Aidan's 2 month stats...

Aidan had his 2 month pediatrician appointment yesterday and thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law (who watched Joseph), Brad and I were able to take Aidan & have a morning with just the 3 of us...we haven't had one of those since we were in the hospital when he was born. I was sure glad to have the hubby there, because little A got 4 shots in this 2 little thighs. The little guy screamed like it was going out of style...definitely blessed with lungs! He checked out great (minus the milk intolerance) and is growing like a weed!

His new stats:
Height 25.5 inches (97+ percentile)
Weight 14.10 pounds (97+ percentile)
Head 90 percentile

The neatest thing is that he and Joseph weighed the exact same at their 2 month visits; however, Aidan is 1/2 inch longer! We have some linebackers on our hands!!!!

What.....no dairy?!!!

Okay, so we've been having issues with Aidan for a while now regarding fussiness and congestion. He was to the point that he required someone holding him at all times (and even then that didn't always work) to put the crying at ease. Then he developed sniffles that never went away, & finally a rash on his torso, arms, legs. We went to the pediatrician 3 times in 2 weeks and finally (after sampling his poo...which has been very runny (but I thought that's how breastfed babies poos was suppose to be)) discovered that he has an intolerance to the protein in milk! What a relief to figure that out...but, I have to give up dairy if I want to continue breastfeeding! It has been 4+ days with success and we have a new baby on our hands...smiling & cooing; however, mommy is a little irritated. I never realized it...but, EVERYTHING has milk/dairy in it!!!!!!!!!!
Please send a prayer my way that I can keep this up; otherwise, we'll be switching to formula. The doc recommends Alimentum, which at our Kroger's cost us $25.99 for the smallest canister....can you believe that????????

And he's off...

The next Tiger???

Brad and Joseph spend a lot of time walking the green behind our house...Brad captured this precious moment of Joseph holding the flag...so cute!!!!

Joe & Michelle's Party

This past weekend Brad's brother, Joe and his wife, Michelle, had a house warming party. It was a great time with soooo many kids (5 years ago there was only 1, now there are like--15). Uncle Clark was taking kids for a ride on a wagon being pulled by the lawn mower; however, Joseph did not want any part of it...instead, he was happy being pulled in the wagon behind the other kids! Too cute!

Hidden Valley Farms with the boys...

We had a wonderful visit to a local fruit farm a few weeks ago. We actually stumbled across them and will definitely go back. It is such a great place for the kids...pick your own fruit, petting area (pigs, chicks, goats, cows), play area. They have an assortment of fall festivals coming up, so we will be going back soon.

Brotherly Love...

Nothing better than seeing my 2 boys together; the realization of motherly love is so overwhelming! I honestly can't imagine my life without these two! Thank You, thank You, thank You for them!

He's walking....

He is finally walking!!! It only took 16 months! God bless him, he's a late bloomer...but, I honestly think God was blessing me with his delay of walking, because it allowed me to adjust with our Aidan, before having to chase our little man. Nevertheless, he's walking EVERYWHERE and into EVERYTHING; but, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Enter"train"ment Junction

We recently took the boys to a local train museum in Cincinnati. Joseph is quite obsessed with Thomas the Train nowadays and he absolutely LOVED the sights and sounds of the museum. Aidan, on the other hand, was quite content sleeping in the stroller...give him another year or so!

Aidan pics