Month: April 2012

The boys and I have been having so much fun working in the garden…they love helping me plant, water, and check on the seeds and plants to see how they’re growing.

We picked up a book at a yard sale down the street for Jonas called “Zinnia’s Garden” by Monica Wellington. Jonas really enjoys reading it, and I thought it would be fun to try to plant some of the same flowers in our garden (zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, asters, and sweet peas).

We also planted some bulbs (daffodils and anemones) that have already bloomed, some herbs (rosemary, lavender, oregano, and chamomile), some vegetables (spinach and cherry tomatoes), and some fruits (strawberries, watermelons, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries). Yay for gardening experiments!!!

In his eighth week, Roman is: suddenly realizing mommy is there and wanting to socialize at 4 and 5 o’clock in the morning; increasing his awake, alert, and socializing time; giving us a glorious 5 and 1/2 hour stretch of night time sleep (it looks like it was just a one time thing, but here’s hoping there’s more where that came from…).

At seven weeks, Roman is: continuing to stretch out his daytime and nighttime feedings on his own; falling into a fairly consistent routine of sleeping and eating; smiling, cooing, and laughing; and developing a thing for sucking on the knuckle of his forefinger (it’s really just so adorable…when it falls out of his mouth, he lets out a little squeal…or a big cry…and goes right back to being perfectly content when he finds it again).

My dear friend, Lizza, invited the boys and I out to visit a baby goat farm with her and her two precious little ones, Bennett and Isabelle Leigh (named after me…hehe!!!). It was so precious watching the boys…here’s a picture of Bennett helping feed and of Jonas and Xander holding a baby goat.

At six weeks, Roman is: seeming to feel a little bit better in the tummy (now that Mommy has cut out the dairy from her diet and that he’s taking probiotics twice a day) and passing out the sweetest middle of the night smiles (when Mommy needs them most).

Jonas has been really excited about the appearance of the bulbs that we planted in the fall…so much so that he stripped them all of their flowers in the few short days of early spring (oh well, they were beautiful while they lasted, and it was worth the wasted wait to see the excitement on his face when they finally bloomed).

He transitioned quickly and well to sleeping in his big boy bed without the safety rail and loves using big boy toothpaste now to brush his teeth.

He’s starting to get crafty…like when you leave the room and Xander starts crying and you ask him what happened and he says, “I don’t know” with a smile (we’re currently in talks about “telling the truth”) and when he deliberately does things he knows he’s not supposed to do while all the while making eye contact with you (we’ve been discussing the difference between doing things “on purpose” and “on accident”).

He LOVES his new baby brother, Roman. He likes to hold and hug him, read to him, help give him a bath, and share his favorite things (like his Thomas jammies and his Pooh bear) with him…so sweet to watch.

In his fifth week, Roman is: packing on the weight; amazing us with how many facial expressions he goes through in one minute; winning the loudest, most spirited eater award; getting really good at lifting his head (he loves to look at the beautiful pictures of Jonas and Xander that my dear friend, Marcie, took that hang above our living room couch); adding a heartbreaking, turned-down, bottom lip sometimes when he puckers up and cries (bless him); and giving us a four hour stretch of sleep two nights in a row.