Here is what the boys of the Postma household have been up to lately -
Alex Jon -
*Alex is doing great sleeping in his big boy bed. He will occasionally climb out right after we put him in and open his door, but if he does this he will go right back down without a problem.
*The biggest growth in Alex the past month is his ability to play for longer periods of time by himself and he is doing a lot more imaginative play. He will often re-enact scenes from books or tv/movies or do things involving characters from these. The other day I heard him calling Woody from Toy Story on the phone, asking him to come over and play and then he went to the front door to let him come in and play :).
*Alex is still an outside boy and thanks to this mild winter we are able to spend hours outside each day. Lately he is into playing soccer and football. For football he puts on his bike helmet and we basically have to chase and tackle him. He loves to drive his monster truck on the ramps Eric uses to jack up the car and then also jumps and does tricks off the ramps.
This weekend Eric took him to the construction site to check things out - not sure this is legal :) -
*Alex is still a wonderful Big Brother. He loves to play with Brodie and still imitates what he sees me do with Brodie. I only wish he would imitate my gentleness as Brodie may get a broken arm when Alex does "So Big" with him ;).
*Alex is a sweet boy with a big dose of being a two year old thrown in ;). He is pretty easy going, but loves to test. The biggest area we have a problem with is Alex not listening right away and testing the limit. If I say "Alex use your golf club to hit the golf ball, not the bush" - he will most likely hit the bush one more time just to see what we will do. It is definitely a full time job staying consistent and following through with him.
*Alex cracks me up daily and my goal over the next couple of weeks is to write down some things he says so we don't forget.
*Here are some pictures of Alex playing with "snow". I used a recipe I found on-line - I pretty much thought it was glorified play dough - but Alex thought it was very fun.
Here is a flashback - a few pictures of Alex at 2 months -
Brodie Jon -
*Brodie is a sweet and happy baby with a feisty streak mixed in. He is very content most of the day and takes some nice long naps - although I really need to work on him sleeping in his crib or bassinet soon for naps. We are just outside and at playgrounds or on walks, etc. so much that he is sleeping in the carseat or bjorn a lot. Brodie gets very upset after his bath when I remove the towel to put on his onesie and will SCREAM until he is fully dressed. He also cries when hungry and when he gets tired he will fight it sometimes and need help settling. Thankfully at night he goes down really easy after eating.
*Brodie is pretty consistently sleeping 6-7 hours for the first stretch of the night, then another 4 after his middle of the night feeding. This is making for a much more rested momma! He takes his nightly bottle like a champ now.
*Brodie is smiling and talking a lot when he is awake. He loves the lights on his play mat. He loves to look at books and likes his toys that play music. And he loves Alex
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Overall we are adjusting well to our life as a family of four. It is definitely busy! The hardest part is that someone always needs us, so Eric and I have very little time for ourselves or each other. However I do need to mention that my wonderful husband coordinated with my friend's husband and the two of them sent us to the spa last weekend - and they watched the kids. We got hour long massages and pedicures and manicures. It was definitely relaxing and rejuvenating.
Thank you to my amazing husband!
And making heart cookies...
A little comparison....
A little duet - sorry for my tone deaf singing :)...
