Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!!

We are finally chugging along around our house as far as how to operate as a group of three when it's just the boys and me on most weekdays, and a fun group of four the rest of the time! We've gotten out of the house more often and invited friends to come play as well. On Valentines we got to go to Zilker Park in Austin to ride the train with Aunt Lindsay, Oliver, and Aiden. Tytus was pretty quiet during the train ride, so I wasn't sure if it was as exciting as I thought it would be. Now I see he was just taking it all in. We've had so many conversations about it since. He'll name all four of the boys that rode on the green train (even though the little ones were just sleeping during the ride). :) And he'll talk about the tunnel, bridges, train tracks, and the park we played on afterwards. He loves to look at the picture I've taken on my phone, and the train pictures have become some of his new favorites.

Taking it all in

The two big guys!

Ready to go!

Witten was enjoying himself, too!

Witten is now 2 months old and is growing so much! He's more than doubled in size, started smiling, holding his head up really well, and will have a little conversation with you. :) He's such a gentle little guy, and I'm sure he's taking in so much from watching his older brother all the time. They are so much fun together!

2 months old

Both of our guys around the same age again. I have so many moments that I think "Wow, I've been here before!", but although they're very similar I love each of their unique qualities!

                                         

Most weekends Tytus especially loves hanging out with daddy. They have so much fun together and, of course, daddy can do things with him that mommy doesn't. Last weekend Ian went to hang out with one of the guys from church, so it gave us a Saturday morning that was different than usual. It was a beautiful day and we spent a lot of time outside. I was trying to decide how to get Witten back to sleep when he woke up in the middle of his nap while also keeping my word to Tytus that we could go back outside...and we also needed to eat lunch as it was almost 1:00 by this point and he needed to take a nap as well. To make all of it work we ended up just having a picnic on the deck. I quickly made some tuna and crackers (one of Tytus' favorites) and we finished the rest of some green beans we had made earlier in the week. He ate quicker than I've seen him eat in a long time and thought it was great getting to share a plate with mommy and eat outside! 

6 weeks

Our 6 week old!

Witten is a happy little guy and a great sleeper at night, but we've got to work on those naps during the day. Each day I think I'll catch a quick nap if I can get both sleeping at the same time, but more often than not I end up spending time with one of them while the other sleeps. Here's what Witten and I ended up doing the other day while Tytus was sound asleep. It was so fun to hear him "talking" while kicking his feet so happily! And even though I didn't get a nap, it's really special to have alone time with Witten. It was fun to just enjoy him without going back and forth between the two of them. 

This was also the first day that all 3 of us went to MOPS. So fun to get out and spend time with friends!

Tytus, of course, is taking notes on all the ways we help take care of Witten and how it's different than him. He'll take the initiative to help out and is such a fun brother. While I was making lunch one day this week I looked over to see him doing this. 

Just for fun, I found these picture of our two boys around the same age. It's fun to see how similar they are, but we can definitely already see differences as well. I think Tytus is actually a little older in these two, but it's still pretty close. :)