Live, Laugh, Love: 9 months & Counting

So I've totally been slacking on writing little updates about the boys on the blog. I rarely have 2 minutes to myself so finding 30+ minutes to write is nearly impossible these days. That's just the way the Mom life goes though. Forgive me if this is long!

I'm slowly realizing and trying to cope with the fact that Noah will turn 3 in September. Kind of blows my mind actually. For some reason 3 seems so much older than 2 yet at the same time he's still my little boy who needs to nurse before he goes to bed and needs me to kisses boo-boos. Yes, he is still nursing a few times a day. Believe it or not the average weaning age is 4.2. It's natural and normal and I'm thankful that I have other mama friends still nursing their toddlers. On The Leaky B@@b's Instagram page the other day I read, "She is still little enough for a blankie, I'm ok with her needing mama milk too." Nursing is Noah's comfort, it's his safe place and it's a break from the chaos of every day life. Noah has been potty trained both day and night since March! I took a potty training class on the 3 day method and although it took Noah a little longer to get the hang of it, he is potty trained. We do still have accidents because he gets too busy and doesn't like to stop playing to go pee. And I have to watch for his non-verbal cues because he doesn't necessarily tell me he has to go. I still count this all as successful though! Noah is a talking so much these days and repeating everything. He can almost count to 20 (he gets excited and skips a few numbers after 10), say his ABC's and finds shapes in everything. He's also started talking in little sentences and comparing things like his trains and their colors. For example, "James is red. Victor is red. James and Victor are both red!" It's very exciting to watch! Noah has started saying "thank you, please, your welcome, bless you and I'm sorry" without me prompting. I haven't pushed him to start saying them, he just started modeling what I've been doing. Thank you gentle parenting!

Now onto Felix (Fe) who turned 9 months on the 18th! I can't believe my baby is so close to being 1! Ahhh! Seriously they grow up far too fast! He's 29.25in long although I feel like he is longer than that and weighs 20lbs 140z. Big boy!! Felix is crawling like crazy now, pulling himself up and successfully climbed the stairs at our little vaca in Rushford. He loves it! It's so crazy how different he is to Noah. Noah was walking at 9 months. I'm sure before I know it Felix will be walking all around. He's eating all sorts of foods, I'm doing more baby led weaning this time around and he's loving it. Fe also is saying "mama and dada" along with a bunch of baby jibberish. He can clap and wave and loves the camera! Felix is no where near sleeping through the night (sttn), just like his big brother was at 9 months. I know this is completely normal behavior but I can't help but be jealous of moms who have babies that actually sleep uninterrupted through every development stage. Noah didn't sttn until he was 21 months so I'm preparing myself for the same this go around although I'd be very grateful if it happened quicker. Currently up with him because he thinks it's party time. He gets crazy restless around 3am and the only thing that helps is letting him play for a bit and then he's back asleep a couple hours later. I've said it before and I'll say it again, thank goodness for coffee!

The boys absolutely adore one another! I sleep in the middle of them at night and come morning I have to move over so they can cuddle each other. It's so adorable!! If Felix falls down or tumbles over, Noah tries to pick him up. Not really ideal lol Noah's only got 10lbs on him. He'll lay down on the floor in front of Fe so that Felix will attack him. It's super funny! They love each other so much and I get to watch it every day. So thankful for them no matter how crazy they sometimes make me. Here are some pictures over the last 9 months.