Greek Tragedy

Nothing new to add. It seems like Aidan makes little advances everyday, a grunt here or his ability to reach his toys. Last night we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant and one of our regular waiters said. "nino grande." It made us laugh.

Aidan clearly isn't crawling yet, but he's able to push off and move that way. The only problem is he only has one direction and that's reverse. Instead of pushing off with his legs he'll push off with his arms. It's gets funny when you put a toy in front of him just a little ways out of his reach. He tries to get to it, but ends up getting farther and farther away, it's like a Greek Tragedy......no, not that kind(and yes that's an inside joke).

The next three pictures took place over about 15 minutes and a distance of about 10 feet, he 's not breaking any speed records. I only moved him so he could get around the door.

He can see the toy in front of him.
I had to move the toy to keep him interested.
Once he hit the wood, he was off.
We all know what fat jokes are, right? For example, "You are so fat you were baptized in Sea World." What's your favorite? Aidan just came up with a new one. You're so fat your toys stick to your arms.....
This post wouldn't be complete without a big eye Aidan shot.

Aidan turned 20 weeks old yesterday. And instead of having one tooth, he has two. Awhile back I said I didn't want him to get teeth, it's actually pretty cute.

We made a quick trip down to Tennessee for the 4th. Everyone was there and I got a glimpse of our future with two babies who just started crawling and a 3 year old that wore me out.

Here's the group! We had to keep Jack(far right) from rolling down the hill and it looks like Andrew is doing the same with Aidan.
We're practicing tummy time.
I think he looks older then 4 and a half months......I'm talking about Aidan of course.
Ann was a great host, but Aidan looks like he just had bad gas.
He's starting doing this thing with his lips where he puts his bottom lip under his top and puffs out a little bit. He looks like a Cabbage Patch kid when doing so, I'm waiting to get a good picture.

Dinner Videos

Here are the videos of Aidan and his cereal meal. I had a difficult time downloading them, so they're not great but you should get the point.

Also, Heather and I are about 99.9% sure Aidan is getting his first tooth. Why 99.9%? I want a little wiggle room if it turns out to be nothing.....it is an election year after all.

Have a happy and safe 4th!

He wasn't quite sure at first.

He's getting into it......

You want me to go back to bottles after this? I don't think so.

Dinner Time

Aidan turns 19 weeks tomorrow, so we decided to take it up a notch.......rice cereal! He only gets a little bit during the last feeding of the day. Lets see how it went.

I thought Aidan needed a healthy appetite tonight so he got plenty of tummy time during the day.

This is the before shot, Aidan is clearly not interested in his upcoming meal. And can you blame him. Look at this stuff, if I were in jail, in North Korea, waiting to be executed, this is what I would expect.
Hold on now! It's not half bad.
More please. He ended up fussing every time we took the spoon out to get more.
Don't worry there will be a video of tonight in the next couple of days. Bon appetit!

It's Soccer Time

No new updates. Aidan is not sick...yet, Heather's better, and I'm still blowing my nose every 15 minutes. Other than that I feel fine, not sure what's going on. Dad?

In honor of the Euro 2008 semifinals I thought I would dedicate this post to soccer. It's never to early to get Aidan started.

How many times do I have to say it.....dynamic center midfielder.....
.......or if he's gonna make it in Europe he might have to be a goalie. He made the save despite being half asleep. That's rubish, he'll be the first American to make it big as a dynamic center midfielder. Hopefully he won't have to go far, maybe MLS will be up to par by then.
Supporting the local team, he's almost got the clap down.....DC United!
Good game, well played.
Time to hit the showers, or bath.

Not that anyone is counting, but Aidan turns 18 weeks old today. Heather and I would like to give Uncle Mark a huge thanks. He watched Aidan while we went to the Pearl Jam show on Sunday night. And yes, they are the BEST. BAND. EVER.

Aidan has now become a tummy sleeper. It's a little scary, but there's not much we can do. We've actually thought about pinning his sleep sack to the mattress but that doesn't seem right. This wouldn't be that big of an issue but, as already mentioned, he's "forgotten" how to roll back over.

I'm getting over a cold and apparently passed it on to Heather. We're still waiting to see if Aidan gets sick.

This is a new game called, put Aidan under a blanket and see if he likes it.
This is what was greeting us one morning. He wakes up and faces the door and waits for us to come in. There's no turning back once he sees you.
As our friend Annie said when she met Aidan, he really has this look on his face and it's not just the photos. Yep.
Ditto.

4 Months!

Aidan turns 4 months old today. Like last month, he got a trip to the doctors for his birthday and won some shots. Two in each fat, fleshy thigh. His height and weight are in the 90th percentile range. The nurse thought he was six months old. That's ok though because at one point in college I was mistaken for an offensive lineman.

The doctor also said we can start him on solid foods soon. Should be fun, messy, but fun.

This picture is from Father's Day. What do you know, Aidan looks surprised.
Our friends Geoff and Annie Suttle were in town. Aidan doesn't know how to shake hands so he puts fingers in his mouth. By the way, I'm not sure how we let Annie get out of here without a picture. Huge mistake.
Aidan's four month picture. The remote seems to be shrinking. Notice the band aids.
Tough call on who's cuter in this picture.
Not big on daddy kisses.