Joey is 3 Months! And Parker is Keeping Us Busy!

Parker Love and Joey Bug,

We can't believe it, but Joey has hit the 3 month marker! This is exciting, and a bit sad, since he's out of the newborn/itty-bitty baby stage. :( Also, his three-month birthday aligns almost perfectly with the end of summer. Next week is back to work for Mommy and Daddy! 

What Joey has been up to:

Joey is in size 2 diapers now. He's still in 0-3 month clothes, but just barely. I think he's definitely a week or so away from moving up to 3-6 month sizes. I can't believe he's already (just about) moving out of his itty bitty baby clothes! 3-6 months seems like such a big boy size :)

Parker seems to be enjoying being a big brother. Although sometimes he'll bump into Joey or have other "whoops" moments, for the most part, he's very sweet. He'll bring Joey his paci or his snuggly. He'll talk to him every now and then while he's playing, mostly just saying "Hi, Joey!"

This baby bath has been dubbed "The Hippo" by Parker, who said "Excuse me, the hippo" when he wanted to move the baby bath out of the tub. Haha. It does kind of look like a hippo face!

Here's just some general cuteness.

All in all, Joey is a super happy little guy. He wakes up happy (usually between 6:00-7:00), is super mellow most of the day, then goes to bed happy. He's still eating about every three hours, and mostly breast milk.  We do supplement with formula on occasion, but once Mommy goes back to work, he'll b eon formula all day. 

He's just started reaching and grabbing things, and is starting to enjoy his play mat. 

Parker has been busy.

He still loves his letter and number magnets. We mounted a magnetic whiteboard to the wall, which he seems to enjoy (sorry, no pictures yet!).

He got to go swimming in Papa and Grammy's pool a few days this summer, which he really enjoyed. 

Here's the happy boy (and Snuggly!) all ready to go to church.

 Speaking of church... he and Lillian are becoming pals: 

Here he is, giving Mommy a heart attack as he climbs the super scary big-kid ladder:

Joey's goodnight face:

He is learning (kind of) how to be nice to Jack (nice=not sitting on Jack's head, for example). They are becoming buddies. I think Parker is old enough to go to the dog park with Jack! 

This cute little glow worm nightlight was technically a gift for Joey. but Parker loves it! 

Parker's gift was a Mr. Potato Head, which he also enjoys! Thank you, Lynn and Mia and Grammy!

 We gave potty training a go this summer. Unfortunately it only lasted about a week. Parker seemed to understand the idea of doing his business in the potty (he had a kid-potty by the way, even though the picture below shows him flushing the "big" toilet). 

I think when it came down to it, Mommy and Daddy weren't quite ready for the PT commitment. It's a full-time job, and a bit too stressful with a baby in the mix. We will try again another time. 

But he did peepee and poop in his potty a few times! He just didn't really have the desire to go in the potty... but he will someday! We don't want to rush him.

*** We interrupt this Parker update for some Joey cuteness!***

Okay. Back to Parker. 

Parker and Papa, hanging out.

 Also this month: Parker's first Dentist Appointment. 

Okay, so the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that  your child should see a pediatric dentist when the first tooth appears, or no later than his/her first birthday. 

So I was feeling a bit guilty that we waited until Parker was 2. But apparently most parents wait until 3 or 4, so I guess we jumped the gun a bit. Anyway, we went to Kids Care dental, and I really liked it! They had Parker's name on the Welcome board. 

There were lots of toys in the waiting room.

Overall, Parker did a pretty good job, though he didn't like sitting in the big chair by himself, and eventually ended up sitting in Mommy's lap. 

Check out this awesome picture they captured! I have no idea how this was happened. Right before they wee goign to take his picture, he saw something, pointed at it, and started talking. And this was the result:

Brother love! 

My "J-Boys" :Jack, hanging out with Joey. 

Cuteness!!!!!

 Parker made a "Big (number) Six" on the fridge. So awesome! He was so proud! 

Big boy haircut! He does much better with haircuts now. We go to Cool Cuts, which allows us to bring our own dvd for Parker to watch as they cut his hair. 

We can't believe summer has come to an end, and that Mommy and Daddy will be back at work soon. 

This was Joey's face when we told him we would be going to work next week:

We will SOOOO miss spending so much time with our boys everyday--even though they'll be in super great hands with the grandparents. 

We love you boys so very much. God continues to bless and delight us as we watch you learn and grow. We love you to pieces, Bubby and Joey Bug!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Playing Catch-up

Well, I'm a bit behind with posts... I missed Parker's 25months and a bunch of Joey blogs, who is now two months old (I can't believe it!).

We've been on vacation most of the past three weeks, so I haven't been on top of my blogging game.

To make up for it, I'm just going to post a collection of random cuteness from the past few weeks.

Here are some pictures from our vacation in  Ventura, CA. 

Wearing Grandpa's hat.

Playing at a park on the beach! This isn't a great picture, but you can barely see ocean in the background.

Daddy and Parker love. :)

 My cute little man! 

He was 6 weeks old on this trip.

Joey faces.

In his bed--he's so tiny!

We were able to "rent" toys from the resort lobby. Parker loved this ABC game.

Parker helping Daddy with our luggage. 

Such a great helper!

This happened for about 15 minutes on the 6 hour car-ride home (without air conditioning!).

Here's what happened most of the trip.

Here's some "around the house" cuteness:

Joey's found his hands!

nap time!

Some Lake Tahoe pictures:

Parker wrote his name!

Then he wrote Grandpa's name (I wrote the "G" but he spelled it by himself)

And just for fun... Parker does jumping jacks!

So that's just a glimpse into the Reyes' life! Stay tuned for more cuteness! :)

Parker is Spelling Words!

This past week Parker has started spelling words! He's been watching a movie called "The Talking Words Factory" by LeapFrog, and something just "clicked" and he understands the concept that every letter makes a sound, and that sounds work together to make words. 

Here's a few videos of Parker at work!

Here he's practicing his letter sounds...

And here he is spelling 3-letter CVC words:

5 Weeks Old!

Joey Bug,

Today you are 5 weeks old! We can't believe how much you have already grown! 

Before we talk about what you've been up to lately, I wanted to post a few pictures from week 3, since we managed to skip a Week-3 blog post:

Heehee. Love that face! :)

Okay, now back to week 5.

This week, you, Brother, and Mommy have been staying with Grandma and Grandpa. Daddy is out of town for the week on a working trip. It's been so nice for you to have time with your Gma and Gpa! :)

We haven't been taking many pictures of you though. Here's a few from the past week:

 Love those cheeks!!

 So many faces! :)

Huh?

You are still a good sleeper and eat about every 3-4 hours. Your biggest wake time is from 6-9PM when you seem to want to be awake and check out what's going on around you. You then fall asleep around 9:30 (after eating), waking up at 12:00, 3:00 and then you're up in the morning around 6:00AM. 

You are still a very mellow baby. You don't cry very often, but you DO know how to cry when you want something! Sometimes you'll go from being very quiet and content to full-on cry in a matter of seconds. 

You LOVE to be held and you will sleep for hours and hours if someone is holding you. But if you're not asleep in someone's arms, then you are in your swing, or this little bed: 

Originally, we bought a little bouncer for you, but you didn't really care to sleep in that. So we got this little bed instead and it's been AWESOME. This is where you sleep at night, right next to Mommy's bedside. 

Our favorite new thing this week is you've started SMILING!!! It's only been a few times, towards the end of the week, but it is so super sweet. We haven't been able to capture a picture yet, but we'll keep trying! :)

We love you so much Joey Bug, and we are just so super excited to watch you grow! 

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Joey is 4 weeks old!

Joey Bug,

Well, we missed your 3-week post but we promise to try to keep on top of things from here on out. :)

Some stats: You weighed 11lbs 3 oz at your appointment a few days ago. You are in size 1 diapers and are in 3month clothing sizes.

Here's a few pictures from Mommy's photo shoot. Unfortunately, you weren't as happy this time around so we were only able to get a few shots where you weren't crying. 

You've been more awake lately. You have a really good stretch of sleep from about 5PM to 8AM. You wake up about every three hours during that time to eat, but then go back to sleep. But from 8AM on, you have a lot of wake time, only taking little naps every few hours.

Some time with brother: 

We love you, little bug! 

Love, Mommy & Daddy