Pictures of Max, Darwyn, and everyone else

Life has been busy since Darwyn was born, leaving us little time to process our pictures and post them to the web.  This post is a catch-up post, showcasing some good pictures of our family and our many visitors during the first two weeks of Darwyn's life.

Regarding Max's recent sleep troubles:  Max had a much better night last night than he did the previous night.  During the precious time after Greta put him to bed at night but before he woke up crying, I read aloud to her from Ferber's famous "cry-it-out" book.  We tried a new approach learned from our reading -- something much more humane than letting your child scream from behind a locked door for three hours.  Thankfully, the method was pretty effective.  Max slept well last night and we all feel much better about ourselves today.  We appreciate the outpouring of concern from family since I published yesterday's post.

Now, on to the pictures!

Max using the pedal to turn the wheel of an upturned bike.

"Would daddy like a fire truck?"

Aunt Sue lounging with her new niece.

Cousin Anne is very curious of Darwyn.

Grampa has never been happier.

The infamous "funny-looking loader" from Leora and Anwyn

Leora reads a book to Max

Anwyn with her new cousin Darwyn

Darwyn's second bath.  (Her first bath was an emergency poo clean-up -- not exactly a photogenic event.  Perhaps we'll post about it in the future.)

Darwyn is disgustingly cute in the tub...

...she's also disgustingly cute in her hat

How can she sleep like that?!

Max falling asleep in the middle of a meal.  This was the first time we ever tried skipping his afternoon nap.  He was firing on all cylinders until dinner time, when he suddenly hit the wall.  I guess it's a little early to be ditching the afternoon nap.