This is how I found Will this morning...

Camera time with John

John having a little fun! The background noise is Olympic gymnastics qualifying...

Check up!

We had the boys' 4 month check-up this afternoon, and everything was great. The pediatrician is very pleased with the boys' progress. They even flirted with her a bunch too!

Will is up to 13lbs7oz (18th percentile, but 60th adjusted...meaning compared with other full-term babies born when he was) and John is not far behind at 12lbs13oz (10th percentile, 40th adjusted). Will is 24.3" long (21st percentile, 50th adjusted) and John is 24" even (14th percentile, 50th adjusted). Yay for happy, healthy, strong boys!

Will likes to sleep like his mommy does...with one leg out:

4 months old!!

Wow. We can't believe that the boys are 4 months old already. In some ways, it seems longer, but in many ways it seems so much shorter. And to think - we still have a lifetime to go!

Ryan had a good first Father's Day. We went to the lake to celebrate, along with celebrating Madeleine's 2nd and Chris's 36th birthdays. All in all, we had a great trip.

For your viewing pleasure:



Will is on the right, and John is on the left.

Milestones

This past week has been a big one! After my last post about the boys not sleeping through the night, they've done it every night since! :) We actually had to WAKE THEM UP at 6AM on Sunday morning. It was - and continues to be - amazing. John still manages to get himself unswaddled and turned around in the crib. It's quite humorous to find your baby in a completely different place from when you put him to bed!

As of Friday, I'm now officially a SUMMERTIME STAY-AT-HOME MOMMY! It's FABULOUS!

On Saturday, we took the boys, along with Uncle Kev and Auntie Em, to the Greenville Scottish Games and Highland Festival. One of my students gave us free tickets, so we couldn't pass it up. It was really neat, albeit HOT! It was a bit too hot for the boys, so we didn't stay long. But we're still glad we went.

We went back to Community Group on Sunday evening for the 1st time in probably 6 months. We were there for just a little while, and everything was just fine. Good to see everyone again.

We made our first outing yesterday - just Mommy and the boys. We went to Babies R Us and Target, and all with minimal fussing. The boys did well too! My proudest moment was when I was trying to fold up the stroller to put back in the car after Babies R Us. And I couldn't remember how to do it! I'm sure I looked really cool.

The boys got their first taste of Baby Einstein yesterday when I popped in Baby Bach for Will while I was feeding John at 3. He LOVED it! And John got to watch it, too, while I was feeding Will. Three thumbs up for Baby Bach...and that's just because John is likely gnawing on one of his thumbs that he's recently discovered.

They've also decided that naptime is no fun. They used to sleep all the time - waking for a bit before and just after feeding time - but now they've decided it's too fun to stare at the popcorn ceiling in the living room. This afternoon, after John had been awake for about 2 hours, I pulled out the Miracle Blanket (yes, Renee, I actually have 2 of them! :) ), and he calmed down a bit. I just worry that he's a bit too hot. We'll see how it goes. So far, so good.

Grandma and Grandpa are coming up tomorrow night so we can celebrate Father's Day with Grandpa. Then we're headed to GA for the weekend for many celebrations - Father's Day, Madeleine's 2nd birthday, and Uncle Chris's birthday too.

Summertime will be over before we know it! :(

Here's our latest family pic from Mother's Day (was it really over a month ago???):

3AM...

came waaaaaay too early this morning when John started fussing. So much for sleeping through the night! He came unswaddled and had rotated almost 180 degrees again. I think he woke up because he was cold.

Back to the drawing board...

Sleep, Glorious Sleep

They did it! They did it! The boys slept through the night!!!!!!!!!! (can you tell I'm a bit excited?)

They've been sleeping more and more at night, so I knew it wasn't too far away. Ryan said he heard them peep at 4:40, but I didn't hear them at all. They didn't start fussing until 5:30! Will and John slept from 8:30-5:30! Way to go, boys! I'm sure it had something to do with the fun day they had with Masie and Aunt Ka-Ka on Monday. When I went to get the boys this morning, John had managed to not only come unswaddled (surprise, surprise), but he had rotated himself almost 180 degrees. His little head was up against the front bumper, and his feet were just about in his big bro's face. We may have to start separating them soon... :(

I can't believe they are 10 days away from being 4 months old. The other day when someone asked me how old they are, I answered, "2 months." Then I stopped and realized that I was wrong! At their 3-month check-up, Will was just shy of 12 lbs, and John wasn't too far behind at 11lbs1oz. They've outgrown most of their 0-3 month clothes. Thankfully, we don't have to buy any clothes for them! We've received LOADS of hand-me-downs from lots of people. The boys have more clothes than me and Ryan combined - and that's A LOT of clothes.

John has found his thumb. I caught him numerous times last night sucking away on that thumb, much to our dismay. I tried to persuade him to suck on his paci instead, but apparently his thumb tastes better. Hopefully we can break this habit fast. As Ryan pointed out, you can cut a paci away, but you can't cut a finger away. So true, so true.

Here's to more sleeping through the night! Hopefully this is the beginning of a great habit and NOT a fluke.