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On Sunday Caleb turned 3 months old! Not only does the time feel like it is going by fast, but Caleb's weight gain seems to be happening fast too! At 3 months, Caleb weighs 16 lbs. and is 25 inches long (for all you percentile freaks that would make him 95th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for height). Which just goes to show that every child is different, because Aidan weighed 16 lbs. when he was 4 months old. In fact, Caleb is so big and chubby that even though he's 3 months old, he needs to wear 9 month clothing right now! Anyways, Caleb is evolving more and more into his own every month, so at 3 months this is what I can tell you about our baby boy:

* He loves to feed (breastmilk & formula) every 2 -3 hours!
* He sleeps like a rock at night! Going to sleep around 10:30pm and sleeping straight through the night until 10:30am. I can't tell you how much Mike and I appreciate that he currently sleeps like this at night, it is such a blessing! With Caleb sleeping til 10:30am in the morning it gives me time to spend some quality time with Aidan - doing devotions, reading stories & cuddling, and talking about stuff during breakfast.
* Even though Caleb sleeps like a champ at night, he only takes extremely short naps during the day (usually his naps last about 15 min.) However, I'm not complaining. I mean, if I can't have it all...I'll take the sleeping through the night part hands down!
* Caleb LOVES to coo and gurgle (we call it "talking" in the house) when people talk to him. He's very loud when he's expressing himself like this. In fact, he is a much LOUDER baby than Aidan was. This baby always has something to say, and it is really funny to hear him belt it out.
* Caleb prefers to sit up most of the time than lie on his back, so most of the time when he is not feeding we have him sitting in his blue Bumbo chair or sitting on someone's lap.  Aidan thought Caleb's Bumbo chair looked pretty special so he begged for Mike and I to buy him one. Luckily, one of my friends had one from when her daughter was a baby and was in the process of getting rid of it...to ME! So almost every day Aidan and Caleb use their Bumbo chairs to sit and watch TV next to each other, sit on the front steps outside and watch people, or sit across from each other and just "talk". It is extremely cute to watch!
* Caleb will tolerate a lot from Aidan. I think because he loves Aidan so much, he puts up with a lot of Aidan's roughness (Aidan is still is learning that even though Caleb is quite big right now, that he is still a baby and needs to be played with GENTlLY). What amazes me is that even when Aidan gets too rough, Caleb won't cry. He'll actually YELL at Aidan as if to say "Hey! Take it easy!". Caleb will cry though when Aidan scares him by sneaking up and screaming when he is feeding (which will send Aidan straight for the time-out chair).
* Caleb seems to enjoy lying in bed with Aidan snuggled under the covers and listening to Aidan talk.
* Caleb does not like being in his car seat (that goes for both in and out of the car). So we currently have him enrolled in the "Lee Family Car Seat Therapy" program - which means playing soothing music in the car along with strapping a busy toy bar to his car seat. And since we've been doing this Caleb has been crying a whole lot less when he is taken out for rides in the car.  Yeah!
* Caleb's favorite thing to do lately (besides feeding) has been to be held standing up and talk to people. He LOVES to do this. He also LOVES to takes baths. As soon as his chubby tree trunks hit that water he produces BIG smiles and wild movements of excitement. It makes Mike and I laugh to see how much this chubby bunny loves to get naked and immerse his Buddah figure in some bath water. 
* A lot of smiles come from Caleb lately, especially when you shake his tummy, sing to him, or talk to him when he is being held standing up.
* Caleb loves to look at mirrors, people, and especially the TELEVISION.
* When Caleb is fussy, being held outside calms him down the most consistently, so Dad is often the one who assists with that since he loves taking the grandkiddies outside.
* Caleb is definitely the little prince of the house...since we live with so much family in one house, Caleb is almost always being held by someone. In fact, we have to make quite an effort to make sure that this baby get some tummy time in. So with all this spoiled holding, our baby probably won't be turning over or walking for a long time. Which is o.k., because this house is a FAR cry from being baby-proofed.
* All of Aidan's friends LOVE to play with Caleb, which I have to be careful about when bringing him to Aidan's playdates because Aidan will often get jealous when his friends crowd around his baby brother in curiosity instead of playing with him. But I must say that is is cute to see Caleb surrounded by curious kids asking me if they can hold him or feed him a bottle, or they gawk when I need to change Caleb's diaper. When this happens though, Aidan has to stand near Caleb, hold him (with my help), and announce to all the kids that this is HIS baby brother and he has the ultimate right to hold him and cuddle him whenever he wants. It's a trip to watch him get so possessive.  

Well, that's all I can tell you for 3 months right now. I'll be sure to keep you posted as more things develop with this little...oops...I mean, big baby!




 
 

The last day of Disney, I got sick. So while I rested and took care of Caleb, Mike took Aidan back to Typhoon Lagoon. When they came back we had lunch and all took naps. Then we decided that before the evening was over that we would hit up a few more attractions at the Magic Kingdom that we had missed the day before. The first place we went with Aidan was to ToonTown to see Mickey Mouse. After standing in line for 25 min. Aidan got to see not only Mickey Mouse, but also Minnie Mouse again. Mickey and Minnie both signed his autograph book and then Aidan actually wanted to take a picture with both of them. Next came Daddy's turn to take Aidan to stand in line to ride the Astro Orbiter (probably the highest ride in the Magic Kingdom, because you have to take an elevator up to ride it). Mike said that Aidan loved this ride and when it was over, Aidan wanted to ride it again. However, it was already starting to get dark so we picked up Yin-Yin and Yeh-Yeh who had spent the day at Epcot and then headed home for dinner and a good night's sleep for our flight home the next day.  

 
Magic Kingdom 06/23/2009
 

On the 5th day of our Disney Vacation, Mike was feeling much better so we went to the Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom was the park that we were most excited to go to because there are so many attractions that Aidan could ride. However, it was also the park that we were the most weary of too, because there were so many attractions that Aidan could ride. We had already learned from exploring the previous parks (Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios) that with the intense heat and the waiting in line in the heat, that Aidan could only enjoy a park till noonish before he started "melting down". As a matter a fact, that actually went for Mike and I too, we really didn't have the endurance to explore each Disney Park all day. So the night before our trip to the Magic Kingdom, Mike and I looked at our list of the rides that we thought Aidan would enjoy riding at the Magic Kingdom. Our list had about 10 rides that we thought Aidan would enjoy, and with a deadline of noon to try to ride them all. It made Mike and I laugh because we realized that getting all these rides in before noon would be nearly impossible. So we came up with a plan to get in the most rides possible with the help of Mom and Dad.
That morning operation "Magic Kingdom Ride or Die"  came into effect.  We arrived at the Magic Kingdom at 9:10am. Mom, Dad, and I went through the security line for those with "No Bags" so that we could enter the park faster while Mike went through the "Guests with Bags" line with the stroller, bags, and kids. Dad and I bolted over to stand in line at the "Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin" while Mom went to FastPass the ride "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" for Aidan. As soon as Mike got through security and showed up with Aidan at "Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin", Dad and I switched out with them. Then Dad and I headed over to "Speedway" to stand in line for Aidan there. When Aidan finished riding the Buzz Lightyear ride, Mike brought Aidan over to "Speedway" where he jumped into line with Dad and I. Aidan loved riding "Speedway" because he got to drive the car while I pressed the gas pedal (thank God it ran on a track).  After "Speedway", Mom was standing in line at the "Mad Tea Party" ride with Mike, so we passed Aidan off to them. Dad and I get very motion sick with rides that spin or go round-and-round, so any ride that spun or went round-and-round Mike and Mom rode with Aidan on them. Mike and Mom said that Aidan loved spinning the teacup on the "Mad Tea Party" ride. He apparently liked it so much that he wouldn't let Mike or Mom spin the teacup, he wanted to spin it all by himself. Once the "Mad Tea Party" ride was over, we all headed over to ride "It's a Small World". Aidan loved that this ride was in the water. During the ride he would often wave "hi" to the different dolls and animals which Mike and I found to be really cute. It was neat for me to go on this ride, because the last time I rode "It's a Small World" was probably when I was 5 or 6 years old. Anyways, after "It's a Small World" ride was done, Mom and Mike took Aidan to ride the carousel. Next we all went to watch "Mickey's Philharmagic" (a 3D movie). Mike and I kept cracking up as we would watch Aidan try to grab 3D objects during the movie. After the 3D movie experience Mom, Caleb, and I took Aidan to ride "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" that she had FastPassed earlier that morning. Part of this ride has a black-light effect, so Aidan thought it was really cool that he, Caleb, and Yin-Yin's shirts were glowing during this ride, he also enjoyed the fact that he was riding in a honey pot for this ride while seeing all the different characters from the Hundred Acre Wood. The Winnie the Pooh ride was the last ride we took Aidan on because by then it was time to nurse Caleb at the Baby Center and then head back to our room for lunch and a nap. So with the help of Mom and Dad we were able to get Aidan to ride 7 rides at the Magic Kingdom all before noon without having him stand in line for more than 5 min. Mike and I were seriously proud of this achievement that we were patting our backs practically all day. 
That afternoon we all rested, except for Mom, who went back to Typhoon Lagoon. In the evening Mom watched Caleb while we all went to California Grill for dinner. I reserved this restaurant because it had a great view for watching the fireworks over the Magic Kingdom. So after dinner that night, we all got to go to the balcony of the restaurant and enjoy watching the fireworks over the Magic Kingdom. It was really a beautiful show and Aidan wanted the fireworks never to end.

 
 

It was during the 4th day of our vacation at Disney that Mike started getting sick. We had planned that day to visit Disney's Blizzard Beach, but decided that our family should rest. So while we spent the morning and afternoon resting in the hotel suite, Mom and Dad decided to visit Epcot together. By late afternoon, Mike was feeling much better and a bit restless so we decided to go to Epcot and take Aidan to ride "The Seas with Nemo and Friends" and "Turtle Talk with Crush Show". Originally, I had planned for Epcot to be on the last day of our vacation since there were the least amount of attractions that we wanted to take Aidan on in that park and I figured that that the last day should be more low key. However, with Mike being sick but wanting to walk around a bit, doing Epcot that day ended up working out great since it had very few attractions to see and didn't strain Mike with his cold. Anyways,  Aidan thought the ride "The Seas with Nemo and Friends" was a little bit scary, but he really enjoyed the "Turtle Talk with Crush Show". He thought it was really neat that the turtle was talking to him and all the other kids. Mike, Mom, Dad, and I thought it was a great and funny show and also pretty neat how they make it interactive between Crush and the kids in the audience. After both shows, we ducked into Innoventions building where Aidan got to play on the 30-foot pumper firetruck while I nursed Caleb for a little while. On the way home, Mike had a serious craving for Giordano's Pizza so we picked some up for dinner on the way home. So that night we ate Giordano's pizza and Fish N' Chips (that Patty and John picked up from an Irish pub at Epcot) for dinner, watched "So you Think You Can Dance", and then headed to bed for a good night's sleep for the BIG trip to the Magic Kingdom the next day.

 
 

The third day of our Disney Vacation was spent at Hollywood Studios. Even though we tried to get there early, we didn't really get into the park until 9:50ish. Luckily, there were only three things that I really wanted to do with Aidan at Hollywood Studios and that was to see "Playhouse Disney", meet Handy Manny, and then meet Leo and June (characters from the Little Einsteins) at his scheduled character dining at Hollywood and Vine. We arrived at the "Playhouse Disney" attraction half-and-hour early so that Aidan would be sitting right up front. Aidan really enjoyed "Playhouse Disney", he loved seeing all his favorite television characters pop up from the stage. After the show was over, we stood in line for him to meet Handy Manny. Aidan liked meeting Handy Manny, but he didn't want to touch him or have his picture taken with him (we took pictures anyways). Next we headed over to the Mickey's giant wizard hat at Aidan's request. Aidan had never seen a hat so big and insisted on getting his picture taken in front of it, and then asked to go under it. Going under the giant wizard hat ended up being great because it was air conditioned underneath, and the weather was getting terribly hot! So we rested under the giant wizard hat for awhile and then headed over to Hollywood and Vine for our character dining with Leo and June. Unfortunately, people were taking forever to eat that day and even with a reservation we had to wait 30 min. in the hot sun. And it was that 30 min. wait that turned Aidan from being fine to being unhappy and tired. So by the time we were able to go into the restaurant and be seated our poor little boy was a mess. He didn't want to eat, or meet any of the characters. The food at the restaurant for lunch wasn't very good either. I guess on the upside, he did enjoy watching the characters walk around the restaurant, but he didn't want to interact with them. Frankly, our little boy was just plain tired from all the Florida heat, so we quickly ate, paid the bill, and took the kids home for a nap. While Aidan took a nap, Mom and Dad went back to Typhoon Lagoon where mom enjoyed a relaxing afternoon on her birthday on the Lazy River, and Dad tried out their giant wave pool. Later that evening we went to Wolfgang Puck Cafe' to celebrate Mom's birthday, and Jon and Karen drove from Palm Beach to surprise Mom at dinner too. The food was delicious. We had lots of sushi and butternut squash ravioli along with some yummy desserts. After dinner, we were attacked by some HEAVY and WINDY Florida rain. It was so bad that we couldn't leave the restaurant for awhile until the winds calmed down. Once the winds calmed down we all got some ponchos out and made a break for the cars which Mike and John had ran out and pulled up for us all to run into.  Jon and Karen drove back to Palm Beach that night, and we returned to the hotel suite soaked, except for Caleb who Mom had protected under her poncho during the run to the car. All-in-all, with an ending like that, it was definitely a birthday that I will not forget.  

 

 
Typhoon Lagoon 06/19/2009
 

Our second park destination during our Disney Vacation was going to Typhoon Lagoon. Everyone agreed that this was the most fun day of our vacation. We arrived at Typhoon Lagoon exactly when the park opened and got prime seating under a big shaded area at "Ketchakiddee Creek". Patty and John went to attack all the water slides before the lines got long, and Aidan went with Mom and Mike to ride on "Castaway Creek" (the lazy river). Mom and Mike said that Aidan loved riding "Castaway Creek" and didn't want to leave it, but Mike and Mom wanted to check to see if I needed any help with Caleb, who was sleeping basically the whole morning. Next Mom and Mike took Aidan to ride the big raft ride "Gang Plank Falls", and since the ride had a few rough bumps and rapids, Mike said that Aidan didn't like that water ride. After that, everyone met under our shaded area to discuss what to do next. Caleb was awake by then, so Mom offered to take Caleb on "Castaway Creek" with Mike and Aidan. I was really nervous about my baby riding on that lazy river, but I relaxed and let him go (I knew my Mom would take good care of him). Anyways, with Caleb going on "Castaway Creek" with Mom, it left me free to explore some water slides with Dad, John, and Patty. I had a lot of fun, and was really happy that I got to do some rides, because before this vacation I had told myself that my job would be to take care of Caleb and let everyone else have fun. But we all make a good team here and all of us have been able to do other things besides take care of the kids and usher them from ride-to-ride. After I rode a couple of waterslides with John, Patty, and Dad, I returned to check on Caleb who was sleeping happily on Mom (his "Riding Partner/Buddy" we've dubbed her during this vacation). So with Caleb sleeping, I got to play with Aidan around "Ketchakiddee Creek". We then had lunch, and ended our visit to Typhoon Lagoon with Aidan riding a kid-version tube ride at "Ketchakiddee Creek" about 3 times. Aidan loved riding this tube ride, and was so proud that he could do it by himself without any of us riding with him. "I'm brave" he kept telling Mike after riding the tube ride by himself. Since it was noonish we packed up and headed back home for naps. That evening Mom and Dad offered to watch the kids while John, Patty, Mike, and I ate at this AMAZING Italian restaurant called "Il Mulino". The food at Il Mulino was soooooo good!, and it was really nice for Mike and I to go out and have dinner since the last time we went out to eat at a nice restaurant was probably 2 weeks before Caleb was born. After dinner, we took dessert home and went to sleep to rest up for our visit to Hollywood Studios the next day.

 
Animal Kingdom 06/17/2009
 

Our first attack on a Disney park during our Disney vacation this week was the Animal Kingdom. Since there wasn't very much for Aidan to ride on there, I planned visiting this park first so that we could practice navigating through the park with both kids. We arrived in the park around 10:00ish, because it took us a while to "load up the stroller" with ALL our bags (we had 4 bags attached to our stroller, so it looked very "homeless-like") and hook up fans to blow on the kids (which most tourists have been admiring during our hot vacationing). But after we loaded up the stroller, we took Aidan to ride the "Triceratops Spin". Mom and Dad rode this ride with Aidan while Mike and I took pictures and videotaped his first Disney ride experience. Aidan enjoyed controlling his Triceratop to move up and down on this ride while it went around and around. With this ride moving round and around so much it did make it quite difficult for Mike to videotape, which I found quite amusing.
After "Triceratops Spin" we went to "Camp Minnie-Mickey Greeting Trails" and Aidan requested to meet Minnie Mouse first because "she is cute" he said (my son is such a flirt sometimes). As he stood in line, he was really excited. He had her sign his book with her autograph, let her give him a hug (which is a big deal for Aidan because he is not the affectionate type), and then had his picture taken with her. It was such a cute experience for us to watch! We then headed over to eat lunch at the Rainforest Cafe with the rest of the family (Patty, Jon, Jon-Jon, and Karen). Aidan loved eating at the Rainforest Cafe. He took many walks around the restaurant watching the moving elephants, the swinging gorillas, the indoor waterfalls, and twinkling stars overhead. He also enjoyed when every 25 min. a thunder and lightning storm erupted in the restaurant.
Next came finding the air-conditioned Baby Center to attend to Caleb's needs (changning, nursing, etc...), while everyone rested from the Florida heat. Then we headed over back to "Camp Minnie-Mickey Greeting Trails" where Aidan requested to meet Goofy and get his autograph. Mike and I observed during this character greeting that Aidan does enjoy meeting the characters but wants one of us close by at all times (who would blame him? They're big and they don't talk).
Anyways, we then strolled over to "Wildlife Express Train" and Aidan, Mom, Dad, and Mike rode the train to Disney's "Affection Section" where Aidan got to pet goats, donkeys, etc... I stayed behind with Caleb under an awesome misting fan (it felt soooo good in the heat). During my stay behind I got to chat it up with one of the workers and found out that we should keep our eyes open because there is a chance we might see Jennifer Hudson who is also vacationing here at Disney this week (he did say that Tom Cruise was at Disney 2 months ago and that most of the workers were dying to ask if he was still "crazy". Of course, they couldn't because they would have gotten fired). Anyways, when the "crew" arrived back from the Affection Section we decided that we had seen all we wanted at the Animal Kingdom and went back to our hotel suite to relax for the rest of the afternoon (I had planned to do the "Kilimanjaro Safari", but after Aidan's awesome experience at Lion Country Safari only a week back, Mike, Mom, Dad, and I agreed that "Kilimanjaro Safari" would be pretty lame for him). After resting the afternoon, we went out to dinner at a Veitnamese restaurant in Dowtown Orlando with Jon-Jon and Karen. All-in-all, it was a good start to our vacation.

 
 

Last week was Uncle Jon Jon's wedding in Florida and Aidan got the honor of being the ring bearer (this was now Aidan's second time being a ring bearer). Aidan was really excited to be a ring bearer because he got to walk down the aisle with his cousin Madelyn who was the flower girl. They were both so cute because even before the wedding they would talk about how they were getting "married" to each other in Florida at Uncle Jon Jon's wedding.
The morning of the wedding, Mike took Aidan to go swimming with his cousins, and I got to relax and watch Caleb. It was that morning that I was able to take pictures of Caleb's second set of smiles! Baby's typically smile more around 3 months, so Caleb's smiling had been quite sparse and too quick to catch on camera. However, that morning he was all smiles and I captured quite a few. I was such a proud Mommy!:http://leefamily.weebly.com/
 The wedding was beautiful. It was a Chinese style wedding and Madelyn got to wear a red flower girl dress when she walked down the aisle with Aidan, which was different and unique. Both kids did a great job! Aidan escorted Madelyn down the aisle like a pro while she sprinkled flower petals along the way, and when they reached the end of the aisle Aidan said happily " Let's do it again!". It was soooo cute! And I'm grateful to Aidan's Aunt Rosalind for watching Caleb during the ceremony so I could get this video clip of the kids walking down:http://leefamily.weebly.com/3/post/2009/06/aidan-ring-bearers-uncle-jon-jons-wedding.html
Of course, Aidan had a real problem figuring out how to whisper to me during the ceremony so he often was saying things out loud like, "I want to get married!" or "I want to go to Daddy" (Mike was a groomsman). I found myself needing to cup his mouth a couple of times because he seriously couldn't get the whisper thing down. Thankfully, his Auntie Brenda had some snacks that she brought and she let Aidan have some, so with food in his mouth he wouldn't talk so much out loud. I was also able to find these tuxedo onesies for Caleb and his cousin Christian for the wedding. They also looked soooo cute and chubby!
Snagging pictures of our family was really challenging during the wedding because Mike, mom, dad, and Aidan were all in the wedding party. However, here are the few that we were able to take. (will post pics this weekend). I'll post a more thorough photo album when I'm able to collect some more photos from family and friends.

 
 

Well, we got back from Florida yesterday. Aidan was a successful ring bearer at his Uncle Jon Jon's wedding (which I will post about later sometime). Before the wedding day though, I arranged for Mike and his dad to take Aidan to Lion Country Safari to feed giraffes, while I attended the bride's bridal shower. Aidan has always been asking why the National Zoo here in Maryland has no giraffes and often tells me how he wishes he could see some. So when I found out that at Lion Country Safari kids could actually get close and feed the giraffes I was really excited to make sure that Aidan got that experience. Mike told me later that day when they came back from the safari tour that Aidan had a lot fun seeing all the animals up close with Yeh-Yeh, his Uncle Markie, and his cousins Madelyn and Melissa. In fact, Mike said that Aidan fed the giraffes 3 times! Here's a video clip of his experience: http://leefamily.weebly.com/3/post/2009/06/aidan-feeding-the-giraffes.html

 
 

Well, it's almost been 2 months now since we've had the blessing of Caleb added to our family! The first 2 weeks were blissful, and then out little boy started sleeping less and less and fussing more and more. It wasn't till a few days ago that we learned that he was indeed colicky. Ahhh!!!! Luckily, we have been blessed with a few mom friends in our lives who knew exactly what  we were going through and how we could help our little baby.  So ever since he's been sleeping on his tummy and has been burped a little harder than most babies, Caleb has been sleeping a lot more and fussing much less. Hooray! The are many differences and similarities between him and Aidan so far that we've noticed:

DIFFERENCES:

- Caleb is much chubbier and weighs a lot more than Aidan did at close to 2 months.

- Caleb is colicky and Aidan wasn't.  

- Caleb can take the bottle and Aidan didn't.

- Caleb doesn't snore in his sleep and Aidan did.

- Caleb has a different hair parting than Aidan did as a baby

- Caleb loves to sit up like a little adult and Aidan liked lying back

- Caleb is a much more dramatic when crying than Aidan was (probably due to being colicky)

- Aidan's ears stick out a little bit and Caleb's don't

- Caleb and Aidan appear to have slightly different noses

- Aidan had longer fingers than Caleb when he was born

- Caleb has a MUCH rounder head than Aidan when he was a baby

- Caleb seems to have more of a temper as a baby than Aidan did

- Caleb had lots of baby acne and cradle's cap during the first few weeks after birth and Aidan didn't.

SIMILARITIES:

- Both Caleb and Aidan as babies loved bathtime

- Both Caleb and Aidan slept better when not swaddled

- Both Caleb and Aidan have a lot of hair when they were born

- Both Caleb and Aidan have full lips and long eyelashes

- Both Caleb and Aidan as babies have very strong neck strength

- Both Caleb and Aidan are ABSOLUTELY Cute!

 

Some other fun silimilarities that we have discovered with Caleb are with his Uncle Alex (my brother):

- Caleb's middle name is the same as my brother's first name (which was intentional)

- Caleb was born on my brother's birthday (not intentional)

- Caleb is colicky just like my brother (absolutely not intentional)

- A lot of people have commented that Caleb looks a lot like my brother (just plain weird)

Even though we are almost at the 2month marker, Caleb is already starting to show signs of smiling (like maybe 1 smile a day), and his first full smile (corners of the mouth totally being up) was at Mike's dad! 

 Aidan has adjusted well to being a big brother. He's very good at sharing his mommy with his little brother and playing on the floor with Caleb. He loves to announce to everyone in the house when Caleb is crying and when I should be feeding Caleb because he is hungry. Aidan also enjoys that Caleb sits next to him in the car, that he can put his arm around Caleb and watch TV with him, and he also likes getting his picture taken with Caleb, often asking "Take a picture of me and Caleb!". However, Aidan does tend to enjoy annoying Caleb sometimes too by taking out his pacifier, pushing his swing faster and running off, or waking him up by "accident". He has also wanted to breastfeed like Caleb and have his own pacifier (it drives me crazy when he tries to go under my breastcape to be with Caleb). Mike and I quickly showed him some of the privileges of being a big boy that he would have to give up if he wished to pursue being a baby like Caleb to which Aidan decided that he'd rather be a big boy instead.

So next weekend we head off to Florida for Mike's brother's wedding, so we'll be sure to update all of you on what it was like traveling with the 2 boys and attending the wedding with both of them (This will be Aidan's second time being a ring bearer).