Things we do now

Ever since I pulled out the baby stuff, Tristan has been a little, well, I wouldn't say jealous, but possesive.  All of these things used to belong to him, and he remembers what they are for.  When I got out the baby bathtub, he immediately hopped in and asked for "bap! bap!"  That means bath.  Lilly has been a little funny as well, sleeping in the bathtub and on the baby blankets, and trying to lounge in the bouncer.

Whenever I have Aramis on the floor, Tristan likes to come and lay next to him.  He even will imitate what Aramis is doing, stretching, yawning, making little baby noises.  He loves to rub his tummy and back.  It's funny, I thought Tristan would try and smash Aramis the first chance he got, but he's actually been surprisingly sweet with him.  It's everyone else he's a pain for!

Sunday was a beautiful day out, and the day after Nana (Nick's mom) had gotten here to spend the week with us.  We took Tristan to a nice park up in Orem where they have a field, playground and duck pond.  The ducks are not afraid of people at all, and would follow us around.  Tristan was a little wary of them though, so he kept his distance.  He also got to run in the field with the bubble wand my dad got for him, and thought it was the coolest thing ever.  Too bad it was so hot, we didn't get to stay for super long.

Nick's mom had a great idea.  She said we should get Tristan a little blow up pool, so he could splash around on the patio.  We didn't fill it up very full, so he wouldn't make a huge mess or drown himself, but he was having a blast!  Until the neighbor's kids came over with their mouths hanging open, holding dripping popsicles.  We told them very plainly to go away and let Tristan be, but they just kept standing and staring.  The mom was sitting on the patio as well, but she didn't say a thing to her kids, just let them be rude.  I tried to tell them this was in front of our house, it was our pool, and it was our family time.  They just didn't get it.  They also started dripping popsicle everywhere, including on Nick's mom's pants, and sticking their feet all over the cooking pot we used to fill the pool.  We ended up going right back inside, much to Tristan's dismay.  I felt bad, he was having such a good time too.  People need to teach their children better manners, and kids shouldn't be so bothersome.  We asked them to go away, and they just ignored us.  I'm so glad in Iowa we will have our own house.  No more rude neighbors.  

The good thing about newborns is they sleep A LOT.  Except of course when you want to be sleeping......Aramis isn't too bad, but at least once a night be will not go back down in his bassinet, and ends up sleeping next to me in the bed.  I wouldn't mind too much, but it makes it pretty much impossible to get comfortable.  He is a really sweet snuggley boy though, so it's nice that he loves to lay with us.  That and our bed is probably way more comfy than his bassinet.  Nana got him a couple new swaddle-me wraps, and Tristan picked out which ones.  We ended up with a cute set of zoo animal printed ones, and thankfully they help the little guy stay asleep longer!