Exercising

The boys have really started to show how strong they are, and are enjoying the tummy time and bumbo seats! Grandma Purcell has come to visit for the week, and they are really showing off for her! I can't believe how fast they are growing, and they become more fun everyday!

Landon enjoying the Boppy!

Little half smile as he plays

Not sure if they are big enough yet, but I sure think they look cute!

Landon looks like he's partying, and Jordan is contemplating his next move

Birthdays all around us!

We have been celebrating some very important birthdays these past couple of days! We started out on Sunday by celebrating Josh's 30th birthday with a party has his parent's pool. Josh and Beth had gotten the boys swim outfits before they were born, and this was the perfect chance to try them out. They were super cute and had sharks ALL over them! We had fun at the party except the boys wouldn't nap and made us go home early :( Happy birthday again, Josh, thanks for letting us celebrate with you and your family!

Ready for the party!

I can't get enough of these cute legs!

It was also Aunt Lyndsay's birthday this week! We went over to Grandma Peggy's on Tuesday to celebrate with her and the family. She had to wear this silly tiara and earrings from Grandma Schmidt.. too funny!  We enjoyed having dinner (which was amazing - thanks Grandma Schmidt!), then celebrated with some yummy dessert!  We are so grateful to have such wonderful in-laws, and Lyndsay has been so amazing with the boys.  We have enjoyed having her around this summer, and will miss her when she starts school soon!  Happy Birthday again, Aunt Lyndsay - we love you!!

Grandma Schmidt made her wear those silly earrings... we promise!

Uncle Adam cut the cake for Lynds... it was delicious!

Playdate with Charlie

We had Charlie and Campell over for our first playdate at our house! We got off a little with the feeding schedules, so the boys only got to play for a couple minutes before the next feeding. Charlie and Landon were fine with the idea of some photos on the lovesac, but Jordan was hungry (and not happy that mommy woke him up!) 2 out of 3 isn't bad though. Charlie and Landon laid together for about 5 minutes, it was too cute! Thanks for coming over, we hope to have you again soon (and we'd love to add some more of the babies that we are waiting to be born!!)

3 cutie babies

I think they like the lovesac!

Now we can cuddle now that the crying is gone!

I think they are going to be buddies

Aspen and Campbell wanted in on the action!

Charlie is only 4 weeks.. doesn't he look comfy!

What a precious boy!

He knows how to chill

Daddy and Us

Daddy has been enjoying the boys more and more as they are interacting more. You can see how great of a daddy he is from the pictures below!! The boys light up when they seem him, and I love to watch them together! I'm so lucky to have these 3 guys in my life!

Waiting to eat

Jordan gets a kiss

Landon woke up early for a nap, and Daddy caught him on his way to the swing

I love these 2

My favorite boys

Daddy loves to kiss us (Landon is the silly monkey!)

Jordan is the stud muffin

Sweet Jordan

Eric was playing with Jordan the other night, and decided to take some pictures. Jordan was just chillin' and was pretty patient with daddy. We are still learning how to use our camera, but I think Eric did a pretty good job! We still need to do the same thing for Landon, and I will share those when we take them!

Cute Profile

Hey Daddy!

Sweet little piggies

Both boys hands are almost always in a fist

Weekend with the boys :)

We had a great weekend, just the boys and me.  Eric left Thursday morning and returns Sunday afternoon, and that left the boys and me some quality time together :)  They were both little angels and went down better for naps and even slept through almost all of them (this is something we've been working on!).  Because they were so good, I was able to accomplish some things around the house, which was so nice!

We have wanted to have a ceiling fan in our bedroom for a couple weeks now, and even had bought one at Costco, installed it, and found out that it didn't work :(  Well, we returned it and got another one at Lowes about a week ago, and it's just been sitting in the corner.  I got determined on Friday and decided I was going to install it myself!  After all the frustration with the other fan, I didn't have too much confidence.  I followed the instructions and googled lots about electrical wiring, and on my first try, it was working like a charm!  I think Eric will be so proud of me when he sees what I did!

I also took Jordan to his eye appointment on Friday.  The pediatrician referred us because I mentioned he hadn't been focusing as much as Landon.  Well, of course after I got the appointment, he started focusing more and interacting, but I kept the appointment anyway.  So, it was not a surprise to learn that Jordan is perfectly normal and there are no issues with his eyes :)  It was a fun adventure to just have Jordan (Grandma Peggy watched Landon for me).  It was the first time the boys were separate, and I think Jordan enjoyed the extra cuddle time in the waiting room (although I was reading Us Weekly for the first time in 3 months, so I was only giving him about 75% of my attention).  Landon did great with Grandma, as usual... I think I might have to retract his nickname fussypants if he keeps it up!

We also got to enjoy watching Uncle Adam play in his church softball league.  It was the championship game, and even though Hilltown lost, we were so proud of our Uncle and loved seeing him after the game! 

Uncle Adam and Jordan

Uncle Adam and Landon

He can do both.. no problem :)

(Thanks to the Dittberners for the super cute outfits!!)

Landon has been cooing lately, and it's my favorite thing he's done so far!  During his 'old' fussy times, he's replaced it now with smiling and cooing.  I didn't think I could love them more than I did a week ago, but seriously it just keeps getting better!  I'm so excited for Eric to come home and see his amazing boys!  Along with cleaning most of the house, I also gave the boys a bath tonight (not an easy task for 1 person.. but it's getting easier with each try :)  Here you can see, Landon was happy and cooing, and Jordan wasn't too excited after his bath :)

Sweet Boys.. nice and clean

Fussypants?  I don't think so!

Who's got the keys...

Eric has been excited for the boys to ride in the jeep. I have informed him that they will be VERY old before they are allowed to ride in such a dangerous vehicle. Well, this past week, he wanted to put them in there (in the garage) just to see if they liked it. I think Landon was a bigger fan than Jordan, but they both seemed pretty happy!

The boys are doing great lately.  We are still working on getting the schedule down, but they are both starting to have more play time and show signs of interaction!  They are sleeping pretty well at night, and I've only been up 1 time/night for the past week or so.  I'm hoping they start stretching it out a little more, but they are doing great for only 11 weeks old!

Eric just left for a weekend camping trip with the guys.  They are camping, hiking, fishing, swimming and who knows what else in upstate NY.  We have a fun weekend planned too, with lots of grandma/grandpa time, we'll probably have some friends over and who knows what else!  We were sad to see Daddy leave this morning, but glad he's getting in some time with the guys!

Babysitters

Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt have been such a blessing to us lately. They are ready willing and able to babysit at anytime for us, and they take great care of the boys! There are times when we are planning on just staying in for the night, but after the 3rd call with an offer to babysit, we force ourselves to run some errands or go to dinner :)

Grandma and Grandpa love to spoil the boys already even though I know they say you can't spoil an infant! Grandma loves singing to boys and playing with them which is probably why they don't really take naps when they go for a visit! This Friday, we dropped the boys off, and Grandma did the impossible, and got both boys smiling in a picture!

Thanks for taking care of us Grandma and Grandpa! (Jordan is in the blue and Landon is in the red)

Personalities

I have really enjoyed the past couple weeks really getting to know my boys.  It's amazing how much personality they have at such a young age.  As a first time mom, it's so interesting to me that I have no idea what next week will hold, but I'm so excited to see!  These boys have really captured our hearts.  Eric gets home around 8:00 AM each morning.  Depending on what time the boys get up and eat, sometimes they are back down for the early morning nap when he gets home.  You can see the disappointment on his face that he won't be able to play with them before he goes to bed.  He sometimes even goes in to just peek at them, and I'm so excited to watch his love continue to grow.  At 10 weeks old, we are starting to see some real personality, and I wanted to take a moment to share some of what we are learning about our little angels.

 

Landon has been a mover and shaker ever since he arrived on the scene.  From the first couple days in the hospital when he would 'dance' by moving his arms all around, to this past week when he really started to interact, I'm amazed at each step.  I can tell that he will have a strong personality as he's very clear with me when he is hungry or just wants some attention.  I can also see the love he has for his brother when I put him down for a nap first, and then cries until the moment I put Jordan down next to him, he looks over at him and gives me a huge smile.  Landon has also started to mimic faces we make at him.  He will smile when we smile and even stick his tounge out if we do it first.  He is developing quickly, and it's fun to see each milestone being accomplished. 

 

Jordan, on the other hand, really doesn't get shaken up too much.  He reminds me of his Daddy as he is very easy going and will pretty much go with the flow.  I'm pretty sure this little guy would be sleeping through the night if his brother didn't wake up so much!  He is also the one that I typically hand over to people when they come to visit because I know he will just look sweetly at them and probably not cry.  Jordan also loves to cuddle.  When you pick him up, he typically grabs onto any part of your shirt that he can and lays his head right on your shoulder.  Jordan also really loves his brother and regularly reaches out to him and often finds his hand to hold.  Who knew that such young babies could be so attached and even show affection? 

I love my precious little boys, and I'm sure God has BIG plans for each of them!

Busy Weekend...

We had a pretty busy weekend, mostly because of the work Eric did around the house, but in the middle of it all, we had our good friends, the Mangins, over for dinner Saturday night.  This was the first time we had all 6 over since the boys were born.  On the way in, Kira (the youngest lady) asked her mom "do I get to go inside this time?".  If you remember from an earlier post, she was outside, and we were showing her the boys through the window :)  Now that kids are allowed around the boys, we were able to have them inside!!

We had a great evening with good food and good company.  The boys were pretty good, but it did push me over the edge to get ANOTHER swing since the sharing of one swing just didn't cut it during dinner!  The boys dressed up in the outfits that the Mangins got them when we found out we were having boys.  I was so excited that they finally grew into the 0-3 month outfits (they were still a little big, but that just means they can wear them longer!)  Thanks for coming over guys!!

Eric can hold 2 now (and not so awkwardly as before!)

Typical photo shoot.. Landon crying

Kenzie did great with Landon

Look at that cute smile he has on!

Kira even took her turn holding Jordan... big girl!