Getting Older

Yikes I can't believe how long it has been since I updated the blog!! Since I've gone back to work and Aaron is back at work and school finding extra time to do anything (besides laundry) seems to be really hard :)

Aiden continues to be awesome!! He is growing like a weed and will be 5 months this week!!! He has also learned a few new tricks since the last post. Last week he started to reach for his toys when you put them in front of him. If he gets his hand around it then into his mouth it goes. He LOVES having his fingers (or any one's he can get a hold of) in his mouth and he NEVER stops drooling. The bib has become our best friend and we go through about 5 a day. He also rolled over for the first time yesterday. We were at our friend's house having a play date with all the kids and there he went from tummy to back. I tried to get him to do it again this morning but no luck :).

Here are some pics from the last few weeks :)

"zzzzz....my toy....zzzzz"

I always know when Aiden has fallen into a really deep sleep because out pops the paci.

Dad and Aiden having fun in the mirror !!

"look I can hold my own bottle"

Aerial View

GO STATE !!!

Team Shelle attended both the Spartan women's basketball game and the Spartan Hockey game on Saturday so of course we had to get Aiden-John all dressed up. Unfortunately the women lost and hockey was a tie but it was still fun!!

Spartan's Cutest Fan

Ohhhhhh

"Man there is nothing on TV today"

so we like to pose our kid with props for pictures, there's nothing wrong with that right:)

Sledding

Hmmmm... I'm not so sure about this...

OK, maybe this is sort of fun :)

Not sledding but just a cute pic of me and dad.

Big Boy Food

The doctor told us that we could start feeding Aiden some rice cereal now that he is 4 months old. Soooo we got out the high chair and gave it a try yesterday....

Um... Mom I think that this chair might be a little too big for me.

Where's dinner ?

I don't think that I actually ate any cereal but it was fun to spit it out when mom put it in my mouth :)

Christmas

Aiden had a great first Christmas. He got tons of cool toys and cute clothes from everyone (THANKS!!). It was great to spend time with all our family and friends and really nice to finally meet Aiden's pal Eli :) Lost in wrapping paper...

Just reading my book and having a smoke after church.

So Handsome !!

Holding hands with my bud Eli

(This is my good friend Renee's baby Elijah (8 weeks old). They live in DC so this was the first time that the boys met. Even thought they are holding hands here they really didn't notice each other at all.)

The String Bean

Aiden is 16 weeks old today so we went to the Dr. Josh for our 4 month checkup. He said that everything looks good, Aiden is growing well and meeting all the appropriate milestones. He now weighs 12lbs (7th percentile) and he is 25 inches long (70th percentile!!). So basically our little peanut is actually a long, skinny, string bean !! Unfortunately the thrush that Aiden got last week is still there so we have to keep giving him meds and I have to keep boiling all his bottles and pacifiers for a while longer. Hopefully it will clear up in the next week because I hate giving my baby any medications and boiling bottles is sort of a pain. I also returned to work this week which took a bit of adjusting but went OK. Aaron has been home with the baby this week so they have been enjoying lots of Daddy-Aiden time:)

I almost forgot, we got a new addition to Team Shelle today...

A DISHWASHER!!!

Thanks Nana & Papa - We LOVE it!!!

Kickin' it in my cool socks

Bath time Aiden :)

The rule in our house is no dogs on the couch.....

How many pics can one mom take??

Since we had Aiden I have become totally picture crazy. Every time he is looking cute I must take his picture!! So here are just a few of the latest cute pics :)

Dad took this one of me and Aiden having a nap. I have been trying to take an afternoon nap everyday this week since I won't be able to after I go back to work next week.

Look how good I have gotten at holding up my head. I can hold it steady for my whole tummy time and today I almost rolled from my stomach to my back!! I was sooo close to rolling over but I just couldn't get that last few inches - Maybe tomorrow :)

Sleeping peacefully

Dad helping Aiden learn how to track stuff back and forth.