Asher at 7 weeks and Reese at 17 months

Asher will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. Hard to believe since it has gone by so fast. Reese will be 17 months on Thursday. They both seem to be changing every day. Asher is much more alert just in the last week or so. He is cooing and smiling and loves to be talked to. His current "routine" (if you can even call it that at 7 weeks) is to sleep from 10-2ish and then be up every 1.5-2 hours after that. Not great but could be worse. He also seems to be in the same stage as Reese was at this age where he'll go through 2 or 3 outfits a day (I won't gross you out with the details of that). Unfortunately, Asher is still resisting the bottle. We switched from the Adiri ones that Reese likes to a Playtex drop-ins one and he drank from it a few times but is still fairly finicky anytime he is offered a bottle. CK continues to try to coax him into it so we'll keep at it...

Reese is walking everywhere now. She's consistently taking only one nap a day now and lately has been doing so later and later. She's still sleeping in our bed which is not ideal but we are going to move her permanently into her own crib and room when we get back from our travels over the next few weeks. We didn't think it made sense to make any big changes until we're back home and can get her into a more comfortable routine. Reese is learning new words every day and lately has picked up puppy, turkey (sounds more like cookie), and Minnie (for the Minnie Mouse figures on her Huggies diapers). The screaming is slightly less frequent and mostly we try to ignore it and hope she eventually finds another way to express herself.

I'm feeling pretty good and have my final post partum doctor's appointment later today so hopefully I'll be able to start doing more. I've been walking on the treadmill (that Jen was nice enough to let me borrow) and doing some DVDs. Trying to take it slow, especially since I pulled a muscle in my lower back picking up Reese (my body's not used to picking her up). I'm really looking forward to running again, though, so I hope to start that (slowly) in the next few weeks.

We're heading to Arizona on Thursday. First to Lake Havasu to visit Sue, Larry and the LaFond crew that is down South for the winter. Then back to Phoenix to see Tom, Jane, and family, Nana, Granddad and Mom who will be visiting. We're looking forward to some sun and warm weather! We're back on the 7th for a few days and then off again to New Jersey to see family and friends on the East Coast. Should be a fun few weeks and I'm sure Reese and Asher will love seeing everyone. Traveling with two instead of one (especially when one is now mobile) should be interesting but our plan is to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. :)

Below are some recent videos of the kids: