4 Months Old!

Our Baby Boy turned 4 months old today!! 

I like this last one, it's like he's saying, "Say what??  I'm 4 months old?!"

3-4 Months

11/30/10-12/29/10

• Nicole and Alec absolutely love being Aunt and Uncle.  They come over at least weekly to hang out and we have dinner.  It's so awesome.  Having Aaden has definitely brought us closer together and I couldn't be happier!
• Uncle Brother is pretty amazed by the little man too...he calls him Baby Boy.  He is constantly taking pictures of him on his phone.
• On Dec 2nd, Aaden started to laugh a little.  It's so cute.  It's just the beginning of a laugh right now but I love it!  I was giving him raspberries on his tummy while he was on his changing table and apparently he got a kick out of it! ;)
• By Dec 8th he was full on laughing now!  He gets a kick out of Papa making farting noises. 
• He is starting to have more and more fun with toys that he can grab.  He loves a little blue fuzzy blanket that Ann gave to him.  I think the love started with burp rags and we replaced it with the blankie.
• On the 15th we got Aaden's first Christmas tree!  I think next year we are going to get our regular tree and then get a small one for all of his ornaments...he got a few Baby's 1st Christmas ones and some personalized ones too
• Aaden freakin' hates when I sing "Jingle Bell Rock" to him, he gets a total pouty lip.  It's hilarious.  I knew I couldn't sing well, I just didn't know it was that bad ;)
• Right now Aaden's favorite things are his activity mat, the swing, and the exersaucer

• I want to memorize all of Aaden's expressions.  He is super expressive and I love all his cute faces.  I wish I could capture every expression in pictures
• And I hope I can always remember the time that Aaron and Aaden were laughing at each other while Aaden was standing on Aaron's lap and Aaden had a spit up all over his face.  Aaden was cracking up so hard and it made Aaron laugh so hard he started crying.  It was just one of those moments that you hope you never forget!

Aaden's First Christmas

Aaron had to work on Christmas day so we celebrated with his family on Christmas Eve day.  It was nice because we actually got to spend a lot of time out at his parents and no one was rushing around.  I think we might try to do that from now on.  I hope so anyway because I also get to spend more time with my family for Christmas this way too.

Getting ready to open his presents

Aaden and Daddy

He was so good at helping!

"Am I doing this right??"

He really just wanted to play with the paper

Opening his stocking from Grandma

Aaden and Pappy "Santa" on Christmas Eve night

Didn't take too many pics on actual Christmas but I did get this one

3 Months Old!

Again, I suck.  I didn't even get a pic of Aaden til he was ready for bed.  I'm going to try to get better!  Here he is on the day he turned 3 months old

Christmas Card (Professional) Pics - Lovejoys

We went out to Aunt Kerry's house on Santa Ana Valley Rd to have the Lovejoys take some pictures of us for our Christmas card.  It is so beautiful out there, the setting is perfect with the Santa Anas in the background, the old barns and open fields.  I think Nick was loving the location.  It was a little drizzly so we had to do it quickly.

Aaden cooperated despite not having a nap.  He was really mesmorized by the camera lens - so we weren't able to get him to crack a smile.  But they came out great!

 

 

 

 

 



And our Christmas card:
(I actually had Cheryl photoshop Aaron's face from another picture because I didn't like the cheesy smile he had in this original picture - thank you, Cheryl!)

Happy Holidays!

2-3 Months

10/30/10-11/29/10

• Aaden's favorite things right now are his swing, the pictures on the wall still, diaper changes!, bright colors, and bullshitting with Pappy (his words, not mine)
• At 11 weeks he started sleeping through the night!!  Woohoo!  He sleeps from about 10pm-5am.  It's so awesome! (the first night was the night of Aaron's surprise 30th birthday party)
• He is becoming more and more interested in his hands.  Everyone notices how much he regards his own hands now.  He looks at them more, moves them more and opening and closing them and also touching more things.
• He started having "conversations" with people where he coos in response to someone talking to him.  It's the cutest thing ever and I have it on video a few times.  He smiles, coos, repeats sounds and he just gets a kick out of it.  The people he likes to "talk" to the most are Pappy, Uncle Alec, and Emmy.
• At 12 weeks he started putting his hands in his mouth a lot more and sucking on them.  He's also sucking his upper lip in...maybe he's starting to teeth??  Or he's just discovering new things.  One night when Ann was holding him, he sucked on her chin so much that it gave her a hickey!!

Said hickey
• I started back to work on the 22nd of November.  It was actually a good week to go back to work since it was only a 2 day work week.  It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, it's nice to get back to the swing of thigs.  Ann came and watched Aaden at the house for us which definitely made the whole work transition easier!
• Aaden had his first Thanksgiving!  No food for him this year though...formula and breastmilk were on his menu ;)  

Giants Win the World Series!!!!!!

It's been a very exciting year for the Giants!  We have been watching all season and there were times where we were sure that they were out of the running but they fought hard, played well and proved to the East Coast that they are contenders!  They beat the Rangers in the World Series on the day that Aaden turned 9 weeks!  It was so freakin' exciting!  It's the first World Series they've won in 56 years and the first they've won since moving to SF in '58.  It was an awesome season and so fun to watch...I like to think that Aaden brought them a little bit of luck ;)

Aaden's First Halloween

We celebrated Aaden's 1st Halloween.  He was a monkey.  We think that he hated his costume because it was fleece and it was a really hot day but he still looked adorable!  We went around and "trick or treated".  We went and saw Aaron's parents, Michael & Jenny and the kids, my Dad, Katie & Seth and Alivia, The Lovejoys, and Aunt Krissie and Uncle Danny all before ending at my Mom & Kenny's house to watch the Giants in the World Series. 

With Grandma

With Michael 

 Aaden and Alivia

 With Pappy

 With Emmy

 Aaden's pumpkin that Daddy carved for him

2 Months Old

I totally forgot until way late to take a picture of Aaden on his 2 month birthday.  Here he is, staring at his pictures of course. ;)

Posing for Halloween Pics

Ok, I've been trying to get some Halloween pictures of Aaden and after several attempts, I got two cute ones.  I'm a really bad Mommy though, the one of him in front of the fire place was taken right before he fell over and bumped his head on one of the pumpkins!  He only cried for a second but I felt like the worst.mom.ever! 

1-2 Months (Sept 30-Oct 30)

(This is just a summary of the happenings during Aaden's 1-2 months)
Wow, the heat wave has totally started!  It is SO hot!  Talk about Indian Summer.  Aaden has a bit of a heat rash :( 
-Aaron is really great!  He has totally embraced this Dad thing and has totally impressed me, he's better than I could have ever hoped for :)  He gets up with Aaden in the middle of the night every night to change him before I feed him.  He also knows how to comfort Aaden in ways that I don't.  The only way that I feel like I can comfort Aaden right now by nursing him but obviously Aaron can't do that so he has found other ways to comfort him.  He does a lot of bouncing and rocking with him. 
-Aaden is a total piggy right now, he's growing so fast...he is already growing out of some of his newborn sized clothes.  And he totally burps while he's nursing, he doesn't even bother to pull off, it's hilarious!
-His little eyes are getting bluer and bluer everyday :)
-It looks like he may have a little strawberry birthmark on the back of his neck like I do.  Not sure though?  One birthmark that he does have is a really light brown marking on his right knee. 
-He started smiling on Oct 1st...not at anyone but he smiled at Papa and Emmy's while staring at a lamp and then again while looking at the fan
-On Oct 3rd he smiled at me!  It was the best feeling ever!  It gave me instant butterflies :)  He also smiled at Grandma a little while later.
-We discovered that Aaden has a cow's milk allergy.  He had been getting congested in the middle of the night so we took him to the doctor.  He said that most babies get congested because of allergies to cow's milk and soy.  We had to switch him to a special nonmilk, nonsoy formula which he hated!
-We had our first slumber party on Oct 8th.  We spent the night at Papa and Emmy's.  Aaden did very well but the puppies did not.  Aaron had to get up at 2am and go home with them because they just would not calm down! 
-Oct 9th was the first time we left Aaden alone with someone else...it was with my mom.  Aaron had to take me to the doctor because I got a bad case of mastitis.  Not fun!  Aaden and Emmy both did well during their time alone.  I was so sad about getting mastitis because the doctor told me not to feed off that side and we were already having problems getting Aaden to drink his new formula.  I started crying at the doctor's office.  They put me on some heavy duty antibiotics and it gave poor Aaden some tummy troubles.
-On Oct 12th, Aaden got his first set of vaccinations.  My coworker, Angie, came to the house on her lunch break and gave them...a nice perk to working at the Health Dept!  Anyway, the shots went well and Aaden only cried for a second and then he slept most of the afternoon.  He was a little fussy the next day but not bad.
-At about 7 weeks he starting losing his hair especially on the back of his head.
-Aaden absolutely LOVES having his diaper changed!  He makes lots of smiley faces and is just so happy.  We're not sure if you like it because you like to be naked or if you really like your room or if you're just happy to get out of a wet diaper...maybe it's all 3!
-He is starting to "talk" more (cooing).  It's so sweet.  He also seems more alert, looking at things, and smiling more. 
-At 8 weeks, Aaden moved out of our bed and into his bassinet right on the side of our bed.  I couldn't turn my back on him the first night he was in there but he did great!

First San Benito County Fair

We went to the fair with Katie and Alivia today.  We went to watch the steer show and then walked around a while.  Aaden slept in the bjorn and in the stroller quite a bit.  He did really well, can't wait til next year when he'll be really into seeing the animals!  Here are some pics of Aaden and Alivia meeting McGruff!

Lively bunch... ;)

1 Month!

For Aaden's 1 month "birthday" we went out to dinner for the first time with him.  We went to Miyako's with Auntie Nicole and Uncle Alec.  He did super good, he slept a lot of the time in his carseat and only woke up towards the end.  It was nice being able to go out to dinner again!  Snapped a few pictures while he was sleeping...hoping that Eddie will post these on his website ;)

First Major Event! Gam's 80th Birthday

Today was Gam's 80th Birthday celebration.  It was Aaden's first big event.  He's almost 4 weeks old (tomorrow).  It was a luncheon at San Juan Oaks.  There were about 150 people there.  I stressed all week about how much stuff we needed to take for him.  It took a few hours to get out of the house this morning but we did it and we were on time!  When we got to San Juan Oaks, we looked like we were moving in!  We had two diaper bags, an ice chest, the camera, the boppy, the bjorn, a bottle warmer, and my purse.  Anyway, Aaden did really good!  He pretty much ate and slept the entire time.  We went to Aunt Krissie and Uncle Danny's after.  We had even more stuff to take to their house including the bouncer and pump (TMI Alert! - it was my first time pumping and dumping ;) )People were holding him all day long that I actually missed him by the end of the night.
This was also a big day for me because it was the first time I was able to fit into my prepregnancy jeans again!  WooHoo!

With Papa

Uncle Brother 

 Auntie Debbie

 Helen

 Me, My Mom (Emmy), and Aaden

Here are a couple pictures the cousins took the week before Gam's party

Aaden with his 3rd cousins