Relaxing Together

My baby is so sweet. I'm sitting here with him sleeping in my arms on the couch and he really does seem like a little angel. I feel like I could sit here with him all day and be happy just feeling him squirm and stretch every once in a while, and feel the rhythm of his breathing and watch the expression on his little face change every once in a while. Alas, I have another little one to care for and she is calling me right now from upstairs, "Mother....Mother...Muhhhhtherrr....MOTHER!".

Silly Daddy

Something funny I thought might be worth writing down:
Callia was pushing Thad in the baby swing, probably a little too vigorously, and Nathan said, "Don't push too hard, sweeie. It makes his head fall off".

He apparently meant to say "the blanket (holding up his head) fall off".

Little Snuggler

"I wanna hold 'im!"

The biggest problem we've had so far with Callia adjusting to not being the only child is that she constantly wants to hold "her" baby. If I say "Sweetie, he is not your baby, he is Mommy and Daddy's baby, and you're Mommy and Daddy's little girl, and Thaddeus is your brother", she says "but I want to pretend he is my baby". There have been countless confrontations where she throws a fit and whines and begs because she wants to hold him NOW. It doesn't seem to matter if she has just held him five minutes ago! The main reason this is a problem is that he doesn't seem to like the way she holds him...he normally starts crying within a minute. They are doing pretty good here in this picture, though. And it is cute.

Thad's First Bath

Thad had his first actual bath today. It didn't go too well. We did it in his tub on the floor of the bathroom while Callia took her bath. She thought it was exciting, and she was so loud in the tub I kept having to ask her to be quiet because she was startling him even before we got him in the tub. Once he was in the tub, he was too upset about the water to think about Callia's noise, though. He was making plenty noise of his own screaming for us to stop! He peed all over the place, too. Having had a girl first, we're not used to it shooting out instead of just going into the tub!

Here he is all clean after we were done. Not one to hold a grudge; he's feeling much better.

New Brothers are Fun!

Hospital Picture

We decided not to buy any of the packages of this picture because they were so expensive for what you get. We have up until his first birthday to change our minds, though.