Moments Between Brothers

In my day to day life, I see the clutter- paper, toys, half eaten tomatoes and avacadoes on the counter, but when I slow down to see how our family has transformed that all fades to the background of what is truly important. There really is nothing sweeter than the moments shared between these brothers. 

The Longest Halloween Post Ever In November...

 Due to the overload of photos, I'll keep it short on words! Halloween is a favorite around here and it didn't disappoint this year. Fun was had carving pumpkins, at school parties and parades, and trick-or-treating with our neighbor friends. Even the littlest brother had a fun night. (If you call being carried around the neighborhood by mom to stay asleep while your big brothers trick or treat for 2 hours!)

October Days

 October brought some fun days at school: For Big Brother they had a special day for parents to come and visit during centers. He happened to be the "Calendar Helper" for the day, so I got to see him in action. School is the highlight of his day- a far cry from the tears of last year having to say good-bye each day. I love that he loves school!

Biggest Brother had a field trip to a nearby farm. He came home with this ginormus carrot- we cooked it up in some stir fry. Yum!

And, Baby Brother is finding his thumb like crazy!!! He hasn't quite learned what to do with the other fingers, so we have to keep those nails pretty short!

Fall has been beautiful here- beautiful colors, beautiful temperatures and lots of fun outdoors...

3 Months Old

He's 3 months old!

He loves his thumb.

He started sleeping through the night. (About 10pm-7am, then a snack and another nap until 10am!)

He started sleeping through the night at 11 weeks old and hasn't missed a night since. I think it's because he loves his thumb!

He rolled over on his 3 month birthday (back to tummy).

He started laughing and smiles at us all the time.

He's an amazing little baby. I can't get enough of him!

Color Me Rad

Back in September, Biggest Brother and Kevin ran in the Color Me Rad 5K. We had great intentions of helping him train to run his very first 5K, but they fell a bit flat. I think we got him out 2 or 3 times for a jog. That's the great thing about being a kid, though- you don't really have to train- you just go for it! I didn't run. Instead, I stayed with the younger two and watched for them near the finish line. Kevin said they ran most of the way with only a  couple walking breaks. They completed the race in around 40 minutes or so. Not bad for an 8 year old's first 5K run!

Once we spotted them, I grabbed a couple of photos and sent Big Brother on his way to join them for the last section of the course. He is in the LOVE shirt in the photo below next to Kevin.

In this race, you get color bombed about 4 times throughout the course. They throw colored cornstarch and sprayed them down with insect sprayers with some color concoction. The result is a pretty fun time and pretty messy car ride home!

2 Months

 He turned 2 months 3 weeks ago, but here they are!

The biggest change from 1 to 2 months was that our Little Man started smiling! So sweet! So hard to capture on camera too!

 He's a great-natured little guy still that loves to eat and sleep! That was proven at his checkup: 24 3/4 inches (97th percentile!) and 12lb 3 oz (60th percentile). For those of you who know our 2nd born son- he's off the charts tall. Little Man is consistantly measuring taller at each age than he did. Watch out NBA we have some competition growing here!

Our night sleep got a bit erratic for a while. Some nights he would sleep 10-6 and only get up 1 or 2 times. Then, we'd have a few nights getting up every 2 hours or so! (Thankfully that has changed now that we're closer to 3 months!)

He is interacting more with the boys. He gets a lot more time with Big Brother, since Biggest Brother is at school for long days. Big Brother is good with him, but rough and in his face at times. It doesn't seem to bother Little Man too much, but we're working on it! Just as he can be rough and tough, he can switch and be just as loving and sweet.

He's also starting to love his crib mobile and play things. He watches them and smiles. The big boys call his toys "his friends". He watches "his friends" while I am busy with life with the big boys and it buys us about 10 minutes or so without interruption. He loves his bath, taking walks in the stroller and is a perfect fit into our crazy little life!