11 Months Old

This was a busy month for our family and I predict that every year at this time will be. This is wheat harvest time in Kansas and it was so fun to be able to enjoy this busy time as a family. Aaron experienced a lot of firsts this month, including his first harvest (I'll have a seperate post about that later.)

Aaron at 11 months old is so full of energy! He is on the move with his army crawling. He’s just so happy to be able to get somewhere (even if it takes a while). He still doesn’t lift his head and his belly at the same time, so he just slides along. At the end of May he pulled himself up to standing in his crib for the first time. Now he just stands all of the time!

Have I mentioned what an amazing sleeper Aaron is? He sleeps 11-12 hours at night and takes 2 naps during the day. Jarrett got this pic of Aaron one afternoon while he was still sleeping. There have been several times we've had to wake Aaron up from his naps or he would never sleep at night! It must be all that crawling and playing that has worn him out!



 Aaron loves to be in the office with us! He is mesmerized by the computer and loves to mash buttons and play with the mouse!

Another one of Aaron's favorite things to do is go to the grocery store. We do this a lot! He loves riding in the cart and seeing everything from up high! He smiles at just about everyone he sees and is usually a big hit!

He can also watch a cartoon or dvd for longer periods of time. He loves the Baby Einstein dvds that Grammy bought for him! But he really perefers to be outside (even when it's crazy hot). So this month Aaron got to go swimming for the first time. Grammy and Grandpa bought him a baby pool and it was a hit! It's become one Aaron's favorite things to do. So when the backyard gets shaddy in the late afternoon-we get the hose and Aaron is in heaven!