Tidbits

Nothing big is going on so I thought I would just update on little tidbits.

Tristan is starting to laugh. James is really the only one to get a good laugh out of him. I've gotten one little "hee" out of Tristan and JR just gets the confused look from him. I'm noticing small differences between the way JR developed and the way Tristan is developing. When JR started laughing it was like a switch flipped. Just one day he started cracking up and we could get him to do it several times a day. With Tristan it is hit or miss, sometimes he will do it and sometimes he won't. It was the same way with smiles. JR just started smiling one day and with Tristan it has been slow. Tristan now smiles regularly, but it took a while with the smile only showing up occasionally.

I adjusted Tristans carseat straps up a notch. He is getting so long. At his two month checkup his length was ~90%. I didn't believe it but he's not yet 3 months old and he's at the top slot for his carseat straps. I guess he is long. He is going to be my tall, dark, handsome boy.

Last week it was cold and rainy. JR and I ventured out on Saturday anyway to go see the goats and sheep that the city is "housing" at one of the parks where there is an animal reserve. It wasn't very exciting, we saw the goats, took a picture, and left. Today it was almost 90 degrees and we are in shorts and tanktops. Next week it's supposed to rain again.

Tristan is a sympathy crier. Although I find it endearing to think that he has the capacity to be that sympathetic, it is not fun to have two crying kids. The other night, JR was tired and started crying and Tristan, who was happily nursing, just started wailing. When JR stopped, Tristan stopped. It happened the next day when we were at the park playing with friends and a little boy fell and bumped his head on the cement. Tristan was asleep in the sling but as soon as the boy started crying, so did Tristan. When the boy settled down Tristan just went back to sleep. Tristan also cries when he hears the harmonica. I think he thinks it sounds like someone crying, or JR's harmonica is just really really bad.

I found a matching pajama set that we got when I was pregnant with JR. It is a cute little frog PJ set for mommy and baby. I think the PJs are adorable on Tristan and decided to put mine on the other night. I also found a picture of me and JR in the PJs at the hospital when JR was born.

Do you think they look the same?

James and I are debating about this. Do you think Tristan and JR look alike? Here are pictures from ~3 months of both with big smiles. Comment and let us know what you think.

JR

Tristan

JR's first sleepover

JR had his first sleepover at a friends house on Friday night. His friend from across the street invited him over for a sleepover. It was the perfect first sleepover. If there were any issues, no problem just walk him across the street and he's home. But all went well. He ate dinner over there, and then brought a tent which they set up in Russell's room, then they got in thier PJ's and read some stories and got in the tent with their flashlights. Russell's mom said they stayed up past nine talking until JR finally told Russell to be quiet. Hee hee, that's my boy! They didn't wake up til after 7AM and then enjoyed a pancake breakfast. We picked JR up at 9:30. He had a blast. We'll have to try our house next time. Later that morning we went to watch the Picnic Day parade in the rain. Not as fun as the sleep over, but quite adventurous.

Happy Easter

Easter is JR's favorite holiday. He says he likes the hunting and candy best. We did our hunt at home and then went to my sister Cassie's house for lunch. We had a wonderful time there. Cassie got JR an Easter bag there and JR's cousins hid eggs for him to find. My mom and my other sister, Sonia, and her kids came over so JR got to play with all of his cousins. We had a family baseball game and JR did so well at batting, hitting the ball within 3-4 pitches, and his cousins helped direct him to the bases. The family was so great with JR. Everyone played with him - cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandma. Tristan got to meet his auntie Sonia and cousins and Nanny for the first time. He got passed around several time and slept and spit up on many shoulders. He seemed to enjoy himself and flashed a couple smiles at the relatives.

JR is so organized, he had to line up all his eggs and count them. There were 18.

Tristan meets auntie Sonia for the first time.

Tristan and his cousins Amanda, Alicia, and Hannah.

Tristan meets Nanny.

JR was so good at hitting in the baseball game. And his cousins were so good at helping him too. It was a fun game.