The Negelct-o-matic

Well, this week was a good one-- Aidan continued to accept that I'm not going to try to kill him as soon as mom leaves the room, and behaved very very well for me when I was home with him. I even managed to get him to go to sleep late in the afternoon after his daily "DEFCON 5 Mom has been gone for more than 8 hours" screamfest. But the big development is that Aidan is now big enough to sit in the exersaucer he has.

This, my friends, is awesome. He has plenty to see and play with, which means he is entertained...and more importantly, it means I can get 15 minutes here and there while he's awake to do chores around the house...which also means that I can get a little sleep when he does. It's utterly incredible how long 15 minutes can seem, and how much you can get done in it. Why, on Tuesday I built a scale model of the Leaning tower of Pisa using only discarded toenail clippings and Elmer's glue! (Ok, I'm lyin'...I didn't use glue, it was mainly held together with tape. Glue takes too long to dry.)

Also, according to Mom, he had his first big-boy ride in the stroller yesterday-- no carseat, just him sitting up in the stroller. Pretty cool, I can't wait to try it with him. Chick magenetism only increases when they can see the baby head on.

One more bit of info (and this one is the one you've been waiting for).... he took the mother of all dumps the other day. I was feeding him, and he let fllly, shaking the house off it's foundation. In another stunning display of an infant's strange gravitational anomalies, the poo went out the top of his diaper, up his back, through his onesy, and onto my jeans. Jet he managed to get absolutely zero on his own pants. It was kinda like squeezing a tamale too hard, but (I assume) much less tasty.