Raising Weeds or Boys?

Oh these boys grow up too fast! It makes me wonder if I'm raising weeds or chlidren?

Tristan is about 2 months now and I"m not sure how its possible for time to go by so quickly. He is starting to smile a lot more now and is really starting to "talk." My parents noticed at Thanksgiving he would try to follow my voice with his eyes. This past week we noticed Tristan attempting to following Garrett's movements with his eyes and head while Garrett ran around the kitchen table. Garrett though this was fun and started to run really fast so that Tristan couldn't keep up.

Then a few days ago I was so surprised to see some amazing head control on Tristan when I put him on the floor. I again saw this today when I was laying on the roller table at the chiropractor's office with Tristan laying on my chest. He was holding himself up, looking directly at me and then started to "talk" to me.

And lots not forget to mention that he is simply huge. Where has my little newborn gone?

He still is pretty colicky but it could be worse. It comes and goes which is a lot better then what Garrett had. He has lots of gas and its funny to watch him work all that gas our every morning. I usally lay him on the changing station and he moves and stretches while enjoying diaper free time. He is typically very happy and smily in the morning. I call this "my morning smiles."

(picture: he is so chubby!)

Garrett... he is also growing like a weed. I think he went through a growth spurt because he looks so tall all of a sudden. Or perhaps he just looks big because the baby is so small? He continues to be a great big brother even though his demands to hold his little brother sometimes are at the worse times. (Like when Tristan is crying!)

 (picture: Would you hire this babysitter again??)

Its amazing to me how Garrett has slowly been blossoming too. Ever the shy kid outside of the home, friends and family members have mentioned to me that he is opening up and talking more to them. I see this in him too. I'm amazed at his wonderful memory. He can navigate through video game menues like a pro even though he can't read. (And he also can figuare out many games all on his own. Its scary to see how he is way better at video games then I ever have been.) And today he beat me several times at the game Memory. This kid is good! I did not let him win but he won fair and square! (Sadly Garrett's love for video games has gotten out of control during this period of adjustment in our family so I've had to put a huge restriction on the tv\games during the day. This has been rough for me and my very persistan Garrett. I will say that what seems an annoying and bothersome trait for me to deal with- (Garrett being a very persistant, a quietly strong willed kid)- will one day be a strength for him in life. And an exericise in overcoming my permissiveness for me! (At least this is what I keep telling myself!)


He is slowly getting into Legos but I still can't trust him with a too many because he still tends to get crazy and throw them around. Once he is a bit more responsible with them I"ll bring the lego tables out of storage and some more of the legos. (Brian bought garbage bags full of legos from a co-worker.)

Garrett has lots of energy and I feel like this winter is going to be a long one! I already miss the fact that during the summer and fall he would spent several hours outside playing with his friends. But I'm doing my best to get us outside everyday. I put the baby in the wrap and he plays in the backyard. Today we played tennis on the sidewalk. Brian and I have also discussed enrolling Garrett in martial arts. We found a place 1 mile away from our house and will give Garrett a 3 week trial run soon.