Niles being a 6 week old

I had to add this to the post after I watched the video for the first time....it seems that Niles has once again brought out the sing-songee octave finder. I had no idea that I sounded that stupid, I knew I sounded stupid...but anyways all in a Dad's work.

Niles is actually large for a 6 week old....but Oscar is enormous. Sara went to go and put another load of laundry in and when she returned Oscar had found a willing companion to snuggle up with. They seemed to make a pretty good pair. Niles has been smiling and watching things a bunch more the last week. That also means he knows what he is missing so sometimes tries to stay awake a little longer than he should, despite his parent's antics to put him to sleep.

Day Out with Thomas

It seems as if the Fat Controller, aka "Sir Topham Hat", needed to take a break. Jonas got a chance to shake hands and give a high five before the Fat Controller went back to his office to direct the happenings on the island of Sodor. Grandma and Grandpa seemed to enjoy all the Thomas propaganda as well.

Jonas had a great time in Green Bay for the second weekend in a row. Last week he hit up Bay Beach Park and this week he spent a "Day Out with Thomas". It was a blast with all the little train nerds.

Jonas the Dog

Jonas would not get out of character...right at the end of dinner time he turned into Jonas the dog. Complete with eating like a dog, sleeping like a dog, roaching like a dog, going crazy like a dog, he needed to add peeing and pooping like a dog while on a walk. He used to poop on trees from time to time, but he has perfected his imitation a bit since than.

Swinging Swans and 2 am parties

Update: Niles is growing and is cute. Jonas is growing and is cute. Parents are focusing on their cuteness factors for sanity's sake.

Niles' feet.

Niles Rollover

Believe it or not this is quite a rare picture. It is a seldom event when there are actually 3 members of the family all sleeping peacefully at the same time in the same place. It seems as though we have figured out the sleep ratio adjustment factor with a newborn and 2 year old, 3 hours of sleep has been condensed to needing only 10 minutes for a sleep compression ratio of 18:1.

Another one off the list! We caught Niles's 2nd rollover on video. His first one was amazing and we were all going nuts and cheering like he just won a nascar race. We thru him back on his tummy and told him to do it again and as soon as I flicked on the camera he obliged. He followed this up with a couple more acrobatic moves. It took Jonas 30 days to get his rollover action going and Niles topped Jonas by a bunch coming in at 20 days for his rollover action. This officially marks the start of Jonas and Niles' sibling rivalry.

Jonas is on the left

Well if you have not had a chance to guess Jonas is on the left and Niles is on the right on the previous post. A few giveaways that many of you caught...Sara is wearing new earrings and Rocky has grayed a bit around the eyes in just a couple of years. We are still settling in and Jonas keeps everyone busy who is not already busy with Niles. Niles is just short of 10 pounds and has stretched out almost a couple of inches already trying to catch his brother's growth rate. Below is a video of Niles talking to Jonas.

Separated by 2 and 3/4 years

The question that is posed to you: Who is that? One of the above pictures is of Jonas and one of the above pictures is of Niles. The kids certainly do have some similar scowls and expressions. Can you figure out which one is which kid? We will reveal the answer in a few days.

Jonas helped his brother to get cleaned up for the first time at home. Jonas has been doing an excellent job of helping out, has moved to pull-ups, and has been plopping turds in the toilet with over 95% on-time delivery. Maybe a little too much information for you, but it is pretty exciting stuff for us.

Favorite Family Slideshow

It's an early favorite. Even though times can be a bit tough with a couple of squirts there are durations of bliss that are unmatched by anything. Sara is doing well and is working Niles to learn the rules of how the Earth rotates so he can determine the difference between night and day. The pictures in the slideshow are pretty varied from events around Niles day 3,4, and 5. It has been one week since Niles's birth which is hard to believe how quick time passes. He is starting to squirm a bit more, seems to enjoy tummy time pretty well, and has been feeding pretty well.