If only for a little while. Jess has started her transition back into 'working' status, and we're taking our time and letting her get back into the swing of things while also letting me get some at home time with Tyler. This past week I stayed at home for two days and Jess stayed at home for three, the other of us going off to work at the time. Next week will see Jessie at work for three days and me at work for two. The week after that Grandma Swanson comes for a month and we both go back to work...*leaving Tyler with someone else.* Dun dun dun! I'm guessing Jessie will be calling for hourly updates.
As for my part, pretty good, all told. I've been in charge of Tyler before, so I do know what I'm doing, but doing it for 8 or 9 hours requires a slightly different mindset. You do have to pace yourself. Also, the first day I was in charge of Tyler I had to deal with a mountain of vomit, and not all of it from the baby. Tyler was having some stomach problems, a bummer, but then Nagano spit up the largest volume of cat vomit I have ever seen in my life. I don't even know what he was eating, but he ate a lot of it and then decided he didn't want it anymore. Cleaning up cat vomit while holding a baby is a tricky maneuver. Well, doing anything with a baby in your arms is pretty tricky, actually.
Today Jess is off at Derby ('Her day.' Mine is either Monday or Wednesday when I get to go to Judo.) and is all excited to finish getting back into shape post-baby. Everyone wish her luck! Tyler is down for the count after a long session of playing and then a good amount of time relaxing on the front hammock with daddy, so I'm taking the time to write this while I copy all of my everything from my old laptop (mac) to my new one. Once I figured out how to do it through the LAN, everything went much smoother.
Tyler is discovering new sounds, as well. He's come up with 'the squeal', 'the raspberry' and a million variations on 'sounds to make while sucking on a pinkie.' He's made us laugh several times while contentedly groaning and falling asleep only to have his voice box completely get away from him on occasion.
Nana got to visit with our down-the-street neighbors and their baby. I figure it will be good for her to have an image of Grant in her mind, because we're sure to bring him up all the time. He's like our prototype baby. We watch him to get a sense of what we should be aiming for or attempting to avoid. He's a really neat little guy, especially as he is now in full control of his hands and capable of grabbing things and flinging them off the table. We got some take-n-bake pizza for dinner (easy and delicious!) and had to be very careful not to let any get within grant's reach.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo happened this week, which is very exciting if you like video games. Nothing terribly *shocking* happened, except that Nintendo announced their next console, the Wii U (pronounced We You). Once again the video game astounds us with it's ability to come up with some of the most ridiculous names in the known universe. And I'll bet some marketing firm got a trillion dollars for coming up with that. Anyway, the Wii U is a pretty big departure from the Wii. It's got a more traditional-looking controller, with buttons and knobs, as well as a 6 inch touch screen IN THE CONTROLLER. Totally bonkers, I know, but Nintendo seems to do well when it goes out on a limb and does something ridiculous, so I'm willing to suspend disgust until further information is available. But you know those controllers are going to be so expensive. Seriously. Oh, also, it's not coming out until 2012, so no rush or anything. Just now when you hear people talking about the Wii U you'll know what they're talking about. I provide useful services.
It's official, everyone in the house but me is asleep. Two kittens, one great-grandmother and the baby. Freedom!
-N
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