Seven Months

Well, Aedan is officially not a newborn anymore. He is over half a year old! When did that happen?!?!

Aedan, here is what you have been up to this month:

• You had your first sick baby doctor appointment last week (poor baby had a virus) and you weighed in at 20 lbs! I’m not sure how many inches long you are, but you seem much taller lately.
• You wear mostly size 9m clothes, but I just bought you some t-shirts and pants in size 12m so they would last awhile and you have no problem fitting into them now.
• You can sit up all by yourself (and love it!). You can also roll both ways now, although you do most of your rolling in your crib. When you are playing on the floor you usually stay on either your back or belly.
• You can move from sitting to your belly and then you kick your legs really hard. You want to crawl but you just haven’t figured it out quite yet. I have a feeling we are close to having to chase you around though!
• You still take 3 naps a day (you like your sleep just like your Daddy!). You go to sleep around 8pm and wake up around 7:30am. This last week you were sick and woke up during the night a couple of nights in a row. It made Mommy realize that she does not miss those newborn days of waking up at night!
• You have two teeth! I’m pretty sure you are working on a third because you have been drooling like crazy lately.
• You drink 4 bottles a day (usually about 6 oz) and you have solids at breakfast and dinner and sometimes lunch. You pretty much like everything although today you did not want your nectarines.
• You love to be outside and now that you can sit up, going on family picnics is great!
• You also love to jump in your jumper (or any jumper for that matter). You have been known to get so excited when we hang the jumper up in the doorway that you fall backward and sometimes hit your head.
• You “talk” all the time. You make lots of sounds but right now your favorite seems to be “dada”. Still no “mama” but it’s okay, I know you will say it eventually. :)
• You are such a happy baby most of the time, but when you get mad or scared (usually because of a loud noise) you have no problem turning on the water works and screaming until someone comforts you.
• We have been doing some independent play time in your crib for 15 minutes every morning. You get so excited when I sit you down in your crib and start giving you toys. You usually do great for the whole 15 minutes (although on the rare occasion that you get mad during you IP time, Daddy usually comes to your rescue).

Aedan, you are so loved and we can’t get enough of you. Last month I said it was my favorite to date, but I have to say this month has gotten even better. You are just so fun these days! We love you!!

-Lauren-

Things We Love Part 7

I’m back with things we have loved this month! Aedan has been so much fun this last month and we have been using lots of new things.

First I picked up a few sippy cups at Target a few weeks ago and Aedan has been practicing with water.

We have a couple of these double handle cups with straws. They are perfect because they are small enough for Aedan to pick up and since they have a straw he doesn’t have to tilt the cup to get a drink. He is getting better about using them, but still has some trouble with the straw.

 

 

 

We also have a couple of these sippy cups and they are also great. Aedan is a pro at drinking from this type of sippy, but he doesn’t tilt the cup back on his own. I’m sure he will figure it out before long.

He also LOVES to drink from cups. Whenever I’m holding him and grab a glass of water, he sits there with his month open.

 

 

This month Aedan moved out of his newborn bath seat to this bath ring. We love it! He is great at sitting by himself, but not in the bathtub yet. This allows him to sit up like a big kid and play with his toys without me worrying that he is going to fall over backwards. We also took this with us to Plano this last weekend and used it as a highchair. We just plopped him down on the table or counter and feed him.

Aedan was getting pretty close to maxing out of his carseat (he is 20lbs and it maxes out at 25lbs). Before we drove to Plano this last weekend we decided to get him a new seat. We went with this one because is doesn’t have that velvety fabric that most car seats have (it just gets so hot here) and he won’t max out of it until he is 65lbs! Its a convertible carseat so he can be rear facing until at least a year and then he can face forward.

Since he out grew his little carseat with the pop off carrier, he now gets to sit in the shopping cart like a big kid. I’ve been looking for a cart cover for awhile but they are just so expensive and I didn’t like any of the patterns. Last week I was at a second hand baby store and found this one. For $10 I couldn’t pass it up. It works great and Aedan loves it. In fact just today Aedan and I went to the grocery store for a long list of things, and he did great even though we had to wait in super long checkout lines (note to self: don’t go to the grocery store on a holiday). It also doubles as a play mat which is a nice bonus.

For the last month I have been putting Aedan in his crib for some independent play time once or twice a day. He loves it! I usually turn on some music and give him some toys and he has a ball. He also loves to look at his crib soother. We have had this in his crib since he was a newborn, but we never really turned it on when he was going to sleep. Now that he is playing in his crib, I turn it on for him and he really likes it. He has almost figured out how to turn it on himself. he gets that you pat it, but he keeps missing the buttons. :)

 

So those are all things we have loved this month. Anyone have favorite things for a 7-9 month old?

-Lauren-

P.S. Our internet was out from Wednesday night until today. Talk about frustrating, I guess I never realized just how much I use/rely on the internet. We are so glad to be back up and running!

Over the Past Week

Aedan has…

• graduated to a big kid carseat (still rear facing of course, but not one with a separate base).
• learned how to drink water from a sippy cup, but really likes to drink from Mommy or Daddy’s cup.
• started sitting in the shopping cart, without a carseat, when we go run errands.
• started rolling around like a roly poly
• can go from sitting to his belly in no time flat and then pushes his legs up underneath him.

Um, can someone help me find my newborn, he seems to have disappeared??

-Lauren-

Lets Try This Again

Our first baby, Hiro, has lots of hair. I mean a lot of hair or I guess maybe I should say fur! I could probably sweep and vacuum every.single.day and there would still be hair/fur on our floor. I know this is part of having a dog. I grew up with dogs and various other pets like cats, ferrets, birds, and fish (not all at once, but we always had lots of animals around). We LOVE Hiro. I will gladly sweep and vacuum every day (which I will probably have to start doing once Aedan starts moving around) because Hiro is our baby and he is so important to our family.

Now it is one thing to have fur on the floor but Hiro also LOVES to be on the couch, which means fur all over the couch too. To be fair we started this bad habit when he was a little bitty puppy. We would put him up on the couch because he couldn’t get down by himself and we knew he wouldn’t get into anything if he was up there. Plus how cute was he?

Well over a year ago we tried to break this couch habit because I was tried of cleaning off the couch. My parents had a great idea to keep their dog off the couch and we decided to try it. It worked great, until we got too lazy to put the plastic covers on the couch before bed or before we left the house. Thus it went back to this…

So this week I decided I was really tired of cleaning off the couch. On Monday Hiro walked into the house COVERED in grass and proceeded to jump on the couch and take a nap. Sigh. Enough was enough. So out came the plastic covers which had been living under the couch and Hiro has had to sleep on the floor for the week. He is a little shocked. But he has a nice bed in our room and I make a bed for him on the living room floor every night so no need to feel sorry for him.

(ignore his sad look in this picture, he is not a fan of having his picture taken)

On Tuesday I was gone for most of the afternoon. I blocked the couch and when I got home I gave Hiro an extra treat because I felt a little bad about him not being able to sleep on the couch. I told him he was such a good boy and gave him lots of attention. Then I walked into our bedroom. There on our bed was a pile of grass/dirt and fur. Fail. Apparently Hiro is a bit passive aggressive and since I blocked the couch, he thought he should just get on the bed (which he NEVER does without “asking”). Sigh. Since then he hasn’t gotten back up on the bed or the couch so maybe it was a one time thing. In any case I am enjoying having a much cleaner couch and loveseat. Hopefully we will keep it up.

-Lauren-

Our New Office

I thought it was about time I showed you all our new office. First here are a few pictures of what it used to look like.

As you can see it was way overcrowded and just not the best use of space. We both really liked the furniture, but that bedroom is so small it just didn’t hold it well. Plus we didn’t have nearly enough storage (especially since most of my books were living in boxes in the garage).

A few weeks ago we decided we needed to make better use of the space, especially since I am working more from home now. We moved out all the furniture, painted the room (we had bought the paint way back when we bought paint for Aedan’s room) and installed a new desk/shelf system to give Jon and I both a work space with lots of storage.

 

We love it!

Oh and here is a video of my favorite little guy. He is so fun!

-Lauren-

Whirlwind Week

It has been a whirl wind week and weekend. I’m glad that today is Sunday, and I have no where to be. I’m just going to hang out at home in my comfy clothes and play with my favorite little guy.

On Monday I was able to get the house clean and laundry and grocery shopping done for the week. I’m so glad I was able to start the week off with a productive day because the rest of the week was busy!

On Tuesday night after work, I went over to my friend’s house to help out with wedding decorations. One of the girls in my small group got married yesterday and we were all bridesmaids. We had a great evening catching up and putting the finishing touches on the wedding favors.

On Wednesday Aedan and I went to our weekly office meeting. He did so well. He went down for a nap perfectly and when he woke up he played in my colleague's little girl’s jumperoo. He LOVES to jump. Now when we practice standing he tries to jump. :) One Wednesday night Jon and I cleaned out the garage and attic. I cannot believe we have collect so much stuff in the last 3 years! We are finally going to take some pictures and list a bunch of things on Craigslist. Our goal is to be able to fit both cars and Jon’s motorcycle in the garage.

On Thursday I had lunch with a couple of my colleagues to talk about our company. We are going to change some things up and I’m pretty excited. I’m sure I will post more about it once the details have been worked out. After lunch I had a team meeting and then I rushed to pick up Aedan and brought him home just in time to turn around to head to my hairstylist. Actually I tried out a new stylist and I really like her. I had not highlighted my hair in 6 months and I was missing the light blonde. I really like the color now.

Friday morning I woke up early to head out to a school observation at 8am. After my observation I rushed home because I had to write a report about my observation before pre-wedding festivities started that afternoon. I got my report done just in time and got ready for the rehearsal. After the wedding rehearsal my friends and I headed to the rehearsal dinner out at Lake Travis. It was beautiful and we had a great evening of margaritas and catching up.

Yesterday I was up early again to go to Barton Creek Spa for manicures with the bride and bridesmaids. We had a full day; manicures, brunch, hair and makeup, limo rides, pictures, ceremony, pictures, dinner, cake, and dancing. It all went great and the bride and wedding were beautiful! I will have to post pictures once I get some from my friends.

Now since Aedan is down for a nap, I’m going to get comfortable on the couch and start going through all my TiVoed premieres from this week, can’t wait!

-Lauren-

Our Weekend

Friday morning after Aedan went down for his morning nap, I loaded up my car and headed to Plano. It was such a quick drive. It has been awhile since I have made the drive up I35 without being pregnant and having to stop for bathroom breaks every hour or with a newborn than has to eat every 2-3 hours. Since I was alone I grabbed lunch at McDonalds. Jon hates McDonalds. Neither of us is a huge fan of fast food, but every once in awhile I just crave one of those 89 cent kids hamburgers and some fries. Yum. Side note: I can not wait until Aedan wants to eat chicken nuggets or mac and cheese. Sometimes it is fun to eat like a 4 year old. Jon hates this. :)

When I got to Plano I stopped by to visit my great aunt. She is hilarious. She calls Aedan “butterball” and she calls Hiro “chocolate” (in Spanish mind you). She always tells me that Hiro doesn’t ever listen to her when she calls him. I wonder why? :) We had a nice visit and when I was done I headed over to get a pedicure. Nothing says weekend away like getting a pedicure. It was perfect. After my pedicure I went to my parents house to get ready and then headed off to see my sister’s new apartment. It is so cute! We did some shopping and had dinner together. I even bought some skinny jeans. I can’t wait to wear them with boots when it finally gets cooler. I wanted to wear skinny jeans a boots  last fall/winter but I’m a firm believer that no pregnant girl should wear skinny jeans.

Saturday we had a bridal shower for my best friend, Amanda. We have been friends since 8th grade. I’m so excited for her and her fiancé Chris! They are so cute together. She is getting married in 3 short weeks! The shower was fun and everything turned out great. I took lots of pictures but not with my camera. :( I’ll try to post some if I get some sent to me. After the shower, I went over to Amanda’s parent’s house to help with wedding decorations. We had a great time hanging out and catching up.

Sunday morning my Dad made French toast. He uses my great grandmother’s recipe and even though I have the same recipe, mine never come out as good as his. It was delicious!  After breakfast I loaded up my car and headed home.

I had a great weekend away, but I was happy to be back to see this little guy (and of course Jon and Hiro too).

Jon did great with Aedan all weekend. They are best buds now (even more than they already were). Aedan even started to say DaDa over the weekend. Now he says it all.the.time. Jon love it. Apparently Aedan has forgotten that I’m the one who threw up every.single.day. for 4 months straight and pushed for 2.5 hours to have him. Sigh.

-Lauren-