My little man...

Micah is still changing every day. He is taking it all in. I don't think he misses anything. He repeats almost anything and everything we say, whether we are talking to him or not. He just repeats what he hears. He has a great vocabulary, especially since we are used to hearing what he is saying. I love it when  Matt and I are in a conversation and all of a sudden we realize Micah is playing in his own little world but repeating a word every few words as we talk. Smart kid. Scary to think about this.
He is finding his personality and trying to make it known. He is initially shy, but once he gets a little comfortable he acts like he owns the world. He is serious and timid. He is quite precious and quite cute!

He likes clothes and shoes. He loves to "help" with Judah. He still think Judah is a dog, or "dory," but he has learned to personalize this dog now as he calls him "Judory." So sweet that he has named his dog.Sometimes the help is not well-intentioned, as noted by the biting of the bottom lip, but we are learning brotherly love.

He has a special blanket now, his monkey blanket. HAS to have it in bed to go to sleep, and like to bring it out of his room every time he comes out from sleeping. He sleeps with a green pacifier. He has definitely gotten attached to it, but is very good about leaving it on his bed when he wakes.
Micah loves milk, bananas with peanut butter ("nanna butter"), fruit snacks (oh, how he loves his fruit snacks, which have to be saved for special or sometimes desperate moments), sweets (especially ice cream), special drinks (smoothies made with fruit and spinach), feeding himself.

Micah LOVES playing with trains and trucks, and he loves his new chair that we were recently and graciously given.

I really love that kid!

Judah News

Judah is growing and changing and bringing so much joy to our lives!
Judah loves putting things in his mouth. We may have to watch out for him more than we ever did Micah...sometimes it's not so bad, but I'm sure it will get worse...

He has not quite mastered sitting, but we are working on it.

He loves eating! He has really started to get the hang of eating food from a spoon. Bananas are his favorite. He is gaining weight quite well, and he has the thighs to prove it.

He has been rocking up on his knees for a while, but this week started to figure out how to put it all together and create some forward movement.

I think his bottom teeth are real close to popping through.

Even still, he is quite the happy baby! What a joy and a blessing to be this kid's mom and watch daily as he learns how to explore his world.

More Personality Differences

I don't want to "define" my children, and I don't want to make them into things they are not.
But here is what I see so far...
Micah is definitely going to be the more "serious" one. He has a great laugh...it's just very hard to get him to laugh/smile.

Not a bad quality to have, just shows what his personality is like.
And then there is Judah. He is so ticklish, he smiles a ton, and it is much easier to get him to laugh.

I am hoping that since they seem to be quite different, they will get along MUCH better!

A little congested

Both boys have been a little congested lately. Not sure if it is in the air, or if they have a little bit of a sickness. The cutest part about it? If there can be a cute part about being congested...

Nose strips.
We tried the adult version first. Micah wore it for a few minutes, but then wanted it off.
So I found a version that would fit a little better.

If we call this one a nose bandaid he will leave it on all night, helping him to breathe better and stay asleep. And he gets pretty excited that he has stars on his nose.
The hard part? Getting it off in the morning.
So darn cute!

Growing and Changing

Judah changes daily. I know Micah did too, but I don't want to pass over these same excitements with Judah just because he is the "second child."
Judah weighs almost 16 pounds now! It's great because most of it is in his thighs and they are so perfect for squeezing!
Judah is rocking on his knees a lot. I think he is going to officially start crawling soon. Micah never rocked, he just went right into the army crawl...they are so different!
Judah has become a pro at holding is own bottle. We bond in other ways, but I like the freedom this creates for him and for us during these times.
He is getting better at eating "real" food.
He rolls. He smiles with his mouth and his eyes. He laughs the best little belly laugh there is. He is so ticklish.
He loves Micah and Micah loves him (maybe because Micah thinks Judah is a "doggie").
They are both growing up so much and it is so fun to experience the stages with them. I'm excited for the to start "playing" more together. More than Micah "playing" with Judah and Judah dealing with Micah. Oh the joy!

Workout

Sitting on the "exercise ball" and working on his stabilizing muscles...while playing the air drums with a fork and a spoon...

Refreshing...

My hubs and I recently had the opportunity to get away. Just the two of us. For the first time since Judah was born. Just the two of us. Leaving both boys home.
Our first time leaving both boys overnight and our first time leaving the boys overnight with someone other than my mom. Nervous? Anxious? Worried? No, not really. Sad? Of course. Disappointed that we got away? Absolutely not!
It was such a great refresher for us. Did we talk about our kids while we were gone? Of course! They are a good chunk of our life right now. But we also talked about each other and life and the future and lots of other boring adult topics. And we took out tiiiiiiimmmmmeeeee eating a meal. And we had an adventure together by sleeping in our van. And we went to a baseball game. And sat. And watched the game (even though the Phillies pretty much played horrible that game) without chasing around Micah and entertaining Judah...
It was good for us. And good for the boys, I have no doubt. Good for them to be around other people. To be comfortable with us not always being the ones who put them to bed or get them out of bed. Good for them because we were so much more excited to see them and love on them when we got back because we missed them SO much!! So thankful!