A visit from Heather

One of my good college friends flew all the way from Richmond to meet our little man.  The weather was cold and snowy while she was here, and we ended up just hanging out around here most of the time.  We took one walk downtown before B left; he had to go out of town for work the two days that she was here, which was great timing for me.  She has a great camera and took some amazing photos.  So many that I'm having a really hard time choosing and will just call this The Great Photo Dump of 2015.  Here goes.

He loves being held like this

Bottles by B

In just the last week he has really started to notice the toys hanging above him and swat at them

Getting his adventure suit on, a present from cousin Uly!

Outside our favorite cafe.  If you look closely you can see his hat!

Heather is a master swaddler.  I tried to learn her technique

I spend a good portion of my life burping this baby.

 He's so bright eyed in these photos!

Milk coma is a serious affliction

Nanaa is often just out of the frame, keeping watch

Nothing better than being smiled at!  This was the longest period of a bunch of smiles I've gotten.

Then things turned serious.

More smiles!

You'll notice he has more chins than he used to.

Giving the turtle the stink eye

This is what happens when you save the group picture until the 5 minutes before you need to leave for the airport.  The baby gets mad.

Old Friends and New

Some good friends of ours came out for a visit last week.  They have a baby girl who is three and a half weeks older than our baby, so it was really fun to see them together.  We spent some time in Winter Park and some time at our apartment.  It was really snowy and pretty cold here, so we didn't get out as much as we'd have liked to, but we did have a great first game of bowling! As you can see from the pictures, we had a blast, but whoa was it busy having 3 kids under 2 in our life!

Dads holding babies

Some get to know you squirms in the gym!

The end of our walk, which involved taking three steps, throwing snow, taking three more, throwing snow...you get the idea

Finally figured out the Ergo Baby

Mommy-baby selfie

Nothing like holding his hand!  

Bowling Alley Nap

This blue square was perfectly placed for E to watch everyone bowl from.

It was amazing how much the babies loved just hanging out.  We tried things like this...

But their favorite thing was to just lie next to each other and squirm!

B figured out they had a "wiggle button" and they would go nuts for him!  Mostly she would, and he would watch her go nuts, but it was adorable!

They often inadvertently held hands.

We took him out for a brief walk in his amazing red snowsuit.  First off, it's 0-3 months but seems like it would fit him in a year.  We'll see.

Second, it was so fun to lay him down in the snow and look at him.  We laid him down on a slight incline to take his photo, and he just slid a few feet!  Then after he stopped, he sneezed and slid some more!  B caught him mid-sneeze.

Then we decided it was too funny and we had to catch it again on camera.  You're welcome.

She wasn't happy about the snow, but we just haaaad to get this picture!

Maybe it was her hat in her face, actually....

Nothing like two newborns to make a 23 month old look HUGE

Happiness

 At one point, I was alone with these two yay-hoos.  We started out happily squirming.

 Then I decided to try tummy time.  A was very happy to just lie there and watch her lift her head like a champ.  Then she faceplanted and started crying.  Then he started trying to lift his head, which made him cry.

Then pacifiers saved the day.

We are so lucky to have had so many visitors and to have friends who are willing to travel even with two kids under two!  We hope they had as much fun as we did!