Paul Two Month

Paul turned two months old on March 9th.  Paul still sleeps a lot.  He is officially smiling.  He loves Beau but he's not so sure about Sawyer.  Mainly because Beau is always right in Paul's face.  Sawyer does always hold Paul's hand in the car and give him his paci.  It really seems to calm Paul down.   He just wants his mommy this month.  He wants to be cuddled at night when he sleeps and does not like to sleep on his back.  Overall he is super easy, but by the end of his second month, this mama was ready for better sleep habits at night.  He goes for long stretches at night once he goes to sleep, but is takes a little work to get him settled down for the night.  He hated the swaddler this month, but after a few weeks of free arms, he liked it again.  He loves eye contact, smiling, and diaper changes (he hates to be dirty).  He is easy and perfect.

At his two month appointment he was 15lbs 4 oz and 23.5 inches long.  For comparison sake, Beau was 15 lbs 7 oz and 24 inches long and Sawyer was 13 lbs 11 oz.

 

This month Beau got sick again.  We were able to get through it without going on another round of antibiotics.  He has been hilarious and keeps us entertained all through dinner by making funny faces.  He has perfect comedic timing so we are looking forward to years of him making us laugh.  He has become obsessed with books as well.  He definitely prefers books targeted to two year old though.

Sawyer continues to be the big brother.  He is really into his treasures right now.  He has two treasure chest that special things get put into.  They are quite interesting collections.  He also has a collection of bones.  We call him Nature Boy because when he is outside he just relaxes so much and loves it.  He finds all kinds of interesting stuff on our hikes.  I also love it when he tells stories right now.  He gets a sing song voice and circles his finger in the air.  He has started telling me a play by play of what happened at school.  I may not listen to the 30 minutes of detail he gives, but his sweet voice just makes my heart happy.

Brother's Day 2013

Many moons ago, Clint and I were talking about Father's Day and Mother's Day.  Sawyer sweetly asked, "Why isn't there a Brother's Day".  Well guess what little buddy there is now.  Clint declared Brother's Day the first weekend in March and boy did we celebrate it this year.  The boys planned their day from the beginning.  It started with donuts.  They then went four-wheeling at the farm.  Next we all met up for a picnic at the farm.  This was followed by playtime at the park.  We had meatballs for dinner and went to see Escape from Planet Earth at the movie theater.  The movie was perfect because it was about brothers.  Lastly the boys each got a gift, a spider man costume (they love their costumes).  The boys had to end the day telling one another how much they loved each other.  It was a great success.

Snow Days

We never got a real snow this winter.  We had a few snow showers, but they either were just a dusting or melted immediately.  It was really disappointing for the boys.  Every time there was even a snowflake Sawyer would immediately get all suited up and run outside.  I guess there's always next year.

 This is how I enjoyed the snow, in my robe, with my baby, drinking hot stuff from my love mug.

 Just look at the disappointment on their faces.

February Update

We spent February holed up at home.  Between the cold weather, flu epidemic, Beau's ear infections, new baby and momma's recovery, I felt no desire to leave the house.

Sawyer loves shrimp and we had been promising a trip to Red Lobster (Clint and I do NOT like chain restaurants especially Red Lobster).  After years of talking about it, we finally we took him there. It did not disappoint, it was everything we remember it being, but Sawyer loved it.

Our neighbor brought Sawyer this hat when the baby was born.  He hardly took it off all month long. 

 Now I did venture to the library regularly to renew my supply of trashy novels (oh and to get the kids books and take them to story time).  They had this igloo for the kids.

 Sawyer drew this one night at Grammy and Grandpa's.  We were all impressed.

We took the kids to the OSU library to get a book on bones.  Creepy, but they love collecting animal bones on hikes.  We took a walk through campus and the boys had to race and roll down library lawn.

These are some of Sawyer's stuffed animals.

We always love our picnics at the botanical gardens.

Dad picked us up lunch on this particular day and he brought the kids large orange crush drinks.  What!?

The boys love the YouTube video of King Julian off Madagascar singing "I like to Move It, Move It".  Beau is dancing and singing that song right here.

I made a trip (without Clint) to Arkansas to see my parents and sisters and babies.  

These boys played so well inside all winter long.  I am so grateful that my boys love eachother.  They were perfectly content and happy to just play together.  I rarely had to resort to TV to entertain them.