Life With Two Little Guys

The past two months have absolutely FLOWN by! We can't believe little Nolan has been here for two months and that sweet LJ is already a big boy two year old. We are feeling so blessed this holiday season to have two healthy happy little guys and to be here in New Braunfels with a good job and wonderful friends. We have prayed and prayed for this and feel like we are living our dream and just thank the Lord that He has orchestrated things this way...so awesome. I am so behind on posting pics of the boys and have tons of cute ones...they will eventually be posted above when I have a second. It has been wonderful but extremely challenging to take care of both boys while James is hard at work all of the time. At the end of the day I have never been so tired or feel so fulfilled. It is hard work but more rewarding than anything else I have ever done! Below are some of the things the boys have been doing that we want to remember:

Landon ~
*First Sentence December 2011: 'I love Mommy and Daddy SO MUCH!' (Said it to me with outstretched arms and a huge smile! Amazing!
*Loves to hug and kiss and hold baby brother. Calls him Baby or Baby Nowan. Such a sweet brother and adjusting very well...patient with Mommy while I take care of Baby and only a FEW melt downs but overall amazingly sweet. An angel. Nolan is going to really look up to him and love him so much someday soon! :o)
*Has been really trying to pee pee in his big boy potty...only if we give him M&M's. He will sit on his potty before bath, work really hard to get a little out, and then say ALWIGHT M&M pwease! Hahaha!
*Loves his family especially Aunt C (knocks on guest room door and says "C come pway!" even when she's not here! Also loves his grandparents and of course Kar who he calls from his play phone in his kitchen daily and sees almost every day. Really loves Miss Lindsey and Mr Charles and Mr Tanner and the O'Connors and Irons from church too!
*Favorite activities: Going to church and watching Veggie Tales and eating Goldfish, playing with trains (Daddy's old Brio set:), trucks, running wild at Landa Park, swinging, going on walks/runs with Mommy, relaxing in his inflatable pool filled with balls and he also fills it with all of his favorite animals and toys/books, LOVES reading, plays 'firefighter' with Mommy and Daddy running all through the house with his firefighter gear saving his animals, etc! :o)
*Still sleeps with all 6 of his fav animals...McGee, El, Rar Rar, Whale, Spot, and Bear. Two are big pillow pets and two are small blankies and one is a puppy from GaGa. If one is missing he will NOT go to sleep LOL!
*Really loves his crib so we have yet to switch to a toddler bed...will probably make the big transition after Christmas and when the baby is sleeping more in case he is up at night! :o)
*Still sleeps 8 pm to 7:30 or 8 am...and naps from noon to threeish...a wonderful sleeper thank goodness!
*Loves to watch educational movies (Baby Einstein, Praise Baby, Baby Signing Time, etc) and has them all memorized by name and asks for specific titles every evening when I need to cook dinner...so sweet.
*LOVES his Daddy and waits for him to come home by the big windows by front door...calls him on the phone during the day just to say he loves him, etc...total Daddy's boy! Daddy is amazing with him and patiently plays trains with him, still bathes him EVERY night (has been since he was born), reads countless stories and tells fun made up stories, etc...even when he is tired from working so hard for us during the day. Incredible man and LJ is so blessed to have a Daddy he can really look up to!

Nolan~
*Holding his head up and looking around at two months
*Loves to cuddle and smile and coo at anyone and everyone but especially Mommy :)
*Loves to be on Daddy's shoulder just like LJ did at this age...so sweet
*Smiles when he hears Daddy or LJ come into the room...will even stop nursing to smile and coo
*Great sleeper...does at least an 8 hour stretch at night and numerous long naps during the day
*Very flexible so we are able to go to LJ's playgroups, church functions, etc and he will just hang out or sleep in his Moby wrap or in my arms
*Favorite thing: Napping with Mommy after he eats during LJ's nap. :o)
*Two Month Stats: 79th Percentile for Height, Over 50th Percentile for Weight, super healthy and Dr Peck says he is growing like a weed! Still has not been sick...thank God for the antibodies he gets in my breast milk since he is exposed to Landon and his friends toddler germs ALL day every day! :o)

We are so excited Christmas is almost here and we get to be home for the holidays! The presents are wrapped and LJ got all kinds of awesome stuff but we are really wanting to focus on our awesome Lord and teaching Landon (since he may understand a little bit this year) all about our Savior and how amazing He is and why we are celebrating. I was telling him all about Christmas and he started singing happy birthday to Jesus and told me we should make him cupcakes with a grin...so we will absolutely do it hahaha...it will be our Christmas day tradition! Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and now I am off to get Baby from nap while Daddy is making LJ's awesome train table that Santa will bring him in only two weeks wahoooo!!!!!!!