6 Months

We've hit a couple of milestones. Max turned 6 months old a few days ago. And we started potty training Aidan.

First, lets talk Max. His first 6 months have flown. Blink of an eye fast, especially when compared to how I felt like 6 months went with Aidan. We've started giving him rice cereal, and vegetables. As you'll soon see, his smile is one of my favorite things about him, it makes our day. He has an odd habit of sticking his bottom lip into his mouth and sucking on it, which is a pain when he's eating but only adds to his smile.

There are experiences you learn about when preparing for kids, late nights, crying, skinned knees, etc...then there are experiences you're not ready for. I'm going to add potty training to the list with exploding diapers(think about it), getting randomly thrown-up on, and getting up early for the rest of your life. This is terrible. I thought Aidan and his diapers were getting bad, but after two days of potty training, I think this is worse. Let me put in terms of a sports score, Rug/floor 5-toilet 0.

Not sure who's driving who.
Cereal time.

Max's smile.

And again.

6 month picture.

A few weeks ago, Aidan and Max's Great Grandmother passed away. Max was lucky enough to meet her, while Aidan saw her for the second time, a week before her passing.

She really was an amazing mother, grandmother, great grandmother. A lasting memory I'll have of her with the boys was when she tried to get Aidan to eat yogurt covered pretzels only minutes before his bed time on our visit. He looked at me to see if it was ok, ignored me, and went ahead and had a handful. Great Grandmother was always making sure everyone was happy and got what they needed. She'll be missed.