Long Time No Talkie

Sorry to my readers out there. I just know there must be thousands of you (right!). Seriously though, I do apologize for not updating this as regularly as I should since I do have a few friends and family out there who do wonder how the Palmer's are and more importantly, Aedan.

So where are we at? Well, I'm sad to say that we're still in the throws of teething. It's bareable at least. He's not an angry little man anymore. He's mostly gnawing on anything he can get his hands on and generally just growling at me. That's a really strange thing actually. The person that he's around the most, who he relies on food for, who birthed him to say the least, is also the person he has a general distaste for in some of his worst days.

Now, I'm prone to exaggeration...those who know me best SHOULD realize that. Aedan is by far one of the easiest babies I've ever known. His worst days account for the occassional fussiness, going to bed a little later than 7:30 p.m. and waking up slightly before his regular 6:00 a.m. rising. "Give me a break" say most mothers! "You've got it easy!" We all have our crosses to bear.

Update on Aedan (sorry I rambled there a bit):

At 6 months old already...I can hardly believe it, Aedan has more personality than ever. We are now able to distinguish grumpy, sad, happy, giggly, silly, snuggly, sleepy, and hungry emotions. He's about 19 pounds and 28 inches long. At his last check-up we were happily notified that we weren't growing a gigantic baby. Seems as though his weight gain is evening out but he is a long boy.

Aedan has lots of ticklish spots...under his little butt cheeks, between the "Perry" thighs (all of you Perry's out there can relate), his neck when you can find it, and of course his little arm pits. Sitting up has become a sport so to speak. He does the "you're not going to make me lay down" kind of wretching with his little body and then just the opposite when the mood strikes.

A couple of weeks ago we visited Iron Kettle Pumpkin Farm. He was less than enthused.

He's now eating food - the homemade kind. I'm really not sure if this is going to work for him in the long run. All sorts of kids whose crazy granola eating moms have made their own baby food and still have grown wacked out kids who only eat chicken nuggets and candy bars. We'll see. So far he loves bananas, applesauce, pears, acorn squash and sweet potatoes. It's fun to watch the faces he makes with each new food group.

We're good, Aedan's happy and healthy, Pat and I are still married, and all is well. We're surviving this crazy road trip of life - for now anyway.