Last Sunday L brought IA’s ExerSaucer to NHL’s B-day party. Thanks to all that has been going on I have not been able to post any of the photos here of JSL enjoying the ExerSaucer. Here’s a video taken earlier this week of the little guy playing. Consider yourself warned if you are bothered by things mentioned in the title of this entry.
C’est Moi
Who knew it could be so hard to find photos of both of the boys to do a comparison of this month? I sure neever would have thought so. Here’s the one that I made yesterday, but it isn’t the best since one photo is dark and the other so bright.
There is no doubt they are brothers with the chubby checks and similar faces. Oh and if you didn’t know the baby on the left is NHL (11-24-03) and JSL on the right (8-17-07)
C’est Moi
Last weekend (August 5th) it was finally time for JSL to move on up from the Pack N’ Play to his big crib. He was getting cramped in the tight space of the bassinet and needed more area to roll over and get stuck in.
It was love at first sight!
Here’s JSL checking out Snoopy on the bumpers:
Check out how much room he has:
Another view:
All smiles in his new palace:
NHL checking out his old crib:
Soon after getting into the crib for the first time put JSL onto his tummy. Within minutes he curled up and was sucking on his hand and fell asleep. Clearly he really liked his new sleeping arrangements.
See how much room he has:
Sucking on his hand:
And one last photo of the peaceful sleeping JSL:
The crib has helped so much. He really love it and enjoys rolling over and stretching in it. He likes to look at Snoopy and most importantly sleep 9+ hours most nights!
C’est Moi
JSL is a tummy sleeper. Thanks to this he usually curls up when I try to do tummy time with him and he never wants to play. Well today I found inspiration for him. I placed one of NHL’s toy cars in front to make him pick up his big old melon off the floor. WHOA! The kid has muscles when he wants to use them. Prior to this he’s lifted his head for a few second here and there. Well, today was mighty different. Today he had his head up for several minutes (3-5). After that he had enough and I put him in his swing. In less than 5 minutes he was chomping on his bib and rocked asleep. The little monkey was all tuckered out from the work. Mind you he also played on his gym mat for quite a while before that on his back kicking his legs and flailing his arms.
I am more watchful with JSL and his milestones sine NHL had low muscle tone and was hypotonic. If JSL doesn’t do certain things by a specific time I will be first on line to call Early Intervention to have him evaluated. As I have learned the earlier you get therapy the better.
C’est Moi
The weekends just seem to fly by. Friday night we were going to head out to dinner for JL’s birthday. Unfortunately, the weather nixed those plans. We stayed home and went to the Chinese take out place and brought things home. At night I let JL watch things on the DVR that were waiting for him while I worked on things for my online courses.
Yesterday was filled with errands. In the morning we went to the ATM, library, to get gas (where we saw my parents), BJ’s, Target, and the grocery store. We also took NHL to the playground of his new school to play for a little while. No camera was present, so no photos :(
Recently NHL has been waking up a lot at night. We think his nightmares are directly related to events from the chin incident and fear of the unknown in his future. He’s very upset about leaving the daycare center/nursery school that he has been at for 3 years now. He likes the idea of the new school, but change is hard, especially for an almost 4 year old. Last night he was up at least 2 times. Once JL had to go in and settle him down after a trip to the bathroom. Amazingly JSL slept through all of this.
NHL woke up this morning and JSL was starting to fuss. He wasn’t awake so we left him. About 15 minutes later I went to look since I didn’t hear him. Here’s a photos of what I found (remember he’s a tummy sleeper):
He was just doing baby exercises and when we went in there he was “chatting” up a storm. The cutest part is when we said Hi JSL and he responded back with a sweet little “Hi” very clearly. Remember he won’t be 3 months old until next Monday.
Here’s a photo of NHL on the floor of the “Boys room” playing:
We did the breakfast thing, JL made cookies for a birthday gift and NHL got ready to head out with Nana and Papa. I managed to get both of the boys dressed. JSL is in a new outfit that he got. It’s a 3-6 month size that I thought would be huge since 0-3 still fit him. Boy was I wrong. NHL really approved of it since it has dinosaurs. Here are a few shots of my two little boys.
JSL with bib and NHL with a goofy grin:
JSL without bib and NHL being a weirdo:
JSL with the hat that goes with the outfit (kinda large don’t ya think?):
And last but not least a photo of all 3 of my boys including the 30-something one:
Now JSL is sleeping, NHL is out with Nana and Papa, and JL is using his new electric hedge trimmer to reclaim the area outside our house. Those darn trees and things grow too darn fast.
I am going to try to get some of my computer things done while everyone is doing something else.
C’est Moi
