Christmas 2011

This year was the first year with my little family. I had so much fun with them.

Christmas Eve we all went to my parents house in the evening. Michael cooked a wonderful dinner and I baked some pumpkin cheesecake bars. Everything turned out perfectly. We opened individual gifts from one another as well. Ayden walked away with some adorable pajamas and an awesome KU outfit. Michael got a video game, and I got some much appreciated gift cards.

Christmas morning we all went to church and then went back over to my parents house for "Santa" presents and pizza bread for lunch. Michael and I both got wonderful things, and Ayden got some pretty fun stuff as well! He seems to be a big fan of his new jumper, which both Mom and Dad will probably enjoy just as much, ha. It keeps him busy. ;-)

My first Christmas with my family went extremely well. It just may be my favorite Christmas so far! Here are a few pictures from our two days together.

5 Months Old

This past week Ayden turned 5 months old. I've been trying to take a picture of him every month, but sometimes it doesn't always happen. This weekend we got him a nice Christmas outfit, so I made sure to snag a few pictures of him in it.

Happy five months!

Growing Like A Weed

It really is crazy how fast time has flown by. Tomorrow, Ayden will be five months old. He is learning so many different things and his personality is really starting to shine through.

We have been practicing with him on sitting up. He does a pretty decent job of it. He has started to catch himself when he falls, and is able to steady himself back up. It doesn't always work out for him, but he is improving.

He has for sure found his voice, and I think he quite likes it. He will jabber on and on in different octaves and levels. It can be kind of embarrassing when we're in public, for his octaves can get quite high and loud, but it's definitely not a terrible embarrassment. It's cute and he's happy so I don't mind one bit.

He has started reaching for me and I ABSOLUTELY love it. The first time he did it Michael was holding him and I had just come home from work. I went over to say hello to him and he smiled and reached for me. At first I thought maybe I just got lucky, but when I went to change out of my work clothes and came back, he did it again.  I may have a mama's boy after all! Ha.

Ayden is routinely sleeping through the nights and has been for probably a couple of months now. We had to adjust to daylight savings time, but I think that only took us about a week to fix. I would say he probably sleeps on average about ten hours during the night. Thank goodness. :)

I'm looking forward to celebrating Christmas with him. Although I know he won't have as much fun with it this year as I will, it'll still hold some good memories for our little family

He really is growing fast...maybe even faster than a weed!

Tis The Season!

Christmas is one of my favorite holiday's. I love being able to decorate! I was kind of off to a late start this year due to our Thanksgiving traveling, so I was anxious to start.

Michael was sweet enough to help me set up. I had a lot of fun today. I can't wait until Ayden can help decorate and enjoy the holiday with us!