Let the countdown begin. Jeremy has officially left, so the countdown until he returns Oct./Nov. has begun. Kate heard from him this afternoon and he made it to the east coast where they will hop another plane to Germany, and then head into Iraq.

Also, I forgot to mention last week what kind of tank we were talking about when we refer to Ayden growing so much. He is now 15 lbs. 13 oz. and 27 inches long..... and growing every minute.

This great picture was taken just before Jeremy headed to base on Monday.

His lucky charms

Some people Kate teaches swimming lessons to had a birthday party and a gymnastic playland last week and Ayden had a blast with all the colors and commotion going on around him.

Like the picture above, Jeremy was in the foam pit and this was the picture he got looking up at Ayden.

Ayden's turn in the foam pit.

Another first, just before dad left... the little man learned to sit up on his own. Perhaps only for a few seconds at a time, but he did it.

See.... I told ya :)

Note the shoes.

Two more things. 1-Jeremy will have Internet access while he is gone so he will be able to stalk Ayden like the rest of you through this website. So feel free to leave messages for him in the comment section. 2-For those of you who didn't remember, AZ is the crazy state that doesn't participate in daylight savings time so we are now back on Pacific time --- three hours behind EST.

Have a good week everyone.