Whats new with us

So whats new with the Salsbery's you ask? Well let me think...we've been to 3 weddings in the past 4 weeks and now we're in the clear until Kreg's brother Kristopher gets married in November. And silly me I have no pictures from any of them. What was I thinking? I've also been cleaning house a lot. We have had 2 showings on our house over the past 2 weeks. Exciting in many ways but at the same time makes me a bit nervous we may actually sell our house soon. Yikes! And Aiden just keeps growing. He discovered his tongue recently. He likes to stick it out while he is inspecting a new toy or trying to choose what toy to play with. And just to make sure he is truly sticking his tongue out he reaches up to touch it...you know, just to make sure. One of the pictures is Aiden showing you his tongue while trying to grab the camera and the other is him being a big boy in his new Gatlinburg t-shirt from Gpa and Gma Salsbery.

Last Wednesday was the big Salsbery family corn day. Yes you heard correctly....corn day. We shuck, cook, and bag corn for the next year. The boys sit in the back of an old truck and shuck and the girls sit at a picnic table and cut and bag as fast as our little fingers will let us. I love corn on the cob but after corn day...well...lets just say I get my fill all in one day. We cook the corn in a big pot on the grill. This year the boys shucked over 600 ears and we bagged I think close to 150 bags of corn.....should feed 4 little families for the next year (and the bags had to be a bit bigger this year because families keep growing!). However I could never complain because it is great to be stocked up for the year. Being Aiden's first year to be at corn day we let him take it pretty easy but the the guys did manage to get him in the truck with them. I guess they're breaking him in early. Its crazy for me to think this was already my fourth year!

In late August mom and I will have our annual raspberry picking day and I'll freeze those. And then in September/October I'll pick apples and freeze apple pie mixes (I just made one for Kreg yesterday). So let the freezing begin!

Last weekend we were up at Kreg's parents for a baby shower for his cousin. While we were there Aiden went swimming with his cousin Jack. Jack is almost 6 months older so it's fun to watch him and see where Aiden will be in only a few weeks. Aren't these pictures precious! Notice how Aiden's facial expression never changes...he just takes it all in stride. Cracks me up!

The last picture is Grandma Salsbery with her two boys.

Brown County Getaway

My parents took us to Brown County earlier this week for Kreg and my birthday's. It was a nice little getaway. Mom and I tried to shop between Aiden's nap and feeding schedule which definitely made shopping more of a challenge. And while we tried to shop dad and Kreg played golf. In the evenings we had a little Euchre tournament but we don't really need to expound much more on that (Kreg and I only won one game).

Aiden did well sleeping in a different place but he has a new thing...we call him our little humming bird. Instead of an out right cry he likes to hum almost continuously when he wants something or is unhappy. He especially enjoys humming when we're trying to eat. No matter how fast or slow I try and feed him...he hums. Has anyone else had a humming baby? Is this typical? We want to encourage him to talk and make noise but we're not so sure about the humming. But I guess I should count my blessings...at least its not a screaming cry.

And speaking of a screaming cry he threw his first big tantrum last night when I took an envelope away from him. Kreg was opening some mail and Aiden wanted it....so I gave into the "humming" and gave him an envelope (little did I know this would be a problem). When the envelope got soggy, for his own good, I took it away from him and oh my goodness he did not like that. It was hard not to laugh during his little show. He recovered when he realized he wasn't getting it back but it sure did look like a very traumatic experience! Next time I'll try and take a picture :)

Ok well lets see whats new around here....(I know I need to step it up and blog a little more huh). The first weekend in June Aiden was in a cutest baby picture contest as a fundraiser for Riley Children's Hospital. Of course we all think he should have won but I guess the judges didn't think so.

And over the past couple of weeks he has become quite the little eater! He loves bananas and sweet potato's. yum yum. Yesterday I tried to feed him prunes....you know help the poor guy out a little when it comes to poopy time but it was pretty much a no go. He appeased me with a few bites but I knew we were done when he started gagging. His face was priceless. Don't ask me why I didn't take a picture. I need to attach that camera to myself. But we're having lots of fun with food now. Unfortunately I think more of it gets on his chin and face than in his mouth. In between bites of food he likes to conveniently eat his fingers which which begins the following: food on fingers, fingers touch toes, sweet potato's now in between toes, fingers touch hair, sweet potato's now in hair, fingers touch clothes, and clothes now covered....you get the picture.

He also has a new toy and is loving it. Such a big boy!

Aiden's first swim!

I'm a little slow on my post but Aiden went swimming for the first time last week. As you can see from the pictures he basically had the same look on his face the whole time. I interpreted the look to mean "OK mom just hurry up and do what you're going to do to me and then get me into some dry clothes." Either that or it is a look of confusion as he tries to comprehend why I was in the bathtub with him! I'm thinking he may need to head back to the pool after his nap today for swim #2. I think by the end of the summer he will be loving the pool...at least I hope so! :)

Tennessee Vacation

We had a fun week down in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with the family. Although I must be honest and say I wasn't too impressed with Gatlinburg and the week started off a little rough when I found a scorpion in our bedroom!! Yikes!! I was very skiddish in the cabin for the rest of the week. But besides the bugs, the week was pretty relaxing. Most of the family golfed about everyday, including Kreg (who is fast becoming a seasoned golfer) and I hung out around the cabin most afternoons reading while Aiden napped. There were outlet stores not too far away so we explored those several days and yes found many good bargains (Aiden now has clothes stashed for next winter...you gotta love the $1.99 racks at Carters). Twice we explored the Smokey Mountains some. Kreg and I did a hike up to a waterfall one morning and our last day the whole family hiked some next to a very pretty river. The evenings were filled with fun family time that included hot tubbin, Airwolfe DVD's (anyone else remember that show besides us?), Aiden entertaining us, and the discovery channel. My family has this new fascination with the show Man vs. Wild and of course Planet Earth. If you haven't seen Man vs Wild then you need to schedule a date to do so....this guy is unbelievable. No one could ever pay me enough money to do what he does...he's crazy but very entertaining. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures.