The boys have made two more art projects since my last post – they painted with leaves and painted with their feet. My sister is so creative and so patient to do this with them. The boys both have very good neck strength so we started to put them in their Bumbo seats for a little bit each day. (A Bumbo seat is a small seat with a high back that can be used when a child has good neck control but cannot yet sit up on their own.) It’s good to use to get them sitting up and off of the back of their heads a little bit. Some days they love the seat and other days they are not so sure about it – just a new point of view of their little world.
We had a fun weekend and spent the afternoon on Saturday at Cory’s aunt & uncle’s house for a grill out. On Cory’s side of the family there were a total of 5 great-grand children born, including our boys, between May & September of this year. Cory’s aunt wanted to gather all the little ones (the oldest one being 5 months old and the youngest being just over a month old) for a picture in camouflage outfits. All of the kids did awesome for the pictures and only started to get a little crabby at the end. It was fun to see them all together and to see what a difference a few months make in a baby’s first year! We had a good time visiting with Cory’s extended family and the boys did awesome.
I had their 3-month pictures taken yesterday and they did awesome. My sister came down with me to help out during the photo session. We fed them at the photographer’s studio and then began pictures immediately after. They were both wide awake and in good moods for the first part of the photo session. After two wardrobe changes, they both got sleepy but not too fussy. We rocked them to sleep and then got a few more “sleepy” pictures in but by the end of that part they were both awake again, but very content. I can’t wait to see how the pictures turned out.
I’m also in my third full week back to work. I can’t say I’m really enjoying it much. I’d much rather be spending the day at home, hanging out with my boys. It’s hard because by the time I get home in the afternoon we get a little bit of playtime in before a short nap and then they have their last bottle of the night and go to bed.
Wyatt
Wyatt had another sleeping milestone this past Friday night – he slept from around 8 PM until 4 PM in the crib. This is the longest either of them has slept in the crib in one stretch. Wyatt has been doing better during nap times too and stayed sleeping in the crib for 45 minutes or more. I even put him down “drowsy but awake” for a nap on Saturday morning and he put himself to sleep and stayed sleeping for the entire naptime. Way to go Wyatt!!
Colton
Colton makes the cutest sound right after he sneezes. He’ll sneeze and then make this “ooooooooooooooooh” noise. It’s always stretched out and just the cutest thing (although I heard Wyatt do this same thing yesterday, so maybe he’s picked it up from Colton). On a side-note his sleeping habits are not very good at all. He doesn’t like sleeping in the crib and will only stay in there at the most 45 minutes during the day (rarely) and an hour or two at night. He’ll sleep forever in the swing or bouncer – and they don’t even have to be moving or vibrating. I think he just likes the cozy feeling of them vs. the crib mattress.
Happy Fall!
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