Wordy

I need to catch up on blogging but I went to upload pictures and realize that there has been a very serious lack of picture taking the past couple of weeks.

So, here is what has been going on lately - in more words than pictures.

BRODIE JON -
Brodie is 3 months old. He is the sweetest little guy. He just talks and laughs and smiles when he is awake. He is so content and easy going.

(This is Brodie - wearing Alex's old bib)


His sleeping habits are inconsistent. We went through weeks of great nights - 7-9 hour stretches between feedings. Then we had a couple of bad nights of waking 2x/night to eat and now we are somewhere in the middle. He is back to doing 7-8 hour stretches, but he is a very restless sleeper and napper and is waking up quite a bit and needing pats to go back to sleep. It appears to be mostly discomfort due to gas, he is seriously the gassiest baby I have ever seen and it does cause him some distress at night. We are trying some different things and hopefully he outgrows this soon.

Brodie has finally stopped screaming during Tummy Time, but still does not really like it and has had enough after about 5 minutes.

Here is the whole family working on Tummy Time..


I put Brodie on his stomach for naps this weekend and he is napping somewhat better now.

Brodie loves to put his fingers/fists and toys in his mouth and is a drooling mess lately. It has become time for bibs.

Brodie loves to be outside - facing out and just watching everything.

Brodie loves to be sung too and Eensy Weensy Spider is his current favorite.



His favorite toy is a VTech book that we got as a gift.

He no longer just naps in his car seat when we are out and about - he is too aware of what is going on and likes to look all around.

Brodie loves his soft fleecy blanket - if we put it by his face he just snuggles right into it and closes his eyes and goes to sleep. I am ready for when he can keep it in his bed to snuggle with - it definitely helps him self soothe back to sleep.

The boy is definitely not starving - love his chunky thighs (Alex is not sleeping - but Time Changes definitely mess with him) -

ALEX JON -
Is totally and completely obsessed with golf right now. He plays it for hours a day. We have started walking to our neighborhood playground to play golf. Alex brings a club and "hard" golf balls, which he thinks is so cool. And he will hit golf balls all around the soccer field and play ground. At home he plays with wiffle balls in the yard. It is all he talks about and all he wants to do. He woke up from his nap the other day mumbling about putters and drivers. He will watch golf with Eric and talk about what clubs they are using and about hitting it on the green.

"Tell me that story" - is the most common phrase lately. Alex loves to have us tell him stories. I often tell him stories while I nurse Brodie. I have blogged before about the "Bob stories" that Eric tells him. Now, Alex tells us what stories to tell him - he will say - "Momma Bob goes to the golf course, yeah tell me that story". The most popular stories lately are Bob going to Dicks (Sporting Goods - Alex's favorite store), Bob goes to a big golf course, and stories involving Zurg.

That leads me to Zurg. He is the bad guy in Toy Story. Alex is very into pretend play with Zurg lately. We have to look all over for Zurg and then Alex zaps him with his laser.

Alex cracks us up with how he puts things together and rationalizes things. He has a lot of hand me downs from his cousin- Kasjen. So, we will call some of his things - Kasjen's coat or Kasjen's shoes when he wears them. The other morning Alex was asking to go outside and play golf at 7am and I said it was too cold and windy outside. He said "Kasjen can't play outside today either", when I asked him why not he said, "It is windy outside and I have Kasjen's coat" :).

Grandma (Julie's mom) came for a visit. As always she slaved away and was a huge help. This visit she Old Englished the kitchen cupboards and they look amazing! She spent hours outside and at the playground with Alex and he loved every minute of it. Brodie got lots of cuddle and play time with Grandma too. And Eric and I even got a date night out. Thanks Mom - you are welcome back ANYTIME ;).

We had Dairy Queen when Grandma was here - Alex got to pick whatever he wanted and picked a big ice cream cookie/sandwich and he ate every last bite...

Big Boys

Brodie had his 2 month check up last week. Really he was 2 months and 3 weeks old. Here are his stats as of February 22, 2012.

Weight - 14 lbs 13 oz - 90-95th percentile
Height - 25 1/2 inches - off the charts
Head - 41 1/2 - 75th percentile

For comparison - here is Alex at the same exact age -

Weight - 14 lbs - 75th percentile
Height - 26 inches - off the chart - above 97th percentile!
Head - 43 cm - 95th percentile

Again we were blessed with a great report and very healthy big boy!

Here are our sweet boys in some brotherly love moments... I love Brodie's "very unimpressed with the situation" look -

The Boys

A little Valentines Day fun...

Painting with balloons to make Daddy's Valentine...


And making heart cookies...


A $2.00 fish net and a sink full of balls = hours of fun....

A little comparison....
Brodie at 2 months....

Alex at 4 months...A little duet - sorry for my tone deaf singing :)...

mmmmm.....fists

Brodie has discovered his fists and thinks they are very delicious...


Sweet boy...

My Work Out Buddy

I started working out to the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred video this week and Alex worked out with me. Of course he needed his own weights, so I found some kid weights on Amazon for him. Now he asks several times a day to "watch the girls" on TV so he can workout with his weights. It is just priceless to watch him imitate what they are doing - love it!.

A few snapshots before the video..

X Games

Alex in action -

Our Boys

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!


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!