Week 11: Aiden is learning to play

April 28-May 4: Aiden loves to be outside so he can watch the dogs play and get some fresh air. The weather has been beautiful, so we have been taking advantage of it. He has started to play with his toys! In the video below, you can see how he laughs when his toy stops spinning and in the pictures below you can see him starting to grasp items. He even took a bite out of Mater! On Saturday, the 30th, we rushed Aiden to the ER after the advice nurse told us to. We found out that he has a hernia and if it doesn't heal on its own before he is a year old, he will have to have surgery to repair it. After the diagnosis, we were really worried, but his Dr. followed up with us on Monday and assured us that he is not in pain, and that most of the time, hernias heal themselves in the first few months of life. It made us feel a little better, and now we just have to keep an eye on it. He is definitely becoming more social. He is smiling at everyone and he loves to "talk" to people. Everywhere we go, people stop me to ask how old he is and to tell me how handsome they think he is. Nobody believes me when I tell them he is almost 3 months because he is so big, sturdy, and alert.

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