Survival Mode

Adrian started smiling recently. Pretty cute.

And pretty disarming too.

Figure it must be some sort of instinctual Darwinian thing. Keeps us from killing him after he's cried all night, spit up all over the sheets, pooped his diaper and then peed on the wall as we were trying to change him.

Party Time (Redux)

... it's as though I can almost read his mind.

Adrian the Giant

Everyone's first reaction to meeting Adrian is typically, "Wow, what a big baby." Usually followed with, "How old is he again?" and then after a couple seconds ... "Are you sure?"

As if we somehow forgot when our first and only child was born.

Even strangers have been making comments. Getting us kinda paranoid we've spawned some sort of circus side show oddity. Minus the extra appendage and the ability to swallow knives.

The truth is, we don't really know what we've got on our hands.

Kate was adopted, so her genetics are a bit of a wild card. We have no idea if her birth mom had to duck when she walked into rooms. Or even if her birth dad was the kind of guy you'd avoid sitting behind at the movie theater.

Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Although I've pretty much resigned to the fact that we're gonna have to watch a lot of high school basketball games. And most likely spend a lot of time in the freak tent at the county fair.

Well Rested

Adrian slept for nearly 7 hours last night. Straight. In a row even.

Unprecedented.

Of course, Kate and I were still both lying wide awake at 4 am anyway. Marveling over how exciting it was for a change though.

Up until now he's been basically nocturnal. (And therefore, so have we.) For some reason, the moment we'd lay him in his crib at night he'd wake up and refuse to go back to sleep. Without fail.

I even got into the habit of unplugging the monitor in his room so Kate wouldn't hear me swearing at him through the speaker next to our bed. I'm sure we'll probably see the return of the crying, screaming, demon baby from hell tonight.

But, at least last night gave us hope.

Old Man

Adrian turned 8 weeks yesterday.
(That's parent-speak for 'two months')

Wanna Hold Him?

Kids Love Babies

Adrian with his cousins Mika and Tashi. Thankfully they were very good at sharing and this never ended in a game of tug-of-war.