Life with Ryan: Summer 2015 - first part of August

Everyone told me that time goes by so much faster during the second baby, but I didn't believe them. Time dragged by with Ryan - it felt like it took a week for a day to pass, a year for a month - so I thought the same thing would happen with Lucas. Boy, was I WRONG! Time has been flying! I can't believe that it's already mid-August!

Here's what's happened so far this month:

--I've been flying solo during the days and I'm doing pretty well, I think! Some days are better than others, and I try to have some kind of outing or event for Ryan every day - whether it's going to the library, going to Target, having a playdate, going to Marbles, etc. It gives him a chance to run around and have some fun while I sit with Lucas. And a happy Ryan makes me happy, too :)

--I took Ryan to his first movie! Our local movie theater plays $1 movies on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during the summer, so I took Ryan to go see the Lego movie. Ryan was very excited about going to his first movie and liked sitting in a big tall seat and watching what he called "a big TV screen"

--Ryan had ANOTHER sleepover - this time, at Oma's house! Oma decided to take all the boys "camping" (read: set up a tent in the living room and Levi, Julien, and Ryan all slept in there...WITH OMA - how she will willingly sleep on the ground is beyond me). Ryan LOVED IT. When I picked him up the next morning, I found out that all the boys didn't go to sleep until 12:30am...and woke up at 6:00am. Oh boy! Anyway, Ryan is very excited about going "camping" again!

--Ryan is still super sweet with Lucas. Every morning, he comes in to check on Lucas, give him a hug/kiss if Lucas is awake and then goes to wake up Joe. He loves Lucas so so much and says that Lucas is his "very best friend" (granted, he also says this about Mommy, Daddy, Levi, Julien, and baby Nadia).

--Lucas is well out of newborn clothes and in 3 month clothes...and in some cases, in 6 month clothes. He's a big boy!

--Lucas turned 7 weeks today (Sunday). He's gaining more head/neck control, is more aware of his surroundings, likes looking at the ceiling fan, the blinds, and going outside. He still doesn't really like the car seat, but will eventually settle in (and stop screaming) after a couple of minutes. Usually.

--Lucas is still doing ok at night - I say this very carefully. He has good nights and bad nights. We still haven't transitioned him to a crib yet, and mostly either sleeps in the Rock N Play OR in bed with me (I love it...I know it's a bad habit and a habit that's really hard to break if we do it too often...but I LOVE snuggling up to him).