Eventful day

Well, that was one heck of a long day, full of ups, downs, sidewayses and everything in between. On the whole, though, it was amazingly good - the fussing came at standard fussy times, and the giggles, smiles and good stuff definitely outweighed the sad. It's officially been established that Aden responds well to a) tickling, b) bouncy rides, c) singing, d) drumming and e) exploring. Oh, and f) eating. But we knew that one already.

After the Monumental Nap this afternoon, we were moved to the larger room that we had originally reserved. And while I don't really think that Aden noticed, it certainly did wonders for our sanity. We were finally able to unpack & stretch out, which meant a lot.

The thing that really struck us today is that, while Aden isn't much of a crawler, he's really getting good at standing up. He can't stay up unsupported for too long, but his toddling days are right around the corner. My bet is that he simply skips walking and goes straight to running. Man, are the cats ever going to be psyched about that!

Aden's super exhausted right now, falling asleep in our arms. He won't quite let us leave him in the crib yet, but I think that within the hour, he'll be down for the night. After all, it was a big day...

And now, as a final bizarre cap to the day, the Guatemalan soccer team won a big international match, so there's been a huge rally going on within earshot of the hotel for the past three hours, capped off with fireworks being shot off over the city... from about three blocks away. Dang. It's one heck of a party. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be bothering the kid.