In the blink of an eye

It's seems as though the boys are growing up in the blink of an eye.  Suddenly Reese is sitting up all by himself (he has been for about 2 weeks).  Aiden still wobbles a bit and Noah still falls back sometimes.  All in all we pretty much have 3 little boys who can sit up.  Reese is also doing a lot of scooting and rolling to get to toys and anywhere else he wants to go.  I have pictures and will post them as soon as I  can....maybe even tonight.  I have been trying to get a good picture of all 3, which is growing increasingly difficult.  It's hard to get them to hold still and smile nice all at the same time.  I know, it will just get worse.

Nate is still home with us.  It will be nice when he goes back to work.  However, we are really enjoying our time at home together with the boys.  We are finally taking them out with us when we have to go to a store and now that the weather has been amazing we are going for walks every day.  We are taking full advantage of the beautiful days.  We even broke out the stretch limo (triple stoller) for a walk yesterady.  This  morning while I cleaned Nate got the boys dressed and took them for a walk.  They LOVE the great outdoors!  We see this as a good thing.  We want them to love being outside.  It's so nice to just say forget the housework, let's go for a walk.  It's definitely one of the perks of being a stay-at-home mom.  I would rather go without all the wants and be able to do this than have stuff and miss out on these great days.  It has really made us reevaluate our needs vs. our wants. 

We're also trying to get them into a new nap schedule.  So far it's pretty rough going.  They are at the point where we want them to take 2 naps.  They used to take 1 long nap, but that hasn't been working.  Nights have been a little off too.  Reese has been up at about 4 the past couple of nights.  We figured out that it's probably because he didn't have his gas drops those days and was uncomfortable and gassy.  Aiden often wakes up screaming at about 6 because he needs to burp.  Really?  You ate at 8:30 before bed and at 6:00 am you have to burp?  Okay.  I guess that's what reflux does to him.  Reese thinks that naps are for other children, but not him.  He would prefer to never nap or only nap when being held.  The glow worm has become our best friend.  He lights up and plays music and they love to hold him.  It calms them down. 

Last but not least we have moved them into big boy car seats.  I was very sad to see the infant carries come out of the van.  They were just too heavy in them and Noah really didn't fit well into his.  So, we researched for 2 weeks on what would fit in our van.  After much measuring, figuring and discussion we picked new seats.  They fit into our van perfectly!!  The boys seem to love them and have much more room to move in them.  They look so old in them.  I took a picture of their last picture in their old seats and a picture of their first time in the new ones.  I'll put those up too. 

Well, duty calls...also known as an over-tired Aiden crying.