Everyone is settling in...

12:10 a.m. Wednesday morning

It seems as though we are slowly settling into a routine here at the nursery. Granted it's a routine that if we didn't open the windows once and a while, Em and I wouldn't know the difference between night and day. Basically life revolves around Tyler - and at times I think he is smart enough to know it.

As new parents we are learning a lot, both from Tyler and the "What to Expect the First Year" book. Most of the lessons though center around breastfeeding. Em's best friend in VA told her she was going to make me a honorary member of the Le Leche League because..

(Pause to check on Tyler)

Tyler was still hungry and I learned once again what burps cloths are good for - another t-shirt for the daily load of laundry. Anyhow, Em's best friend was telling her that she was going to make me a honorary member of the Le Leche League (http://www.lalecheleague.org) and let me teach classes since I've learned so much while helping Em with Tyler. The question is...can I use that on my resume?

Otherwise Tyler is doing great. His lungs have fully developed into those of a teenager and he is doing a great job of letting us know when he is unhappy. I told Em today that he seems like he has even grown a little bit in the last week.

Emily is also doing much better. We all went to the doctor on Monday and Em's BP was down to 134/74. The hope is that with continued bed rest we can lower it a little more and keep it under control.

And on a final note - Tyler got to watch part of his first Red Sox baseball game last night. Tyler was upset so I picked him up to rock him back to sleep. We went into the bedroom to watch the end of the game. The Sox were down 8-6 in the bottom of the 9th. With two runners on base, Big Poppi (David Ortiz) hit a walk-off home run to win the game. Now I just have to teach Tyler the difference between "Big Poppi" and his own "big daddy."

Tomorrow we will discuss more about the joys of parenthood (expect this whole lack of sleep thing!)