3 months old!

So we are over a week late here, but we were on vacation when Eric turned 3 months.  The last month has been a big one . . . mostly because we transitioned to sleeping through the night (11 hours) without needing to eat!  This is exactly when Evan moved to sleeping through the night as well, so I will stand by the Babywise method.  I thought I was just lucky with Evan, but I think Babywise had something to do with it.  Of course, Eric is still swaddled, so we'll have to deal with that in a month or so.  Though at least then I will know that Eric doesn't need to be fed at night. 

Eric is such an easy-going little guy. He smiles, coos and giggles a lot.  He rolled from belly to back one day shy of his 3 month birthday (on June 12th).  He did it 4 times that day but hasn't tried to again, mostly because I have been slacking in the "tummy time" department.  He loves looking at faces, especially if I'm singing to him.  I took him to get his 3 month pictures the other day and he was an easy subject:

 And here are his frog pictures for the month:

And here is an interesting comparison of the two boys at the same age, same pose and half of the same outfit.  To me, they look nothing alike.  Evan was a lot bigger in weight (not height) and had begun resembling the Weiss side of the family.  Eric to me still is all Felt family.  I don't even think they look like brothers most of the time, though I see a little resemblance in this picture. 

And sadly today is my last day of maternity leave :(  I'm going to miss my quality time with Eric.  It's the only time in his life that he'll get my one-on-one attention like he has.  He has been such an easy and happy baby that it's going to make going back to work hard. 

OBX 2012

This year marked our fourth trip to the Outerbanks of North Carolina.  We absolutely love it there.  The drive isn't too far from our house (6 hours of drive-time as long as we leave at 6:00 AM).  And the beaches are incredible and empty. 

We take this picture every year and were happy to have an extra set of footprints to add to the photo this year:

Our house, the "Beach Peach" on the shores of South Nags Head.  It was gorgeous - 8 bedrooms, pool, hot-tub, elevator . . . pretty much everything you need to relax on vacation.

The view from right outside our bedroom door:

 Evan happy to be standing in a hole dug by Brian:

Checking out the ocean:

Family of four on the beach:

Eric chilling at the pool:

 One of Eric's friends - Ian was due one day after Eric and their birthdays are 6 days apart:

 Hanging out on the deck swings:

 Evan enjoyed running down the boardwalk that led to the beach every day:

 The whole crew - 5 families = 10 adults and 8 children under the age of 5:

Evan LOVED the pool.  Brian had taught him how to jump off the side at our local YMCA.  I will post video soon too of this:

He was so happy to be at the pool.  Unfortunately, he cried when we tried to put him in a flotation device so we had to hold him in there the whole time (which wasn't always easy):

Eric's first dip in the pool - he loved it too:

Boys in bicycle shirts (Eric's was a little big on him):

Two father & son pics:

 All kids in matching OBX shirts made by Dan & Lindsay.  Watching the adults try to keep the kids entertained is hysterical.  We need to get video of that one year:

More running down the deck:

 And some family photos on the beach:

And what would a vacation be without one of these flying baby photos.  Evan is getting heavy and I'm not sure how much longer Brian will be able to throw him like this.  Hopefully Eric will be as happy to fly too. 

It sure does stink to be back.  And what's even worse is that I go back to work next week :(

A Low Key Father's Day

After returning from vacation on Saturday (lots of pictures to come from that later this week hopefully), we had a very low key Father's Day at home.  Brian got to sleep in which is a real treat right now, he got breakfast in bed and 2 gifts from the boys that Evan promptly opened for him.  We spent the day relaxing, playing outside and he got to get his choice of take-out (sushi & mexican) for dinner.

Here are the boys hanging out on the couch in the morning:

 Tried to get a picture outside but Evan was not happy about it:

 Eric was more than happy to pose, though:

 And a nice afternoon nap on the couch - Brian, Eric and Lily.  Evan was up in his bed:

Happy Father's Day!  I know the boys are very lucky to have Brian as their father.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

So while Evan has arrived at the Terrible Two's, it is also so cute to see how his brain is starting to really work to put things together.  The other morning, he was coloring with crayons.  The one in the center of the page is a cheap one that just doesn't work well.  As Evan was trying to color with it, it wasn't working - no green showing up at all on the page.  He looked up at me and said to me "Mommy, this needs batteries".  Because anytime a toy stops working, we tell him it needs batteries.  I just started laughing.  He had the right idea!

Another funny story.  The other day I was eating dinner and eating a LOT.  I looked at Evan and said to him, "Mommy is a pig, right?" as a joke.  And he looks at me and says "No, Mommy is a COW".  Brian almost choked on his food.  To go further, Evan then went onto say that "Daddy is a horse".  And there is only one way Brian took that ;) 

I look forward to getting to document more of these cute sayings as the year goes on because I have a feeling this is just the beginning. 

Daddy's Little Helper

The last two weekends have been spent mostly at home working out in the yard.  Evan has been a great daddy's little helper for all of the outdoor chores that we've had to do.  Here is last weekend weeding with Brian:

 

And here he is in a "time out", where we spend a lot of our time lately.  Brian got mad at me for using this opportunity for a photo shoot because a "time out" is the only time he sits still.  Oops!

And here is our happy man just hanging out watching all of this hard work.  In his defense, it is hard work to look so cute:

 Looking pensively off into the distance:

 And back to smiles:

This past weekend, it was time for the mulch now that all of the weeding was done.  This little wheelbarrow is a perfect size for him:

Of course, Evan won't sit for the camera anymore.  But right now, he is OBSESSED with the song "Call Me Maybe".  He asks for it everytime we get in the car and is upset when we can't make it magically appear.  Thankfully, it is on so often these days and we have Sirius radio, where we can rewind a song once it is on.  He is spoiled.  Anyway, he would come sit in his chair and fist-pump with me when the song came on the radio while we were out working.  But as soon as Brian grabbed the camera to take the picture, he got up to run away from the camera.  But Eric and I are fist-pumping at least :)