Relatives @ Home

Last weekend sister-in-law arrived for a 2-week stay to visit baby AidanC and RyanC. This weekend mother-in-law arrived to help take care of baby AidanC for a while. With the wife's family mostly here (brother & dad came earlier), we are only missing the youngest sister-in-law in this house! Supposedly she thought about coming but can't seem to find an economical way to also bring her two younger ones from east coast. :)

Needless to say, it's been pretty exciting to have so many people in the house. Fridge usually starts totally full from weekend grocery shopping and becomes empty around mid-week. Our partial-basement is now more spacious thanks to the team effort by everyone but me. I think I was busy doing something with work but I might have been just thinking that to avoid manual labor.

RyanC has been having a blast since everyone takes turns to play with him due to his incredible ability to wear us out. The only time the relatives seem to ignore him is when they are watching Taianese TV shows. RyanC would then entertain himself by sneaking upstairs to find colorful markers to draw on the walls, which took grandpa some time to clean up. It is a good thing that he is not tall enough to reach for the permanent markers.

AidanC has been growing pretty quickly and is more alert and sensitive about whether someone is holding him. AidanC's aunt seems to enjoy holding AidanC so she is usually the first one to pick him up if he fusses -- somehow she can hear AidanC so much better than me and wife. I have been able to get reasonable sleep most of the nights thanks to wife's late-night feedings. I meant she feeds AidanC so his crying won't wake me up. Here is a picture of AidanC doing daddy impersonation: