Grammy and Grandpa's House

We are so blessed to have such amazing grandparents for Aaron! He has 3 sets of grandparents and they have helped us so much since Aaron was born. Aaron spends a lot of time at the Colburn's. They babysit pretty regularly and we can't imagine not having them here.

One of his favorite things to do at Grammy and Grandpa's is to get a bath in the kitchen sink. Our sink at home is too small, so it's always a treat to get a bath with Grammy!

He also loves to swing in their backyard! We dont' have any trees in our yard, so we were so thrilled when they got a swing just for Aaron. He loves it!!

9 Months Old

9 Month Stats
Height: 32 inches
Weight: 27.6 lbs

It just keeps getting more and more fun. At 9 months old, Aaron has really become such an amazing little man. As you can see by his stats, he is the size of an average 18 month old! He has begun to form an opinion about things. If he drops a toy sometimes he cries for it and sometimes he just looks at the toy and then at us to see if we are going to get it for him. He has mastered clapping his hands together and will "patty cake" on demand. Although sometimes he just claps for the fun of the sound it makes. He has learned to wave "bye-bye", but sometimes he is a little delayed. He gets scared easily by loud noises. Occasionally he will cry when something startles him. He is becoming more and more social, but we've noticed that he usually takes a few minutes to warm up to people. He likes to sit back and observe others...he watches very intensely. He will sit and watch a cartoon for several minutes, but loses interest quickly. He is still the most laid-back and happy baby. Everyday is an adventure and it is so much fun to watch him learn and grow. What a blessing he is.

Aaron loves to swing!!

Nana pushing Aaron!

So we tried to all wear our John Deere green shirts for Saint Patrick's Day...but Aaron had other plans. On the way to the park...we had a big messy diaper and had to change outfits!! So much for matchy matchy day!

Aaron loves to be outside and to play with the grass.

Aaron is usually very patient while we make his meals. He loves to play with his toy airplane!

He still loves his roundy-round! Although we're pretty sure he's too big for it, we still let him play!

Surrounded by his favorite toys!

Love this picture! It's rare that we got out to eat with Aaron, so this particular day was special. We went to Cheddars (one of our favs) and the boys looked so cute in their polo shirts!

 

At the end of the day Aaron has one last bottle before bed-time. Jarrett almost always gives it to him and then they play in the chair. It's always a sweet little time before bed.

Farm Visit #2

We were so glad that we got to spend a couple of days at the farm during Jarrett's Spring Break. It's always so fun to visit and to get away from the big city for a while!

 Aaron loves getting to sit with his Great Grandma.."MaMaw"

Four generations of the Schmidt Family!

This is Jarrett's Aunt's house...and the sun was setting so we got a quick pic!

Just a swingin'

In early March we had some beautiful weather and so we decided to take Aaron to the park. Because he was a little late being able to hold himself up, we had never put him in a swing at the park before. Well what a fun day and what a treat to watch him experience the swing for the first time! He truly LOVES being outside and on the rare occasion that he's fussy, taking him outside will always calm him down. It was a very sunny day, so Aaron's eyes are closed in a lot of the pictures :)

Aaron loves to watch other kids run and play. He gets very intense when he sees toddlers doing things that he can't do yet. He's quite the observer.

We had to wait for the only baby swing to become available, but he seemed to have fun anyway!

So here we go....

He wasn't too sure about it at first....

But then it was all smiles!

Super bright sunny day!

We had such a fun day and plan to take Aaron as much as we can in the next few months!

8 Months Old

Aaron at 8 months old is so much fun! He laughs all of the time and is so easy to please. We have even caught him laughing when he's all by himself in his crib or just when he's playing. He squeals (super loud) in delight when he's really excited about something. He loves to walk in his walker around the house and has fun discovering new things.

Aaron turned 8 months old on Valentine's Day...but I was the one who recieved sweet gifts. The big flowers are from Jarrett and the baby roses are from our sweet baby :)

Aaron loves to go round and round!

Sweet smile!

I love this picture, because this is the look we get a lot from Aaron. It's usually when we are telling him to do something and he's trying to figure it all out.

Loves when it's time to eat!

My Dad started calling Aaron the "little dude" and so when we saw this hat we had to take a couple of pictures just for Grandpa Colburn. I think I've mentioned before that Aaron doesn't really like hats or things on his head, but he did pretty well for this quick pic.

Snow Days

In February, North Texas got hit with a ton of snow. I've lived here all of my life and can't remember the last time we had this much snow and ice in one week. Even though it made getting out of the house a hassle, we loved it because Jarrett was off of school for a whole week! It was so much fun bundling up Aaron and showing him the snow. He wasn't super impressed, but we had fun!

Not too sure about this....

Finally we got a smile :)

He still wasn't sitting up on his own yet, so thank goodness for the bumpo chair.

So cute--just checking things out.

We attempted to make a baby snow angel, but really it just ended up looking like we were laying our sweet baby in the snow...poor baby!

Being trapped inside, we were pretty bored. So we played lots of games and dominoes. Aaron had fun watching us play and liked the noise the dominoes made on the table.

It was such a fun week of family time!