The Schaffers

Monday, July 15, 2013

February 2013

In February the boys turned 10 months old. They were continuing to sleep through the night, taking a morning nap of 1-1 1/2 hours at around 11 am, an afternoon nap of 1-2 hours around 4 pm and sleeping from 8:30 at night until 7:30 or 8 in the morning. They started eating a lot more table and finger foods this month. They would have breakfast when they first woke up of oatmeal and fruit, a 5oz bottle of formula before morning nap, lunch after nap, 5 oz bottle before afternoon nap, dinner after nap and a 7 oz bottle before bed. They started taking some of their formula from sippy cups instead of bottles. I wanted to try and start breaking them into the idea before they turned one. They did pretty well. Jackson took all of his from the sippy cup and Jacob took about half of it. New foods they had this month included: tortilla, America cheese, string cheese, fresh pear in chunks, beans, meatball, Peeps, grilled cheese (LOVED), and blueberries. They did pretty well with all the food. It was crazy to be giving them table food. I realized just how big they were getting and how fast time was passing.

The boys got to celebrate their first Valentine's Day with us in February. We made daddy homemade poptarts with heart-shaped strawberries for breakfast, homemade heart-shaped cheese ravioli with garlic cream sauce and Parmesan chicken for dinner and a large heart-shaped red velvet cake for dessert. We had fun cooking for Daddy all day.

On the 17th, the boys went to the nursery at church for the first time. They did very well. We were in our Sunday night class. It was getting close to bed time and the boys were tired but do not like to be rocked so the nursery volunteers came and got us because they were getting fussy. They are used to being able to rock babies but the boys are used to just laying down in bed. After that one time I haven't been called back to the nursery since. They have just learned how the boys act and the boys have gotten used to being there. They are such good boys.

Justin and I went away for a weekend to a marriage retreat in February. It was hard to leave the boys but we did have a good time. They stayed with Mimi and Poppy.

Jacob:
Jacob had two more teeth come in in February. His top left tooth was first discovered on the 8th and his top middle right tooth on the 21st. Jacob started crawling in February. It was a very funny crawl...what we liked to call the army man. It was more like scooting but he was moving his arms and legs in the crawling motion but just all laying and dragging on the ground. It is hard to explain but don't think he had trouble getting around. He was so FAST!!!! His squealing continued getting louder and higher-pitched. He also started clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth. So cute. Anytime I would do it he would do it. He loved to be on the floor crawling and cared nothing about being held. He also loved to be upside down...thanks to Aunt Tia. :) He went through a small stage where he was not happy if I walked out of his sight but it was short lived. Jacob discovered that cars roll easier when they are on a hard surface. He loved rolling his cars on the bottom of my living room table. He was starting to imitate more sounds this month as well. By the end of the month he was crawling like a pro, eating more and more table food very well, feeding himself perfectly, doing well with a sippy cup and getting very close to pulling up on his own.

Jackson:
Jackson started squealing some this month but was nowhere near as loud or high as Jacob. :) He was also clicking his tongue and saying "bababababa". Jackson loved to sleep, eat and play in February. He did not like to be woke up or to get off schedule. That would make for a very grumpy little baby. He also was not so fond of Jacob's squealing.....it upsets him and he cries when Jacob squeals really loud. Jackson loved to just sit and play with Jacob. He would just sit and laugh at Jacob when Jacob would make noises. By the end of the month Jackson was getting better about being so sensitive to being mocked and to Jacob's squealing. I guess he is getting used to it. :) Poor Jackson. He was getting close to crawling by getting up on all fours and rocking.

Here are some pictures....

The boys having their first cracker

This is where we keep the walker but I put him in it in the living room and he moved it back here.

Jacob all snuggled up

Jackson all snuggled up

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!

First time in highchairs in a restaurant

First time having toast

Their first Chick-fil-a

Justin and I at our retreat

Jackson

Jacob

Jackson

Jacob

Daddy cuddling with Jackson

Jacob cuddling with Mommy

The girls on our retreat

The guys on the retreat

Crazies!!!!

Me and my babies

January 2013

I am going to try and finally get caught up with everything that has happened the last six months. It is going to be hard but I really want to document it all here with all the pictures I have taken to share with everyone. Obviously a lot has happened in the last 6 months so it will be crazy going back and looking at all these pictures. I never get on the computer anymore since I got an iPad for Christmas and therefore have not been diligent with updating the blog and I do hate that I have let it go. I have kind of been busy with two little baby boys as well...but enough excuses. :)

Here are some pictures and information about the boys from the rest of January (I updated some in January)

The boys sleeping pattern usually consisted of waking up around 7:30 or 8 am, having a morning nap around 11 for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, an afternoon nap around 4 for 2 hours, going to bed around 8:30 or 9 pm and sleeping all night.

Eating pattern was having oatmeal with fruit (usually banana but sometimes peaches or pears) for breakfast when they first woke up, 4-6 oz (Jackson always took the full amount but Jacob didn't always) of formula before their morning nap, lunch after nap time consisting of pureed vegetables, 4-6 oz of formula before their afternoon nap, dinner after their nap of pureed vegetables or fruit and a 6-7 oz bottle of formula before bed. They would have some apple juice and water in a sippy cup if eating vegetables or just water if eating fruit. They had strawberry yogurt for the first time on the 16th. Jacob loved it. It took Jackson some getting used to. He gagged on it but kept eating it.

The boys turned 9 months old on January 5th and on January 12th the wore their first 9 month outfit.

Jackson:

Was saying "ma-ma", "da-da" and "ba-ba". He was still sucking his first two fingers on his left hand. He was rolling all over the place to get where he wanted to go. Jackson was also getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth like he was ready to take off crawling. He also started this really cute eye squinting. Shortly after the eye squinting started we discovered that he did not like to be cried at. All we would do is say "whah" like we were crying and he would squint his eyes, pucker up and let out a huge cry. It was so funny but sad at the same time. Jackson started sitting along on January 9th and once he learned how to do that he loved to sit and play with all his toys. I would sit Jackson and Jacob facing one another and they would sit and laugh and play. Jacob would squeal and Jackson would laugh at him. He loved his blocks and truck and any toy that he could chew on. They got a walker for Christmas and for a while he couldn't get it to move and by the end of the month he had learned to push it backwards.

Jacob:

In January Jacob was doing his normal squealing and a lot of moving. I just looked back through his calendar and the first time I noted his squealing was in September. He has been getting louder and higher pitched ever since. He was rolling, kicking, and moving his little booty when he would get excited. Jacob's favorite things in January were sitting up and playing with his toys with Jackson and MUSIC!!!!! Jacob loves music. Anytime music comes on he stops what he is doing and looks toward it. I love it!!! His dislikes were being held and vegetables. He liked sweet potatoes and pumpkin but anything else was pretty much not happening.

Jacob liked his blocks and trucks, playing peek-a-boo, rolling around and he learned how to move the walker backwards. Jacob also started getting up on all fours like he was going to take off crawling.

I loved it that they started sitting up by themselves this month. It was so cute that they would just sit in front of one another and play for a long time. It was kind of nice to just set them there and they not move. :) That didn't last long though.

Here are some pictures.