Sunday, June 20, 2010

A little Joey fix

I just had to put up a few more of my little adorable, sleep depriving man. He's beyond cute, but man I wish I could sleep more :) Mikey and Luke constantly argue about whose turn it is to hold him.

He's 2 1/2 weeks now. At night he usually will go anywhere from 2 1/2 to 4 hours without eating. A 4 hour stretch feels pretty good (yes, that's sad that I get excited about 4 hours.) He eats like a champ and the scale shows it! At his two week appointment he was 9 lbs 7 oz so he put on more than a pound in a two weeks. The doctor was so proud! (Mikey weighed the same at two weeks, but he started out 11 oz more than Joey--Joey knows he's got to grow fast or get pounded on!) I'm so tired, but he's so worth it. I sure love him!





Not to be forgotten

When there is a newborn around the house, it is easy to focus entirely on that child. Of course, Mikey and Luke are not exactly the kind to sit back and allow that to happen so fear not for their little feelings. It's nice that Mikey has Luke to play with this time around. When I had Luke, Mikey was all alone. Now they are thick as thieves together and it's so fun to watch.

Honestly, we now can't remember what the boys were doing here, but it was something sneaky filled with lots of laughing.
The boys have been dying to swim lately. Mikey has been asking to fill up his little (dirty, broken) pool for the past few months (through snow and rain) so the day finally arrived. While Lance was filling up the pool Mikey came in with some very specific instructions: "Mom, I need some lunch on a plate outside. I need a sandwich cut like dolphins. Um....aaaand, I think some strawberries cut up." So after taking a little swimming break he and Luke sat down for some lunch. (Sorry, these are out of order.)
Mikey got some snorkeling gear for his birthday so of course he was anxious to try it out...yes, in 4 inches of water...flippers and all
Luke needed to test out his goggles
Okay so neither one actually put their faces in the water...one day soon we'll make it to the real pool...and maybe buy a little better kiddie pool