All About Ellis

Okay, here we go. Ellis knew that he couldn't let his brother show him up, so here he is!

He also wanted everyone to take note that he rolled over faster than Logan! So there... =)

Rollin, rollin, rollin

If you read yesterday's post you are probably assuming that I finally got Ellis rolling over on camera, right? WRONG! During our morning tummy time, Ellis was far too tired to want to do much. So, I put Logan on the blanket and here he goes...

It was quite funny and I was a bit surprised at how fast he did it the first time (which is why I didn't have my camera ready -- I thought Ellis would be the one to get on camera first) and honestly wasn't sure I'd get him to do it again, but he sure did! Like Troy said, I have to keep my camera with me at all times it seems. Poor Ellis hasn't had a video posted yet, but I will try to get one up here soon. He does get credit for rolling over first though!

Logan - The Bulldozer

Our little Logan is at it again. The other day during tummy time, I noticed that he was moving his legs so much - it was like he wanted to move. Most of the time we had been using the tummy time mat that has the half moon shaped pillow in the front of it to prop them up a little bit to help build their neck strength, but when we tried tummy time the other day, we just used a regular blanket and this is when I noticed him trying to move so much. Looks as though all those nights fighting to get out of his swaddle has paid off -- he's got some strong legs on him. Unfortunately, his arms aren't as strong yet so it looks like he's going head first into the floor in order to try to move. Here is a little video of him in action...

I think Ellis was a little upset because Logan has been getting so much attention, so today Ellis was thisclose to rolling over during tummy time. He lifted his head so high and was kicking a bit that he rolled onto his side. Unfortunately Logan was too close to him and he kind of stopped him and Ellis got stuck on his side. It was really kind of funny, but of course I didn't have the camera or video camera close enough to capture it. Hopefully next time I'll have my camera close by.

An Ellis First

Today during play time, the doorbell rang and much to my surprise, a delivery from Amazon came (I just ordered a few things yesterday and it was already here today!). So, I had to open the box and check out my goodies before I returned to the living room where Ellis was still playing under the activity mat. Logan had already checked out and was sleeping in his swing. Much to my surprise, this is what I found --

Mr. "I-must-be-swaddled-to-even-think-about-falling-asleep-unless-I'm-in-my-swing" Ellis fell asleep under the activity mat. What a cutie pie! About 30 minutes later he ended up waking up, but was quite content lying under the toys still. The days of swaddle-less naps haven't ended yet, but it looks like they may be near.

7 and 8 are great, but 9?!?!

Our precious little boys are growing up so fast. Just 3 short weeks ago, I was ranting and raving that the boys slept 7 hours straight at night. Last Friday, I was shocked when they slept 8 hours straight, but last night they slept 9 hours straight! I woke up around 6am today and thought for sure that they would be waking up at any time, so I went to get bottles and stuff for pumping and although they were grunting a bit in their sleep, they didn't actually wake up until 7am! I was floored -- in a good way, of course. Who knows how frequently this will happen in the near future, but considering they will just be 12 weeks tomorrow, I am happy as can be that they are sleeping so long already!

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy 1st Father's Day to my wonderful husband and father of our boys. From Day 1, I have always appreciated everything you do with and for the boys. They are very lucky to have you as their father!

And to my own dad, Happy Father's Day to you too! I hope you get a chance to relax and take time for yourself today!

And for his next trick...

Last week we found that Logan did a complete 180 in his crib while swaddled, during the night. Well, I think he has now paid Ellis off to sleep longer in order to practice his next trick...

Not only did he do another 180 (his head is usually on the blue burp rag in case of spit-ups), but he also successfully got his LEG out of his swaddle. That's impressive! He's quite good at getting his arm out, which he also did, but his leg?!?! Wow Logan! And again, despite him being awake when I took this picture, he wasn't the one that woke me up this morning. He seemed quite content when I found him this way. I wonder what he has up his sleeve next!