Oh, just swinging around...

At a loss...

Last night my friend delivered her baby boy. I don't know any of the details, but he didn't make it.

It was just two weeks ago that her little girl (who is Lucy's age) was crying because she wanted her baby brother to come out of her mama's belly immediately. From the stories my friend would tell me, you could feel the brother-sister bond already.

I'm just so sad today. This was not the way it was suppose to happen.

If you get a chance, say a little prayer for baby Jax Hudson and his mama, daddy and big sister. Their whole family could use a few extra thoughts and prayers. Little Reese will forever have a little brother looking out for her from above (though it pains me to think about how you explain something like that to a 2 year old)...

Sharing

Sharing can be tough when you're two. Especially when you have a little brother AND a little sister to share with.

Now that Audrey and Nolan are sitting up and mobile (Nolan), they are all trying to play with the same toys. Give them three toys, and they all want to play with the same one.

Lucy is doing a pretty good job sharing... as long as everyone follows her rules :)

Scoreboard

The psychologists will tell you that as parents of multiples, it is important that you don’t compare your children and their milestones. To that, I say “Scoreboard”.

Here are the standings:

First to be born: Audrey

First to lift their head: Audrey

First to rollover (back to front): Audrey

First to rollover (front to back): Nolan

First to sleep through the night: Audrey (three months later, we’re still waiting on Nolan to show signs)

First to poop 5 times in one day: Audrey

First to poop on your mama: Nolan

First to smile: Nolan

First to sit up: Audrey

First to spit up an entire feeding: Nolan

First to polish off a container of baby food: Nolan

First to reach 19 pounds: Nolan

First to move from point A to point B: Nolan. I won’t call it crawling. It’s more of an inchworm maneuver. He pushes his head into the floor and moves his legs forward and flops back to the ground, and then repeats. He’s actually pretty good at this move.

So far it’s 7-6 Nolan. Audrey’s going to have to bring out her A-game in the second half (of their first year)…

Kyle's Friday morning when nana and papa are on vacation...

I Had to leave for work. Snapped a photo before I left :)

Daddy knows Lucy best

The scene: Lucy sitting on the couch watching "Elmo" while Kyle and I are getting ready for work in the bathroom.

"Ooo-yee-ahya-yi Haaaaah-wooooah-kah Yi-yi-yee Yoww-pow-yi-yo"

Kyle: oh no!
Me: what? What was that?
Kyle: that's Lucy's "I'm doing something that I'm not suppose to be doing, come look at me" noise...

Dear Nolan & Audrey - 5 months

Dear Nolan & Audrey,

Your mama is tired, exhausted, and barely keeping things together. I'll do better next month.

I'll always love you anyway,

Your mama

Gymnast

Preparation for the 2028 Summer Olympics has begun.  For the past few months, Lucy has been going to parent/tot gymnastics class once a week.  She has been getting very good at it and so much more confident in all the different moves they do.  If you ask her, she'll be happy to show you her forward rolls, headstands, jumps, or butterfly sits.

 

(Unless you have uneven bars in your house, she probably won't be able to show you the moves pictured above.)