Thursday: Hope for the future

Today I got Joshua dressed.  A bit later I got dressed.  Then Ben came out and said, "did you match on purpose?"  I stared at him blankly for a second before I realized - we were both wearing Hope shirts.  So I got Isaac dressed in his Hope shirt too.

Joshua had a doctor's appointment today as I had some questions.  The doctor said that he's doing great...he weighs 8 lb 9 oz, up a pound from when we left the hospital, which was amazing for two weeks.  He has a little bit of acid reflux, so we'll try to prop him up a bit at night, but otherwise there are no issues.  Isaac was rather cute and kept checking to make sure "Baby not hurt."

(As a side note, since we're talking about growth, I think Isaac has thinned out a bit.  Shorts that were fine at the beginning of the summer are now falling down when he runs.  I've been thinking about getting the 18 month shorts out, but will probably just put it off.  It's a cold summer and he still has several pairs that fit fine.)

Isaac also got a gift in the mail and was super excited about it.  It included a note, and he can recognize his name.  And it had a smiley face at the end which thrilled him.  So he ran around the table with them several times.  (I'm rather happy with this picture since Isaac is clear and everything else is blurry.)

Wednesday

Today went much better than yesterday; there were other people around and we went outside for a bit.

Dad watched Joshua while Isaac and I went grocery shopping.  I haven't figured out how to take both boys and get a week's worth of groceries yet.  Isaac enjoyed zooming up and down the aisles.  As long as it isn't too busy, I'm happy to let him do that.  We're working on stopping at the end of the aisles though.

Joshua had a small bout of big cries this afternoon.  His cry sounds slightly different from Isaac's.

Break time.  Dad played with Isaac for a few hours while I rested.  Last night wasn't a great night and I had a really hard time waking up.  Before this I may have not really wanted to wake up, but last night it felt like I was always in a deep sleep when Joshua needed me.

Tuesday: today

Joshua took several naps.

We were going to go to the church for playgroup, but we got there too late and it had been canceled due to only one family showing up.  We played on the playground for about 10 minutes, but it was rather cold (63 deg F) and drizzly, so we went home.  We broke out the baby marbles today.  I'm not sure if they're called baby marbles because they're in Joshua's room (probably) or because they're smaller.

Since it was cool and rainy we stayed inside all day.  It was kind of annoying.  But everyone had slept in and I did get a bit of a nap, so we all survived.

Monday: 2 weeks

Joshua is now 2 weeks old!  How time flies. :)

He slept a lot better last night. :)  He still wakes up to eat rather often, but it wasn't too bad.  And he went to sleep well.

I finally got him to somewhat enjoy a pacifier today.  He also isn't a huge fan of the swing unless he's already sleeping rather well.

Isaac was enjoying the fact that they both had camels from Cheryl.  Getting a good picture of that on the other hand was rather hard.

So that Isaac's quilt wouldn't feel left out, we got one of Isaac on his quilt too.

And then with both boys

Yesterday and this morning the fun activity was to play marbles...but using duplos instead of marbles.  I'm going to admit, it works a lot better than it sounds like it should.  There are a lot of "traffic jams", but the pieces slide rather well.

Joshua enjoyed duplo marbles too.  He was a bit more grumpy today, although looking back Isaac had the same thing around this time.  So it could be an age thing.

I was trying to trap Isaac as he ran back and forth today.  So he made me a trap.  But he was nice enough to give me nummies while I was trapped.

Sunday: sleep??

Friday night Joshua slept wonderfully...at least for him.  I got several 2+ hour stretches and after eating he went right back to sleep so easily.

Then there was last night...I think I got a 1 hour stretch once.  Joshua wanted to eat much more often and was fussier.  Often it felt like I'd put him down and he'd be quiet for just long enough for me to get in bed and think he's asleep and then he'd fuss again.  Usually he'd quiet down promptly...I think I only picked him up once.  But then we'd repeat the cycle.

Ben nicely brought both boys to church for me so that I could take a good nap though.

Saturday: first tears

I've been looking through the blog posts from Isaac's first days and it's interesting to see what struck my fancy. One day was Isaac's first tears...so I thought today I'd note Joshua's first tears. I think he was crying because he got some spit up up his nose...so I can't blame him for crying at all!

I also seem to be posting more pictures this time around, which surprises me a bit. It's just that I find pictures of Isaac and Joshua together so cute! I'm not sure that I'm taking more, but our routine is different with this child.

Cutting...with his "cutting board".  This area was clean before Joshua was born...

Joshua's favorite spot.

Learning how to do the wheelbarrow.

Isaac showing Joshua how to lift his head.

In other news, Joshua lost his umbilical cord tonight.  I'm wondering if it caused a bit of grumpiness, or if the grumpiness is just from getting older.

Friday: bossy

Isaac was rather bossy today. Sometimes it was funny, like when we were counting and he didn't want me to include six. Sometimes it was rather annoying, like when I couldn't build small sand castles.

We still don't have a great routine for when I'm feeding Joshua. Sometimes Isaac is fine, and sometimes a bit off the wall. He also seems to be asking to play with Ben and me more than pre-Joshua and it feel like I'm saying no to him a lot...but I still feel as though I'm spending a lot of time with him.

In other news, they wore matching socks today. Isaac is in charge of picking out the socks. (He's also in charge of turning on the birds for the swing...it's the only button he can reach or I expect there'd be music all the time too.)