Lopez Family Life in a Nutshell!: May 2011

We had a wonderful month! The boys are really learning so much and becoming the cutest little boys (as opposed to the cutest BABIES)! It is so interesting to see how each one is developing and hitting certain Milestones. Noah is really just ready to go---- he wants to crawl, walk, play with everything, etc.! Whereas, Mason is just the happiest little content boy-and will just cuddle up to you and lay on the floor and relax! "Why would I try to crawl or sit, when someone will hold me?"
So, it is making for some very interesting days sometimes! To sum it up at the moment (because I bet it will change eventually!), Noah is our little energy ball spitfire, and Mason is our chilled out dude!

They are doing great with their Solid food, and they eat about 3 big meals a day. There is nothing that they don't like so far--except Mason still isn't big on Avocado. Mason will eat as much as you will give him, but Noah is often too busy to eat! Thus.....the nemesis of my day.....Noah is still too distracted to eat (nurse) more often than not--so he will wake up from his Naps at his 45 minute sleep cycle, and not be able to go back to sleep b/c he realizes he is hungry. urgh....we are still working on this. Mason does great though! Eats whenever (big guy!), and takes great Naps! We will get there with Noah--- I am finding out though that Noah just does things when Noah wants to do things.....uh-oh. ;)

Probably the biggest news to report is the Mason's REFLUX IS GOING AWAY!!!!! yay!!!!!!! It was like overnight a couple weeks ago--he just stopped spitting up as much! HE still spits a little bit each day, and will once and a while have a good one-- but overall it is MUCH BETTER! such a relief! Noah's is still at bay the way it has been for a while, and he will spit once and while too--but not nearly as much! So happy for the little guys!

They both still have some tummy issues I think though--b/c they get really bad gas pains a lot....bot sure if it is something I am eating or what. I give them probiotics everyday though, and yogurt in the mornings. If they are really having a bad time, I will give them Colic Calm--which is a miracle NATURAL medicine that has worked wonders for us. Simethicone never really seemed to help--but this stuff is great! Recommend it to all moms!

Noah is now sitting on his own great! I still put the boppy around him when he is on the floor just in case he falls, but he doesn't need it. He will fall forward....but I kinda let him so that he learns to crawl, etc. Mason is sitting much better now--and he will sit by himself for a minute or so--- but the guy just has a much bigger head to hold up! ;) they LOVE sitting in the Papason chair outside! They just love being outside in general. They will sit in their exerciser's out there while I work in the yard--it is so cute!

They are really starting to notice each other now--- and they will sometimes kindof play with each other. Mason used to get so upset when Noah would even touch him--(big baby ;), but now Noah will touch his face and try to get him to play, and Mason doesn't mind.

In the middle of the month, we took our 1st big trip with them to Phoenix to visit family! I have to say--they did really well on the plane ride both ways--such good boys! We gave them dum-dum suckers for the pressure on the plane, and boy did they love those! Mason ate 2 of them before even taking off! the rest of the trip was pretty good-- but pretty stressful (as to be expected I guess). The 1st day there, I think they were just SO overstimulated--they didn't sleep at all--so the night was horrible. The rest of the trip I ended up feeding them when they got up at night--and then they would fall asleep in the bed with us-- so I think they got into some old habits, and we are still trying to get back on track for not waking at night again! boo. But it was really good to see everyone--and the boys had fun!

They will be 8 months old on the 17th-- I just can't believe it! Time really does fly--and it doesn't......

Until next month!

(Lots of pictures as usual!)

First, here are some pictures from our trip to Phoenix!

1st train ride at DIA!

Uncle Gary took the boys out for their first time in a pool!

Grandma saying bye to Mason

The cool thing about Phoenix is that we have lots of family there! Anthony's Uncle Jay and Jim were awesome and let us borrow a car for the weekend (HUGE help!), and then they took Anthony out one day for a hike and "such"...;)