It  seems like all we do is take pictures of the little guy.

Maybe we do... STOP JUDGING!!  Man.  People are so rude :)

His cousin Korbin was not too happy about Aiden when he first got here.  He got pretty upset when Ellie held Aiden.  But as time went by he seemed to get used to the idea and towards the end of their visit was happily giving the baby kisses and trying to

 touch him all the time.

Ellie and Korbin went home on Tuesday. Good thing too 

because we had a huge snow storm in Chicago all day Wednesday.  Toby got called off of work and they closed the mall where he works. Now everything is covered in sheets of ice.  Not so fun. 

I feel like I have read a million books on babies and sleep habits and breast feeding and what to do and what not to do... and yet I still feel like I've learned nothing.  

Sometimes Aiden is wide awake at 3am after a feeding and has no interest in going back to sleep, even though the lights are dim and the room is warm, his belly if full, he's swaddled, clean diaper, we're singing... nope.  He just wants to cry, fuss or scream sometimes.  Some people have said "let them cry" and then I've read that newborns can't soothe themselves yet so you have to rock them and let them suck on a pacifier or your finger and sing and swaddle them.  I guess we'll figure it out eventually.  At least by baby #2 :)

Bath time has become one of my favorite times of the day.  I take him in the tub with me and fill it to about ankle level and we just sit and float.   It's warm and comfortable and he rarely fusses.

I don't know yet what we're going to do about employment.  I don't think I want to go back to work downtown.  I make the same amount of money I'd be paying in childcare... that seems silly.  I'm looking into nannying a few days a week, or waiting tables.  We'll see.  I still have a few weeks to decide.