First Plane Ride and Attention Overload

Atticus and I travelled to Oklahoma to see family this past week. He spent wonderful time with both sets of grandparents, three aunts, three uncles, four cousins, one great aunt, three second cousins, and even his great-grandmother. Mommy got to hold him to what probably adds up to a total of two hours in one weeks time due to all of the eager hands ready to grab him up. He did amazingly well with all of the new faces and places and gave lots of cute smiles and giggles. He must be a born traveller, because he took the plane ride completely in stride and didn't bat an eye at turbulence or airplane bathrooms (how in the world did they get a changing table in there). He was a hit with all of the other passengers, and two flight attendants completely fell in love with him on the way home.

Despite bribes and threats, though, Mommy and Baby made it on the plane to return to Daddy in Louisville. And we were greeted with the biggest smile, warmest hug, and prettiest bouquet of flowers we have ever seen. It's good to be home.

Random Updates

Atticus and I are getting ready to fly to Oklahoma to see family this Friday. Unfortunately, CJ is unable to go; he's made me sign multiple documents that I will be returning in one weeks time and no longer. I think he's afraid Atticus will start walking and talking while we are gone.

In honor of his daddy, Atticus is sporting a cool Theodore Roosevelt onesie in the picture below.

Atticus has a few foods under his belt: rice cereal, carrots, apple sauce, oatmeal cereal and avocado and green beans, both of which he didn't care for. So far, carrots have gotten the funniest reaction. He warmed up to them, though, after the second or third time.

Rice Cereal! Oh My!

Atticus dipped his toes into solid food this morning for the first time. Well, I guess I should say his tongue. He'd been eyeing our plates longingly for a couple weeks now so we decided to see how it would go. He was very eager to begin, as you can see. He did wonderfully for the first few bites. Then his face started to scrunch up more with each successive bite and rather than turn him off "chewing" forever, we decided that was enough for his first time.

for your viewing pleasure

These photos are

a little over a month old. They're from another photo shoot a friend of ours did for us. Atticus loves doing cute poses that make everyone go "Aww". 

Teething Again

Well, Atticus is teething again (still with no fruit). So I'm sitting on the couch while he takes a nap on me. He's not sleeping too bad, but he definitely sleeps better on Mommy. I don't have any pictures to post because someone spilled water all over our laptop, causing it to shut down, never to return. We won't point any fingers, but suffice it to say, CJ got to be the incredibly forgiving one this time. We'll soon figure out our new computer and post some pics of Atticus at his first peach picking party. We went to a local farm and picked fresh peaches and nectarines on Wednesday and had a blast. I think his favorite part was riding on a trailer pulled by a tractor. He loved all the sunshine and trees and even got to wear a hat.  

OUTSIDE?!!

Atticus loves lounging on his back looking up at the sky on beautiful sunny days. It's become a pretty regular activity (at least twice a day), since it also gives Mommy a chance to do some reading (which is one of her favorite activities). So it's a win-win situation.
The other day, he got so lost in la la land that when I spoke to him, he almost jumped out of his skin. He had begun to think he was all alone in the world...