Wordless Wednesday *Christian: Silly and Sweet*

Lucas is 8 Weeks

Lucas is already 8 weeks today. He still sleeps quite a bit, becoming more awake (and cranky) in the afternoon and evening hours. For the past week and a half he wakes up just once (hey- I'll take it!) in the night, giving me more predictable and longer sleep. He is also beginning to give the sweetest little smiles- often at 3:30am when he is supposed to be going back to sleep. :) He is extremely good-natured, allowing me to change his diapers without a fuss, and is enjoying his warm baths. Did I mention that we love this sweet little guy? Compare to Christian at 7 weeks and here and here. Do you think they look alike? I especially see the likeness when Lucas is sleeping, otherwise I think his eye shape is different, and both Steve and I often see expressions that look like my brother. ;)

Christian at the Park

My friend Myranda (Myranda Lindsay Photography) took these sweet photos of Christian playing at the park with her son a few weeks ago. If I had known she was going to bring her camera I would have dressed him cuter (and not in that crazy hat of his- thanks Nana!) Love these candid shots!

Stretch...Our Growing Boy

We are loving every minute with our newest addition! He is such a sweet, easygoing baby. And he is just growing SO fast! (The picture above was taken a month ago.)

"Hiya Wook"

Christian loves to greet Lucas in the morning. I love to see how Christian wants to take care of Lucas by giving him toys and crayon drawings, as well as covering him with blankets while patting his back or rubbing his belly. Christian is so sweet to him and that just fills this momma with joy !

Super C Man

Post bath, C with his froggie towel/cape:

"Here I tome!!"

Loving Our Boys

It has understandably been a little bit hard for me to keep up with the blogging and updates lately. We are doing well in R household. To sum up the past couple weeks: Christian is an excellent big brother, always wanting to kiss "Wook" and love on him. He has also been enjoying lots of one-on-one time with Daddy. In fact, during the weekends it is ALL about Steve, and Christian will not let me do anything for him. Lucas is a growing boy! Last Monday at 5 weeks he weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. He is still eating well, is mostly on a schedule, and is sleeping okay at nighttime waking once or twice (still better than Christian at this age.) Steve is busy at work with a new job that he is not thrilled about with longer hours (on the plus side no traveling.) We are hoping that it is temporary and he can return to his old job sooner rather than later. I am busy, busy, trying to figure out how to balance everything and be a good wife and mommy for two. And we (Steve and I) are still trying to catch up on sleep while maintaining our busy schedule. So now for the pictures from the past week or so (the most important part anyway):

Christian Translator

"see-tum"= snowman

"the hou"= the dog

"the tee-tat"= the kitty cat

"tayn-chu"= thank you

"Wook"= Luke

"wee"= please

formally "ane"--> now "air-train"= airplane (by the way- Christian has become very opinionated about what he will wear these days. Something I was not expecting. As you can tell he only likes to wear his four airplane shirts - I'm just glad we have more than one!)

Wordless Wednesday *I Love You*