Randoms

I clearly have been terrible at keeping up with this, which means our family will have few details of how life is like right now to look back on, especially since I haven't even touched Joshua's baby book since the hospital. Oops. I need to post on our trip to Florida, since it was Jacob's first flight, Joshua's first trip, and our first excursion as a family of four. I need to post on Cincinnati because it was our first trip as just a family of four. But, for now....just random things I don't want to forget about the kids. *The weather has been great, and we've been enjoying lots of outside play time. If Joshua is sleeping, Jacob loves getting me to be able to run around the backyard again with him. If Joshua is awake, I am just thankful Jacob listens so well and that we have a fenced backyard. *Joshua is in a pretty good routine now. He eats five bottles a day, and sleeps through the night every night! He still cries occasionally at night, but not nearly as bad as his full-force colic we had going for a few months. He is a very happy baby and loves to smile and laugh. *Bob thinks it's great that Joshua will smile when he raps. *Jacob is so use to Joshua screaming, that now even when he screams a little bit in the car, he says, "Joshua, you are making trucks crash." *Jacob loves the movie Chicken Little now, and because he memorizes movies after only one or two times watching them, he now asks me, "Mom, do I need closure?" Chicken Little asks his dad this during the movie. *I love that Jacob randomly says, "shake your booty." *Joshua loves to babble and has some great sounds. Still showing no interest in rolling over, but desperately wants to sit up on his own. He's doing great with grabbing onto toys, bringing things to his mouth, lifting his head up during tummy time, lifting his legs up while on his back, and following Jacob around the room. He just really doesn't seem like he wants to roll over. Maybe he's just content. *Joshua loves to chew on blankets. *Joshua is extremely proud of himself that he can make the music on his playgym start by kicking the bars. He gets the biggest smile on his face when he makes the music start. *Jacob has another ear infection. I pray that these get better for him. He's miserable. Not sure if tubes are still in our future or not. *Love that the weather is warmer and we've already enjoyed a few nights out with the neighbors letting our kids play. Jacob has had a blast. *I also love that a new season means new clothes for the boys. New clothes always look so nice on kids! *Jacob loves books, and lately I've been starting to emphasize the noises that letters make to start words. He's catching on, and is starting to be able to tell you the letter a word starts with. He also asked me the other night about the spaces in between words. I was so proud of him for thinking about that, and just amazed at how his little mind works. *I'm so happy we decided not to do a party for his 3rd birthday. Looking forward to just family and no stress. *While playing with wood blocks the other day, Jacob put the blocks together and spelled out "Mom," and turned to me and said, "That's you." Amazing. *I feel like we are starting to come out of "survival" mode after bringing Joshua home and finding a new routine and falling into a comfortable place now. It's nice to get back into a regular routine and just being able to figure both kids out at once. I still feel like the days go by way too fast before I get much accomplished, but we are doing well! *Can't believe that in two months Jacob will be three. Also can't believe he's still two, if that makes sense. Sometimes, I just consider him three already because of how well he behaves, speaks, and carries himself.