Thank you all for the congratulations! We've had a couple people ask how Tylan's name is pronounced - something I hadn't even thought about there being multiple pronounciations - and for those wondering it's a long i with Ty (as in tie your shoes).

We're doing fairly well on day three of having a newborn. Tired but good. I can definitely tell the difference in neediness with the second youngest child being 4-5 months younger than we've usually had when a new baby has arrived. It's a bit more challenging at night with Ella since she doesn't want to accept Cory's comforting if she wakes up, but it's usually easy enough to nurse her (that's usually what she wants) as long as Tylan doesn't start crying. Ella usually wants to nurse whenever she sees Tylan nursing, but that's what the other kids did, too, and I'm sure that will die down after a while.

Tylan continues to be a pretty laid back baby other than not always taking to diaper or clothing changes. For the past two nights, I've attempted to go to sleep early - 9:30ish - when it seems that Tylan is falling asleep, but that hasn't worked out very well. She seems to go through a nursing and semi active phase for a couple hours and then falls into a nursing every hour period until 3 or 4 a.m. Then she goes into deeper sleep and that's when I seem to get the most rest. I have no idea how we'll manage when we can't sleep in a bit in the mornings.

It's been great having Cory at home taking care of so many different things. He does have to deliver pizzas this weekend, but he's going to see about getting out of tonight at least. My parents are coming later tomorrow and staying overnight for a quick visit. The kids are extremely excited about that.

I'll post more pictures soon. Our camera battery died so Cory has to run out and get a new one.