For Starters...

Life with two boys is going pretty smoothly so far. Jon's first day back at work was this past Monday. Sunday night I was feeling very anxious thinking about having no help, but Monday actually went very well. The hardest part of the day is just making sure I'm giving each of the boys enough attention. Justus usually doesn't mess with the baby too much. I am trying really hard not to tell him "NO" all the time when it comes to the baby. I definitely don't want him thinking that he can never be around the baby. I usually just have to watch him closely when he touches Matthias. He usually is pretty gentle, but sometimes he wants to grab the baby. Matthias usually just sleeps right through it, so I guess Justus isn't bothering him too much.

This week has started a new adventure as well. Justus is walking!! He doesn't walk all the time, but he has now gained the confidence to walk without holding onto anything. Before this week he was always really "goal oriented" in walking, but now he will just let go and walk...with no "goal" to reach. Sometimes he just walks to the middle of the room, stands there, looks around, and then sits down. It's pretty cute. It's almost as if he's saying, "I'm going to walk over there and stand just because I can." Also new this week...Justus has started drinking milk! I don't think he even noticed. The only thing I'm worried about is him not wanting to eat table food. With formula he was getting all the extra vitamins, but now he won't be getting that. I'm still feeding him jar food for now. I've been trying to introduce new table foods, but I've discovered that if the food is wet or mushy he won't even try it. He knows how to chew food, so I know that's not the issue. He'll touch it once, and then make a face. I've tried putting it on a spoon and feeding it to him, and that doesn't work either. I guess maybe he is going to be a picky eater. We are still trying to get him to eat things though. I think i might just try frozen vegetables and kind of mash them up a little bit, and feed them to him that way. We'll see how that goes.

Here's some pictures to enjoy!

I just love that Justus is laughing in this picture!

One of the few things Justus will actually eat...wagon wheels.

This is pretty much all Matthias does.