Raul Feliz (for the next boy)

Saturday Aden was enjoying being able see without the hair blocking his eyes.

We went over to my parent's house to swim. The last time we tried to get Aden in the float, he was not very happy. This time he seemed to like it.

Aunt Melissa swam around with him.

Aunt Bev took over so Melissa could relax.

The water was 87 degrees so he probably thought he was in a big bath tub.

We will have him swimming by the end of the Summer!

Good start.

That afternoon, we had Randy's birthday party. It was at his parent's house in Holland, very close to us.

We knew a lot of people and had fun catching up and eating. Aden loved the pizza.

Ellen is holding Chase who is 4 months younger than Aden and much bigger!

There were a lot of babies at the party for Aden to choose from. Lots of cute girls.

A big hug for mommy.

Aden playing with Chase, who was born around the World Series. They let their other two sons pick his name so they went with Chase (Utley) Ryan (Howard). It's a good thing Raul Ibanez wasn't on the team yet!

Chase was so funny.

The birthday boy and his beautiful family!

Haircut 1

Haircut 2

The Haircut!!!

Friday Amy decided she couldn't take it anymore, Aden needed a haircut. :-(

We went to see my guy Curtis at Salon La Vogue. We really didn't know where to go and Curtis has been cutting my hair since I was 13 so we called and he said he would love to do it.

Aden was good. He only pouted a bit, no crying.

I think it was more emotional for me. I was worried he wouldn't be my little baby anymore once he got a big boy haircut.

The Puffs make everything better!

Even with hair on them!

Introducing the new and improved Aden!

Curtis did a great job and Aden looks great.

We went to City Kitchen for lunch. Aden was flirting with all the girls and showing off his new haircut.

Meet Lucy! Rob and Emily's new baby.

Cock-a-poo!

It was Friday evening and we were not going down the Shore! We just had too much to do this weekend at home. It was nice not to have to pack and fight the traffic. It was nice and warm so we set up Aden's pool out back.

He seemed to like it!

Melissa and Mark came over for a quick dinner then we all went to sleep early for once.

The end.

The Gym

Thursday Aden had his first gym class! Amy said he did really well. He walked on the balance beam, played in the ball pit, did somersaults. He spent the afternoon at Ohev.

At night, my parents came over and we brought in food from the Churchville Inn. Yummy ribs. My parents have been away and were excited to play with Aden.



I think I will call Alyssa.

Hey Alyssa, want to hang out this weekend?



Hugging his bear.

Doing somersaults on his own!

I guess it was just a phase. He's going to sleep pretty easily now.

The Pocket

If we were still living in the City, almost every night we would walk around. Not so much in the suburbs. Last night, I was determined to get out so we drove to New Hope, which is not that far but feels like a whole different world. It was a nice night so we were surprised by how quiet it was there. It was basically us and a bunch of CIT's form Willow Grove Day Camp.

Aden had fun watching the ducks.

Big boy!

Mommy pointed out the baby ducks.



Amy thinks he looks like me now.

Mini Me



We had dinner at Havanna's. You might remember me this is where Amy and I had our first date. Well, this was probably our last meal here. It was not so good and quite expensive. Aden didn't even like the mac and cheese or chicken fingers.

Melissa is not going to like this, but Aden had discovered the pocket. There is a pocket at the bottom of his bibs to help catch the food as it falls to keep it off the floor. Melissa once had the misfortune of putting her hand in there. She still has nightmares. Well, Aden all the sudden is looking in the pocket for things to eat or throw.

I would have taken a video of this but my camera is no longer taking videos. Time for a new camera!

chicken? bread? Puffs?

Not so funny!

Ewwwwwwwww!

Anything left in there?

All done and cleaned up. Time to go home!