Grand baby here

We're here and home. Little Bit slept from around 11 last night till 7:30 this morning. Is it the normal 11 hours he does for his mommy and daddy? No. But its pretty good for a little one who has never spent a night away from home before. He ate well for me. Hasn't done a whole lot of fussing. His uncle Little Man (ok - these 2 names are too long to type- I'm going to do some re-naming on this blog quickly!) just told me that the baby woke him up once laughing and grabbing his glasses off his face in the middle of the night. Fortunately for us, while Little Bit has learned to crawl, he's still not real proficient at it yet so it's still a hit and miss deal. Mommy Ruth forgot to give grandma his play yard so we put a mattress on the living room floor and uncle and baby slept there last night. In mommy's defense, she thought the play yard was still at my house where it mostly resides, and forgot that they had taken it home.

OK faithful readers, I need some help here. We need to re-name the baby. Idea's welcome. For one, Little Bit is too close to Little Man. We can rename him too as he's not such a "little" man anymore. For another, Too much typing for me! Names that are short and sweet would be appreciated! Thanks!

The baby is trying to walk/crawl at the same time. He goes from his hands and knees to his hands and feet and then sort of flops forward. This is hilarious to watch and gives a great imitation of an inch worm. I spend a good amount of time laughing at him. These kids have absolutely not idea how lucky they were with this baby. He rarely cries. The child wakes up happy and smiling. Not screaming for food or fussing. And he sleeps for reasonable amounts of time and still takes 2 naps a day. Tara slept about 1 1/2 hours at a time. She was walking by 9 months and dumped the Christmas tree over trying to climb it. She could climb out of the play pen and her crib by the time she was 9 months old. The boys are lucky they were ever born with as sleep deprived and stressed out as I was with her. My parents saved me with her. They would take her over-nights and on weekends and let me get some sleep. I was so sleep deprived with that child. And then Hurricane came along. And he was such a good baby. He played quietly and could self entertain. He was such a good baby and then such a good boy. He and I used to have such a good relationship.

Well, off here to chase a cute little baby around. One who I think will be back down for a nap shortly from the look of his eyes. He's had his breakfast. He's had his morning bottle. He's played hard for over an hour. I heard the unmistakable sounds of metal on metal yesterday when I went to stop my car. Little Man is out there now pulling the tire off and starting to try and fix it. He stopped last night after work and picked up the brakes pads for the front. Here's hoping that there's no rotor damage and I caught it soon enough. Prayers, crossed fingers, all well wishes welcome! G'day all!