Say Cheese!

Aiden has lots of moods.  

In fact new ones are appearing each day.  Moods like "tired", "hungry", and "pooping" are old standards.  We could recognize them from a mile away.  These moods are tried and true, and we wouldn't think of leaving home without them.  

But, as I said, a new breed of moods has been popping up with greater frequency.  Some of these newfangled moods are things like "curious", and the ever-popular "gassy".  This morning Aiden was displaying a newer mood that I hope we will see more of in the days to come.  I call this mood:  "Smiley."

He may not know what he's doing quite yet, but boy is it cute.  Of the approximately 50 pictures that I snapped while he was grinning, these are smiliest of the bunch.

Enjoy these while they last, because tomorrow he may be perfecting "constipated."

4 Generations

Aiden got to meet his great-grammy Weidner today for the first time.  Grammy was so excited to see and hold Aiden, and exclaimed numerous times, 

"He's SO fat!"

Yes Grammy, yes he is.

In fact at Aiden's doctors appointment yesterday we found out he now weighs almost 11 pounds. So while he may not be SO fat... he is in the 75th percentile of fatness.  

We were just really glad that Grammy was able to meet her newest great-grandson.  And it was great to see her holding him, giving him lots of kisses.

Bootylicious

Despite strong evidence to the contrary (see "exhibit A" below) we are not smuggling any drugs or firearms in our baby's under-garments.

 No, in fact, Aiden's suddenly bodacious booty is actually a result of the new diapers that he is wearing.  We've been planning all along to use cloth diapers, but Aidens's body has only just gotten big enough for them.  The diapers that Jen picked out are from Bum Genius, and they are pretty cool in that they adjust so you don't have to keep buying new ones as the baby grows.

So anyway, don't be alarmed if you see Aiden cruising down the street, and it looks like he's got a miniature poodle in his pampers, it's just his bum, genius!

In non-Aiden-related news:  We just found out today that our great friends Steph and Bill Anderson (who are expecting later this summer), are having a girl! 

 Yahoo!!!

I guess in some ways this is Aiden-related, because once Aiden and baby Anderson get married- we'll all be related!

Congratulations Steph and Bill! We love you guys.

Boy's Club

What we do when Jen is not home.

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."