February

So far February has been the easiest month so far since Nate was born. We have made some good progress with Simon's sleep (bedtime earlier, waking up a little later), Nate is sleeping well and his reflux is well under control right now. Even his potassium has been good the last couple of draws, we are hopeful this is going to just go away.

We even have evenings back, with both kids going to sleep around 7:30-8! Nate sleeps for about 6 or so hours, wakes up for a feeding and goes back down for the rest of the night, which is pretty good for 3 1/2 months.

Otherwise, we've been having fun and we had Grandma come in for a visit. We had a great time, Simon was very excited to have her here and liked to visit her downstairs, even if she was in the bathroom (sorry Grandma!). We all went to a really fun indoor bouncy castle place and Simon went nuts for an hour. And Mom made us some delicious dinners and watched the baby while I got out a bit...thank you!

Simon is a little bit over the novelty of his brother, but is still very loving towards him and gives him a kiss goodbye many mornings.

I'm looking forward to when Nate can interact a little bit more, I think Simon will love that. We have been doing a lot of playdates so Simon gets some one on one time with his friends. We had a fun night at the Mancino's house on Oscar night...Simon and Max spent a few hours running around like madmen, stopping briefly for snacks and then pizza.

We are seeing a lot of interaction from Nate these days, he loves to smile and coo and as my last post showed, has started to giggle. We have started putting him in his bumbo once in a while and he really seems to like sitting up. He is also reaching out and grabbing his toys, he got both hands on rings today on his playmat!

And Simon, after a long and persistent campaign, won us over and we got him his first "big guitar". It's a 1/2 size classical guitar and he is very cute with it. He takes it very seriously and is a bit shy about performing with it. I'm still trying to get a decent video, but here he is with his new guitar.

Just a last few pictures from our February. Wish us luck this month as I go back to work on the 12th and Nate starts daycare :(