Overall Week Day One

Aaron has so many cute overalls, so I decided to do a Theme Week and dress him in a different pair each day for a week. Yes, he has that many. This is what he wore to church today. It's brand new via the Shopping Trip. It's actually a Winnie the Pooh set, but you can't really tell that in these pictures. I think it's super cute and I love the matching polo shirt that goes underneath it.

Mr. Aaron's pretty tired right now. He misses a nap every time he's in the church nursery, so we're hoping that he's about to take a marathon nap. Right now he's just sitting in his bouncy talking to Daddy. He's got an awful lot to say. He was the Favorite Baby in the nursery today. He just played and laughed and laughed and laughed. People comment so often about how happy he is. He really is. It is just wonderful.

Uggg

Aaron is not cooperating with Picture Taking today. That doesn't make it widely different from other days, but I really want to update the Blog today and I can't do that without new pictures! I'm also pretty irritated with myself because I haven't taken any pictures this week. He wore a new outfit to school every day (courtesy of a shopping trip with Grandma Sheri) and I didn't memorialize them. Not to mention my lack of picture taking means that I need to get Aaron to cooperate today so that I have something to put on the Blog. And the poor guy is pictured out today. We went to the Rose Garden this morning and had a session with a professional photographer. We should have access to the pictures in a week and we are so excited to see how they turned out.

Aaron has had a big week. He has slept through the night the last four nights! Technically, sleeping through the night is going 7 hours or more between feedings. So, if he eats at 8 and doesn't eat again until 3 then he slept through the night. That still means that Mama is getting up once to feed him, but it's not bad at all. Our pediatrician and all the well-respected books will tell you that this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he is now eating cereal like a champ each night at 6pm. That's fine. They're wrong, but it's fine.

I have noticed that Aaron's skills on his stomach have improved marginally at best over the last three months. That is certainly because if you add up the time that he has actually been on his stomach in the past three months it is probably less than the time he is supposed to be on his stomach each WEEK. Clearly I am failing in my job to improve his skills and I have been catering to the fact that Aaron hates Tummy Time. So today I grew determined to force Tummy Time. And I SWEAR TO YOU, I put him on his tummy three times and three times he immediately flipped over to his back and laughed at me. What am I supposed to do with that?

Aaron's favorite 'toy' right now is a burp cloth. He loves burp cloths and they make him very happy. They are essential to decent car rides and quiet mornings. If he has a burp cloth in his hand you will be unable to get it away from him. You may try. You will fail. The other morning Jory was putting Aaron in the bath and Aaron noticed the washcloth which is incredibly similar to a burp cloth. He grabbed it and Jory was unable to get it back. This was the washcloth that is strategically placed during bathing to prevent coffee being peed in. So Jory moved Aaron's hands so that while they were holding the washcloth, the washcloth was still appropriately placed. And Jory asked Aaron to leave it there. He actually did and I actually laughed out loud at him. Three minutes later, I heard the following: "Whoa! You were supposed to leave the washcloth there! Now look what happened! You tee teed in my coffee! You tee teed on Mommy's tooth brush! It's everywhere! Look at this mess! We had a deal!" I really, honestly almost died laughing.

4 Month Doctor Appointment

I can't express how well our doctor's appointment went today. The doctor was very impressed with Aaron. He said it was a perfect exam. Aaron has hit all of his milestones and the doctor was extremely pleased with how vocal and social Aaron is.

Aaron is a big baby. As soon as the doctor walked in he said, "he's long". And he was. He is 27 inches which is the 97th percentile. He is 15 pounds, 10 ounces which is the 65th percentile for weight.

Aaron is growing and changing before our eyes! Every single day brings something new. And - OH! - he is SO much fun! He is a Very, Very happy baby and such a JOY! He is smiling all of the time and is a very easy going, patient baby. And he just has so much fun with everything. He is 'talking' up a storm and he's kicking his legs like it's going out of style. He's started reaching for things that catch his eye and he tries to get to things. He hasn't figured out how to be mobile yet, but he sure wants to be. He is making his jumper bounce like crazy and he can spend oodles of time under his activity gym, but he also loves just sitting on Mama's lap telling her all of his thoughts and concerns. He is fun, fun, fun.One of my favorite things right now is our babysitter, Brooke. She comes on Tuesday nights for date nights. I LOVE her. Even better, Aaron LOVES her. He really, really loves her. When we get home she is holding him and he is perfectly content with that. He doesn't even try to reach for Mama. That is pretty unusual if I am in the room. Brooke plays with Aaron and they have such a good time. And he is so good for her. She says he doesn't fuss at all and he eats for her and goes down to sleep for her. It is so nice to be able to go out and not worry about how Aaron's doing!

4 Month Birthday!

What a big day! Aaron turned four months old and he got to celebrate his birthday with his grandparents on their 15th wedding anniversary! So this month's cake has a '4' for Aaron and a '15' for Grandma Sheri and Papa Tom!

Aaron had such a big, fun day!

Big, Growing Boy

Aaron is growing and changing every day. Here are some highlights:

He is hungry, hungry, hungry. After adding a few too many middle of the night feedings, I finally came to terms with the fact that I am unable to satisfy this growing chunk on my own. We started cereal Monday. He did great. He only had 1/2 teaspoon to start, so it didn't make much difference in his sleep, but he took the cereal and enjoyed it which I considered success. We tried a teaspoon Tuesday night and he took every bit of it! I have heard that the first few feeding result in very little food actually making it to baby. Not true in our case, he was very willing to swallow his chow! He then proceeded to go almost 7 hours before waking up and wanting to eat. Thank you God! Last night he took 1 1/2 teaspoons and slept 10 hours with only one wake up for feeding. It was really, really nice.


Aaron is a great napper. He is now going down without fussing. We just put him in the crib and he quietly falls asleep! He sleeps so peacefully - I love to watch him sleep. He is still being swaddled and I dread breaking him of that, but I know the day is coming. We will start weaning him from the swaddle soon.

Aaron is generally pretty happy. We don't hear a lot of complaints from him and we SO enjoy being with him. In fact, I love it so much that I will be doing it full time starting August 1. Yes, I put in my resignation notice at work last week and gave a 30 day notice. Very soon, my career will be Stay at Home Mom!

The Weekend

Here is Aaron's last Patriotic outfit for the week.

He likes it, don't you think? We were actually given this Friday from a friend of John and Kim's. It worked out perfectly. It's Red, White and Blue and is nice enough for church. It's also a Kissy Kissy outfit which I am partial to. Aaron is loving his activity gym! He can be amused for long periods of time and, as you can see, he discovered that it has a mirror! We drove back from Fort Worth this morning after Aaron's first feeding so that we could make it to church. We had a really nice weekend and Aaron proved to be an okay traveler. He's not one of those babies that falls asleep in the car and can go on long trips without a second thought, but it certainly could be a lot worse. Here are some pictures from his first 4th of July Weekend:

After pool time at Kimmie and Papa John's last night before bed.

With Big Mom yesterday.

Oh my gosh! How great is this?

Happy 4th of July!

Here's the outfit for Patriotic Week Day Six. This was an outfit of Brooks' and we love it with the dogs and the fireworks. We thought it was perfect for the holiday.

This onesie is what Aaron slept in last night so he could wake up on the 4th already dressed for the holiday! The sleeve says 'Baby's First 4th'.

Guess how Aaron celebrated the 4th? He had his first pool experience! We all hit Kimmie and Papa John's pool early this morning before the sun got too hot! Aaron LOVED it. That's really good because I'm not sure what we'd do with a baby that didn't like the water.
Papa John says it is definitely time for swimming lessons!
Sandy even got in on the action. Aaron is loving Sandy - he's never seen a dog and he's not sure what it is, but he knows it's fun!

Aaron is having a wonderful, relaxing weekend with his grandparents. Right now he's taking a much needed nap. I think the pool experience wore him out!

Patriotic Week Day Five

Here is a true patriotic outfit! And he is happier about it than he looks, trust us! We made a big car ride to Fort Worth this morning, and Aaron did great! He will spend the day with Mimi and Grandad today.

Aaron's Fourth of July weekend is off to a great start! Friday with Mimi and Grandad, Saturday with Kimmie and Papa John!

Patriotic Week Day Four

Look at him in his Red, White and Blue stars! Isn't this the most patriotic of all?! Grandma Beth sent this outfit yesterday!

And it has a matching bib! Now I can no longer say that we only have one Red & White bib in the house! :)

Don't worry, there's one that says 'Daddy's little allstar', too. That will come out this weekend.

I am having such a good time this week that I am thinking of implementing Theme Week every week. I could do animal week, checkered week, college week, overall week...

Patriotic Week Day Three

How fun is this little outfit? It's from Kimmie and it has a dog on it (of course). It says 'Ruff and Tough'

Aaron's daycare had a parade today for all of the older kids, but they brought a couple of the babies out (into the hallways where the parade was). Aaron got to go because of his Red, White and Blue outfit!

Just wait until you see the cute, cute, cute outfits Grandma Beth sent. They came in the mail today and I am pumped! Definitely good for Patriotic Week!