4th Month Photos

Here's Aidan's more recent pictures! By the way, videos take too long to upload on Blogspot, so those will be posted on Facebook only!

Holding his bottle for the first time!

I'm a big boy, I get to eat rice cereal now! This was my very first taste!

It makes quite the mess!

Trying to either wipe his mouth or lick the bib clean!

Playing with my new kick toy!

Wathcing TV in mom and dad's room after Direct TV got installed!

Going for my first walk around my new neighborhood

Happy baby!

Tummy time is getting a little better!

Mommy and I got up early to beat the heat, but it was still a little bit warm!

Sticking my tongue out at my toys!

I like sticking my tongue out!

I'm a big boy! I can feed myself!

Tummy time with my sea horse

Sea horse kisses!

3rd Month Photos

Here's the pictures from 3-4 months old!

There's a giraffe on my foot!!!

We like just chillin in the Bumbo!

Bathtime is the best!!

I like sleeping flat on my back... which is why I'm getting a flat head! Hopefully this head support will help!

Someone was playing so hard he just passed right out on his playmat!

MeeMaw Sr reading me a story when she, Bob, Grandpa Ralph, and MeeMaw Jr came to visit

This is Tom my chicken (Daddy named him). I like to chew on his beak!

This is Dylan my Duck! He's my favorite toy!

Piggy kisses!

I rolled form my back onto my side all by myself!

Today was a rough day!

Practicing more rolling!

Sitting in my Bumbo, watching my shows and playing with toys!

Lifting weights!

Playtime!

Tummy time is better when I can stare at myself!

Up Up and Away!

I like playing in my exersaucer!

Can you tell who dressed me today?

More play time!

"Kicking" Beardsley out of his crib!

4 months!

I have been a bad blogger! Me?? Can you believe it? A whole month with no posts! Well Aidan turned 4 months old today! We had his 4 month doctor's appt and it went great. We just love Dr McCleland and are going to miss her when she goes on maternity leave!! Aidan weighed in at 15 lbs 6 1/2oz and 26 1/2 in long! He is in the 92nd percentile for his height and about 50th for his weight! He is growing like a weed and his weight is finally catching up to his height. At four months old, he is almost ready to start growing out of some of his 3-6 months clothes! Can you believe it? Dr McCleland confirmed that he is teething! He is healthy and making a ton of progress. We have one area of concern and that is his flat head! We've been working on some things to help it naturally round out, but if we don't see improvement in the next 1-2 months, then at 6 months, we'll have to consider going the helmet route. If only he didn't hate being on his tummy so much!

So what have we been up to the last month??? Well right after he turned three months Aidan started the early stages of teething and I went back to work!!! No fun for those two things to coincide since it meant Aidan stopped sleeping through the night! He has had a lot of congestion since, but we seem to be working our way through it. He also rolled onto his side from his back for the very first time! Yea! When he lays on his stomach he can hold his head up off the ground, and he loves going in his exersaucer!

Grandma Rissa (Meemaw Jr), Grandpa Ralph, Great Grandma Phyllis (Meemaw Sr), and G-ma Phyllis's wonderful friend, Bob also came to visit us! They brought us a ton of furniture they had been storing for us, and we finally have furniture in our bedroom and the guest room! We had such a great time with them! And Grandpa Ralph even helped Ian fix our roof and he fixed our dryer too! They were so generous and also got us a new BBQ grill for a housewarming present. I was so proud to show off our new house since my mom hadn't seen it since she came down to help paint before it was finished and we moved in. My only regret is that our vacation with them wasn't longer! We can't to see them again this winter!

Life has been good to us... although the transition back to work has been a rough one. It might have been smoother except Aidan has been struggling with his nasal congestion and this past week he had a little stomach virus. He is doing much better now! I can't post pics currently b/c Ian has the laptop with all the pictures at work, but I'll get new pictures posted this weekend! I can hardly wait for three days off! Especially since we are getting DirectTV installed on Saturday!!

3 months old and our first vacation!

Aidan turned 3 months old yesterday! I can't believe how big he is getting! His little legs are so long, when he's in his car seat he can kick the seat in front of him! We decided that since it has been so hot, and we really didn't have a relaxing summer, that we would go to San Diego for the weekend with our big outing being Sea World. I had never been and Ian's last memory of it was when he was at USMC Recruit Depot and every night he'd be able to see the fireworks from his bed in the barracks. We were so fortunate to be able to get free tickets because of military and I could believe how generous Sea World was to have that program in place! We stayed at the Sheraton San Diego at the marina. We had a deluxe room on the 11th floor overlooking the marina and bay. It was such a nice hotel, and the view was amazing. Both nights after Aidan went to sleep Ian and I just stayed out on the balcony talking and reconnecting after a long and stressful summer. It was so nice to be able to relax again!

We got there Friday afternoon and checked into our hotel and then went shopping at the exchange at USMC Recruit Depot. I couldn't believe how young the Marines looked! Still just babies and it amazes me what an important job these guys do for our country! I just wanted to hug them all and make sure they knew how much what they are going to be doing is appreciated!

On Friday night we went to Il Fornaio on Coronado Island (which we had first gone to the one in Walnut Creek the night after we got married and loved it!). We had a table right next to the window overlooking the bay. Such a great dinner. Aidan was very well behaved and our server just loved him! Especially since he was wearing his little Vans from Aunt Karen! They were still a little bit big, but I couldn't resist dressing him up for our evening out!

On Saturday we went to Sea World. I loved it!! It was so much fun and the shows were amazing! I can't believe what the trainers and animals are capable of! Aidan stayed int he sling most of the day and both of us were very comfortable. So much easier than having to hold him, and so much nicer for him not to be stuck in his carseat! That night we went to Casa Guadalajara for dinner and it was great! We had intended to go back to Sea World for the fireworks and night shows, but were so pooped by the time we got done with dinner (it was an hour wait!) that we decided to just go back to the hotel and relax.

On Sunday we got check ed out of the hotel and headed over to Pacific Beach. We went on a walk along the strand and then ate breakfast at Kono's Cafe. Very yummy... but quite the wait. Finally we were done with breakfast (it was like noon!) and we were on our way back home! We stopped off at Point Loma Seafoods to get some clam chowder and then it was travel time.

Aidan did an absolute excellent job on vacation! We bought him his very own DVD player at Recruit Depot and he really loved having it on the ride home. It was a godsend too, b/c finally afte rbeing in a car seat "all" day, about 2 hours outside of Phoenix he finally started getting fussy. The DVD player calmed him down and kept him occupied so that I didn't have a nervous breakdown driving the final stretch home!

All in all, it was a great vacation! I can't wait to go back again and next time be able to take Aidan to the beach so that he can experience the sand and water!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from Sea World!

What a spoiled lil man!!! 3 months old and he already has his own DVD player!

Aidan and I at the shark exhibit!

Daddy and Aidan really liked Shamu!

Our first family vacation photo!

I wouldn't want to meet the shark those teeth belonged to!

The killer whale show

The dolphin show!