washed in the kitchen sink on Monday (I think...)
Outgrew newborn diapers on Tuesday
Watched uncle Caleb play ball (well, he was actually asleep...)
Began to learn to not bite and pull on mommy when nursing on Wednesday (and unlatched himself after his latch 'slipped'!! That's HUGE!)
Met a new friend, Harris, on Thursday (okay, so he was actually asleep, and neither baby paid much heed to teh other)
Showed off strong grip to Papa Lou Thursday noon
Recognized Luke from behind and across the room on Thursday night
Went all the way to Gramma's house in Branch to hang out and to pick up laundry on Friday (slept in the car)
Newborn photo shoot (and fussiest hour of his life) on Saturday (er, today... And in fairness, he wouldn't have been so fussy if he had gotten to suckle as long as he wanted, or if we at least didn't keep taking away his binky so we could take pictures of him)

He's been holding head up a lot this week (but it gets tired) and he is SOO strong :)
And of course, he laughed this week. We're still waiting for a repeat performance on that one :)
he loves to sit in his bouncy seat - he likes to be able to look all around!

I think he's got a bit of a cold; he's kinda sniffly and stuffy. But other than that he's doing pretty well :)
We love him.

Aiden's sounds

Guess what?!!

Aiden just LAUGHED

that's right, a deep little chuckle, for the very first time.

I think this fellow is all-boy.

He fussed for the first week or so of his life, and he had a very high-pitched, faint cry. 

But then that fussing changed, for the most part, to growling. (yes, he growls when he is uncomfortable, or wants my spot in the bed all to himself, or when he doesn't get his dinner quickly enough... I don't think that's gonna fly when he gets married! at least we've got a while to work it out of him.)

and his cry is much louder and a good bit deeper now (not that he cries very often... He growls for awhile first so I have plenty of time to figure out what he wants before he feels the need to proceed with wailing.)

And on top of those rather masculine sounds, you should hear him grunt when he's having tummy-time, or rooting around on the bed trying to find some milk - it is SO funny!!

He's been making faces like he is laughing, but no sound ever came with it, until a few minutes after five PM today, when we first heard that delightful chuckle coming from way down in his belly.

Can't wait to hear that one again :)

Future Patriot

We went on our first public outing this evening :)
At the last minute (nearly) we decided to go to the patriot game tonight - there were only 2 games, girls and boys, both 12 and under, so Caleb would get to play a lot. There aren't many 12 and under home games this season, so it was perhaps our only chance..
We made the decision to go right before Luke left for his evening class, and planned to leave as soon as he got back.
So I got Aiden and I ready - I put Aiden in his new 'Future Patriot' shirt that Gramma Susie gave him, and after much searching, found a pair of pants that fit.
Then he slept and I got myself ready - after much searching found my jeans and a shirt that was both clean and fit decently.
And then I put together the diaper bag and cleaned a pan to return to someone. Then I nursed Aiden some more.
And right as Aiden finished nursing and I was expecting Luke home any minute, Aiden's diaper leaked and we were both WET.
But since he didn't have any other pants, and I didn't know where any of my other pants were, I just dried us up well and changed his diaper...

Oh the ordeals of trying to go places!

But now I know that Aiden is officially too big for newborn sized diapers :) So we're into size ones! Already, wow... he's only 2 1/2 weeks old!

As it turned out, b/c Luke's class let out late, we got there just in time for the 2nd half, and they were under the mercy rule so it was  FAST half. But we did get to see caleb play a little bit, and we got to see Peter Mc play too, and so I was happy.

And everyone admired Aiden, who slept through the game and so stayed in his seat. But it was good b/c he was safer from germs that way :D

Aiden is pretty good in the car, though he doesn't seem to like it much if he isn't sleeping.

he's wide awake and in his bouncer again now, sitting in with his daddy, who is doing homework as they both listen to Rich Mullins. Aiden seems to like Rich Mullins best of anyone we've had him listen to. He's got good taste :)