5-Months-Old

It feels fitting that on Mother's Day our little peanuts turned 5-months-old. :) It seems like just yesterday I went in for a check-up and found out we'd be delivering them in a few hours!

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Well, let me tell you, 3-months was great! We found a routine, learned our groove, and had a great little system in place.... and then 4-months hit. Hard. And it became my least favorite month so far. All the gloriousness of 3-months quickly fell apart as sleep regression hit in the midst of Matt traveling to China, our first trip away from home, and me staying at my parent's house. Someone was up every hour of the night to eat, or needing a paci, or not able to sleep, or having tummy issues. To say it was an absolutely exhausting couple of weeks would be an understatement. My mom was able to help me with some of the feedings while I was at her house for almost two weeks but mainly I was up trying to keep the boys quiet so my parents could get some sleep for work. During that time I got sick with a sore throat and stuffy nose and so did Lucas. Last month the boys decided that the world around them was suddenly much more exciting than eating and it became quite a chore to get a full meal into them. The whole month was an exhausting and stressful blur but I am happy to say that as we neared 5-months things seemed to come back together and they started sleeping and eating better again.

The boys have discovered one another and like to smile and "talk" to each other in long conversations, and they really like playing with their toys and watching the world around them. Currently, their favorite toys are their hands, which pretty much never leave their mouths. They both roll over from their tummy to their back and Lucas can now roll from his back to his tummy too. Andrew likes to lay on his back, push with his feet on the ground, and scoot around. No more leaving them on Mom and Dad's bed. :)

Here are some pictures from our last month!

We have VERY busy hands and sometimes Momma encourages us to hold our own bottle with them

We loooove smiling when we see people we know!

Cousins Ben & Nathan thought we would like to play with all our toys at once...

...what helpful cousins! ;) 

Playtime at Grandma Donna's

We finally fit in our walker toy from Cousin Holly....

...although we do need a pillow under our feet since they don't touch the ground yet

We LOVE to read books! We especially like looking at the pictures

We started out in the same direction, on opposite sides of the blanket, and ended up like this 

Just chillin' on a hot day during our Southern CA vacation

Our special sleep suits from Cousin Danielle to help muffle our startle reflex which wakes us up at night

And a bonus is how funny and adorable we look in them!

Night-night time at Grandma Donna's

We started wearing 6-month sized clothes while we were 4-months-old. We're getting so big!

First Time at the Beach

Thanks so much to my sister and her friend Dean for taking these pictures for us!

First time putting our toes in the sand!

Real life

First Time Swimming

Recently Matt had a trip to China and we decided to have me stay with my parents in Ventura. There were two things we really wanted to do for the first time while we were down south: take them to the beach and have them go swimming in the pool. Thankfully Matt was able to be there for both! My dad kindly heated up the spa and then had to run to work so Matt and I maneuvered getting us all in the pool safely. :) Thankfully my mom came home from work in time to help us get out and get the boys into the bath! They loooove the water so their first time in the pool was a huge success!

The boys were cranky but became all smiles once we got them in the water

I love their little swimsuits!

Andrew was not a fan of putting off getting in the pool for pictures

Even Hunter came out to join us...and then he fell in and needed a bath afterwards too!

Andrew was fascinated with the water and bubbles on his toes! (Matt had Lucas and the camera) 

Momma and her baby boys! 

Family picture!

A Big Announcement!

Matt and I are so excited to share that we have closed escrow on our first house! It's a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom single story home in San Jose. It has about 1700 square feet on a 6000 square foot lot. We can't wait to host family and friends for events and visits! We will be moving sometime in June and will update everyone with our new address then. :)

Our First Trip

They always say it's the one thing you don't plan for that happens... On our first trip with the babies we planned for everything except the dog throwing up in the backseat. Oops! That's never happened before but like they also say, there's a first time for everything!

For Matt's second trip to China post-babies I stayed at my mom's house (last time she stayed with us). Seriously, I love my mom!!! She spent so much time putting everything together and recreating her "grandkid" room to accommodate us and make us feel right at home. She got two cribs and bedding, blackout curtains for naps, a changing table and accessories, diapers, wipes, the special soaps and lotions the boys use, burp clothes, a video monitor, baby toys, a bouncy seat, a Bumbo seat, and even baby detergent! I'm sure I'm forgetting other things, too.

She got up at night with me, stayed home late or got home early from work, and she and my dad helped me at night when the boys are most cranky. My sister was also super helpful and came over a couple times to help me on days I only got 3 hours of scattered sleep. The boys had a really hard time adjusting and weren't sleeping or eating well but I think things are starting to be on the mend....hopefully!

Here are a couple pics. My sister said it looks like we have quadruplets! HAHAHA!

Two cribs and a set of bunk beds for four cute grandkids!

Changing table and accessories, and even a space heater to keep it cozy for the babies

The closet is organized full of toys for all ages of kiddos, and even extra clothes and blankets (and a bean bag chair for reading)

One crib for Andrew

One crib for Lucas

Baby toys and books galore!

This is a cross-stitch my grandma made and it's sentimental to my mom especially so she hung it in the room. I love having a piece of my grandma passed down to my kiddos' grandma :)

4-Months-Old

We are finally starting to find a routine and rhythm to life yet the days seem to fly right by. Life is crazy but amazing! I'm about to photo bomb your computer, beware! :)

4-Months-Old! (Andrew on L, Lucas on R)

In our church clothes, tennis shoes and all! (Lucas)

This last month Matt went back to China and my mom came and stayed. She got up for every night feeding, went grocery shopping, cleaned, cooked, and kept me company. My mom is the best!!! Here she is reading them a book while I got to grab a shower! (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

These boys love to read! (Andrew) 

They also love the bath with bubble hats and even bubble beards! (Lucas)

(Andrew)

Guess who has found one another?? So cute! (Andrew on L, Lucas on R)

We also love our toys (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

And dressing up in costumes! These Monster's Inc Disney outfits are all the way from our friend Phil in Hong Kong (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

(Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

To give you a size reference: the boys posing for the first time next to Hunter, our 20 lb wiener dog. (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

We like to bake cookies for our friends (Lucas)

We like to match sometimes. We are wearing 3-6 month sized clothes! (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

Sometimes people say Andrew doesn't smile as much but really he does. He just gets too focused on the camera usually. :) Andrew smiles with his whole little body and Lucas tends to look bashful when he smiles. Too cute! (Andrew)

Lucas as a newborn versus 4-months-old (posing on the same pillow). He weighs 14 lbs and has grown 7 inches. 

Andrew as a newborn versus 4-months-old. He weighs 12 lbs and has grown 6 inches. (Lucas was accidentally getting all the hind milk for about a month...oops! We've fixed that so we'll see if their weights even out.)

We are soooo in love!!! This next weekend we will be making out first road trip down to SoCal and plan to have my family meet them. I can't wait to introduce them to their great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and baby cousins!