Four Months

And just the best little baby.  Without trying to totally jinx the roll we are on, Egan has slept through the night for the past THREE nights in a row. 7pm to 5am.  I will definitely take that!  I wish I had more time to blog these days, but I'll be honest... mothering these little two each day is often more than a full time job.  They keep me BUSY to say the very least. But... each day I remind myself that they are only going to be this little once and I should soak this all in. Very few moms get to have both their babies with them at home, even for a short period of time.

Here is little Egan at 4 months. All smiles, watching his big brother intently all day long, a little bit of a mammas boy and I swear to god... he's going to be crawling before we know it. Such a strong and determined little boy.

We've got ourselves a roller!

Egan rolled today from his back to his tummy! Three times!!  YAY for our little man. At 3.5 months Egan is just becoming the sweetest little boy.  He's all smiles, just like his big bro was at this age, giggles all the time, and just blows us away at how strong he is!  How cute is our little monkey?

Stride this!

Rory got his very own Strider Bike! After not really knowing what to get him for his 2nd birthday, we found our answer when he fell in love with his cousin Noa's bike at her birthday party.  He didn't get off it the entire time we were there!  We had seen kids in our neighbourhood on these bikes, but given he got a trike for easter we didn't really want to spend the money on a new bike.  But... in a few hours he spent more time on Noa's bike than he's ever on his trike... so we put it on kijiji and bought Rory this!

The Strider bike is a no pedal balance bike for toddlers. It teaches them the fundamentals of biking - which is really about balance and makes an easy transition to a bike with pedals (skipping the training wheel step).   How cool eh?  It's so much fun to take him out in the neighbourhood and watch him go on this bike. And the best part is... it weighs almost nothing. When he gets tired I can still carry him AND the bike home.

sweet sweet sleep

This little monkey....

Has officially SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! Once.  And counting (hopefully). The night before last, Egan shocked us all and slept from 7pm until 4am!  That's 9 hours!!  He then ate, and slept again until 7am. Gosh I love 3 month olds. :)

hey brother, I just need to make a quick call from your exersaucer phone k? 

I'll let the stork know mom isn't giving you back now that you're sleeping.

A Longggg Weekend

We've had a super busy and super fun long weekend!  Since this is pretty much how I am keeping track of our lives through pictures, I thought I may as well post some highlights on a rare occasion that both my boys are sleeping ever so peacefully upstairs. Cue a cry...

Splash Pad fun with cousins!

On to the park!

Picnic!

Ice cream! What a mess!

Date night! @ the Claytone's CD release, Peter shaved his face!!!!!

Hottub!

Time with Grumpa and Gram

Lots of relaxin!

THREE Months!

Our not so little Egan celebrated his THREE month mesoversary on Canada Day!  We've had a jammed pack weekend celebrating little Noa's first birthday, and all the other typical long weekend shennanigans (swimming, fireworks, bonfires, bbqs etc).

So, Egan has found his "voice" so to speak in the last couple of days. There is nothing he enjoys more than squealing at the top of his lungs now!  Day by day this little boy gets stronger too... can you believe he was in an exersaucer at this cousin's birthday party and rocked it like a regular 4-5 month old?  Look at this kid?!  Strongest 3 month old on the block... and only getting up ONCE a night now! HOORAY!

More long weekend fun!

Rory and Noa celebrating at Noa's birthday party

Little Noa is ONE now!

Rory testing out (for 3/4 of the party) Noa's new bike.  He LOVED this bike.

So, we bought one today as a belated gift for Rory for his birthday. His trike is officially on kijiji. :)

I love long weekends!

EGAN!!!

It's funny, I remember friends telling us back when we were pregnant with Rory that after three months a baby gets easier.  I tried to keep that in the back of my mind on all the hard days with Rory. Almost like a mantra "three months, three months, just make it to three months".  As we got closer to three months I worried that the three month rule of baby-ease would not hold true for us... but you know what? Almost over night, it did.

Egan is a-l-m-o-s-t... three months... and day by day he is getting easier (not of course counting last night because it was a total circus).  So what is our little cutie up to these days?  Well... he can pull straight up to standing from a lying down position! I know right?!  Doesn't it feel early for that?  I wouldn't actually know because I don't have the time to read "what to expect in the first year" anymore. :)  He can squeal and giggle in delight. He's very ticklish, which I take full advantage of.  He has the strongest baby neck in the valley, I am sure of it.  He's so strong, that he's already sitting like a champ in his bumbo!

He likes story time with his brother and dad at the end of the day...

He likes sharing a bath with his brother (almost most of the time)

He likes hanging out in Rory's crib. For at least 2 minutes post nap time.

He LOVES being outside, although you can't tell from this picture

And he just gets cuter everyday! Don't you think?

Rory and him are still best buds. When Rory talks to Egan, Egan laughs and smiles now.   Moments like those make me super happy we had kids 22 month apart. Just those moments though. kidding kidding.  I know they will best buds doing a lot of the same things at the same time, which was the point of having them close and which makes me excited for the future.

TGIF. Oh wait, it's only Thursday. In that case, is daddy home yet?

XO

Two Cool!

Our sweet little man Rory turned TWO this weekend.  How is it possible that we have a two year old?  That our little baby has become such a little boy?  A wonderful, curious, happy, independent little man actually.  Full of questions, love, and all with his own little personality (sometimes attitude!).

We celebrated Rory's second birthday by doing all the things he loves - most of which involved trains!

Here is how his birthday festivities shaped up... We LOVE you Rory!  You light up our lives.

Train pancakes for breakfast!

He hated them.

 Chasing train whistles on the back of daddy's bike, quick detour to look at the bus

Trains that way daddy!

Party and cake time!

 New backyard toys to keep me busy all summer long!

Weeeeeeeeeee!

I loved my cake!

Not exactly what the pinhata was meant for, but it will do

 Second cutest boy at the party :)

And for the grand birthday finale a trip to the neighbouring vintage train yard!

What a weekend! If only turning 33 was THIS fun!

 A train lovin' boy.