Mr. Mischief

Yes, that's Aaron's name. He is climbing on everything. He is putting everything in his mouth. He does not want to sit in his stroller, he does not want to sit in his carseat. We are in trouble with him. He is now 15 months. He still only says ma and di di and he is not indicating preference or playing peek a boo consistantly. We are working on it!

Time has flown!

Here are some recent pictures of Aaron! He started walking at 13 months old and is on the go go go!

7.5 months old on the move!

There is no holding you back! All you want to do is get down and crawl.... and then pull yourself up on everything! You have been taking quite a few falls, amazing how tough your noggin is. You now eat rice cereal, apples, bananas, sweet potatoes, chicken... and mom slipped some corn in tonight!

7 months old and counting

you started off army crawling.. and you just popping up on your knees. You want NOTHING to do with a bouncy chair, playpen, or fancy toy with bells and whistles. All you want is to get down and get into the mix. You are still on the gluten/casein free diet. Your staple is rice cereal followed by banannas, apples, and pears. Mom has been baking fresh sweet potatoes lately, and I think they are growing on you. I never made home made baby food, but it's starting to be more and more appealing. You can almost say mom, it's a MMMMMM sound, but we know what is means.

We took you to get professional photos made, however they made us wait too long and well, you fell asleep shortly after your first picture.

You still connected to mommy via my hip and won't leave my side at night... (working on it)

Almost 7 months old

Baby boy, you are so tired of sitting back and not getting in on the action with your brothers that not only did you start crawling last week, you cut your two front bottom teeth and got your first set of double ear infections. You have a lot to say, just like your oldest brother Sean did.

You and mommy recently took a side trip to the University of Washington in St.Louis. You are enrolled in the infant sibling autism study that is being ran by the National Institutes of Health. They took a cool picture of your head. It's not that they think you have autism, it's because your brothers have it, that have them very interested in the development of your brain. Mommy and daddy decided to participate because 1 in 56 boys are being diagnosed with autism, we want to help. You & I had a blast and got to go to the St.Louis Balloon race. I'll post some pictures for you.

Your still sleeping in bed next to mommy. Even though mommy loves her cuddle buy, she's ready for you to have your own bed.

Your oldest brother Sean loves you so much, your eyes light up and your legs start kicking with excitement when you see him. You like Aidan as well, however he's not that in too you right now, so you go after Sean's attention!

Mommy and daddy love you so much!

5 months old

Dearest baby, you are now 5 months old. You have been rolling from back to belly for about a month. We have started you on a little bit of rice cereal with apples. You are now wearing 18 to 24 month clothing and weigh about 19 lbs. Your typical day involves mommy carrying you around the house. You don't like to be put down at all. You wake up around 8:30am and you are up all day with one 30 minute nap until around 11pm at night. You will nap longer, only if mommy sleeps with you. You are very alert and are reaching for toys. Your not quite sure what to think of your older brothers yet. You like to stare at them and I can see it in your eyes that you want in on all the action!

My boy is getting big!

Baby boy, you are getting so big! You eat all of the time.  Mommy & Daddy took you too the pool this weekend and we met a boy that was 2 months older than you and you were TWICE his size.  You can hold your head up. Your smiling.  Every once in a while we will hear a coo.  The best part is your communication skills.  You put your fist up to your mouth when your hungry and you put on a show when your getting ready to go #2.  You love it when your brothers come up to you.  In fact, I've seen you start to fuss and then calm down when they walk up to you.   Your mom & dad love you so! We measured you at 22 inches today, I'm guessing 20 lbs and you are in size 12 months clothing.