Sleepovers Round 2

Strangely, I'm finding myself alone in a quiet house for the first time in weeks.  Huxey was picked up at 10:30 this morning and I now have the rest of the day to myself.  It feels strange...

Grammy Daycare has been going full force since mid August and hasn't slowed down.  Last Thursday-Saturday we had a another sleepover with Milo and Otto while their parents had a mini vacation in Boston.

We all had a good time and the boys did great.  Here are a few photos of the sleepover, and one of Huxey from this morning.

Thankfully the boys are very familiar with us/our home/routine.  Although, we are not used to Milo's nighttime routine of getting up every 3 hours at night to eat, so that was a little new for us;)   Grandpa took the night shift and Grammy took the late feeding and early morning feeding. His momma was very receptive to my suggestion to try oatmeal to get him to sleep longer.  We are all hoping this will fill his belly and allow his momma get some much needed and deserved sleep.  He is a very big boy, now wearing size 12-18 month pants and shirts at his young age of 7 months.  There is a reason we call him Boom Boom!

Otto has started to show some interest in the bouncy horse we have.  For the longest time he wanted nothing to do with it.  Now he is carrying on Grandma's tradition of bouncing on the rocking horse from her early days.  I haven't seen it bounce across the room yet, but my bets on Huxey or Milo to get it there!  This and several other outdoor toys are now in the basement.  We have play areas on all 3 floors (of course) with the largest and most large motor toys in the basement.  We tend to go up and down quite a bit during the day.  Between the squatting, lifting and stairs, I feel confident that the boys are keeping me younger rather then making me older, lol.

Otto also got a new Grand Rapids Hockey sweatshirt so that Milo could inherit his old one.  He looks so old here.  Every week watching the development of these 3 boys is fascinating.  They are so close together that as soon as one moves on from one stage, there is someone right behind going into that stage.  We got Huxey out of the scary, wobbly stage (although, he loves climbing now) just in time for Milo to start.  Otto has not been much of a climber at out house so we have that going for us, but watching Milo now, I can see him and Hux are going to have a great time climbing together very soon.

Milo is mostly standing and climbing now.  Crawling is so old news and he only does it to get to the next object to stand up against.  He is even letting go and just using his belly for balance on the couch, ottoman, etc.  He is also beginning to take steps when we hold his hands, although there isn't a balance to it, he sure loves cruising along.  My guess is Milo will be walking before Christmas.

And completely random, here's Huxey washing dishes.  He is actually playing in the soap and water to get the blue dye off of his hands from finger painting, but he doesn't know that;)

This weekend I have a sleepover with Huxey Friday-Sunday.  Let the merriment continue!