Pictures and Sleep News

Sorry for not sharing the wealth sooner!

Aidan news! We go back to the Dr. next week to get a regular check up. He is 5 months old tomorrow!!! What?!? He is now sleeping through the night. Last week he was getting up about every 3 hours like a newborn so Zach and I talked about it - and decided that we needed to let him cry it out. The first night we did he woke up at three, and we let him cry for a bit. He was back asleep by 3:10 and didn't wake up the rest of the night. The next night he slept from 7:30 pm to 8 am and has been sleeping 12 hours at a time from then on. I feel like I should be on a Staple's commercial.... "That was easy!" So we never really had to experience the "agony" of letting him cry it out. Thank goodness!

Excitement about our new toy!!

The family Bible being used in a different way....

Scarecrow arms! He won't put them down. No matter what he is doing he keeps them out just like that!

He's posing for the camera

I'm sorry- is that blonde hair?? Where did you come from?

Praying and NOT smiling. Every time we pull the camera out and he sees it, he stops doing whatever we want to take a picture of.

Already staring at the football

Not sure if eating the football is going to make him millions of dollars- but it's a start....

How precious is this?!?

Adorabe

Date Nights!

Zach and I have started to make an effort to devote one night a week to date night. We had lost our desire/time to keep this up once Aidan got here but we know that we need that time. So, as much as it kills me to be away from Aidan, our marriage is getting some recooperation time when we have "us" time.

A few weeks ago we went to Six Feet Under and then to the Fox to see Ron White perform

Six Feet Under = AMAZING! Get the shrimp and grits!

Aidan staying with Deanie for a few hours and is sooo happy about it!

The Fox

Ron White was hilarious- but the best thing might have been people watching. The clientele there was well.... interesting. Haha.

As of late we have also started doing a couples devotional every night before we go to bed and make sure to do some sort of activity together. We usually play a few games of rummy or maybe stratego. It is nice to carve out some time for each other. Before, we thought we never would have the time since we are so busy- but we do have the time- we just have to plan better.

Greek Columns

Earlier this year when we were learning about Greece and Rome in World History I stole an awesome idea from my Dad about creating Greek columns. I know that teachers love to steal ideas from as many people as they can- so I am putting this up to maybe help out some World History teachers out there. It was a great idea and they had SOOO much fun doing it.

You give each group of 2 students 4 sheets of computer paper and 4 pieces of tape and tell them to make Greek columns.

They will start making them really tall but will learn quickly that this won't work.

The best columns are the shortest and thickest.

I let them do their demonstrations on my desk.

This group thought about weight displacement which usually helps them stack more

This group had my second highest number of books. They got 44 World History books stacked

An even better picture of how high they go.

It will make a HUGE crashing sound when it falls so be careful that no one is standing where it is leaning!!

Family Diaries

Last Saturday Zach, Aidan and I went to Centennial Olympic Park and then to the Coke Museum on a whim. It was so much fun to get OUT of the house and do something different.

Again, I am a bad mom and forgot the camera so you have a couple bad quality cell phone pictures. Our goal as of last week is to completely change our lifestyle. We aim to turn OFF the tv, get out and about, and enjoy life. Now that volleyball is over (we lost last weekend in area to Rockdale and then Flowery Branch) I have lots of free time to spend with the fam!

Aidan and Zach. Aidan is already trying to get a drink of coke :-)

On the way to the Centennial Park. Aidan likes to use hands AND feet to hold books and read like a big boy! He's advanced!

At the park we tried to find me and Ally's bricks- no chance. We checked every brick in section 127- I think they lied to us!!!

Then we went to Chow Baby in Atlanta off of 11th st. - AMAZING!!! It was so good. If you haven't eaten there, you should!!

The Break!

This week we have had a week-long break from school and I have so much to fill all of you in on! I think it is about time that the blog takes on a new life form - instead of just dedicating it to filling family and friends in on Aidan-news (the most important stuff!) it is probably going to turn into the diary of our life - marriage, parenting, and everything in between. We have rededicated our life to walking with Christ and making sure that we set the best example for Doodle-Bug. We have also decided to actually spend quality time together as a family without the TV!!! A novel idea!!!

I have pictures from our recent trip to the Coke museum that I will have to fill you all in on later :-)

Aidan and Softball

Last weekend Aidan, my mom and I went to the Georgia Tech softball game. Zach was away at the GA/Arkansas game so it was a spend the night party at Momma Dean's!

Playing with the doggies (MJ and Rocky) at Momma Deans.

We had so much fun that weekend. A few days ago we had the AmPest SpikeFest tournament at Heritage and I was in the gym 4-11 on Friday night and then 7am - 11:30 pm on Saturday night (just in case I haven't had enough volleyball lately!).

Should be working on my masters right now!

Savannah Labor Day!

Over Labor Day weekend, Heritage played in a tournament in Savannah at Armstrong Atlantic. Since all of the girls' parents were coming down anyway, we saved money on a bus and let the girls ride down with their parents. This meant I could ride down with Zach and Aidan and we could spend the rest of the weekend with Hannah and Jake! here are some cute pics of Aidan that weekend!

This picure cracks me up!

Sorry I haven't been posting often- I am about to die from being pulled in so many directions!!! Between volleyball, school, mommying, and masters classes I might just combust. But I get a week-long break coming up pretty soon! can't wait!!!

Zach officially started bball at Dunwoody on Sunday night. They had their first official open gym so here goes the whole family getting pulled in different directions!! Here we go!

Also, Aidan had a 3 month well-check. He was 14 lbs and 9 oz and was 26 inches long. He was in 75th percentile for weight and 75-90 percentile in height. He was also 75th percentile for head size- so he might be big, but at least he is proportional! :-)