Every time we hit a milestone date, I always think how crazy it is! Time sure is flying! And I really do try to stop and enjoy these little, special moments with each of my little guys! So much has happened in the last four weeks too. Guess I'll get started (and I am still trying to figure out a format for how I want to record all the happenings. As of right now, I keep track week by week of everything they are doing and what's happening on my phone).
9 Weeks Old
Landon, my chunky monkey, you fidget when you eat. Hands moving back & forth kind of like some OCD tendency. It's hilarious.
Parker, my little man, you always have clenched fists holding on to something. My shirt, your bib...Daddy actually calls your bib your security blanket (and since you wear it a lot because you still are spitting up quite a bit, it is the easiest thing to hand on to).
On June 3rd, we fed you both a 4 oz formula bottle. Parker, you slept from 7:30 until 1am!!! Longest stretch yet. We woke up a little surprised. Landon, you were having tummy issues all that day so you fell asleep, then back up for an hour fussing a bit, but then slept from 8:30ish until 1!!
Landon you're so funny with your binky. Even if you want it, you won't just accept or take it. You pierce your lips together and make it impossible for whoever is trying to put it in your mouth. And if you really don't want it, we certainly know it. It won't last and you will spit it farther than I ever think possible. And you're our little burper. When sit you up after eating, you have no problems just burping right away. And I know you will hate me writing this and putting it out into the internet, but boy are you gassy! It's what can wake you up out of a dead sleep and sounds like it is coming from a grown man. But it makes us laugh all the time, because for some reason we still never expect it. As we've heard said before, baby farts are funny!
On June 5, you guys had your 2 month well appt. where you got your first set of shots. :( It's hard to see you cry and have that pain inflicted, but honestly, I feel like it was almost nothing compared to the appointment where you had your circumcisions. And we were pretty prepared. Dr. H said we could give you a little Children's Tylenol before you came in, so we did. Really, you both cried for a second or two and then were fine. I think the appointment and the shots though wore you out. We took you home, fed you right away and you two were pooped! You both had a low fever on & off for 2 days. And you slept a lot but probably because of the Tylenol we gave you about 2 times a day. At this point, you were still waking just about every 2 1/2 hours all day & night. Boo.
10 Weeks Old
On Sunday, June 10th, you had your first pool visit to Christa's. Landon, Mommy put your feet in. At first cried, but then I did it again and you liked it after that. I think it was the initial coldness that just took you by surprise. Parker, your feet didn't go in this time but soon enough.
Parker, you laughed out loud at Daddy on June 12th while Daddy was playing with you lips. We loved it! It was the greatest sound!!!
We live in one of the most popular destinations in the world, so why not take you to some of those big sites?We went to the Hoover Dam on Friday, June 15th for an early Father's Day outing. We had breakfast in Boulder City at the famous Coffee Cup Cafe (it was very yummy too). You both didn't feel like sleeping, so you were content with just looking around the cafe as we ate and enjoyed a beautiful summer morning. Then we all walked across the dam. We had the whole thing to ourselves the whole time. We only ran into one other person walking across the dam, and she worked there. And it's not like it was that early. It was about 7am! It pays to get places early. As Grandma always says, early bird gets the worm!
On June 14th, we put you back in your cribs again for the second time (the first time we did that, we only lasted a night and 1/2). You both went down really well. Not much fussing and fell asleep with us only having to come in once or twice to try and quiet you. We both have to wake up and come in to feed you in the middle of the night, but never more than twice. Now, I wish I could say we were only going in there twice, but that's not so. Something just seems to happen that makes you both very fussy after the 2 or 3 am feeding. We're hoping you'll both grow out of that soon!
11 Weeks Old
We celebrated Daddy's first Father's Day. We went and ate lunch at Subway then headed up to Cashman Field to watch the Las Vegas 51s play the Colorado Skysox. Your first baseball game!!! It was fun! We carried you in with the Baby Bjorns and got to go on the field to take a picture during their annual Father-Son catch time. We only stayed for 2 innings, but they were a LONG 2 innings. Unfortunately, the 51s were losing 0-12. Boo. It was 105* today and probably even hotter at the stadium. You guys were such great boys. You napped at first then both woke up and played a bit. And you were little rock stars. People kept stopping and checking your both out, loving your baseball outfits and big smiles! We had such a great day. Then you came home and passed out! The heat really kicked both of your butts!
Landon you are definitely our congested boy. You always seem to have a stuffy nose and have become used to, although never really like it, the saline up your nose and the hospital-grade nose sucker. You started to really get close to full-on laughing this week. We kind of shake your belly or tickle it and you try to laugh. You want to. It's almost as if you don't know what you need to do to make it happen. It's the cutest thing and I can't wait for the day that you just let it go. Big love bug, we have you in 1-2 diapers. They are ever so slightly bigger than 1s and not quite 2s. Something tells me you could easily pull off 2s though.
Parker, you are still our tiny little man. I always worry that you're not getting enough to eat, or more like keeping enough down, to gain adequate weight. You are in 1 diapers but we have to make them pretty tight. Newborns would for sure be too small though. But I think it's just because when we put you next to brother, you just aren't as big as him. He is our heavy weight, and you my boy are our feather weight!
You both have found your hands and in full force. You both seem to want nothing more than to put them in your mouths. We try to replace them with your Sophie giraffes but it never fails, you're all about sucking on your fists. It's funny too because sometimes in the middle of the night I'll wake up to hearing this sucking noise and when I look at your video monitor, one of you will have your hand out and will be just going to town! Hilarious!
One of the cutest things your dad and I love are when you both are falling asleep and you smile, kind of chuckle, and make this sound like a dolphin. Too cute. And although you both do the same thing, you both make it sound so different. Ah, those little moments!
12 Weeks Old
We went and got a weight check on June 25th. You both are definitely growing! Parker, you weighed in at 9lbs 9oz. Landon, you have 2 lbs on your brother weighing in at 11lbs 11oz!
You both are pretty good sleepers. Don't get me wrong, we have some bad days, but for the most part you take good naps and really go down well and sleep well at night! Mommy and Daddy are thankful for that! We also really watch your sleep cues for nap time. Landon, you get a little fussy, but really it's all about yawning for you. Once we see a yawn or two, we know it's time to "wrap and sack you," as we say. We put you in your swing and if we've timed it just right, you are usually sleeping within 10 minutes. Parker on the other hand, you are our vocal one. You get fussy and tend to tell us you're done doing whatever we are doing. And sometimes you pass right out in your bouncy chair but then other times you get even fussier there. And the batteries ran out in your chair and we haven't replaced them, so we just bounce you by hand if you're really cranky or fussy. And then our hope is that you sleep the whole time. Haha. Doesn't always happen with you little man. You seem to nap for 1/2 hour to an hour and then can sometimes wake up and be wide awake!
Landon, you LOVE the ceiling fans. I mean love them, bordering on obsessed. You'll find it in any room or from your swing and just look like you're gushing at it or flirting with it. It always makes me smile. And oh you have started blowing bubbles. Both of you! It's like you discovered drool this week. Lol. Your eating habits have sped up a bit. You are faster eaters, done most of the time in under 10 minutes now. Parker, love bug, you are pretty much out of newborn outfits. Some 3 month outfits are a little too long, but they are definitely fitting around your belly. Landon, cutie pie, 3-6 months fit you best. Some 3 months getting a little too tight.
As we round out your first 12 weeks of life, we are hoping that we'll soon figure out this whole sleeping thing. Going down is great (and even going back to sleep after your middle of the night feeding is good), it's just making it to 5:30am without any hiccups (haha, or maybe I should say without farting...get it? Because that's what seems to be the culprit). This week we started feeding you a 5oz formula bottle for your last feeding of the night, then you get baths, we read a story and it's off to bed. This bottle seems to get you a good 5 or 6 hour stretch at least. Then we do a 3oz breast milk bottle sometimes topped off with another 1oz of formula for the middle of the night bottle, just so that feeding goes a little quicker. Daddy will feed one of you while I feed the other. We've only done this for a couple of nights, but it seems to work pretty good. We'll see how it continues on in the coming weeks! Fingers crossed we start maybe going to sleep from 7 or 8 pm until 5:30! Wow, what would that be like?!
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