Updates on the Boys

We just pulled out all of the spring clothing for everyone & it got me thinking about how quickly time is flying by. I thought I would take a moment to document all of the things the boys are doing these days.

Corbin is my super-smarty. I only have to teach him something once & he's already repeating it the next minute. He is starting to get the hang of communicating lately, too. He's asking for things that he would like to do. Unfortunately, he is learning that we won't serve him "ice cream cake" every night for dinner, although he is more than welcome to indulge in "more strawberries please."

Speaking of strawberries, I was thrilled the other day when he tried a new food. He is loving freeze-dried strawberries from Trader Joe's. That is a wonderful thing, since he is so stuck on not trying anything new. In case you are curious as to what he will eat, there aren't many options in his mind: chicken nuggets (bbq sauce, ketchup or sweet 'n sour sauce), grilled cheese, PB & J, pizza, pureed veggies, freeze dried strawberries, watermelon, banana, chocolate slimfast shakes with peanut butter, toast, any cookie/crackery/dry cereal thing, and freeze dried mango, too.

He is now wearing 2T, with the help from dapper snappers, and size 7 shoes.

He loves his cat, ignores his brothers and loves attention from his mom & dad.

He naps nearly every day now, after a long period of no napping for a while. Naps are 1-3 hours in length.

He wakes up around 7 am every day & goes to bed around 8 pm. He always sleeps through the night. If he were to wake up early or stay up late in his crib, he never fusses. He will just talk to himself or sing.

He sings so many songs now. His favorites are Twinkle Twinkle, Wheels on the Bus and Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Cameron is our night/day baby. For the most part, he is very sweet; however, if he is hungry, he will screech like a banshee. You've never heard a screech like this one! He has big doe eyes that flirt with everyone. They are starting to turn brown. He lost most of his hair & it is now growing back, a shade lighter than it was at birth.

He is 14 lbs and 10 oz as of last week. He is on reflux medicine because he was arching. He (and his brother) hardly ever spit up. You could count the number of times on one hand. His arching is much better on the medicine.

He loves to jump in the jumperoo. He is a very good jumper & gets so excited in it.

He takes good naps during the day for the most part, but he still wakes every 3-4 hours at night. We can cut down the number of times he awakens at night if we pull him into bed with us. He loves to sleep next to us.

He is a tummy sleeper. Thank goodness we have a motion sensor, or I would worry all night long. He flips right over to his tummy, even if you lay him down asleep on his back.

He loves his teething giraffe, Sofie. He just has that one giant tooth (the other was pulled), but he is getting more in soon.

Both twins are in size 6 month clothing.

Jameson is mostly mellow. He does get cranky more often during the day now, but it is directly related to the fact that he doesn't like to nap during the day. Getting him to do so is a real chore. It is easy to coax him to sleep if I lay down with him, but with 2 other children that need cared for, it isn't a real possibility during the day. So some days, it is pretty hard to keep him happy if he just can't be convinced that he needs to nap.

He sleeps mostly through the night, although lately, he has taken to waking up once around 4 or 5 & then goes right back down.

His hair is starting to grow back. It is slightly lighter than Cameron's. His eyes are still light blue in color.

He thinks everything is hilarious, especially if you are changing his diaper & are right up in his face.

Stationary entertainment toys do not keep him busy for long. He loves to be held & would be quiet all day if I held him.

He is teething. He has the two bottom teeth still, and it seems like he is going to get his top two at the same time & sooner than Cameron will.

I do not know how much he weighs since I sold our baby scale & he hasn't been to the doctor since his 4 month appointment, but I would guess he is a good 16 pounds.

So, there is our update for now. I hope to do these periodically for the ol' record keeping.

Beautiful Weather

We have had a few nice days in a row. Unfortunately, I have had a lot of indoor work to do, tagging for the Mothers Of Multiples Sale this weekend; however, Jon has been taking the boys outdoors every day. I finally got to join them today, so we get pictures!

First off, let me show you the twins' St. Patrick's Day outifts. Corbin was wearing green, too, but he snotted it up, so by the time I was taking photos, he wasn't in green any longer.

Cam



Jamie wore Corbin's old t-shirt & was very reminiscent of baby Corbin- round face and all!



The twins are 5 months old today, so it's time for the Boppy pics!





The twins are teething big time. I think Jamie has 3 coming in right now :(





Check out the grill-master! He's lost about 10-15 pounds. Lookin' good! We grilled turkey and veggies tonight.



Corbin was walking up and down the bench this afternoon, and I got a couple of cute shots.







We tried the babies out in the swings today. Jamie was stone-faced, and Cam just chewed on the straps for most of the time.







More teething!





Time for "1-2-3, Slide!" Again





We heard some whizzing, and we looked out from the deck to see that Corbin had decided to switch from playing with balls to riding the 4-wheeler. He loved it! It was the first time he had it outdoors. Thankfully, our backyard wasn't too hilly for it.





He was so hungry for his dinner after all of that running around outdoors. We had him giggling, so we snapped some great smile shots. Here is one of them:

Jon's Birthday Celebration

We partied for a week!

On his birthday, Monica was here in the morning, so I was able to run out and pick up a Dairy Queen cake for him, some presents and some balloons, which were waiting in his parking spot when he got home.





Monica helped me take some photos, which we used to make Jon a smilebox greeting card.

Corbin was the least cooperative









Some rare photos of me and the kids







The birthday boy and Cameron



Here we are at his birthday dinner last night (taken at M at Miranova). We had a very fun date. For an appetizer, we had surf & turf sushi (carpaccio & shrimp). Jon had a filet with pineapple chutney, corn/red pepper/lobster relish. I had diver sea scallops on lobster risotto. We each had an organic lettuce salad with shallot dressing and candied pistaschios. For dessert, I had the cupcake assortment (margarita, vanilla bean, red velvet, rocky road and green tea), and Jon had the coffee & donuts (fritters with caramel and raspberry dipping sauces and a coffee semifreddo). Our server, Deb, had a fun time with us. We had told her that this was a rare night out, so she tried to pay extra close attention to us.







We tried to make his 34th a good one, and I think we succeeded!

Friends, The Gym & Sleep Update

Sleep has been harder lately. We have weaned the twins off of the swings for naps. They are on scheduled naps (sort of) & they sleep in their cribs. The first two days (Wednesday & Thursday) were golden. They went down @ 9, 12 & 3 like clockwork. Then Friday was hellish. No one would nap for more than 30 minutes at a time & this carried over into more frequent night-wakings, too. I think we were both up twice that night. Then the next couple of nights were fair. Last night was pretty good. Jon got to sleep through & I was up once. Then today, they slept great for naps. So, I think we are making progress. Cameron can be put into bed sleepy, but awake & he goes down without a fuss.

They may have had some sleep issues because we are using more formula because of time constraints. We also recently switched them over from hypoallergenic formula to the "Gentle" kind. The pediatrician said we could switch them off of the expensive stuff after they were a few months old. We're definitely had to use more simethicone (gas drops) with them for an upset tummy. But I think they are adjusting okay now.

Here are a couple of pictures of the twin cuties...

Jamie



Tummy Time



Corbin, of course, is the champion sleeper. The other morning, I had to wake him up at 10 because I was afraid it was going to screw up the whole day.

Sweet Blue Eyes



We had some friends over last weekend. He got to see Emma again. It's been a year since they have been together. They sure have grown up a lot in the past year. Jon caught a couple of pictures of them playing with puzzles together.





Corbin's friend, Mason, turned the big ONE this past weekend, so Corbin was invited to celebrate at the Little Gym. He hadn't napped that day, since the party was at naptime. Generally, he does well with no nap, but that day, he spazzed out. It was great that he could burn the energy while running around the gym, but when it came time to sit down & eat pizza, he couldn't sit still. Come to think of it, that was the day before he slept until 10- he must have been exhausted!