Slow Motion Time Warp

Well, it's been almost 3 weeks since Aidan was born, and I can't believe both how much and how little my life has changed. But I've already talked about that in a previous post...today I'm more interested in how much HE has changed. When we first brought him home, he was asleep most of the time and when he was awake he just kind of squinted at everything. He didn't have any control over any of his limbs or bodily functions (well, that latter bit is still true). He was swimming in his cloths and newborn diapers. Today...wow. Today, he's very bright eyed, looking around at everything and making little noises. When he wants to be picked up and no one is paying attention, he makes Ewok noises until someone comes over. When he hears my voice he won't turn his head, but he will look at me, which has got to be one of the coolest things ever. He's almost ready for the next size diaper, and some of his hats are already too small. Hell, some of his CLOTHES are almost too small. He's holding up his own head for ten or fifteen seconds at a time, and is pushing really well with his legs. He's capable of controlling his arms somewhat and has definite sleeping position preferences...and he's already able to roll onto his side. All in 3 weeks! The mind really boggles at the fact that comparing his pictures now to the ones from the hospital makes you think you're looking at a different baby. Unless of course he got switched somehow, in which case you are. But I digress.

Don't tell the doctor, but Mom took him to the grocery store yesterday. I wasn't there, so of course have no juicy details or humorous anecdotes about how he threw a can of black beans at another baby, but my imagination tells me he probably did. It's just astounding that he was not even breathing less than a month ago, and at the same time it feels like he's been in my life for an eternity. Along those lines, I'm 100% positive that there was no way he was ever actually inside my wife. He's way too big! I think someone drugged both of us and they staged the whole thing with animatronics and mirrors (well, that would explain the amount they charged out insurance, anyway).

Come to think of it, the delivering doctor did look a lot like James Avery of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fame......