Superbaby

Evidently if you extend an infant's left arm up as you burp them it's supposed to help them get the gas out (something about where the esophagus runs inside your chest cavity I think?).  So if one arm up is good two arms up is probably better, right?

How Does That Work?

I don't really understand how this doesn't cause permenant damage:

We've got similar pictures of Evan when he was this young, but it didn't seem right then and it doesn't seem right now.

Children's Discovery Museum

After taking Alex to the pediatrician for the first time we also took him on his first trip (of what will certainly be many) to the Children's Discovery Museum:

Of course, Evan got more out of than his little brother.  He got to climb around on the ambulance:

He got to play at the sand table (the pictures we took there were not very good, unfortunately), and he got to paint:

This video is a little long and slow, but it shows some interesting developmental tidbits:

Bath Cape

Every once in a while Evan concents to wear a washcloth like a cape.  Sometimes he even likes it:

Daddy's Turn

And this is the best picture we've got of me and Alex since we've been home:

Brothers

This is the best picture we've taken so far of the two boys together at home:

Two days into this "Big Brother" experiment Evan seems to be enjoying it well enough.

Puppy Towel

My Mom brought Evan a great new puppy towel when she came out to help with Alex, but he hasn't been very willing to use it till now.  For whatever reason he decided tonight was the night to break out the new towel and parade it around the house:

Guided Tour

The first thing we did when we got home was have Evan take Alex on a guided tour of his new house.  Of course the tour had to start with the house's most important feature, the train table:

The tour covered the whole house but didn't lend itself very well to further documentation, so this one (not very good) picture is it.

Homeward Bound

On Tuesday Steph's two days in the hospital were up so it was time to strap Alex into his car seat for the first time and bring him home:

Based on his outfit you might think it was snowing outside or something, but in fact it was a pretty nice day -- the mittens are the standard cocaine nail defeaters, and the hat is part of the nursery uniform they make all the kids wear.

Anyway, here are Steph, Alex and I in front of the hospital just before loading everyone into the car:

Put Me Back In

I suppose it should come as no great surprise the Alex really likes the fetal position.  He is used to it, after all:

It is somewhat of a surprise how strong his little legs are, though, and how vehemently he insists that they remain curled up at all times.