Babe Magnet

No one looks better in a little brown sweater and baby jeans than this guy.

Watch out ladies,  there's a new stud muffin in town.

Cliffhanger

We took some funny pictures of Aiden laying on his stomach.

But what's really funny is if you flip one of the pictures on it's side.

See... now it looks like he's clinging to the side of a steep mountain slope, fighting  for his life, barely hanging on by the slowly-weakening grip of his teeny tiny fingers.

And now we're back on solid ground.

Whew.  That was close.

Back to Basics

As promised, just a whole bunch of really cute baby pictures...

Enjoy.

The Rubber Room

Preface:  This blog entry will have no baby pictures.  It may not even say the word "baby" besides the two times that I just said it.  But wait!!  Before your eyes glaze over and you move on with your day, let me make this promise:  if you take the time to follow the links at the end of this page you will have your freak freaked.

Ok. 

Working at night, sometimes I find myself driving to and from my job at odd hours.  It was during one of these drives that I happened to catch an interesting radio show on NPR called "This American Life."  

The show is self-described in this way, "... each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme..." 

Anyway, the other night I was listening to an episode of this show as I drove to work.  It was about a place in New York City called the "Rubber Room."  

I'm not going to try to summarize the story, or what the rubber room is.  To do that would merely delude the end result as the truth turns every brain cell that you have ever had, or hoped to have into lime jello.  

Alright, so to get the story on the rubber room you can do one of two things, (or both- which Jen and I did.)

First, you can follow this link to listen to the actual show for free on NPR's website.  I recommend this option.  The link is here.  Click on the yellow icon for 'full episode' in the episode entitled 'Human Resources.'  The Rubber Room story is not the entire show so you have to listen to someone talk about firing people first.  If you hang in there though, prepare to have your brain exploded, put back together, and then exploded again.

The second option is to watch a trailer of a documentary film thats just been made about the rubber room.  This is also a good option, but may not have quite the brain-exploding power of the full radio show.  That website is here.

Ok, thanks for indulging me.  I promise that next time I'll bring you more baby pictures then you can even stomach in one sitting.  

Choose your own Adventure

Ah, spring...

Ok, so it's still March but earlier in the week the weather was so great that it almost made you forget about Punxsutawney Phil and 6 more weeks of winter, or whatever.  The sunshine drove us from our dark, cozy house where we'd been snuggled up with our baby and our TiVO, and inspired us to take a walk.   Aidens FIRST walk, in fact.

He may not have opened his eyes.  And he may not have been even remotely awake.  But boy did he love walking.

That same day, coincidentally, he had another first.  His first REAL bath.  I know, it's hard to imagine that we could pack so much excitement into a single day.  But what can I say?  Spring fever makes you do crazy things

 

Check out the photographic documentation of Aiden's day of firsts below.

fun with our son

Will we ever tire of taking pictures of Aiden doing absolutely nothing?  

Just when it seems like we've taken a picture of him in every conceivable position, awake and asleep, the moment will once again arrive where we say, " quick, grab the camera!"  The great thing is that since he changes so much and so quickly we could probably take 100 pictures a day and it wouldn't seem a waste (at least to us.)

Hopefully that day will never come. But until it does, enjoy the latest installment in a series of pictures  appropriately entitled  "Aiden: doing absolutely nothing."

Idle Hands are the Blogger's Workshop

"What happens when a new dad is home for the weekend with some extra time on his hands?"

"Lots of unnecessary blog posts?"

"Yes, that's right.  And what happens when that same dad also has a new camera to play with?"

"Lots of unnecessary video montages to go on the unnecessary blog posts?"

"Exactly."

  

Aiden Jammin': Part II

   Bailey after a bath

The Polls are Closed

The Pennsylvania Primary may not be until April 22nd, but here at the Jones Abode the ballots are in and counted.  The race to be named "Who Aiden most resembles" has been a dead heat throughout much of the voting season, with some dark horse contenders making quite a splash with voters.  In the end, a late surge by the front runner was able to clear the path for a decisive victory.

But lets not get ahead of ourselves.  The results of the voting for "Who does Aiden most resemble?" are:

In fourth place, with 1 vote-  "Neither"

Of course, someone just had to do it...

     

In third place with 5 votes- "A Keebler Elf"

Not a bad showing for a fictional character that lives in a tree and sells cookies.

In second place with 11 votes- "Jen"

A very strong competitor- with any luck she'll be made "vice-who aiden most resembles."

The winner with 20 votes- "Rob"

Apparently chubby cheeks ARE hereditary.

Congratulations to all the contenders on a well fought race.  Start preparing your campaign strategies now for "Who Does Aiden Most Resemble 2012"...

Like Father Like Son

It's never too early for some father-son bonding- and thank goodness that this little apple has not fallen far from the tree.  Who knew that at this young age Aiden and I would be able to enjoy such a diverse and exciting array of activities?  

He's learning quickly in all of the most important areas of "guy bonding."  He is already a devoted Phillies fan ( sorry Aiden, it's a blessing and a curse.)  And I just can't stop him from coming up with new theories about "LOST", ( the latest: they'll find out it's all been a reality TV show hosted by Jeff Probst ). 

 Sometimes, though, I think he's just humoring me, (during reading time I'm almost sure that he's only in it for the pictures.)  But I can't complain, for the most part he has been gung-ho about anything new that I can come up with for us.  Then again, my interpretation of "gung-ho" is for him to open his eyes and gurgle.  

The great thing is, I just know that we've only scratched the surface here.   I can't wait until our time together can include things like climbing trees, playing in the dirt, falling out of trees, and chasing Bailey around the house, ( you know, guy stuff.) 

  But until that time comes,  I am content to just have him sitting next to me on the couch, making funny noises while he sleeps.          

Good boy Aiden.  Good boy.

ENJOYING A GOOD BOOK

TAKING A NAP

ROOTING FOR THE FIGHTIN' PHILS

WATCHING "LOST"

In Your Face

I know that there are some individuals out there that have been saying, 

"When can we see some close up pictures of Aiden?  Like, really close up?  Like, maybe even where we can see right up his nose?"

To those individuals I would like to say:  Your time has come.