Aiden's first night away from home!!!

Aiden and I went to Wichita Thursday to visit my Aunt Connie and Uncle Rob. Our trip started out with a bit of detour, we had planned on visiting my grandparents in Hutchinson, but were informed by our loving hubby and daddy that I-70 was closed due to flooding, so we turned around and headed to Topeka to get on the turnpike to Wichita. I was determined to go on a roadtrip as we were ready by 8 am as we had planned, and were out the door by 8:10, we would have been right on schedule, but Aiden had a doozy of a diaper!!! Anyways, our car trip went great, Aiden slept until we were about 30 minutes from Wichita and then needed to eat, but man it had been over 3 hours, I usually need a snack by then too. So we pulled over at a Walmart parking lot so I could feed him. Once we arrived to Wichita, my Aunt Connie soaked up time with Aiden, and he was on his best behavior, she was amazed by how alert he was. He was a bit fussy that night because we were not in his nursery for bedtime, but once he fell asleep he slept well, waking only 2 times. We headed home Friday, and he did well on the car ride, but needed Nana to sit back with him once we were about half way home, I think he got bored and wasnt sleepy. All in all it was a successful trip.

Aiden enjoys a catnap in Great Aunt Connie's arms Friday before we hit the road.

Here's Aiden with his Nana (my mom) at Aunt Connie and Uncle Rob's house. Nana rode with us down to visit them, which was great since Aiden slept most of the time, and provided me somene to visit with.

As for the rest of our Memorial Day weekend so far it's been pretty low-key. Although Aiden has decided that he does not need to take naps during the day. As I mentioned in the previous post I wanted to get him on some sort of routine, but thus far I've been unsuccessful. You'd think that if he didnt have much sleep during the day, he'd sleep great at night, right? Not so much, last night he was up every 2 hours. I think he's still going through a growth spurt. Also I was reading in my "Baby's first year week by week" book and it said around 7 weeks babys really need to suck, this has been true with Aiden now, he really has enjoyed his pacifier the last few days, and cries when it falls out when he's sleeping, so Nathen and I have made several trips to his crib to put it back in his mouth. But last night when we both ventured in to assist our little guy with his sucking tool, we were amazed when we saw him put it back in his mouth while he was half asleep. He truely amazes us everyday, even when he's sleeping, and we are half asleep ourselves:) In other Eckstein news...I had my 6 week postpardom (sp?) appointment Wednesday, and it went well, for the first time in a long time the numbers on the scale went down!!! I have about 9 lbs to go before I get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I'm not really too concerned about it as my clothes fit (of course not the way they once did but they are comfortable). Until next time, take care and have a Happy and Safe Memorial Day!