mr. big stuff

... who do you think you are??

Look at this little man, who's not so little anymore! This sweet little smiley man has been working on growing this week. I am quite sure he has doubled in size, he looks and feels as if he has, that is for sure. These little white pants that he was drowning in at Patrick & Tanya's wedding are now nearly too small. HA!

As you can see, Emmett is flashing his smile more and more often these days. He seems to flash it MOST often when he hears Anna's voice. It's so fun to watch...I can be holding him and whether he is just chilling out or fussing a bit, when he hears Anna grow near he breaks into a great big grin. They have a mutual love for one another, it is absolutely adorable.

Emmett is still an eater...he is now eating 6-10oz. at a feeding if he is fed from a bottle. This is more than double what Anna would eat at a time at this age. That said, he doesn't eat quite as frequently as she did. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we adjusted our schedule a bit. It now follows a very simple sleep, eat, play pattern.

When Emmett wakes up in the morning (between 6 and 7am!) he eats, then we play for a bit and then back to sleep. If he is still sleeping 3 hours from when his last feeding began, I will wake him and we repeat that pattern. This 3 or 3.5 hr. pattern repeats again and again until the end of the day. He typically falls asleep on his own around 7pm and he is out. We try to wake him, change him and feed him a little more around 9 but we are lucky if he eats for a few minutes or a few ounces. That said, since adding this feeding (my friend Andrea's suggestion), Emmett will often wake just once in the night - somewhere between 1:30 and 3:30am. He then returns to sleep until 6 or 7am when he is up for the day. This is much, much easier on me! Now if we can just get Anna to sleep past 5:45am we will be in great shape! :)

At this age Emmett likes to be held. He also likes to lay on the floor and look up at the lights, he likes to be sung to, he now enjoys his swing, loves his baths, and really loves to be talked to.

Anna continues to adjust - we have had some very tough days in the past few weeks. Two and a half is a tough age I am finding, and then on top of that take away attention from someone who has had it showered on her for so long and you have a recipe for a tough day here and there. But, these tough days are offset with some very bright moments too. Anna has become a great helper and she is so sweet to her brother. She is never rough (on purpose) and is always concerned with his well-being. I can see they will have many many fun adventures ahead together.

Speaking of...we are off for another one here shortly so I better get moving!