in Austin

We have safely arrived in Austin. The car trip wasn't nearly as bad as we thought it would be. Aiden slept in the car quite a bit and when he wasn't sleeping one of us sat in back with him and kept him entertained. The longest drive (12 hrs from Kansas City to Austin) was the easiest I thought.
The first drive on Friday was terrible. We had planned to leave at 3:30pm and didn't leave until almost 7pm. And that was after a long day of packing and dealing with movers (Toby) and for me nannying two babies all day and saying good-bye to our friends. Needless to say we didn't make it very far. By 10pm we had stopped at a hotel for the night.
In Kansas City we got to stay with my fairy Godmother Safia. We had a B-B-Q and hung out on her new patio/deck she had built last year. My friend Jessica came over with her kiddos. And the next day we saw the Warrens. Emma made me a beautiful photo book to keep photos of Aiden in. And in the afternoon we drove up to Lawrence to see Michael and Caleb.
All-in-all it was a really nice stay in KC.
Since we've been here we've been busy. Toby applied to three places and pretty much got offered a job at all three. One of them was pretty intense, so he opted to go with the more flexible restaurant, since I'm working regular hours during the week all summer and he's sort of stuck with the kiddo.
Aiden is doing well. He just turned 4 months, so we're transitioning into a routine sleep schedule and nap schedule and teaching him to self-soothe (i.e. cry till he falls asleep). That sucks! But all the books say to do it cause it's better for him too... so we're doing it :)
He's also started to try some solid foods. Rice cereal mainly. He doesn't seem too interested in it yet. That's ok. We're just going to keep giving him a little every morning till he gets the hang of it.
He went swimming for the first time yesterday with his cousin Korbin who was also swimming for the first time. Aiden wailed when I put his first little toe in the water, but once he got adjusted to the coldness, it was pretty fun. Korbin seemed to do much better and was playing in the little floaty thing and let Ellie dunk him underwater.