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It is snowing again today. I don't recall seeing the forecast calling for it today.

Tomorrow yes, but not today. Pretty anyway.

Loving his little lamby from New Zealand.

Hands up!

Best buds? Not quite yet, but they do share my lap pretty well.

a schedule maybe?

We sort of have a schedule in the making and this means I am getting some solid sleep at night. It really helps that the monitor is now turned down a little so I just hear the full out wails at about 2:30 am. The 5:30 mommy call will probably end up being my new wake up time when I go back to work in a few weeks and that's probably a good time so I can get in to work early and get home early. He finally has an appreciation for the swing and I have a new found appreciation for it too - he naps there most mornings! And he is off to bed by 10 pm now! woohoo! Of course all this might go out the window when I go to Kansas next week to introduce Lane to his cousins. ah well... going off to daycare will fix that with a new schedule I'm sure.

toy time

He loves looking in the mirror

the birdies are on a mobile and move around

So I have this really cute video and it is taking way too long to upload - like over 2 hours long and it's less than 30 seconds so I will put it on youtube and send out links. Here are a few pictures though. He loves it and talks and smiles at it. I'm guessing the laughing comes next.

Time Saver .... shower time

Turns out Lane loves bath time, but I don't really love that little baby tub. If I have time it's not bad really, but I have a hard time getting the water temp right and he has been known to pee in the water. Rae was here last week and suggested shower time. I love shower time - it takes about 2 minutes vs. 15 for a bath! Lane seemed to like it too. He also loves the big bath tub as we found out after he had a huge diaper blowout late last night. What a mess. The bonus was I put him in bed after and he went to sleep with no fussing. Will post more pictures tomorrow - not of bath time, but something else probably.

One Month Old

Just a few days late in posting!

This is not a gas smile! Maybe a guppy or birdy?

Clearly not happy at the moment, but that is easily cured by being picked up.

Pictures for Grandma

liking the thumb...

jealousy

in the form of a cat... leads to bad behavior. No harm to the baby, but let's just say the litter box is not as well used as it should be so off to the vet we went. Our concern was crystals in the urine, but we had to see a different fill-in vet and I had Lane with me - and he was loudly crying. Mani doesn't like that (no one does to be honest) and the vet thought maybe he was upset about the baby. Makes sense since he gets upset when we go on vacation. I really didn't want to leave him overnight on an IV so they could get a pee sample. Hello - expensive. Let's just try something else that is cheaper.

So he is now on kitty psych drugs to calm him down. I am familiar with it as we've done it before with him, but this time it's something we rub in his ears. I guess I seemed overly knowledgeable about the drug and the syringe to adminster it so the vet asked if I was a nurse. Now at first I thought it was a compliment, but isn't that a bit sexist? Couldn't I be a doctor? Gee... I guess the doctor in the family wouldn't be taking the cat to the vet and the nurse would? The vet was a nice older man... so old his office still uses typewriters to type up the prescription label. So in 5-7 days we will know if it works. In the meantime we are pouring on the attention.