Busy Days and Sleepless Nights

These two little guys have been really busy meeting people and exploring all the new things at Grammy and Grumpy's house. Unfortunately, I've been embarrassingly bad about taking pictures so I have very few for the last week. Both the kids did really well during the day with the jet lag, eating and napping at pretty normal times since they got here, but they've been merciless at night about waking up. Ben has been awake for 1 1/2 - 3 hours nearly every night since we got here and Alex has suddenly started waking twice at night to eat and doesn't like to go back to sleep in a cold bed. I'll cut Alex a little slack since babies have to eat and I hate a cold bed (and cold weather, for that matter) myself but it's definitely time for Ben to be sleeping all night on his own again! Whenever he wakes up at night, he won't go back to sleep unless I get in bed with him and it creates a crisis whenever I have to get up to feed Alex. sigh. I'm crossing my fingers for better nights all around!

So here's what we've been up to during the daylight hours! Ben loves to lift weights with Grumpy and is really good about counting the reps.

Ben had a great time playing in this teepee (he called it a peepee so we started calling it the tent instead) and insisted that kitty Abby join him. He is still entirely obsessed with Abby and has gotten a little more aggressive in his affection, like trying to carry her around (even though she's half his weight) and sit on her. Needless to say, she's not quite as fond of him these days and is finding higher places to sleep.

We had a really cold day here, for Houston anyway, and the wind was freezing. I bundled the kids up to walk to the park and I loved how cute Alex looked in his litle bear suit. He reminded me of the little brother on A Christmas Story because he couldn't put his arms all the way down, but he sure stayed warm!

Our handsome baby looking quite thoughtful...

....and quite chubby....

...and quite happy! I've been bathing him in the sink because the baby bathtub was a little large to bring on the plane, but I'm not sure how much longer this guy will fit. Alex is such a sweet, easy-going guy. We went to story time and the mall this morning and Target this afternoon (my third trip already! wow, I miss that place) and he was all smiles the entire time.

This can only be described as Ben's happy dance. Or maybe a poopie-in-the-pants dance (because he had one). Or possibly my-shoes-are-on-the-wrong-feet dance. Or even I-can-barely-keep-my-pants-up dance. Whatever you call it, it's pretty funny!