Happy St. Patrick's Day

Tonight we're dining on a traditional feast of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, a la crock pot for dinner. This is a bit of a treat since we have been trying to economize due to the job situation. Anyway, why would I post text without a baby pic? This was taken by Papa:
 
 I just noticed that Tennisfiend put our little skipper on the ocean wave side of his favorite quilt (Thank you, Helen!). Clever fellow!

Good-bye Aquarium

Since we might be packing up and leaving, I decided to give our aquarium the ole heave-ho. I donated the remaining fish to Petco (Rest In Peace) and spent the rest of the day with buckets of bleach and siphon hose. Tennisfiend  will store the behemoth in th garage until we can find a good home for it. Sigh.

Tennisbaby

 Papa's already showing baby the ropes!

I swear this is the cutest pic! ( I seem to be saying that a lot, eh?) Little Tyoma looks astonished, as if to say, what! Play a game today? With This??

He has the sweetest temperment! We have been working with him to ensure that his sleeping patterns get hard-wired into his little brain. I've been devouring books on sleep and nutrition for the little guy. So "sleep hygeine" is a must. E, Dad and I all have trouble with nighttime sleep, so I'm working hard to keep Tyoma on track.

We have a little ritual of reading we do before baby bedtime. The little guy loves to cuddle and read books. The final book we read is "Fuzzy Bee."

I have the whole story memorized, so I can rock him and tell him the story. The funny thing is that once he sees the Fuzzy Bee book, he starts to cry and fuss since he knows what's coming next!