Today was fantastic. Why? Because these boys napped like never before!
Harrison, who has never been a good napper, slept from 12:40 to 3:50!! Mark and I do believe this was the longest nap he has ever taken.
And Barrett, who likes to nap, but lately hasn't been napping at the same time as Harrison, slept from 11:30 to 3:50!
They both woke up within a minute of each other, which was probably best because I was starting to worry...I mean this has NEVER happened.
Let's hope this is the start of good things to come :-)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Barrett Update
I feel like I haven't said much about Barrett lately, so I thought I'd take a minute and update everyone on how he's doing.
On Thursday we had his two-month check up. He was, of course, a model baby, smiling and cooing at everyone. That is, until he got his shots. Boy did he hate those! My sweet, happy boy turned beet red and just screamed his head off. So sad to see him like that. He still has a fever from them today but at least he's back to being cheerful when he is awake.
Here are his stats:
11lbs 7oz (40th %) (6lbs 15oz at birth)
23.25" (55%) (21" at birth)
At his two-month check up, Harrison was 11lbs 3oz and 22.75". Of course I had to compare them, just to have some frame of reference for how he's doing. No, I won't spend their whole lives comparing them and giving them some sort of complex, don't worry about that :-)
He seems to have grown so much in the two short months he's been around. He definitely doesn't seem as fragile as he was when he first came home. He's super smiley when he's awake and really likes to try and talk to you. His little cooing noises are very sweet. He likes to sit under his floor gym for 10-15 minutes at a time, but that's all he can take before he squaks and is ready to move away from the stimulation. He still likes to have his body swaddled when he naps, but we are leaving his arms out now because he is definitely trying to suck his hand and/or thumb. Overall he's just a really easy-going baby. He only cries or fusses when he's hungry or tired, and as long as he's not either of those he's pretty happy to be awake and watch the world go by.
Here are some pictures from the last few weeks:
Four Weeks Old:
Five Weeks Old:
Six Weeks Old:
Eight Weeks Old:
On Thursday we had his two-month check up. He was, of course, a model baby, smiling and cooing at everyone. That is, until he got his shots. Boy did he hate those! My sweet, happy boy turned beet red and just screamed his head off. So sad to see him like that. He still has a fever from them today but at least he's back to being cheerful when he is awake.
Here are his stats:
11lbs 7oz (40th %) (6lbs 15oz at birth)
23.25" (55%) (21" at birth)
At his two-month check up, Harrison was 11lbs 3oz and 22.75". Of course I had to compare them, just to have some frame of reference for how he's doing. No, I won't spend their whole lives comparing them and giving them some sort of complex, don't worry about that :-)
He seems to have grown so much in the two short months he's been around. He definitely doesn't seem as fragile as he was when he first came home. He's super smiley when he's awake and really likes to try and talk to you. His little cooing noises are very sweet. He likes to sit under his floor gym for 10-15 minutes at a time, but that's all he can take before he squaks and is ready to move away from the stimulation. He still likes to have his body swaddled when he naps, but we are leaving his arms out now because he is definitely trying to suck his hand and/or thumb. Overall he's just a really easy-going baby. He only cries or fusses when he's hungry or tired, and as long as he's not either of those he's pretty happy to be awake and watch the world go by.
Here are some pictures from the last few weeks:
Four Weeks Old:
Five Weeks Old:
Six Weeks Old:
Eight Weeks Old:
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Harrison's adventures with his cousins
At the beginning of June we had a great 10-day visit from my sister, her boys and my mom. Mark's mom even came to join the fun for a couple of days as well.
Nonny and her four grandsons:
Aunt Susie and Jeffrey meeting Barrett:
Charlie was very excited to get to hold a baby for the first time:
Harrison had a fantastic time hanging out with his cousins Jeffrey and Charlie from the minute he woke up until he crashed into his bed exhausted at the end of each day.
Hmm...that looks good. Can I have some?
It was exhausting keeping these boys busy every day, but they all had a fantastic time and really got to enjoy playing with each other. Harrison keeps asking where everyone went. Poor guy went from having built in playmates all day to being stuck with just me (and Barrett) again.
Nonny and her four grandsons:
Aunt Susie and Jeffrey meeting Barrett:
Charlie was very excited to get to hold a baby for the first time:
Harrison had a fantastic time hanging out with his cousins Jeffrey and Charlie from the minute he woke up until he crashed into his bed exhausted at the end of each day.
Hmm...that looks good. Can I have some?
Charlie and Harrison:
Barrett was a model baby, accompanying us pretty much everywhere we went and generally sleeping most of the time. Here he is at the pool, during a rare moment when he's not asleep in the stroller but instead asleep on me.
We made five trips to the "whale pool", which served to wear the kids out quite well. Harrison even got to go down the big slide this year (with an adult) and LOVED it. He laughed and squealed the whole time and asked to go again and again.
The "big" slide:
Going down with mommy...we just kind of cruise on down.
Going down with Daddy...he goes FAST!
When we weren't at the pool we had fun at the park by our house, and had a LOT of fun in the backyard with the hose. Once the boys figured out they could strip down (nekkie as Harrison calls it) and run around the backyard they had loads of fun. They covered each other in mud, sprayed it off, and were just 100% boy. They were incredibly dirty and enjoyed every minute of it.
Civilized play at the sand and water table...
Which quickly turned into this...
Resulting in quite a bit of time here:
Barrett was a model baby, accompanying us pretty much everywhere we went and generally sleeping most of the time. Here he is at the pool, during a rare moment when he's not asleep in the stroller but instead asleep on me.
We made five trips to the "whale pool", which served to wear the kids out quite well. Harrison even got to go down the big slide this year (with an adult) and LOVED it. He laughed and squealed the whole time and asked to go again and again.
The "big" slide:
Going down with mommy...we just kind of cruise on down.
Going down with Daddy...he goes FAST!
When we weren't at the pool we had fun at the park by our house, and had a LOT of fun in the backyard with the hose. Once the boys figured out they could strip down (nekkie as Harrison calls it) and run around the backyard they had loads of fun. They covered each other in mud, sprayed it off, and were just 100% boy. They were incredibly dirty and enjoyed every minute of it.
Civilized play at the sand and water table...
Which quickly turned into this...
Resulting in quite a bit of time here:
It was exhausting keeping these boys busy every day, but they all had a fantastic time and really got to enjoy playing with each other. Harrison keeps asking where everyone went. Poor guy went from having built in playmates all day to being stuck with just me (and Barrett) again.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Memorial Day week
We had a great Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday we met Mark after he played golf and went swimming at Austin Country Club with some friends. Harrison was so excited for his first trip to the pool this year. The kiddie pool there was great! It was covered with a shade top, and had a wade in area at one end and fountains at the other. Harrison had such an awesome time. He just hopped around in the pool like he owned it, and seriously wore himself out.
While Harrison was busy playing Barrett slept in his bassinet stroller. He had a nice shady spot in the corner and must have been very comfy because he slept for almost three hours!
Prior to going to the pool Harrison decided to take all of his paper plates (zoo pals) out of the pantry and play a matching game with them. Messy? Yes. Educational? Yes...so I guess I can't complain.
On Monday we went to a different pool and once again he thoroughly enjoyed himself. This is our regular pool which has a small slide for kids his age and a big wading area. I have a feeling we'll be back many times this summer based on how much he enjoyed himself.
We got him some goggles and he wore them for a little bit. He looked so grown up!
Once again Barrett slept in his stroller while Harrison enjoyed the pool. He sure makes it easy on us!
Here is Harrison pointing out an iron. He innocently asked me what it was...and I realized he hasn't ever seen me iron and probably won't anytime soon. Whoops!
We were looking at some Dinosaur Train videos and came across one that showed how to make a Halloween costume. A light bulb went off in his head and he raced upstairs to get his costume from this year and had to wear it around for a couple of hours.
Here are the two boys together. Harrison was being sweet and showing Barrett all of his dinosaurs. Harrison still likes his brother a lot and has had only a few moments where he isn't being sweet to Barrett. He likes to hold Barrett's hand, which is so cute!
While Harrison was busy playing Barrett slept in his bassinet stroller. He had a nice shady spot in the corner and must have been very comfy because he slept for almost three hours!
Prior to going to the pool Harrison decided to take all of his paper plates (zoo pals) out of the pantry and play a matching game with them. Messy? Yes. Educational? Yes...so I guess I can't complain.
On Monday we went to a different pool and once again he thoroughly enjoyed himself. This is our regular pool which has a small slide for kids his age and a big wading area. I have a feeling we'll be back many times this summer based on how much he enjoyed himself.
We got him some goggles and he wore them for a little bit. He looked so grown up!
Once again Barrett slept in his stroller while Harrison enjoyed the pool. He sure makes it easy on us!
Here is Harrison pointing out an iron. He innocently asked me what it was...and I realized he hasn't ever seen me iron and probably won't anytime soon. Whoops!
We were looking at some Dinosaur Train videos and came across one that showed how to make a Halloween costume. A light bulb went off in his head and he raced upstairs to get his costume from this year and had to wear it around for a couple of hours.
Here are the two boys together. Harrison was being sweet and showing Barrett all of his dinosaurs. Harrison still likes his brother a lot and has had only a few moments where he isn't being sweet to Barrett. He likes to hold Barrett's hand, which is so cute!
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