Daily Aidan

Looking like a very big boy...

Aidan's hospital picture

It's hard to believe that Aidan has grown much in the last two weeks, until we saw these...wow.
Here is his hospital picture!

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Here's Aidan, showing off how he slept "in his crib" the first week and a half at home. Luckily now he is content laying all the way down on the mattress...but the bouncy chair is still worth its weight in gold!

We're so fortunate that Aidan is already sleeping through the night!!

Cute Girl

Our niece Emily just got glasses. Doesn't she look adorable?!
Smart girls rule!!

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Decked out in Cubs gear, but not terribly thrilled about the prospect of tummy time!

Dear Satan,
You really shouldn't have invented this:

Sincerely,
Amy Pennington

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Today we had Aidan's newborn pictures taken at Moments & Memories. Aidan was a superstar and was so cooperative for the photographer! We should have the proofs online by next Monday and I'll post the link as soon as we get it. Anyway, as you can see, being a model is exhausting!

Happy Birthday, Sophie!

Yesterday was Sophie's first birthday. She is Aidan's first girlfriend (he prefers older women like his Daddy) and I LOOOOOOVE how cute she looks in the hat I knitted her.

Love and kisses to Sophie and her family!

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Proud cousin Chase :)

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My Hart girls - SO excited to meet the little man;)

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first bath at home - 6/22/08

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Daddy and the kids, taking a much-needed siesta

{yawn of relief}

When we were at the hospital, the nurses suggested that Aidan eat every three hours. So even if he was napping, I should wake him up to feed him. In the hospital it was no big deal, because there were people poking and prodding at me at all hours anyway. However comma when we got home, it was a whole new experience! He wanted to sleep longer than that and I wanted to sleep longer than that, but I was setting an alarm to keep us on schedule. Yuck.

When we saw Dr. Hostetler yesterday, I asked her about letting Aidan sleep longer at night and she agreed, since he is gaining enough weight. Last night I put him down at 10:45 and he woke up at 3:30, then not again until 7:30. Hallelujah! I felt like I'd slept for a week!

Aidan had a busy day today of errands and visitors, so hopefully tonight will be a repeat performance.

PS - many thanks to my Hart girls for bringing dinner tonight. It was delicious!!

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Wearing booties knitted by Ginger

First trip to the doctor

We had our first trip to the doctor today, and Aidan is doing great. He is almost up to his birth weight and Dr. Hostetler is pleased with how well he is doing. He definitely doesn't miss any meals! His belly button will probably fall off tonight during his bath. We go back next month for his next checkup:) Thanks to everyone who keeps us in their thoughts and prayers. We're having a blast being new parents!

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I have so much to tell and so many pictures to share - but many of you know what it's like with a newborn, so I hope you understand why I haven't posted much yet. Anyway, I thought a fun way for me to share pictures on a regular basis, even when I don't have time to type a lot, is to put up at least one picture each day. So...welcome to the Daily Aidan:) Here is the first installment...

Welcome to the World

...a continuation from Monday night's post...

When Aaron and I went to sleep Monday night at the hospital, I started having pretty severe back pain. I figured it was just because the bed I was in was terribly uncomfortable...anyway, I got a heating pad which would give me about 10 minutes of relief at a time. Unfortunately, I didn't sleep.AT.ALL.

Tuesday morning, we started things bright and early at 6am. My pain was severe enough - the "back pain" was back LABOR and I was also having "normal" contractions - that the doctor on call went ahead and broke my water at 6:30am, and called in the anesthesiologist to administer the magical miracle epidural. After that Godsend, they administered the pitocin at about 7:30am. Luckily by that time, I was feeling no pain at all and all was well with the world. At 10am I started pushing and at 11:17am, our precious Aidan Dean entered the world. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and is 21 inches long. He is the spitting image of his daddy and has the longest fingers and toes we've ever seen! His head full of thick hair is the same color as mine when I was born, with shades of red, and red eyelashes and eyebrows.

Aidan is such a wonderful baby. He has been a good eater from the start and charmed the pants off of everyone at the hospital. I'll continue to post more stories and photos, but wanted to catch everyone up on how he entered the world. Thanks so much for your patience!!

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Tick Tock...

...we are at the hospital! We're in our labor & delivery room, I have had the cervadil, and am hooked up to 10,000 differnet gadgets.
They are giving me the pitocin at 6am instead of 7am - that's the only thing that has changed. Other than that, things are okay. My blood pressure is higher than normal (around 150/90) but they're keeping a close eye and we'll be just fine.
Soon I'll get some Ambien and be off to dreamland, only to wake up on the Nugget's birthday!

I'll update when I can, and as long as I feel up to it:)

Don't Mess with the Nugget

Thanks, Miss Heather, for an adorable souvenir from your trip to Texas!

Dear Knitted Sheep Blanket,



I really have high hopes for you. The problem is, you are SO BORING to knit. I started knitting you right after I found out I was pregnant, figuring that would give me plenty of time to finish you and wrap the Nugget with you at the hospital. Yet here we are, checking into the hospital in less than four hours...and I'm halfway done with you. Mentally, I am WAY past done with you.

Ugh.
Sincerely,
AmyP