We're back!

We got home a week ago Tuesday around midnight! Now I finally have the energy to post (and the time to....the baby is napping...yea!). I'm uploading my pictures from my camera right now and hope to start posting them soon (especially if the baby stays asleep).

Things are going really well. Baby Eddie seems to really be bonding with us--he smiles when he sees us walk in to the room and looks to us in unfamiliar situations or for comfort. He really is the sweetest baby ever. Sleeping is our biggest challenge.....we're not quite adjusted to the new time zone yet and the baby likes to get up REALLY early. It's been difficult to get him to nap, too. I had a technique that worked for about 2 days but now he cries if I even sit down in that rocking chair. Poor guy! He will go to sleep in the carrier or stroller and sometimes with a bottle. Hopefully as he gets more used to things here he'll relax and be easier to put to sleep. He's basically only waking once a night for a bottle, plus little fusses here and there. If we pat his bottom, he goes back to sleep. Actually, that is what he did in Vietnam, and finally got back to doing last night. Hopefully he will continue this--unfortunately he likes to get up at 4:00AM! That time change thing....

We can tell he's making lots of developmental progress, too! When we got him he could barely pick up a small toy that was just the right size for his hands. Now he picks up lots of big, little, heavy, squishy things, and it looks like he's about to crawl, too! He gets up on all fours but doesn't quite know what to do yet. His tummy muscles are much stronger, and he can sit up almost by himself (I can hold one of his hands and that's usually enough support). He is so much more active and busy and verbal than he was at first.

Yesterday we went to Target and registered for lots of stuff. We're so excited about our baby showers. I can't wait to get that exersaucer so he'll have something else to do! He likes the swing 'okay' so far....but is not crazy about it. I hope it'll grow on him. You can see our selections at www.target.com. I just realized we didn't register for any safety-proofing stuff so I better go back and do that.