New Aiden Pics

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Finally..a new post

This post finds me in Lake Charles, LA. We packed up and moved here the weekend before Thanksgiving. Lake Charles is a nice size area close to lots of lakes and even a beach somewhere close I do believe. We are now only 5 hours or so from home. We moved into another apartment until we figure out if we are going to live here for a while, or just temporarily. Honestly, I wouldn't mind living here, I kinda like it! I will post pics as soon as I figure out where the charger is for my camera. I need to invent a charger locator for all of my electrical devices. I can never ever keep up with any of them! My family loves how I never answer my phone because it is ALWAYS dead!
Anyways, on to a bigger and better subject, Aiden is doing great. He is so funny with his little personality. He keeps me laughing, especially after his uncle Ashley taught him to spit at everyone and everything. He puts his lips together and blows until his whole shirt is wet with drool. He sits up now with a little assistance. Every once in a while he will take a nose dive into the carpet if he looses his balance. I believe he is about to cut teeth because over the past week he has been waking up every couple hours or so. Not exactly sure what is going on now. You know it is something different every day!!
I hope everyone is doing great, sorry the post is short and not very interesting but I am a nurse, not a writer! :) I will post pics soon!!
Love, Jamie

Trick or Treat

Actually this post has nothing to do with halloween but it only made sense to put that as the heading today!! Aiden had his four month old checkup today and she said that Aiden is "just a perfect little boy". So you really couldn't ask for a better visit. Except the fact that he had to get immunizations, it was only two shots rather than the five last time. OUCH!! Since Aiden is four months old here are some fun "milestones" he has reached. Aiden smiles at every singe thing. If you even look in his direction he smiles from ear to ear. Aiden grabs for objects and as soon as he gets them they go straight to his mouth. Aiden also likes for daddy to grab his hands and "walk" him around the living room. He is very ready to join conversation. If he is eating and someone talks he stops everything and looks them until they are done speaking, and continues to eat. As far a sleep goes, he does not like to take a nap, he told me yesterday that napping is for babies! :) His hands are his favorite toy and pacifier. The drool is UNRULY! Every day he develops another trick, and keeps us on our toes! We love him so much! The doctor advised us to try rice cereal. Aiden really liked it. I will post some pics of his first big boy meal! Hope everyone is doing well! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! These are just some cute pics of Aidens new jumper! He loves it. He also likes to suck on the seat! Only my son! :)

The Sad Truth

So tonight as I wrestled with Aiden for all of about uhh...2 hours rocking him, and holding him like I always do, did I realize that he doesn't really need me to go to sleep anymore. Since he was born when he gets sleepy I lay him down in my arms, give him his "pacy" and rock him until he quietly falls fast asleep. Well, the past couple nights when I even lay him down in the "sleep position" he screams bloody murder!! :( All I could think was he must have a stomach ache, what did I eat today that is affecting him, maybe he is having bad reflux, or maybe he just isn't sleepy (as he rubs his red eyes and yawns).
So tonight after he ate I gave him his pacifier laid him down, (thinking the other nights he has fought sleep something else had to be wrong), and he just started screaming. So I kept him up a little, packed my clothes, came in the living room and sat him in my lap, sitting straight up and starting singing to him like I always do and off to sleep he went. Simple as that! No pacifier, no rocking, no nothing from me just my cracked and out of tune lullaby. WHAT? Does my son really not need me to cuddle and nuzzle him when he is sleepy. I guess the older he gets the more independent he gets. But as far as me....it is kind of upsetting. My baby is growing up so fast. From day to day he changes so much. My next problem is.. what is a easier way to get him to sleep other than keeping him up 2 hours past his bedtime until he just falls out from pure exhaustion? I am not sure how I feel about just lying him in his crib and letting him scream until he falls asleep. Any suggestions? I just had a very eye opening moment tonight and felt I needed to share! Now I will go to sleep from pure.....exhaustion!!

Fun Photo Day

I have some fun pictures of ,you know who, that I wanted to post! Aiden is always the subject of all of my posts because he is all my life consists of! I think I need to get out more! HA! :/

If you are wondering about our daily changing "moving status", as of now Justin has to work until Wednesday of this week, and then..uhh we are not sure yet. Maybe Nebraska, maybe Virginia..as for me...maybe the crazy house. All of this unsure business is about as nerve racking as anything, it drives me CRAZY! Eventually we are going to make it back to Mississippi so Justin can finish his degree. He really needs to finish school considering he was on the deans list, always made awesome grades, and all of his teachers absolutely loved him.

As for me, I want to continue to stay home with Aiden at least for a year. I feel this is the best thing for him for now. Maybe when we move I may get a PRN job and get out a few days a week, but who knows. I love my job as a RN and I feel like the longer I am off work, the more I forget. Not a good thing to do in my line of work! So anyways, I hope everyone is doing well.

Also, I wanted to tell everyone to take a few minutes today and tell your loved ones how much you care about them. Unfortunetly we never know when our time will come. I feel like my job at Children's Mercy has made me appreciate my son more than anyone could imagine. I am so thankful for his health, and the health of my family. Life is so short and precious, lets enjoy every second of it!! Okay..I am done now! :) Love you all

Oh and another thing, I put a LG computer monitor, dell keyboard, speakers, and a mouse for sell on ebay if anyone is interested let me know!

Early Halloween

While we were in Mississippi, mom and I decided to dress Aiden in his halloween costume and take some fun pictures. They turned out too cute not to share! Hope you enjoy!

Mississippi...again

Aiden and Papaw Clark

Mommy's Helper



Sucking of the hands

Aiden when he was 9 weeks
We are back in Mississippi for a quick visit! Justin had a week off in between jobs so we decided to come home and visit all the family and friends. We will be returning back to Kansas City for five weeks for Justin to help finish the previous job and then....well who knows! We are not going to Texas anymore as of now. However, I will keep everyone updated where our travels will take us next! Aiden is just growing and learning so much every day! He has developed such a silly little personality. (I wonder where he got that from) He now will put he tiny little fingers around rattles and toys and look at them very intensely, then stick them straight in his mouth. He also absolutely loves to suck and chew on his hands. Such a silly boy! As for now, everything is going great, Ellis is on his way to recovery, and life is just about perfect for us. Oh also, we went to Nebraska furniture mart and went furniture crazy. We bought a new couch, chaise, crib, and dresser. When we get them I will post pictures! I am VERY excited to see them, also to see if they will fit in out apartment! :/ Also, as soon as I am home for more than a day.. I promise to all of my work friends I WILL come visit! Hope all is well with everyone!

Finally Home

We finally made it home Sunday afternoon after being in MS for a week, Arkansas for a week, then as soon as we got back, we headed to Nebraska for Justin's dad. By the way, Justin's dad is doing GREAT! He is recovering really well. He had a double bypass and an aortic aneurysm repair. Thanks to everyone who took time out to say a prayer for him!! Justin and I are just trying to settle in back to our old routine. Not easy, especially with my little sweetie. Aiden had his 2 month shots last week, he was fussy of course, but since his shots he has had a congested cold (no fever). I am not to sure if it has something to do with the immunizations or not. But we are doing great for now, hope everyone is doing well! I posted some promised pics of out trip out of town!