2 week/2 year update!

I can't believe I have a 2 week old and an almost-2 year old!! We took both boys in for their checkups this past Friday.  Aside from a little diaper rash and eczema, we have 2 healthy boys!

Tucker- 2 year stats (he's not 2 till the 24th, so there will be an upcoming post on the birthday festivities)
       Height: 34.5 inches (51%)
       Weight: 29 lbs 10 oz ( 81%)
       Head circumference: 49.8 cm (87%)

Likes: Tucker currently looooves dinosaurs.  Jared and him recently visited a thrift store and came home with a giant bag full of dinosaurs.  Mickey Mouse is still a big favorite but Thomas the train is getting pretty close to the #1 position.  He loves to laugh and especially loves to ride around the house on Jared's shoulders.  In fact, over the last 2 weeks, Jared has spent a lot of time running circles around our house with Tucker bouncing around on top.  He likes to cook in his kitchen and play with his trains.  A new favorite activity has been playing "shoots and scores" (basketball) on his new hoop in our basement.

Favorite foods:  Tucker could probably eat an entire pint of blueberries in one sitting followed up by a pint of strawberries.  He loves fruit! He's also a fan of cheese, pb sandwiches, and anything he can dip in peanut butter, ranch dressing or ketchup.  He's not a huge eater and really only eats when he's hungry and when he's done, he's done.  His favorite meal is probably breakfast because that's when he gets to eat MUSSINS (aka- muffins- he's still working on pronouncing that ffff sound)! He could probably eat muffins and pancakes all day, every day.  We try to get veggies in the little guy and are most successful with getting him to eat peas and broccoli. 

Language: Tucker is a talker.  He impresses me with his vocabulary. He has an amazing memory and will repeat things we've talked about only once.  He's putting 3 and 4 word sentences together and working really hard on correctly using the pronouns (when wanting to be carried, he usually says to me, "I carry you." :)

Reaction to baby Tate:  He's done really well with Tate (or "Tape" as he sometimes refers to him).  There's been a lot of activity around our house having my mom here and Jared home for the last 2+weeks and then my dad for the last week, so at times, I think he's gotten a little overwhelmed.  But on the whole, he's not overly jealous of Tate and really truly loves his brother.  Yesterday, he came home from the grocery store with Jared and Tate was upstairs sleeping, he started searching frantically in the swing, the bath tub and the other usual spots for his brother.  He kept saying, "Tate all gone?" It was very sweet.  He loves to kiss and give Tate "nosies" where he rubs his nose all over him (I'll be shocked if Tate doesn't get a cold in the near future) and point to all of Tate's body parts.  Tomorrow is the first day that I will be on my own with the boys.  I'm looking forward to getting into a little bit more of a routine.  I think this will help Tucker too. 

Tate-2 week stats: (here's Tucker's 2 week stats)
     Height: 20.5 inches (37%)
     Weight: 8 lbs 15 oz (59%)
     Head circumference: 37.9 cm. (91%)

What Tate's been up to: I feel like Tate spends the majority of his day sleeping. I don't remember this being the case with Tucker, but Tate basically sleeps most of the day. He's definitely starting to have more awake time and is starting to let us know when he's displeased.  He's done pretty well at night, he usually does 1 four-hour stretch but then is up every 2-3 after that.  I usually get up 3 times with him at night to eat, but he usually goes right back to sleep after.  He's a big grunter and grunts and wiggles around a lot at night.  We swaddle him at night when he sleeps, but that's usually it.  Tucker (as you can tell from pics when he was little) was swaddled the majority of the day.  He had to be like this or he was unhappy.  Tate is more mellow, he'll sleep anywhere or on anyone.   He's been a great eater.  He latched right away and is a very efficient eater- completes the job in under 15 minutes! 

Here are some of my favorite photos from the past 2 weeks:

      

Tate and his future girlfriend, Olivia.  My teacher friend, Tasha had Olivia 6 days before Tate.

Cousin time! The cousins all came over when Tate was a week old for dinner and lots of playing!

Showing little brother his dinosaurs