Ayden, meet Outside. Outside, meet Ayden.

As Allison has mentioned, Ayden went on his first adventure over the weekend.  With the help of his nurse, Margaret, Ayden got to take a trip around the Acute Care Pod and even go outside for the very first time.  Yes, almost 11 weeks into his life, Ayden set foot was carried outside for the first time.  This was his first experience with outside air, the sun (which was hiding behind clouds), and a breeze (the soft wind blowing in his face made him squint the whole time).

I have some video of his trip through the hallways of the pod, but I can't get it up yet because I need to find some proper video editing software.  It's currently too long and too big of a file to post here.  We did take some pictures while we were outside, although, as it turns out, the video camera doesn't take very good pictures.  The better pictures are from when we went back to his room and while we were waiting for him to get hooked back up to his stationary monitor.  This is the first time I have held him away from the side of his bed since the day he was born.