We've been MIA

Time has completely gotten away from us! So much has happen, so time for an update!

This month the boys got to hang out with their Grandpa Bill for a few days when he made his way to this coast. Then a few days later they made a road trip to Blacksburg via southwest VA area. We stopped in to introduce the boys to their great grandma, Marcus' Grandma. While there we got to catch up with numerous family members. The boys loved being held. After a few hours we continue on to Blacksburg. They did great in the car. Over that weekend we saw a good portion of our friends. The boys got to spend lots of time with Aunt Kacey and Uncle Kevin. And they got to meet Aunt Charlotte too. After a weekend of visits, on Tuesday July 16th they went and passed their car seat test. It entailed us sitting in a very small room in the dark for two hours. Overall they did well, there was a few times they just cried and cried for a while, but then got over it. So we are all done with the car beds now!!! Yipee

At the end of that week, we had some friends from marcus' work over to hangout to help celebrate our brithdays. So once again, the kids got lots of love and attention! Then that weekend, Kim and the boys took a solo trip to asheville to hang out with friends. Marcus got his first free weekend! Lucky him, he got a full night of sleep. The boys did a great job for me on the 4 hour drive. Once there they did such a fabulous job that I decided that I would stay the night and tackle taking care of them on my own. They must have known to be good cause they sleep soundly between feeds, one of the easiest nights ever. We then went home late Sunday night.

On Tuesday, June 23, G had his ultrasound for his hip. He did a great job with it, pretty much sleep through it. We have not heard back about this yet and hope to this week at their doctor's appointment.

Then this past weekend and week we went to the outer banks. Below are some pretty silly pictures of their adventures there.  The kids got so much attention, I might be in big trouble this coming week by myself! They are going to think they need to be held all the time.

C on the left, G on the right

 

C getting ready for the beach!

We didn't see the beach, because we slept the WHOLE time

G snoozing on the beach

C snoozing on the beach

G

ROTATE! G on the left, C on the right

G on the top, C on the bottom

G

 Major things that they have accomplish this month-

- We are picking up our heads and turning to look side to side. We are getting stronger at this everyday.
-We are up to 100mL of milk. Mom can't keep up, so we are getting about 1/3 formula
- We have been battling some gas issues and trying to find formula that we can use and keep our bellies happy.
- In the last few days we have started to change our tones in our cries. We have a playing cry now.
- We are really staying awake for longer periods. And often times we go at least one whole feed time without a nap. So they will stay awake for 3 hours straight.
- We haven't really noticed each other yet. Our cries don't wake each other either.
-There has been no personality development that mom and dad can see consistently. Though we have gotten glimpses of G being a Mommy's boy.
- We let anyone hold us and give us attention
-We are sleeping 2-3 hour stretches at night. And a few times we even done 4 hours! Often times they do a 4 hour stretch, then 3 hour, then 2 hours, then another 2 hour before they are up to play for a while.
-G has a freckle on his knee and that's the only difference we can find so far.
- We love to grab now, especially dad's chest hairs. He doesn't like it much. :)