AJ's First Church Service

AJ attended his first church service at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church in Danville--the same church his Mommy grew up in and where his Mommy & Daddy were married! He was quiet as a mouse and caught a few catnaps, too!

AJ's First Thanksgiving

AJ celebrated his first Thanksgiving in Danville with Grandma & Grandpa Thomasson, Uncle Todd, Uncle Alex, and Mom & Dad (he had a pre-Thanksgiving meal with Grandpa Czajkowski earlier). He sat in his swing between Mom & Dad at the table and was a very good boy. He only fussed because he wanted to be at the same level as everyone else. Once he was sitting in someone's lap, he was happy!

AJ's First Long Car Trip

AJ travelled to Danville today to his "Meet and Greet" at Grandma's and Grandpa's church. He was the BEST baby for the 4+ hours in the car! He sleep the whole time and only cried once in Lynchburg which was quickly resolved with a 4 oz. bottle. Mommy was very, very relieved and thankful!! AJ also had a great time meeting all of the Mount Olivet people--definitely a charmer. Now he's settling in at Grandma's & Grandpa's for the week. So far, he's handling the spoiling pretty good. ;-)

Busy Weekend!

What a busy weekend! First, we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on Friday. Then, Saturday, AJ attended his first birthday party--Annalise Bodnar's 1 year Birthday. The pictures are from the party. After the party, AJ was babysat by his Aunt Katie (with assistance from Uncle Jason and Uncle Todd) while we attended our friends', Teak's & Joetta's, wedding reception. Overall he was pretty good, but did give them about 45 minutes of crying to break them in. Thank goodness he's cute!!

Memory Boxes

Catherine's story and legacy was published! Andy and I were featured in a small article in Inova Hospital's newsletter/mailer about Catherine and the memory boxes we donated in her memory. It was a little surprising to open the mailer and see our picture in it! Hopefully this will get the word out and perhaps inspire a few more people to donate to the Perinatal and Infanct Loss Fund at Fair Oaks! We're hoping to beat our total amount raised last year!

2 Month Visit

AJ had his 2 month follow up appointment at the doctor's today! He's now a whopping 11 pounds, 1o ounces and 23 1/2 inches long! He's in the 50% percentile for weight, the 75% percentile for height, and the 10% percentile for his head (beetlejuice!). He also got 4 vaccinations and is not feeling too hot right now. Perhaps we'll get more than 2-3 hours of sleep at a time tonight!

AJ's First Halloween

Here's our little guy in his Halloween Tiger head piece. Unfortunately, AJ grew and did not fit into the rest of his costume, but at least we got a cute picture of him in his head piece! He spent his first Halloween night sleeping through the doorbell rings.

Welcome!

Ok, so we're trying this blog thing to keep everyone updated on AJ's ever-changing growth. Please bear with us as we figure this all out on very limited sleep!