**1**
We ventured out last Sunday on our first major outing--we took Aidan up to Forest Home for a day of all church camp. It was a weekend long camp, which my husband attended, but the little one and I only went for the day on Sunday. He did really well! Slept all the way there and back which is a gift because I was imagining 2 hours of a screaming child who hates his car seat. Next year we are super excited to go for the whole weekend!
**2**
I have a new favorite baby product that should be added to my previous post. I didn't really have a good front carrier to carry the little one in--he HAS to be facing forward when being carried, he refuses to face backwards, and he's over 15 pounds now which gets heavy after awhile! So a hands free carrier was in order. But they aren't cheap and there are so many different brands I didn't know where to start. I found a boutique here that sells a bunch and let me try them on and try Aidan in them, and my parents volunteered to buy one for me when I found the one I wanted. SO, I am SUPER grateful for my new Beco Baby Carrier which is SO comfy and ridiculously easy to use. You can wear baby on your front, on your back, and even on your hip--and they can face forward or face into you depending on their age and preference. Love this new addition to our house! Thanks mom and dad!!
**3**
I also have a new favorite book about babies and sleep. Thanks to the amazing Christie Kiley I ordered the No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley and have LOVED it. It's FULL of ideas on how to get baby to sleep better and create a personalized sleeping plan for your family without letting them cry and scream themselves to sleep. Yes, it's more time intensive and parent intensive, it's a lot of work training them to sleep in a really gentle way, but as I've gotten to know our little dude, he's not going to respond well to the cry it out method. Especially with his reflux issues and how that's caused him pain while he sleeps over the past few months I just can't bring myself to let his crib be a place of tears and discomfort. So I was searching for something new and Christie gave me this suggestion that they used with their son. I'm letting Aidan's new reflux meds that he started this week have a full week to see if they are working before really addressing any sleep training (if he's not comfortable physically it doesn't matter what I do to train him, he won't be sleeping!) but over this next week I'm going to be working on creating our family's sleep training plan for him--and I love that her suggestions are so individualized for each family. So, if you need a good super easy to read and very practical book about sleep this is a great one!!
**4**
I've gotten back into menu planning and cooking this month which has felt so good. I made this super fun menu board for my kitchen (thank you pinterest for the idea!) and every week I fill in with a dry erase marker what we're having to eat that week and where the recipe is located so I can easily find it. It's been awesome to look up and see what I'm doing on a given day and we've been enjoying several yummy dishes because of the extra planning! Today I have beef stroganoff in the crock pot and a delicious black bean salad with lime dressing in the fridge for lunch :)
**5**
My amazing mom came back out to visit again last week even though she was just here two weeks ago, and for that I am SUPER grateful. May has been a tough month, feeling like Aidan's reflux was never going to improve, his sleep was bad, and i felt like I was constantly being fussed at. My husband is super helpful but works long hours so I felt a little isolated and alone and I think my mom could tell (maybe me calling her crying a lot cued her in??!) So she volunteered to come back for another 4 days and I was so grateful for the help. Everyone will be back in 2 weeks from today for Aidan's baptism weekend! Yay for family visiting!
**6**
Our book club is up and running!! Hooray! We had a ton of interest and even a bunch of men wanted to join us so we decided to make it co-ed. Our first selection for June is the Poisonwood Bible which I read 2 years ago and loved. I was surprised only 1 other person in the group had read it, so everyone was more than happy to select it for our first book. So I just started re-reading it and am reminded again how much I love the way Barbara Kingsolver paints pictures with words. Starting the club means I needed to revamp my list of 31 books i wanted to read before I turn 31 in September, but that's okay. And realistically I am not going to finish my list this year. I have a LOT of books left to read before September 23 and I'm just not sure how possible this is going to be!
**7**
Tonight is date night, and our plans? (this was my husband's idea) We're walking to get ice cream after dinner here at home and then both spending the evening reading The Poisonwood Bible (yup he's joining our book club too!) I am kind of excited :) Have a great weekend everyone!
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