Just hanging out

Here are pictures of my two little men - I'm one lucky mom :)

We had some nice weather this past weekend and were able to get outside:

 

And some of my oldest friends came to visit.  Leslie, Rachel and I have known each other since kindergarden, while Mandy joined us in 1st grade.  Rachel's daugher, Lucy, is 5 days younger than Evan.  They came to visit on Saturday and it was great to spend a few hours with them;

 Evan really enjoyed getting to hang out with Lucy :)

Longwood Gardens Yet Again

Looks like there is a new way to add a new blog post and I'm not so sure what I'm doing, so hopefully this turns out ok!  We took advantage of the nice weather and our Longwood Gardens season pass last weekend to take the boys out for the day.  Evan just loves to run around outside, while Eric napped away in his stroller (no pictures of him from this trip, unfortunately).

Evan smelling the flowers:

 

Evan loves his daddy and enjoyed looking at the water and riding on his shoulders:

 

Running everywhere - he pretty much never stops running:

And here we got him to sit for all of 1 second before he was up and running again:

We are lucky to live so close to such a beautiful place for pictures. I'm sure you'll be seeing many more of these throughout the year.

Videos of Evan

Evan is at such a cute age right now where I'm trying to do my best to capture him on video camera.  However, once the camera goes on, he generally becomes shy.  We were able to record him twice tonight with the iphone when he didn't realize he was being recorded.  Because of this, he is not quite facing the phone.  We hope to get better at videos in the future.  But in the meantime, we hope you enjoy these two.

The first is Evan singing the "Party Rock" song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJ1d4K0fV0&feature=g-upl

The second is Evan telling us all of the truck names in his truck book, followed by him telling his daddy that he "needs" rice.  He hasn't quite learned the definition of "need" versus "want" and he tells us that he "NEEDS" everything (cookies, rice, etc).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dN388YVWk&feature=g-upl

Smiles!

It seems that Eric began smiling last week. He had been smiling involuntarily - mostly when very tired or just after eating. But last week I had him on his playmat and was talking in a high-pitched voice and the smile didn't seem too accidental. I wasn't so sure so I took my camera out and started doing it again and I caught one (and then more) on camera. So I'll say his first real smile was April 17th at 5 weeks old:

And then a few days later, I was successful in getting one out again - these next few photos show the evolution of a smile:

And he's not really laughing here, though this picture makes it seem like he is:And resting on daddy's chest earlier in the week

These smiles are hard to come by and require a lot of work right now. Hopefully he'll be as happy and smiley as his big brother was as a baby.

1 Month Old!

Eric turned one month old last Friday, the 13th. And he definitely has grown a lot in the last month. While he hasn't had his one month appointment yet, I weighed him on an infant scale at home and he was 9 lbs 2 oz on Friday. As a comparison, Evan was 9 lbs, 13 oz at one month. I can definitely tell that he doesn't eat like Evan (or like a "Weiss"). He also doesn't yet sleep like Evan, but I'm hoping that the bigger he gets, the longer he can go at night without eating.

Besides the sleeping, Eric is one easy-going baby. He doesn't really cry too often and doesn't even really seem to even get too fussy in the evenings. He definitely bears more of a resemblance to the Felt side of the family, whereas Evan is all Weiss. We are on a pretty good schedule during the day now and he seems to be doing well with it.

Here is for his one month picture: And here he was just one month ago - those legs have certainly filled out!And here is Evan at 1 month as a comparison - definitely more "chubby" in Evan's cheeks :)And here is a different angle of Eric at 1 month:And compared to a month ago. What a difference a month makes:And here is Evan checking out the photo session. He was very curious as to what was going on. It'll be interesting to see what changes come about for the 2 month photos.

Ben & Jeff's Wedding

We were very fortunate to attend the wedding ceremony of two dear friends this past weekend. Since marriage isn't legal in Pennsylvania yet, I guess this would be called a committment ceremony, but it was a wedding to us. For anyone that does not believe in gay marriage, they have obviously not attend a ceremony as wonderful as this one. If they had, I am certain they would change their minds.

Here are the happy grooms:
Brian and I enjoying a night out without the kids:

Another of the two of us - probably my favorite photo of the night:

With Jessica, whose weddimg is coming up soon. Funny story - back during our wedding in 2003, we had wanted to set up Ben with Jess as Ben had not yet come out. Jess and Ben were paired up in our wedding party and we were hoping for sparks to fly. Little did we know that Jessica's group of friends would be instrumental in introducing Ben to Jeff many years later.

Ben and his mother walking down the aisle:

Ben's parents, Chuck & Susan:

We wish lots of love and happiness for these two.

A Visit from the Alaskan Felts

Brian's brother, Kyle, made a trip home from Alaska with his fiancee and their 5 month old baby girl. Brian and Evan journeyed to upstate NY while I stayed behind as travelling so far with a newborn seemed to be a bit much for us to handle. I know Janet was thrilled to have almost the whole family together . . . minus one little guy. Here they all are: Nana with her babies:

Morgan and Evan:

They are so cute together:

Little Mary Morningstar Felt:

Morgan Felt:

Morgan & her daddy:

Mary's first beer:

Hopefully it's not another 2 years before these cousins get the chance to play together again . . . and next time, Eric will be sure to join in on the fun!