Emmett Arrives

We've had a great week that started with Emmett being born on Monday.  Mom and baby came home on Thursday.  He's been very good, eating and sleeping well.  Today he's shown a little bit of stamina in being fussy. :)

Lydia is such a gentle big sister who giggles at every little move that Emmett makes.

Tyler loves Emmett too.  On the way to the hospital to see the baby for the first time, on Monday night, Tyler was still battling me about the name of the baby, so I gave in and said he can call the baby whatever he wants for the first year (Bangabanga was the current favorite, taking the spot of Ultralusk and Siegetank).  But as soon as we walked into the room and took a look at the baby, Tyler said genuinely to me, "I want to call the baby Emmett."

Then when the baby came home on Thursday, Tyler arrived home from school to find him there and said, "I'm glad we got the baby back today."

Nyle has been loving the baby each day.  I thought his excitement would wear off when he came home and realized it was permanent (probably hasn't happened yet), but he's been just as excited about him at home as at the hospital.  This morning he climbed up on the couch to sit, held out his arms, and said "please have it?"  Mom is happy to oblige.

Kids Update

Lydia is becoming quite the reader.  She enjoys it.  Mom read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with her, and then the kids enjoyed watching the movie.

I noticed Nyle acting funny for laughs the other day at the breakfast table.  It was the first time I noticed him being a clown.  He was sticking his tongue out and doing funny things.  We all liked it.

 

Lydia and I watched ET together last week.  There are several classic movies that I’ve thought of that I want the kids to enjoy when they get to the right age.  ET was one of them.  Tyler went and played Nintendo with Mom while Lydia and I watched.  It was great.  She was just the right age.  She was a little scared at times but not much.  She laughed like crazy when ET did funny things.  I think she got her best laugh when Eliot first brought him in the house and then lost track of where he was for a moment.  You see ET’s hand reach up from behind the table and grab something.  She was hysterical.

Nyle loves his trains

Nyle can’t go to bed without his trains.  He says “Thomas,” “trains,” and “train tracks” probably 20 times a day each.  He’ll often go play by himself in the basement.

Here is a fuzzy picture of the kids playing with the new trains and tracks that Nyle got for his birthday.