3 1/2 months!

Holy Cow! I feel overwhelmed just thinking about all the information I am about to lay on you blog readers out there…

Aiden turned three months on January 22nd . He is hitting all his milestones perfectly and I continue to be amazed at how he just knows things and all the stuff he is "supposed" to do...like, I didn't teach him to roll over, he just did, and...I didn't show him how to hold onto things but he does (especially my hair these days...haha,). He is kicking up a storm now, and grabbing for his feet. He stares at them intently until his body falls forward and he almost gets them in his mouth. Fun to watch. He also is on more of a regular napping schedule now, and boy I like schedules. One BAD development...he is SO teething already. I tried to live in denial at first but everyone has pointed it out. He drools like do other, rubs his gums with his hands, and chews on his pacy instead of sucking it. He also....BITES while nursing!!! AHHH, Luckily he has no teeth and I plan to start weaning him off soon. So, anyway, that was all happening over the last month. He is still developing more things daily...I'll write about more of his newest developments later.

I am still in shock about everything that has happened this past year! To think that last about time this year I was trying to figure out how to tell Zach and my parents I was pregnant. Crazy right?! I am so in love with my life! I love my son! I love my fiancé! And I love our little family! I am so happy that everything turned out as it did!

And the craziest thing is that our wedding is in 4 months!!! Yes 4 months! Ahhh! I am so not ready!! But I can NOT wait! :D

2 MONTHS!!

Aiden is now 2 months old! I can't believe how fast it went. He had his 2 month checkup today and he is perfect! He also got 3 shots today. He did a lot better than I did. Zach held him while I left the room. I could hear him scream when they were giving him the shots and of course I cried....shhh Zach was holding the tears back himself. Aiden actually did better than us both. He only cried for about 30 seconds after his shots then fell asleep the whole way home.

Developmentally he is changing too. This week Zach and I noticed that he tries to watch TV. haha, he just ignored it before and now, he turns his head to look at the light box! He can totally get his thumb in his mouth to suck but it doesn't satisfy him (too small I think), he has much better control of his hands and sucks on them to soothe himself (gave one hand a hickey the other day), and he laughs at things that I say to him. He is laughing all the time now, I love knowing that he is a happy baby...all is right in my world as long as that boy is smiling :)
As for sleeping patterns, here is his sleep schedule as of now: bottle at 8:00, lay him down at 9 or 9:30 (swaddled of course), he wakes at about 4:30 or 5 (at times even 6!) to eat, and then goes back to sleep until 8 or 9. Such a good little newborn :) I'm soo thankful for him! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Growth spurt! (7 weeks!)

GROWTH SPURT! Aiden is my little piggy these days! He used to go three hours between feedings with no problem but now, he is rooting and crying by 2! So, I just feed him and, well, he grows!Also, I had my 6 week doctor's appointment last week and he said everything looks great. He released me to do all physical activity...so here comes the workout which I must admit is SO hard to get motivated over :( But, at least I won't have to see my OB again until my check up in ONE YEAR. That is so weird to think about after getting used to seeing a doctor for pretty much every other week during my pregnancy. A welcome change. Although, I will say that Zach has other plans...he came to me the other day with the "best" idea (he proclaimed it as the best idea, not me). "Baby, do you realize that if we got pregnant again right now, our kids would be in the same grade?!? Let's do it!" Don't worry, after I picked myself off the floor from laughing hysterically, I smacked him :) But I know that secretly, the boy is serious! For now, I'll just enjoy the sweet little boy I have already!

We went and saw Santa this weekend and he LOVED him! He just sat on his lap and stared at him the whole time! It was soo cute! Although mommy was soooooo mad because she forgot her camera at home. :( I got a few on my phone but it takes a lot of time to upload them so if I get a minute I will be sure to do so!

Another update! (1month 2weeks and 1day!)

Well, it officially snowed this weekend, BOO! I am a warm weather kind of girl, but I will say that all these hormones are making me more hot natured and I actually don't mind the cool snap we're having :) The weather getting colder is not helping motivate me to lose the rest of my baby weight. If I am just going to have to cover up all of my hard work with big sweaters, I might as well wait until summer to work out right?!? haha. Nah, P90X is about to be my best friend :(

At 6 weeks old we decided to try Aiden in his crib at night, all alone in his very own room without us...I felt so sad about this. I loved having him so close to me in his little Bassinet but as a mother, my success is determined by the fact that I raise my children to be independent of me. I hate that though, I want him to NEED me. But, I know he will be better off if he can survive on his own. Plus I figured it would be less traumatic to him if he got used to sleeping in his own room and bed while he is still young and doesn't know any better...it would be SO hard to put a 1 year old in his room and here him cry and call my name...it just wouldn't EVER happen at that point...
Turns out, he did great! We have the sound monitor, the video monitor AND the breathing monitor all hooked up in there so you would think I would just relax and get some sleep. But, I was just so frazzled that first night without him. I just stared at the video monitor all night long and kept going in there to check on him. But each night since then has gotten soooo much easier. He loves his crib and I LOVE that little boy! Plus I don't have to worry about the noise Zach and I make disturbing him any more :)Well, that is all for now, I can’t believe Aiden is a month and a half!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! and Pictures!

Happy early Thanksgiving everyone! This year I have soooo much to be thankful for this year! I am thankful for my beautiful little family, my mom dad and sisters (and my new soon to be brother in-law! Congrats Natalie!) all my friends and family that have helpd me through the past 10 months, my health, Aidens health, Zachs health! My amazing house! And sooo much more!!

I also just relized that I didn't post pictures of us at the hospital or of Aidens profesional pictures! So here thay are!

ready stet go!

about to get baby Aiden out!

let's rock n roll!

Moments after I met Aiden.. Most amazing feeling of my life. Just balling from being SO HAPPY! ... yes I cropped all these pictures out no free show!

Perfect little angel we made!

Aiden and I both being cry babies.. we were SO happy!

Trying to look at the camera for a min.. I just couldn't keep my eyes off him or give her up yet!! AMAZING. I was so sick after delivery from labor!

1 MONTH OLD!!!

Woah! How did we get here so fast? My sweet baby is ONE MONTH OLD already. I need to know how to slow time down a bit. Well, one solution is to get as much of this on video as possible so, Zach and I are ordering a really cool HD camera so that we can have baby Aiden forever...even when he's 16.

I started pumping this week. I don't love the act of pumping but I DO love that Zach can now get in on the feeding game :) And I love that when we are out and about, I have another option of feeding him. Speaking of which, Aiden got his first bottle this week as well. I was afraid he wouldn't take it, as most moms warn you, but she wasted no time chowing down that sucker. And he hasn't had any confusion when I breastfeed him regularly either. So now, his last feeding every night is a bottle and his daddy gets to feed it to him, unless there is a visitor that wants to help and daddy doesn't mind.

I have to share the two best thing ever! His white noise machine and his swing!

White Noise Machine: Aiden loves background noise. I guess it's because for the first few weeks of his life he ALWAYS had a visitor and there were always people chatting in the background. So, a friend of ours gave us a noise maker that I turn on during sleep times and, he loves it, goes right to sleep :) Although, I am looking for a more portable version, ours is quite large. I'm suddenly sorry I made fun of Jill for giving me it. :)

His Swing: This kid LOVES to swing. Since he is quite an alert baby, he only naps a couple times a day (which is not a lot for a kid so young) so the only way I get a shower some days is to put him in his swing. He will sit forever (if I'd let him) in that thing just swinging away. He likes to pick one spot on the wall and stare at it as he goes back and forth listening to his classical music. Most babies go to sleep in their swings but not Aiden, he is too excited to see everything pass him by over and over again...he's so darn cute.
In "not so good" news...I left Aiden for the first time :( I went to the store to get some cloths that fit since I am out of maternity clothes but still don’t fit into my “pre-pregnancy” cloths :( and left him with daddy. He did great! But I have never been so ready to stop shopping and get home!
So, he is back to sleeping better again. Well, this week he slept 6 1/2 hours, then 7 1/2 hrs, then 9 hours straight! Without a feeding. Now, this is not an every night thing yet but, it's progress for sure. Not like it really matters how long he sleeps, if he doesn't wake up to eat, I have to get up and pump regardless so, no rest for mommy :(

And the last cute things he started this week was screaming "ah!" He'll be sitting in his swing and if he is ready to get out, instead of crying, he yells, "ah!" haha. It's really cute. He does it periodically. Sometimes it's a mad "Ah" and sometimes it's happy "Ah".

Summary of one month with baby Aiden: I am blessed to be his mommy. He is making me paranoid beyond belief. I adore every inch of his body. I have never loved anything/anyone more! And I CAN NOT believe that he is a month old!

3 Weeks!

Aiden is changing so much it seems. I know if I, his mother, who is with him every waking hour, can see it, then it must be evident to everyone else out there. It makes me excited to see who he will grow in to and look forward to all the things he's learning how to do. But, really sad at the same time, I want him to stay little forever! I want to be able to cuddle him whenever I want... I have to run because Aiden wants to eat!! :)


The next post will be his ONE MONTH post! I can't believe it already.