New Pictures!

Aiden's first boat ride - 6 weeks and 5 days old

One happy family!

Bath time fun!!!

Father and Son on father's day morning - what a pair!

Aiden on Father's Day

Mr. Smiles!

Aiden is getting stronger each day!

A New Chapter

As if putting our house up for sale and having a baby wasn't enough to completely change our lives, I've decided to change it up even more! I have accepted a position at Freeman/Groves Insurance! I will be working for my father-in-law, Bob Freeman, and his partner, Perry Groves. I will be starting out doing reception work and learning the insurance business. Then, they will send me to get my agent's license, and I will be an insurance agent! I am truly, so so excited about starting this new endeavor! It's finally time for me to stop having jobs, and have a carreer! I'm a mother now, and the stability this job will offer is exactly what our family needs!

However, leaving Dave Dennis isn't going to be easy! I have worked here off and on since 2004 - when I was in college! The people here are like family - through the bickering and nagging, we still find a way to all get along at the end of the day. I have also thoroughly enjoyed working for my aunt. She is an incredible boss and treats her employees very well (I may have gotten some special treatment - like weekly free lunches and ice cream) ;-) But I will miss seeing her every day! I've gotten very used to that!

My last day of work at Dave Dennis is June 30th - only 6 days from today! I will start my new carreer on July 6th. We're taking a much-needed mini-vacation at Jeff's parent's lake house at Indian Lake! We are leaving June 30th as soon as we are off work and heading up there for 7:00 reservations for all-you-can-eat crab legs at Captain's Point! Then, we'll be up there enjoying the sunshine and water until the evening of July 4th. We'll return home on the 4th, just in time for our first family pictures on July 5th! We're having pictures of Aiden (he'll be 3 months old that day) taken, as well as pictures of Aiden and Eli (our nephew who is 5 weeks older than Aiden) taken together! OH! And our first family pictures taken, too! :)

We're always so busy... but it's our life and we love it!

10 Weeks old and 2 Month Check-up

So, I'm a little behind on my updates! But things are crazy busy!!! So, here's what's going on!

Aiden had his 2-month checkup on June 8th. He was 10 pounds 10 ounces and 23.5 inches long. I don't remember what his head circumfrence was but the doctor said that everything about him is 100% average! The 50th percentile all around! I am very okay with that :) She also said that developmentally, he is doing exceptionally well! She put him on his stomach and was amazed at how well he was holding his head up! She couldn't believe he was already following faces so well, laughing, and talking up a storm! She was very pleased! She has been seeing him since he was 5 days old, and she said that compared to our first visit with him (when he was losing weight, jaundice, and wouldn't stop crying because he was starving and we didn't know my milk wasn't in!) she couldn't believe this was the same baby! YAY :)

So, that's all the good news..... now for the not so good news..... Aiden will probably be having surgery before he's 1 year old :( :( :( :( :( Aparently the pee-hole on his little penis isn't where it should be. It's down on the bottom side of the head of his penis instead of out front where it should be. She said it will need to be corrected before he turns 1 or it could cause problems.

Other than that, though, he is doing fabulously! He has 4 teeth buds already (2 top, 2 bottom, all 4 where his canine teeth will be). He talks all the time, smiles a lot, is almost rolling over completely on his own, is eating 5 ounces every 2 hours during the day, is sleeping 10 hours at night.... the list goes on! He is just a very pleasant, easy baby!!! We are so abundantly blessed!