Jaiden’s A Trooper!

Kevin, my Mom, and I left early Saturday morning for Pennsylvania not quite sure what to expect traveling 9+ hours (more like 11 hours with all the different stops to feed him) straight in the car with a 5 and a half month old... but once again Jaiden did amazing. He played with toys, watched lots of Baby Einstein on the portable DVD player, took naps, and thoroughly enjoyed when we would put the windows down. I’m not sure if it was the breeze or the noise of the wind but whatever it was it worked like a charm whenever he would start to get fussy. The last hour or so, both there and back, he had had enough. I’ve never seen him so happy to get out of his car seat and stretch out before. The ceremony didn't start until 3:30 on Sunday so we ventured out to Hershey, PA in the morning and went to Hershey's Chocolate World. We toured the chocolate factory and of course had to taste the end results. Yumm! My family and I had vacationed there in the past so I remembered parts, but it was good to do it again. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and we all had such a great time. Jaiden got lots of attention from all the ladies there :) I’m glad he has been able to adjust so well to all the different adventures we’ve thrown him into. It just makes me even more excited about our big trip to Myrtle Beach this September!

Jaiden has now completely mastered sitting up on his own and will throw a little fit if he’s laying down for more than a couple minutes. He has also finally learned to roll from back to stomach. He’s been doing stomach to back for months but never got the hang of the other way around. Kevin took him into the pool at our hotel in PA and as you can see from the pictures he absolutely loves the water. I’m thrilled about this! We have a pool and splash park in our neighborhood and I’m sure we will be spending a lot of time there this summer... along with lounging by the lake at my parent’s house. He has been loving his rice cereal and we just finished a week on squash and moved onto apples this morning! He’s loved everything so far, (including a lick or two of ice cream!) so we’re hoping the streak continues. I took a video of him tasting apples this morning so I'll do my best to upload that sometime this week.