Great Grandma's House

Aiden was able to meet all of his Great Grandparents on our trip this summer. On our way to Jon's parents and our way home from my parent's we stopped halfway at my Grandma's in Illinois. This was her first time to meet Aiden and she so enjoyed it! We were so glad it worked out to stop and visit. On our way through the first time, we ate breakfast with my Aunts & Uncles & cousins and had a really nice morning with them.

Arkansas (part 2)

Aiden & Great Papaw Corley

blooming cotton fields

rice fields

...cousins...

The Welch family

Arkansas (part 1)

cousins in order by age

papaw welch & aiden ride around on the scooter


jon and i

4 generations of Welchs

Aiden & his Great Grandma Welch

So a few days after my parents left our house, off we went on our real vacation of the year. We drove two days to Jon's hometown in Arkansas. We spent several days with his family and had a really good time.

Youth Camp 2010

Aiden & I caught I ride to Youth Camp with the Wayside Youth Group. We went down and stayed the week of church camp. My family was there and it was really fun to see everyone at camp who I've known for years. It was kind of different being back as a Mommy (I think I'm one of the only past campers in my age bracket that is married with a kid), but it was a really fun week. I spent the last night of camp helping pull camp security and watch for the mischevious few who tried to sneak out of their dorms for fun (they were rewarded with kitchen cleaning duty at 2AM and after we had the kitchen crew covered they were off to run themselves weary) It was a long night with very little sleep, but it wasn't too bad. I rode back home with my family after camp (minus a brother) who came back to our house for the weekend.

6 Months Old

(June 29)
What a difference a month makes! He is sitting alone now and developing such a little personality! He is our constant joy and entertainment too these days. :) You may be able to tell by the "scrunchy nose" face that he is also a little stinker.

Daddy's Boy

Aiden is a Daddy's boy whenever his Daddy is home. He loves just sitting and chilling with Jon when Jon gets home from work. He also likes Daddy's tickles and playtime with Daddy.

5 Months

So at 5 months (May 29th) he was starting to figure out his walker- though walking backwards. He was sitting up for very short periods of time and wiggling all over. Drool is always somewhere on the front of his shirt these days and we're watching for little teeth to poke through.