A Tanner Update

Tanner is almost 3 months old. He's wearing size 9-12 month clothing. He's starting to sleep more at night sometimes a 5 hour stretch. He's a great napper which really helps our days go smoother. He'll nap for 2-3 hours a few times a day. He's super smiley and so sweet. He's a very happy baby and we love him so much. He's starting to hold his head up better and should be ready for his bumbo seat and exersaucer within a month. He loves to talk and has a cute little laugh. He really is the best baby ever!

A Coby Update

Coby is 2 years 4 months old. He's over 38 inches tall and weighs close to 40lbs. He wears a size 4T. He's a big boy. He has just realized how big he is and has started to pick on his sisters. He and Taylor have been fighting for position of top dog around here. It's going to be a long battle because both of them are very strong willed.

Coby knows all of his alphabet letters and has just recently mastered the sound each letter makes. He can almost count to 20 and backwards from 5. He's really started to talk and repeat things. He's made a ton of progress in the last month and has too many words to count.

Coby still sleeps in a crib but has started to climb out of it. He has a big boy bed in his room and sleeps in it occasionally. He takes a nap each day for around 2-3 hours and sleeps around 11-12 hours at night.

Tantrums, tantrums, tantrums. Coby knows how to throw an tantrum. These just started a few weeks after Tanner was born. He's having a really hard time adjusting to his new role as big brother. It's been really hard the past month or so but I think it's starting to get better. We're trying to develop new routines with him, like doing fun activities when mommy has to feed the baby. Tanner is also getting easier during the day and this gives me more time with Coby.

Coby is such a joy. He's the sweetest little boy and when he's happy he's really happy. He loves to cuddle and if you sit next to him on the couch he'll wrap your arms around him. He just loves to be held. Even though he fights with his sisters now he really loves them. They have so much fun together and love to have dance parties. I can't wait to see the relationship between Coby and Tanner develop. I hope they will be the best of friends. Here's a little video of the two of them together.

Tanner at 2 months

Tanner had his 2 month appointment last week. He's about 25 inches long and a little over 13lbs. Even though he weighs alot the dr. said he could stand to gain a few pounds because he's so long. He suggested we start supplement with bottles and rice cereal. We've been giving him 1 small bottle at night right after he nurses and it's really helped him sleep. He's starting to sleep 5-6 hours at a stretch which is awesome. It feels so good to get more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. We've also started to teach him to fall asleep on his own and that's helped make our days easier. No more rocking him for an hour to get him to sleep for a 1/2 hour. He's starting to fall into a predictable schedule. I think the worst is over, at least I hope so. :)

I still have Christmas photos and more to post. We've been having a rough 2 weeks but as things settle down I'll catch up. Coby has just realized that he has a baby brother and that the baby is not going away. He's been a real stinker lately not leaving me much free time for anything except sleeping and the occasional shower.

Here's Tanner at 2 months......

Jakes family comes to town

The girls

The boys

Tanner and the girls

Moody

Merry Christmas!

Tea Party

Right after I had Tanner, my mom was watching the girls. Here they are at a tea party that great-grandma set up. How cute is this?

They are beyond naughty

We're in for a tough year. Coby is now in the middle of everything his sisters get into. The three of them can do so much damage to the house in such a short period of time. They have also learned that when I'm feeding the baby or trying to get him to sleep in his room they can pretty much get away with anything. That combined with 2 weeks off school for Taylor and Chloe equals total disaster! We are having Christmas Eve at our house so I've been trying to get the house clean. I have about 45 minutes every 3 hours that I don't have to be either holding or feeding or rocking Tanner to sleep. So I'd work really hard getting things clean and then the kids worked really hard messing things up. Here's an example of one of the many many naughty things they did today. I had spent about 45 minutes organizing and cleaning Coby's room today. Putting all the toys in the right bins, etc. And while I was downstairs feeding Tanner and Jake was cooking dinner they decided to go on a boat ride. Coby's crib was the boat and of course they couldn't leave home without their stuff!