11 weeks

10 Weeks...and growing!

We have our 2 month appointment today (10 days late) so I'll be back to let you know how much he's grown!!

9 weeks

Henry - 19 months; Thomas - 2 months

I'm not sure where the time has gone, but it seems to passing by so quickly lately. 10 days ago marked Henry's 19 month birthday. It doesn't seem possible. Since starting school last month his vocabulary has expanded greatly. He's a real talking machine these days and I just love to hear his voice. I also think he has gone through a growth spurt these past few weeks, he looks as if he's wearing high waters these days :)

A new routine for us is the potty. He loves to use it and whenever you sit him on there he will go. He really just enjoys flushing it...well and putting all the toilet paper in it! He's also gone #2 three times on the potty so far - such a big boy!! I can't believe he's growing up so quickly right in front of my eyes!

Yesterday marked Thomas being 2 months old - already! He's such a good baby! He goes to bed around 8pm and now sleeps 7 hours straight! He only wakes up once in the middle of the night to be fed and then sleeps until 7ish and is fed again and often goes back to bed until 9am. It works out great so that I can get Henry around 7 and play with him solo for a few hours. Thomas does have a little bit of a fussy time around 6ish but it's getting better as he's getting older! He also is showing some sensitivity to dairy :( I had a blizzard on Saturday with my mom and little Henry and he didn't like it too much - he had such a tummy ache. That and caramel popcorn seem to be enemies of his - but it's worth it for me to give it up while I'm nursing.

He too seem to hit a growth spurt. He's still wearing newborn diapers (barely!) but in between newborn and 3 month clothing. The 3 month swims on him a bit but the newborn seems a little snug - hate the in between period!

We went home to Camp Hill this past weekend since it was "Men to the Mountain," where all the guys go to the family cabin to shoot guns and fish and I spent time with Henry's mother and my mom. They both loved being with the little boys and we were all exhausted by nighttime.

The boys are both napping so I'm going to go enjoy a few pages of my book and finish some laundry. I will post photos later :)

8 weeks

7 weeks

Thomas really wasn't into this photo at all :)

He loves his swing!!

7 weeks have already passed by and he's getting so big too quickly!! Thomas really is a good baby - he's always so smiley and cooing away. I've been working on his nighttime routine and it's coming along quite nicely. We identified his witching hour - really anyone could - he would just cry for no reason and wasn't consolable for that time period. It started to happen around 6 pm (now 7 pm because of DST) so I started getting him ready for bed around that time. He's usually asleep by 8 pm and does one 5-6 hour stretch at night then wakes up around 4 hours later - I'm not complaining at all!! He does nurse more frequently during the day - like every 2 hours - but so worth it for the nighttime rest.

It's been in the 70s this past week so we've been outside with brother every day. A neighbor of mine just had her baby girl 3 weeks after Thomas and she has an almost 5 year old so we've been hanging out a lot!

Both kiddos are napping so I'm going to get some things done around this house - or read my book!

Enjoy the sunshine!

6 weeks

Our little bugaboo is 6 weeks old already!!

I also had my lovely 6 week check-up today and all is well! I got the go to get back into running and I have 8 weeks to train for the 10-miler I'm doing May 6th. I really wanted to run tonight, however it was a busy day with Thomas's re-check appointment (he still has a cough but is doing really well!!!!) and my appointment after. It was 65 and sunny here today so after Henry's nap we headed outside and I did 2 laps of our neighborhood (for those of you who've been here, that's still a pretty good workout...roughly 2 miles). Tomorrow while Henry's in school I plan to run 3 miles, most likely very slowly :)

Here's our little photo shoot we did today before daddy headed to the airport!

4 weeks

Thomas wasn't having it (since it was feeding time) last night when I decided it was time for our weekly photo - but I couldn't help but keep it! We have our 1 month appointment on Monday - anxious to see what his numbers are!

3 Weeks Old

Thomas 3 weeks old; February 15, 2012

2 weeks old

Thomas 2 weeks old

A short post because this mama is tired but I couldn't help but add this picture taken yesterday - Henry and Thomas with Grandma C