Sleep over

Last night Aiden and I spent the night at Grammy and Poppas (my parents) house. Garrett worked 2 shifts yesterday and one was overnight. Since Aiden is not consistently sleeping through the night, I thought it might be a good idea to have some help. Aiden really enjoyed his time with his grandparents and Auntie Kayla. He did not, however, enjoy his bath last night. He screamed so loud I think the neighbors could hear him.

I was very proud of my little bug last night. He slept through the night in a new place. It was wonderful. And, I have to add, having mom get him this morning and feed him and play with him until his morning nap was great! I got to sleep in a little :) That hasn't happened since... gosh, I can't even remember the last time I slept in.

Oh No! We are in trouble...

So I was playing with Aiden on Monday while Garrett was getting ready for work. We were sitting on the couch and I was talking to him. He spit up while we were playing and I looked at him and said "Oh no!" He smiled and laughed at me like it was the funniest thing he had ever heard. So, I continued to say "Oh no" over and over again. He laughed and laughed at me. Then to my amazement he stated to make the "o" shape with his mouth, imitating me. He started to make sounds and eventually was saying "Oh no" back to me. I was totally shocked. At first I thought it was a fluke. I mean he is only 3 months old. How could he be able to talk right? But he kept saying "oh no" over and over after I would say it. I finally called Garrett to get the video camera and come over and get it on tape. My son is such an overachiever!

Not sleeping!

So, Aiden has decided that one week of good sleeping was all he was going to let us have. He has been back to his old habits of wanting to play at 2am. Which would be great if either of us wanted to stay up all night, but we don't. Last night Garrett stayed up with him and finally got him to sleep sometime around 2am. They only way Garrett could get him down was to put him in his carseat, in the bathroom, with the fan on and lights out. But he ended up staying asleep in there until 7:30 this morning.

He has been paying and laughing so much more lately. He has found out that his hands do work and has been using them to bat at his toys. This makes him smile. Although, when he is frustrated he can not get the hands to his mouth yet. Oh well, one thing at a time.

Garrett and I went to Target yesterday and bought him his first swimsuit. I can't wait to take him to the pool and put his toes in the water. It will be so much fun. He loves to be outside so I can see him loving the pool.

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Professional photo shoot

Today we had our first pro family photo shoot. A man Garrett works with is a photographer and offered to do a family shoot. It was so nice to finally get some family photos. I realized last night that we do not have a single picture of the three of us together. I can't believe that we never took a family photo. Aiden will be 3 months on Wednesday. That was too long to go with no family pictures. Ray was great with us too. He was very patient. We were there for over 2 hours and got some amazing pictures. I can't wait to get them. He is going to edit them and give us the CD in a week. When I get it I will post some of them.

Aiden was so wiped out from the shoot he slept on the hour car ride back and for an additional 3 hours after that. I was so excited that he was napping that I laid down on the couch to catch some z's myself. But as I was napping I was woken by a loud popping noise. It sounded almost like someone opened a champagne bottle. I got up to see what the noise was and was confronted with a shattered sliding glass door. Luckily, I think it has a warrenty and we can get a new one. It is always something!


Here are a few more video clips of the little man talking, smiling, and attempting to roll over.
Aiden smiling

11 weeks old

Rolling Over!

Aiden rolled over for the first time at a doctors appointment he had when he was 8 weeks and 1 day old. We have tried to catch it on video many times without success. I finally caught him on video this morning during our photoshoot. He is becoming such a big boy.

Also, while I was uploading the video a moment ago, I looked over at him and noticed that for the first time (or at least the first I have noticed) he was batting at his toys.