Bears Has a Cuddly New Cousin!!

Last night Bears started coming down with his third cold this month. At least it seems like it...I will admit that the time frame may be slightly exaggerated but not by too much. The combination of his snotsy nose, watery eyes, and low grade fever made him unable to sleep last night from about 3 to 6:30 in the morning. Which might explain why when my mom called at 7:00 to tell me the wonderful news that Tanya had her baby and Bears had a new cousin, I said something along the lines of "glaarbsb...what? yaay! *insert random mumbling* k bye." I don't have any recollection of anything happening after that till just before 8:00, I felt something wet and squishy pressing on my face. This happened 3 or 4 times until I finally opened my eyes to see Bears staring intently at my face before planting a final slobbery kiss on my lips. Ryan had apparently already left for work but I guess Bears woke up before he left so Ryan put him in bed with me before leaving. Who knows how long he'd been laying there with me before taking such a cute measure to wake me up. It was definitely one of those heart-melting moments.

Now that I was a bit more lucid, I was able to call Mom back to see just what the deal was with my new little nephew. They're naming him Emiliano and he's 9 lb 5 oz and only 20.5 inches long so it sounds like he's a really healthy little cuss with all his weight in his chubs. Born via c-section at 6 am this morning and both he and Tanya are doing really well. See how cute he is??

Bears and I went to celebrate the whole thing by taking his trike out to the market to get treats and cold medicine.  He was in pretty high spirits for being so sleep deprived.  I'm sure it was the thought of his cute cuddly new cousin that was the cause of his good mood.  Such a dreamy day.

Here are some random pictures that I just haven't gotten around to posting:

He loves to put my wedding gloves on and then romp around the house growling and trying to scare us with his "monster hands."

Playing the keyboard with daddy.  I've been having terrible luck at getting good pictures lately.  This was the best out of 5.

He insists on dressing up in this costume (designed to fit cats) at least a few times a week. If Daddy's home, he'll run over to him and shriek in a very dainty way because that's apparently how you scare people.

His favorite foods are raw garlic and raw onions.  Here he is showing us all just how delicious whole stalks of green onions are.  He's a smelly little cub whenever I allow him to decide the menu for his meals.

He's in love with our swing in the backyard.  The other day when I was pushing him on his swing, I told him to swing so high that he could touch the sky.  He got so excited at the prospect that he immediately started breathing heavily and squeaking intermittently while straining his arms and fingers skywards.  This effort lasted at least five minutes with him never doubting for an instant that he could do it.  It was so cute.

He loves wearing our jackets, especially this one.  I'm sure it's because he knows that he's a dead ringer for Obi Wan in this outfit.

Here he is at the McDonald's just down the street. This was taken just a few days before a truck burst into flames while in the drive thru -- apparently doing enough damage to the building that it seems to be permanently shut down.  So sad for Bears.  And I suppose it sucks pretty big time for all those people who lost their jobs too.  Pretty lame.  But we sure had some good times in that play land area while it lasted.