East Coast Blues

One exciting thing about moving to the East Coast was the ability to see so many great things only a short distance away. Distance is the key word there. Everyplace we try to go takes so blasted long to get there that I want to pull my hair out. Traffic sucks ROYALLY out here! We are on our way to New Hampshire and it has taken 4 hours longer than expected. (Virginia was 2 hours longer, Philadelphia an extra hour, get my drift) Aiden has now been to Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire (just this trip)! We'll add pictures when we get home. AHHH TRAFFIC. Yowzer!

Virginia

This last weekend Grandma Cindy came to visit. We loaded her up and headed to Virginia. We went to Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, and Yorktown. Aiden did really well and loved having his Grandma hold him all the time. He also loved her tickles. You should have heard him laugh.
Overall, not very impressed with Virginia. Everything cost money to see and it wasn't reasonable. If you wanted to walk through historic Williamsburg it was a minimum of $37, in order to go into the buildings and see reenactments.

The Fam in front of Governor's Mansion, WilliamsburgJosh and Em in the Gallos, WIlliamsburg

Jamestown Settlement was $14, again just to see what it would have been like. Almost all of the buildings, ships, and so on (in all 3 places) were replicas. It was a bit disappointing to pay all that money and know everything there was reconstructed. So we paid a bunch of money to see what it might have been like.
BUT... We had fun with Grandma!

Daddy tanning the hide with baby Aiden, Jamestown Settlement

Real first roll over...

and second, and third, and fourth!!! He has been practicing for the last 3 days and has really started holding his head up very well last night. The third had a hard landing so Aiden was grumpy for #4 (below). Click the play button to see the video

Philadelphia

This Saturday we decided to explore Philadelphia. Shortly after arrival we realized that this city might require another visit to see it all.
Aiden was great! Maybe he is starting to get used to all this traveling. He got to officially break in his new sling.
Mommy loves this new sling and is going to invest in several more (you can use it til they're toddlers and still have free hands) www.lucky-baby.com (based in Utah).

From the moment we woke up Daddy was singing the Rocky theme song. Here they are. The Rocky steps.

Independence Hall


and of course Aiden's first visit to a Hard Rock Cafe! Mommy's favorite!
More pictures of Philadelphia check out 2007 album on the Em & Josh photo link

First roll over?

We haven't decided that it is the official first roll over, more likely just a fluke. Anyway, Aiden decided to have his first roll over end in disaster.




I've also added a few more pics from this photo shoot to our 2007 album (see pictures link on right hand of page)

Personal History: Parallel Play: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

While listening to my NPR podcasts I was pointed to the article Personal History: Parallel Play: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker by Tim Page in which he talks about his life with Asperger's. I found this article amusing as it discusses a few of my own quirks (we don't share most but a few are incredibly familiar). More entertaining was when I hit a section in which he describes an abnormal behavior to which I thought "That's interesting, I never realized that was abnormal, but it makes sense".

Life with Baby - Big News

I have started quite a few posts and not quite finished them before something new to write about comes along. Aiden (formerly known as Daemon) is growing like a weed. We think he is incredibly smart and expect him to start walking any day now. Wouldn't that be funny, A little 10 lb., 23inch man walking around. (Those are his current stats). OK it's probably going to be a while.

We have been trying to see more of the East. Plenty of diaper changes in mommy's truck:( Even a few on the tailgate, (thanks to Daddy). We went to the National Zoo when Aiden was 4 weeks old. Apparently the Pandas are a big whoopty doo there. Here is a Giant Panda holding Aiden (then Daemon).

When Aiden was 6 weeks old we went to Gettysburg. There Aiden (that day I think he was Jack), got his picture taken as a union soldier. Or confederate, not really sure but I asked Aiden and he is definitely against slavery. Rest assured...

This weekend we are doing home repairs. Papa Dave is out here helping us with a deck and a new furnace/AC. Papa thinks Aiden is a great baby and that I just need to stop pinching him.

And of course the big news, drum role please.
As some of you may have figured out, Our babies current name is Aiden. Daemon just didn't seem to fit him. He is most certainly an Aiden. Sorry for the delay, but imagine being a nameless baby, it was harder for him, trust me.

All Our Love, Josh, Emily and da da ta da AIDEN.

To see more pictures of our great adventures click here