Switching to sippy cups Night 1

I am trying to start weaning the boys, which is proving to be much more difficult with my two little boys than it was Abigail. So for now I'm still nursing in the morning and have started nursing between 4/5pm and then sippy cups at bedtime. Last night the boys cried for maybe 5 minutes and then fell asleep. It was really good that we had to put Abigail straight to bed afterward or I too may have cried with them for the five minutes...mind you I'm all about letting them cry when they don't need me or even in the middle of the night, but it was SO hard to walk out of their room and have them cry cause they didn't get their mommy time and what they are used to. But they then slept until Ryan woke up at 6:20 and Justin shortly there after. I can't tell you how happy they were to nurse in the morning!! Good job boys!! My hope is that once they are used to just getting the sippy at night I can then eliminate the evening nurse and then we'll be down to once a day?!?!?

One a side note, they still sleep with their bums up in the air and Abigail did too but I don't remember when she stopped so I'm trying to keep note of it with the boys, b/c it is just so cute....

Our Little Chef

Abigail has recently really enjoyed helping us cook. She particularly likes helping Guy bake bread or any other meal that she can stand on her chair and assist with!! For Christmas she got a chef's dress up outfit and LOVES it, not only does she wear it down in her kitchen to pretend to make us soups and cake, but she loves to wear it when she helps us cook!! Here she was helping me make a Wacky Cake for a New Year's Eve Party.

snuggling and sharing!

Sometimes the camera just isn't handy for all the really cute moments you want to get recorded and you have to rely on "the memories" so in my Continuing effort to try and blog more I'm writing about it to help remember!! This morning after nursing Ryan was so wired and crawled over to Guy and then put his head on his shoulder and just went back to sleep!! It was SO precious and something I didn't expect to see at 15 months old. Guy let him cuddle for a few minutes and then returned him to his crib, had it been a weekend or a little later in the morning who knows how long they would have cuddled but it was quite a special moment just to see!!

Sharing is caring...we've been working on that a lot in our house with ALL the kiddos. So later in the morning during snack time Justin was not only sharing the raisins, but started feeding them one at a time to Ryan--it was another cute sight that I wish I had a chance to capture on video. That didn't happen b/c who knows where the camera is b/c Justin is constantly on and off the couch getting into ALL of my things so they get hidden in attempt to keep them safe. Mama was so proud of her boys sharing and her boys being so gentle and caring towards each other.

"Bye" Justin

This is Justin's new favorite hang out spot, especially when we're cooking in the kitchen!! He loves to talk, he's been saying bye bye for a while and just last week started saying HI. Ever since Christmas he also likes to say cheese when he sees a camera, but that's in a different video...