Aaron's First Rice Cereal

Aaron has been doing great with eating mama milk, but we decided that it was time to introduce something new into his diet.  Since he is almost five months old, we thought it was time for Aaron to start on some rice cereal.  Cameron and Leah were so excited about Aaron eating "real" food!

He has no idea what is coming

Excited older sibling #1

And #2

Cameron asked to give Aaron his first bite of rice cereal, since Leah got to give Aaron the first part of his first bottle.  Cameron did a great job!

He was so careful to make sure there was the right amount of food on the spoon and that he wasn't shoveling food too quickly into Aaron's mouth.  What a good big brother!

Hmmm, interesting, what is this stuff?

Leah's turn to give Aaron some rice cereal

Aaron does not seem too excited about Leah feeding him

Mama takes over to get the food into the baby's mouth a little bit quicker

Aaron calmed down a bit when the food was coming at a steady pace.  The kid likes food!

Leah takes over to give her baby brother a few bites of food.

One happy baby - he likes real food!

Cameron and Leah did a great job helping out, and Aaron was amazing with his first foray into real food.  He ate it right up and figured out how to eat off of a spoon pretty well.  We are so proud of our boy, he is growing up so fast!

Oktoberfest

At the end of September is one of our favorite weekends - the Rochester Oktoberfest!  We go every year with the Lange family, and any of the Holz family who wants to come with us.  Every year we eat great food, listen to wonderful music and have a blast dancing.  And we drink a bit of beer, of course.

This year, it was our family and the Lange family, and then Omi, Opa and Amanda.  The kids were so happy to have Amanda there; they love to spend time with her.

Aaron hanging out with Opa

Two German cuties

Omi and Opa with the kiddos

All of the German kids - Cameron, Aaron, Amanda, Bridgette, Leah and Abby

Outtake picture - not sure whose face is the best in this one!

Leah loves taking silly face pictures!  (And checkout Aaron's chubber knee in the background!)

Such a handsome guy.  I wonder how many more years he'll let us dress him up like a little German boy?  Hopefully at least a few more.

Our three gorgeous German kids

Aaron took a snooze early on so that he could party late into the evening.

Hanging out with Daddy

Silly Bridgette

Aaron in his version of lederhosen - an adorable shirt that Jaime made for him.

Bridgette dancing with baby Aaron

Cuties

Omi and Opa with Aaron

Daddy and Cam on the dance floor

Opa dancing with Aaron and Leah

Bridgette and Cameron dancing

So serious!

Mama's turn to dance with Cameron

This is much easier (for him anyway!)

I love watching them dance together

Omi piggy-back ride!

Amanda and Cameron's turn on the dancefloor

Amanda loves to dance

Bridgette and Leah getting ready for the chicken dance

Can you tell tha tLeah LOVES the chicken dance?

A little bit of this, and a little bit of that and clap your hands....

And around they go.

Flapping her wings

I love Leah's face in this picture, she is having a blast!

Cameron and Abby spun each other around at top speed

Such cute little German kids

They are having a blast too

Abby's turn to hold Aaron

And Amanda's turn

Amanda, Aaron and Leah

After lots of dancing and yummy food in their bellies, the kiddos dropped like flies, one by one.  Bridgette was the first to go, but I don't have a picture of her.

Leah followed soon after, sitting on a chair with her head on the table.

Abby stretched out on a few chairs

As did Cameron (although he requested a pillow for his chair - we used the diaper changing pad)

Out like a light

Party hard and pass out.  I imagine most good Oktoberfests end pretty much like this.

And look who is still going strong!  Aaron stayed awake later than all of the other kids, only going to sleep once we put him into his car seat.

Another great year!!!