Big Ole Jet Airliner

The house is oddly empty tonight. My family left to return home. My mother boarded a train this morning for Fort Worth. Tony made his flight back to Burbank. It was really nice to have them here because as the saying goes "many hands make for light work".

It feels like we have turned a corner with little bug. She is now waking up every 3 hours to be fed and because of it she is generally much less fussy. She is giving us a smile every now and then which makes it much easier to deal with her difficult moments.

Tonight, Bug, Amelia and I danced to Ima Bee by the Black Eye Peas. Bug shakes her arms wildly in typical newborn fashion, but it looks like she is dancing. Amelia listened to that song alot when Bug was still in the womb so whenever we hear it on the radio we feel like we have to dance.

I took half the day off, The Tyler Family had a good day today.

Happy Memorial Day

First and foremost, today is the first day where Bug finally figured out how to open up her mouth to get a proper latch. Previously, Amelia would have to wait for Maria to start to scream. Generally, Bug's lips were held too tightly to attempt to get a decent latch. The net result is that she isn't screaming as much during each feeding, which is better for both mom and baby.

Today, twice Maria decided to pee while we were in the in between state of changing a diaper. I now change her diaper like a NASCAR pit crew. I have learned that speed matters, especially because I don't like having to clean up the mess.

Her second accident led to a Maria first. Bug got her first real bath today. She definitely liked it much more than the sponge baths that she was getting.


We celebrated Memorial day in the traditional way. My brother Tony cooked some burgers and our friends Mike and Angie came over to eat with us.


It has been a good day.