Clayton and Reese do stuff too!!

I should probably post about them too, huh?!

Both boys love to play with Harvey, he turned 6 months old on April 12th. Clayton especially likes to be "his friend" and keep him entertained and happy for me while I get a bottle for him or help another kid!

Playing with Harvey 4/8/15

Clayton colored this at home for Earth Day, (Wednesday, April 22nd). He is doing a good job of trying to stay inside the lines. He did the rainbow last, and I had to really push to get him to stay focused and finish it, but he mostly told me the order of the colors for the rainbow, but we argued a little about if blue or purple should come after green. I think he thought that purple was LAST and didn't care what had happened to the blue line (there just weren't enough spaces). He was happy enough to color it purple even though I insisted it should be blue. Good for him! 

The boys built this waffle blocks house together on Saturday morning while I was nursing Wyatt. They had a plan, (first the floor, then the walls, then the ceiling is last), and they did a good job of cooperating to get it done! (They'be been watching Bob the Builder! haha)

Wyatt Talking tonight. . .

Wyatt spent some time making friends with the animals on his crib bumpers tonight (not supposed to have those anymore, I know - we would take them out if we thought they posed a threat to him, but they are fine right now). The video is long, but it's really the longest I have ever heard him talk and coo all at once! He has been doing the occasional coo at me mostly it seems.

Smiles from 4/17

Smiles from 4/21

He also has lots of smiles for big brother Clayton! And why wouldn't he with all this fun stuff!

"I'm holding under his arms, mommy!"

Wyatt "stepping on a duck" (Ask Grandpa Mark about that!)

But anyway, tonight Wyatt was talking to his crib bumpers. . .

A Late Easter Celebration

We finally got to celebrate Easter with the Petersen side of the family today. And not a moment too soon, because just since the post I wrote on Wednesday, Wyatt has started to smile and coo!!!

Here are some smiles for Grandpa Mark. Wyatt thought it was really funny for Grandpa to nibble on his feet!

Wyatt and his priceless expressions!

Clayton and Reese had a fun pirate egg hunt (in the house since it was raining). They got some loot at the end too! Another Jake treasure chest (it's good that we have two swords now!) and one with Captain Hook's hook!

 Wyatt's present was this adorable frog towel. He thought it was weird to take a picture with it though apparently. . .

And trying to get a picture of Amy and Wyatt got photo bombed by the Hook!

It was a fun day!

2 Month Check Up

Well the stats are in, and this cute little baby boy weighs a whopping 10 lbs 11 oz already! And he's 22 3/4 inches long. He's starting to creep up off the 25th% tile and is heading towards the 50th.

Making faces at mommy while waiting in the Dr's office

Wyatt isn't doing too much in the way of cooing or smiling a lot yet, but he was 3 weeks early so I'm not concerned yet. He is starting to smile a little bit just in the past day or two. He was very smiley and happy right before the nurse had to come and give him his shots. He even smiled at her after she gave him the vaccination they have to drink (it's mostly sugar water, so he probably enjoyed it!). It broke mommy's heart to see him get poked (and to hear is reaction), but he was so sweet about it and stopped crying right away after I picked him up.

We are working on him sleeping in the crib in his own room instead of Mommy and Daddy's room, and he seems to be doing great with it. He usually only wakes up once or twice to eat in the night and seems to know that night time is for sleeping. So far he has been an extremely content baby with just a few random exceptions.


And here's a picture from yesterday in some Husker gear! We seem to have a lot in this size since Clayton was born in the fall. Mommy thought Wyatt could still wear it even if there was no game to cheer for today!

Is it football season yet?

Easter Sunday

After getting everyone up early early early for the 6:30 am Sunrise Service (and we weren't even late!) we spent the afternoon with the whole Branz Family down the street. 

All the Cousins!
Clayton with Wyatt - Kolby with Ava and Quin - Reese

Trying to get a pic of Wyatt's little Easter Bunny butt 

Uncle Ty and Daddy helping the boys fly the kites they got in their Easter baskets

Wyatt is 2 Months

Wyatt turned 2 months old today! I'll post more after his check up on Wednesday. He's still just the sweetest little baby!

Yay! I'm 2 months old today!

When I tried to take pictures of him this morning like usual I couldn't get him to look up at me hardly at all, he was just looking up at the window.

I got some much better looks and poses when I tried again this afternoon!

Looks like he's ready to do some bench press!

Just hangin' out with my big brother

yay!

Punching the camera. . . 

Oi! All these pictures give me a headache, mom

Clayton loves Wyatt

And Wyatt loves Clayton!

Not specifically a smile, but a very happy face!

Shortly after this we had a lesson about grabbing him under his armpits to hold him up better and NOT around his neck! Eeek! Clayton is getting much better with babies, and it's easier to hold Wyatt now that he can hold himself up a little better. So sweet!

Happy Easter!

From the Branz Boys!

We even got some smiles from Mr. Wyatt. Some of the very first!

The Easter Bunny came to visit while we were at the Sunrise Service!

 The boys got little construction trucks and a few chocolate coins in their eggs.

Crazy Week!

Clayton and Reese loving on Wyatt before bed, 3/27

It has been a crazy week in the Branz Household with the return of the daycare kids since Tuesday, but we have managed to get along OK. Clayton has even gotten to hold baby Harvey's bottle for him while mommy took care of something else (because everything always happens all at once). Five kids is a lot of work!

Out for a walk with all 5 of them! (4/1)

Wyatt snuggled up in the back of the double stroller

Daddy helped pushing the big kids on the swings Friday afternoon

Daddy has even been gone two evenings for track meets this week, so we had a living room picnic for supper on Thursday!