The fun stuff

As I have said before, it is hard to explain how hard, and yet how much fun having a baby is, and still have people believe you. It is easier to just say, "Everything is great! Just awesome!". It truly is a labor of love, and it keeps you on your toes. It is also so, so much fun.

The other day, around 7pm, Eli became pretty fussy, and I began trying random things to calm him down. Finally I made a mouth trumpet sound, and he settled down. I then decided to play Louis Armstrom on the stereo, and he and I danced around the kitchen for an hour, he was calm and looking around the whole time. Just as soon as you get used to a 'trick' working, it stops, and you begin your search anew. In this way, you are connecting with your baby in different ways, over and over. You start to learn a lot about his personality because of this.

I have to say that my boy already has pretty good music taste. I mean, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong is a pretty solid music preference. Imagine if Blink 182 calmed him down.....