Thursday, December 29, 2011

1 month

Aiden is a month old!  Well technically he is a month and a half.  He is 6 weeks today!  I want to let you all know what he is up to at each month, like a bunch of my mom friends do, so here it goes.
  • We went to his 1 month check-up last week and he weighed in at 10 lb. 2 oz. and measured 21 3/4 in. long.  He is in the 50th percentile for both.
  • He had to get his second Hepatitis B vaccine.  At his next appt. he's going to have to get FIVE vaccines.  We are NOT looking forward to it.
Showing off his blue camo bandaid from his shot as well as his milky tongue :)


  • His cheeks are getting chunkier and more kissable by the day. Sometimes I seriously spend a good 15 minutes just kissing on them (I've never actually timed it, but I bet I get pretty close)! He doesn't seem to mind most of the time.
  • He has started to lose his hair and it's going in the front first :( He's starting to look like a little old man..haha.  We still think he's the cutest thing ever!!
  • He often hangs out with his arms outstretched and his little feet crossed
Like so!


  • In the last few days he has started to really interact with us. He's starting to make all of those cute baby noises (cooing and what not) and smiling at us :)  I'll try to get pictures soon!
  • I have caught him laughing in his sleep a few times now and, oh my gosh, it is the cutest thing EVER!!
  • I think he finds comfort in grabbing my hair..haha.  He often has a good fistful of it!
He was just so content on Christmas when he had a good hold on Aunt Jen's hair :)


A whole fistful!

  • He is SO strong.  He can totally hold his head up (which we feel like is early, but maybe not), and has been since we can remember.  Of course he's gotten better over time.  Also, when we lay him on our chests he starts climbing up us..haha.  I think he's going to be an active little guy.
  • Sometimes his chin randomly quivers and it's way cute :)
  • He LOVES to sleep on his tummy.  It's really too bad you're not supposed to let babies sleep on their tummies because he sleeps so well.  When we do let him, we keep a good eye on him.

  • He also loves our baby carrier and often promptly falls asleep.

  • He seems to really hate the hiccups (just like his momma).  He always starts crying when he gets them and then his crying sounds really funny..haha.
  • He would much prefer that we be standing when we're holding him than sitting.
  • He loves the ceiling fan and just stares and stares at it. He also loves light.  He has loved our Christmas tree lights and it's really too bad we'll be taking our tree down.
Too distracted by the light to look at the camera.  He's wearing his "I <3 Mommy" shirt from Sarah :)


  • We've just started to take him out (we didn't want him to get sick) and he seems to really enjoy it.  We took him to Costco last night and he was looking around at everything.  We have taken him on a few walks around the complex since he was born and he's always liked that.
  • He loves bath time as long as we keep his whole body covered with water.  Otherwise he gets cold and cranky (understandably).
  • Sometimes he loves his pacifier and other times he seems irritated when we try to give it to him.  Sometimes he lunges for it and it's pretty hilarious!  Also, sometimes he drops it while he's sleeping and it'll be just out of reach and we can see him frantically searching for it with his mouth (obviously he can't get it with his hands yet).  It's so dang cute.
That's all I can think of right now!

We can't believe how fast he's growing.  It seems like he changes by the day.  My little baby is already getting so big.  He's out of his newborn diapers and clothes :(  He is too fun and we are absolutely in love with him.  I don't even know how many times a day we'll say to one another, "He is so dang cute!"

To close, here are a few more pictures :)

Our little family on Christmas Eve.


Later that night in his Christmas jammies.


We took Aiden to Church for the first time on Christmas.  Check out his teddy slippers :)


Dad burping Aiden :)  My boys were matching so you can hardly see Aiden..haha.


Oh just playing with Dad.  Trent is so stinking cute with Aiden.


This picture cracks me up everytime I see it!  Aiden is so serious!


Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  It was a very different Christmas for us.  Trent and I both agreed that it was probably the most spiritual Chistmas we've both had.  I couldn't help but think about how Mary delivered baby Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, in a stable.  I am so grateful for Him.

3 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! I can't believe he's already a month old! And he is so dang handsome.... lucky parents :)

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  2. Great post :) I love my little button! He is the cutest guy ever!!! :D

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  3. I just love my little stinker bottom!!!!!

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