Well I haven't posted anything in awhile, mostly because we haven't been inside in awhile. It's finally warmed up here after what felt like an eternity of cold, snowy and raw weather... so we have been out as much as possible after work and on weekends. Aiden has been out with us, but we don't think he has decided whether he likes "nature" yet. After 7 months of largely being indoors, he's kind of partial to 68 degrees, diffuse lighting, and no wind. Too bad there's only about 1 day a year in VT that fits that description unless you're in the house. We'll win him over eventually I'm sure. Thus far, we have come up with 3 ways to schlep him around outside: the stroller (operated by either me or Andy, though Daddy is the crazier driver), a baby backpack (generally on Andy since it doesn't fit my frame as well), or the sling (generally on me, Andy says this is a feminine mode of baby transport- i dont know why he doesn't want to look & feel like a Masi tribeswoman). Aiden shows no preference for either mode, except that he gets "fussa" as we call it, after about an hour in any one of these contraptions. So we have to try and take our "nature" in hour-long chunks.
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This weekend we went up to Swanton, near the Canadian border, to go hiking at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge. As it turned out it was more like wading than hiking. The river and swamps were flooded, and most of the trails looked like small lakes. We decided to hike anyway though, since the bird activity was good (lots of ducks and even a few Rusty Blackbirds!) and there were choruses of Spring Peepers, Green Frogs, and Northern Leopard Frogs, each in their separate areas along the trail. We even saw a large Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (a threatened species). Aiden was a good sport considering that either his stroller was up past the tires in water, or else he was perched semi-precariously in his backpack watching Daddy gingerly wade through the muck (see below). He didn't look nervous at all. He completely trusts his parents (so far).
Lets see... what else? We're still on hold for ear tubes, and in the meantime we're on to ear infection #6. Aiden is starting to like (though like is really too strong a word) mushed baby food. Cheerios are also fun but don't make the mouth very consistently. And so far no crawling, just scootching backwards on the tummy like a deranged inchworm. Life is good!
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Aiden in a milk coma
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