SIX MONTHS PORTRAITS

Isn`t he so adorable? Yes, I know I`m a biased mother. But aren`t we all?

PROUD DADDY MOMENT

Tonight Bryan fed Aidan solid foods for the first time. I was a little unsure of how Aidan would do, because I`m the only one that has ever fed him with two exceptions. I expected the usual out of Aidan: spitting, hitting the bowl and knocking it upside down, grabbing at the spoon, trying to turn around and see the TV, attempting to climb out of the bouncy seat, and succeeding once(not a fun moment for Mommy) all things he did to me the first few times I fed him solid food, but he did extremely well. I was proud of both of them(and a little jealous of Bryan because he wasn`t wearing sweet potatoes or rice cereal when Aidan was finished) but oh well. Aren`t they always better behaved for the other parent, especially when the first parent is watching?

AIDAN LOVES BATHTIME

Last night Daddy gave Aidan a bath, and he always get so excited to be able to splash around and play with his bath toys. I thought I would capture a little bit of his bliss.

BABY GYMNASTICS

This morning Bryan and I took Aidan to The Little Gym for a baby developmental gymnastics class. There were some other babies there, and a lot of equipment and other things that Aidan wasn`t so sure about because he had never seen them before. He chased bubbles, did two somersaults, climbed over a balance beam, played ring around the rosie on a rubber ball, played peek a boo on the bars, and danced to the alphabet. He was worn out and took a good nap, but we all had fun.

Aidan enjoys the exersaucer and being able to jump up and down in it, so I thought that it was time to get him to spend time in his Johnny Jump Up. Before, he would slump down in it and swing around and look at me like "Why`d you put me in here, Mom? I don`t know what to do in here." Now that he knows what to do in it, he has a blast in there every time. Yay! Maybe now I can get more housework done that I`ve found a new element of distraction. Thanks Mama and Daddy!

When Bryan was born, his dad built a cradle for him that was passed to down for Aidan to use. Since it is a part of the Zingmark family history and so important to Bryan, I thought that I would put some pictures on here of the two of them in their cradle.

I`ve been trying for awhile now to get Aidan to make this adorable yet goofy face that he is so good at without being distracted by the camera and wanting to eat it(a common occurrence) and today, by making the face myself about a 100 times, I finally managed to get a few. One of the things that I just adore about this face is that it is similar to one that Bryan made when he was a baby(and sometimes still does.) This is just another perfect example that Aidan looks so much like his Daddy.