Another milestone for Aiden!!

Aiden has been quite interested in Nathen and my food since he was about 4 months old, often pulling at our plates and snatching food off of them. I really wanted to wait to start him on solids until he was 6 months because he had quite a few tummy issues in the first few months of his life, and I wanted to make sure his digestive system was fully developed before starting him on solids, after he had taken 10 oz of breast milk a couple of times through the week---he was showing he was ready and I was worried that I would not be able to keep up with his appetite, so I finally gave in and introduced him to rice cereal (as recommended by Aiden's Dr) on Saturday. The first feeding went pretty well although I think he was a little tired, we had a pretty busy day and didnt get to feed him the cereal until about 7 pm, he spit most of it out, which is to be expected. Yesterday's feeding went much better, he seemed to become a bit more comfortable with the new textures, and tongue movements--he actually swallowed some instead of thrusting it out with his tongue--which I thought is pretty amazinging since all his mouth has been doing for the last 51/2 months is sucking and thrusting with his tongue. He's not taking much because I'm trying to read his cues and stop when he's done, not when the food is gone--luckily he's pretty easy to read he'll turn away when he's done or fuss if I dont pick up on his cues right away.

I noticed I hadnt posted any pics for a few weeks so heres a few from the last couple of weekends. Enjoy:)

Aiden hanging out on Mommy and Daddy's bed in his overalls, that no longer fit him:( "Uh mom, what am I doing with a K-State hat and a KU jacket on???" We prepare Aiden for a walk last Sunday when it was very cool, poor kid is going to be so confused as to who to cheer for!

Oops...Aiden is 5 months!!

Okay I totally forgot to include Aiden's 5 months stats in the last post(he turned 5 months on Tuesday), so here they are. He is now 16 lbs, he gained 1 lb in the last month!!! But is still at the 50th percentile for weight, he is still 26 inches long, putting him at the 75th percentile, and his little head is still coming in at the 20th percentile. To me though he is just the perfect size. We hope you all have a nice weekend!

Another Road Trip!!!

Aiden has another rode trip under his belt. We went to Hutchinson for him to meet his Great Grandparents. The trip was filled of more firsts for him. We started out the trip by meeting my sister, her girls, and my mom at the Rolling Hills Nature Center/Zoo in Salina. We had planned on going to the zoo but it was cold and rainy so we strolled through the museum, which was awesome. They had a children's room with tons of toys, and books. If anyone is ever near Salina they should definately check it out, we are hoping to visit the zoo sometime. Next we headed towards Hutchinson for the big event of meeting his Great Grandparents. Both my grandparents' faces lit up when they were met with their great grandchildren. After our visit we headed to the hotel, where Aiden got to swim in a swimming pool for the first time. As you can see from the pics below he loved it. I can't wait until our swimming lessons in October, they are Saturday mornings so Daddy will get to join us for it as well. Our trip was lots of fun, especially seeing Aiden interact with his cousins (ages 15 mo and 2.5 years). We all shared a hotel room so we didnt get much sleep, but it was well worth all the laughs and fun that was had. Here are a few of the pictures we got.

"Hi Mom, I love my Aunt Sheldi, and I think she loves me lots too, look at her big smile!"

"Mom, can I please sit by myself like a big boy with my cousins!!!" Picture in the play room at the museum. "Hannah, what you got there?" Aiden really enjoyed watching his cousin Hannah.

"Hi Susanna". Aiden really seemed to like talking to Susanna---he's quite talented he was able to "talk" with his pappy in his mouth!

Aiden with his Great Grandparents. Aiden with Great Grandma "Look mom I'm flying in the water with Nana!" Splashing around with my sister and Aiden's cousins--we were moving so much Nana had a hard time getting a picture that was centered:)

College Football has Arrived!!!

Okay for those of you who know Nathen and I know that we enjoy watching college football. Before I met Nathen I never even watched a game but he explained it so well, that he kind of created a college footballaholic--last year I think I watched more bowl games than he did. Well now with a little one around we cant watch as much as we once did--Aiden has a few years to go before he'll get the joys of watching the tube!! Anyways, this weekend was opening day for several teams including Nathen's alma manor K-State, fortunately it was a late game so we were able to watch the majority of it after Aiden went to bed. Eventhough Aiden didn't watch it that did not stop us from dressing him for the event. Below are a few pics from Saturday!

Aiden and Daddy say a little prayer before the game--unfortunately the Wildcats beat themselves--they led for all but 4 minutes but of course those were the last 4 minutes:(

Proud Daddy holds onto Aiden, while Aiden tightly squeezes his finger--amazingly its not in his mouth:)

"Huh what is football and what am I doing decked out in purple cats anyway??" Aiden's impression of Austin Powers...I think this is my favorite, he looks so darn cute!!