So Happy Together

We have been having a great time together! Oden and Ramsey are getting along so awesome now. We had the initial phase of excitement, followed by the period of crabby adjustment, and now we're all settled into everyday life. Oden is so loving towards his baby brother. When Ramsey cries now Oden says, "It's Ok baby Ram" and then tells me Ramsey is crying (even if I am a foot away). Oden also started to gain interest in holding Ramsey. He will occasionally ask me to help him hold the baby, his attention span is minuscule so the hold lasts about 15 seconds, it is really cute! Oden also kisses and hugs Ramsey a lot! By far his favorite thing to do is to get in Ramsey's face and say, "AHH-GOO-EEY!" They both smile, which they do a lot when looking at each other. Overall I would have to say I am very lucky, and I have the best boys ever!! On individual levels: Ramsey is awake a lot more during the day, and his colic is dying down. He has started to notice his hands and is always trying very hard to put them in his mouth. His face of determination is so funny! He is cooing often and starting to babble. I think he will be an early walker because he is soooo strong. When we stand him up, he'll lock his knees and support his whole body and for longer periods of time than you'd think were possible. I predict that Ramsey will be our football player. Now Oden, on the other hand, he will be our baseball player. Oden has an awesome throw, we just need to work on his catching skills. He has been asking about school buses a lot lately, he wants to go on one. He was even calling the animal trolley at the zoo a school bus. I guess we will have to take him on a ride there soon. Potty training is at a stand still. I have been trying various things, attempting to gain his interest but nothing really works. Other than that, we are enjoying the not so hot weather by hanging outside more often. Oden loves playing with Playdoh at his little picnic table in the garage, and Ramsey just likes being outside and not sweating like crazy. We hope the cooler weather is here to stay.

Oden playing Playdoh with Uncle Mikey

I am the king of this tractor!!

The start of giggles....

Ramsey's first trip to the zoo and.....

......he loved it!

It's hard to keep up......

I'm sorry that it has been so long since I last posted. These boys keep me running, actually it's more like sprinting! It's hard to believe that Ramsey is already 2 months old! We have his 2 month doctor appointment towards the end of the month, so I will be sure to post his stats. I think he is getting pretty huge and should be in the top percentiles. We have been doing all kinds of fun things to make the days go by faster. I also try to do a lot to keep Oden busy, and to tire him out so he sleeps better. He's doing great in his own bed! Now if I could only get him to potty train. We have been hanging out with our friend Rylan a lot, he is 3 and potty trained. Oden usually shows some interest after seeing him in underwear and going on the potty. My hope is that by seeing another little boy doing it, and by talking about it a lot, we will get there sometime soon. It sure is expensive buying diapers for two!! At this point Ramsey just eats, sleeps, cries, and poops. He is focusing on objects and faces as well as gaining some head control, but that's about it. Oden is being a great big brother. For a while anytime Ram would cry Oden would ask with great concern, "What happened?!" Now he says, "Uh, oh! Baby Brother crying!" It's cute the things he comes up with! Our house is crazy at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way (well.... maybe we'd like Jess home more, but that's it!).

Baby Rammy!

Grandpa Dee Dee caught some turtle eggs and this is the second times he's helped them hatch and then let Odee help him put them in the river behind their house.

Uncle Al and Rammy at the birthday BBQ

Grandpa Scott and Odee on his first John Deere ride!
He was always too scared to go before this...

Odee playing in the Buzz sprinkler with Rylan

The boys after a tiring afternoon outside

Swimming with Auntie Stephie on her birthday

Grandpa Dee Dee spending some quality time with Ram

I think he got out of the pool to pee in his swim diaper, good boy! LOL!

Helping with the candles at Great Grandpa Pete's surprise party

An attempted family picture on our 5 year anniversary <3