Spoons, Smiles, Sitting, Silly, and Siblings

Nathan

We are still working on cereal with Nathan, but for fun this week we put a spoon in his hand to see what he would do. He actually got it to his mouth once, but of course we didn't have the camera ready.



Nathan smiles when he wants to. Isn't he cute :)


Someone suggested on our last blog post to give him pieces of magazine to hold in his hand, so I used a piece of a flyer since we don't buy magazines. I think he thought it was interesting because he didn't put it down as quickly as the toys.

Jacen

Jacen helped Mommy with the laundry or maybe he just sat in the laundry basket while looking at Mommy funny.


He is getting better at sitting up everyday.


Daddy and Jacen were enjoying making silly faces at each other and at Mommy. Jacen loves to stick out his tongue.


We caught Jacen untying his bumper pad instead of sleeping. Silly boy.

Siblings

Aren't they cute :)


Jacen is very interested in Nathan.


Let's look at each other!

Cereal, Peaches, and Play

Cereal

Nathan ate cereal again after taking a break for a week from it. He was really congested, so we didn't want to chance it. He tolerated it again but wasn't enthusiastic about it. We will see how it goes this week. Jacen was awake this time when we fed Nathan. He seemed very concerned that brother was in his chair eating out of his bowl. We may need to buy another high chair soon!

Peaches

Jacen has figured out that when we put him in the high chair and someone has a camera something new is coming. He seems to like the peaches much better than the apple sauce.

Playing

Jacen enjoys the new foot rattles, and he wanted to order burgers with Mommy and Daddy! He has started rolling over again, but you will notice in the pictures that he does this with his arm under him. It is funny watching him get it out. He has learned how to flip the flip book on the Exersaucer. We are still practicing sitting up. He has moments where we think he is going to get it really soon, and there are other moments where he is still content to just lay around. He is such a happy baby!!!!!



Nathan was very interested in Patches sitting in the recliner. He didn't care what story Mommy was reading. Nathan was listening and watching a new toy in the next picture. It plays music and projects on image on the ceiling (but I turned it sideways so he could see it closer). In the last 3 pictures, Nathan is enjoying playing with the new toys from Christmas. I have even tried practicing sitting up with him!

Two Firsts in One Day

Nathan

Last night we sat Nathan in the high chair for the first time to try cereal. He wasn't too sure at first, but by the end he seemed content to have a spoon and cereal in his mouth. We will see what happens this week with more cereal attempts.

Jacen

This week is Jacen's first week for fruit, so we decided to start with apple sauce last night. From what everyone had been telling us about babies loving fruits, I expected him to get really excited about it. Instead he simply reacted the same way he always does with new foods which is a confused/unsure expression on his face. He still was willing to eat his squash today, so that is a good thing. We were also warned that after starting fruits, he wouldn't eat veggies anymore. I guess I need to remind myself that this is my content child and he always goes with the flow. He definitely didn't get that from me!

Happy New Year

I hope that everyone has had a fabulous start to the new year. We have accomplished many things during Kyle's week off, but of course the list is never ending. We were able to get a somewhat better family shot and spend time playing with the boys.

Nathan

Nathan has been very busy this week. He has been slowly starting to bottle again, but the two weeks around Christmas he was just very aggressive and seemed very very hungry. So this past Wednesday after throwing up his feeding tube twice, I looked at Kyle and said since he has been bottling somewhat consistently over the past 24 hours what about just leaving it out. We decided that since the tube causes irritation and he was very aggressively wanting to suck on anything lets give it a try. So far so good. He has bottled and taken his meds orally since Wednesday. He fell asleep with the bottle in his mouth Wednesday night.



He still sleeps very welly anywhere during the day. Now that we have bottling taken care of hopefully we can work on sleeping during the night. He prefers that I hold him instead of him laying on me now. Hopefully that is a step forward in sleeping on his own.



We decided this week to try Nathan in the Exersaucer because in the Bumbo he just lets his head fall back. He hasn't played with the toys yet, but he does hold his head up and look around more. Yay!!!!

Jacen

This is our final week of new veggies. Here are two pictures of him trying sweet potatoes for the first time.



Jacen has enjoyed playing with all the new toys. Daddy is showing Jacen how his new doggy works. Jacen loves when it says his name.



We are still practicing sitting up. We have a very content child who doesn't care if he is on his back or sitting up or or on his tummy. Hopefully he will get interested eventually.



Bryan and Larisa from San Angelo came to visit the O'Briants in the hospital and stayed with us. Larisa enjoyed spending time with the boys.

Story Time

I try to make make sure that we read books every day. Nathan wasn't really interested in the books but rather enjoyed studying the Bumbo. Jacen wanted to touch and hold the books while I was reading.