Father and Son

Vacation time I took over the holidays allowed Ayden and me to hang out more than we usually get to when I'm working.  Combining that with his continuing development produces some new things for father and son to do together.  Allison's already posted a picture of one such activity: Ayden as an airplane.

Ayden's getting used to us holding him under his arms has made that possible.  Just a few weeks ago I wouldn't have dared to lift him in the air like that.  Sometimes, he will even let me drop him down onto my chest.

He doesn't always enjoy the experience.  We are still working on getting him comfortable with being on his chest and stomach (one more thing he just isn't used to doing because of all the time spent on his back at the hospital).  As you can see from those pictures, by the end he wasn't too thrilled with where he was.  I post that last only because you can get a really good look at his first tooth.  (He actually now has teeth.  The second one has come in right beside the first, just like Jude, of course.)

While he may not always be a fan of lying on his stomach, he is always in for some air time.  He likes the airplane game, sure, but it pales in comparison to actually flying:

(At times, he gains enough air that Allison gets a bit nervous.  Not to worry, though.  We always have a nice, soft piece of furniture for him to land on.)

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The holidays, or rather some of the things we received over the holidays, gave us the means by which to purchase a new, much nicer camera.  Allison and Ayden were featured in most of the pictures taken during his last photo shoot, so we gave the new camera a test drive by getting dressed up (by our standards) and taking some "Dada" shots: