A week ago we caught up with friends at Muscoot Park to check out the animals in the early spring weather. Emma in the pic above is one of his favorite people and is the first name he learned to say besides mama, dada, nana, papa, and Buh (for Buffy). In fact, the first time he said it was Emma walked into church during a quiet moment between songs - Caleb got excited and started chanting "Emma, Emma" across the sanctuary!

Elizabeth is only two weeks away from her due date. She amazes me every time with her cute little belly that only shows up around her third trimester :)

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Little blondes making their way through the dairy barn

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I don't think he realized how big cows were until he saw a live one right in front of him.

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"Baby, eat!" Caleb says this every time I nurse Cooper :)

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A hoe down! And take your partner, dose-doe...

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Cooper slept in the Ergo I was wearing the entire time we were there, so I don't have an photos of him. taking pics has definitely been more challenging with two!

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THis shot is from a week and a half ago... and sorry for the blurry photo - I never have my camera ready when he grins at me and so snapped this one quickly with my phone before it focused. He seems to be just as smiley as Caleb was at this age, smiling when I talk to him close to his face and asking him to show me his smile. When he makes the big smiles, he actually has a dimple in his left cheek like my brother, Sean, has. So cute!

He is always grinning in his sleep, but his biggest smiles are when he is nursing. Pretty funny!

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And not to be outdone is brother next door. :)

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We are finally into Cooper's week 3! One of the highlights of that week was a playdate with the Eilens - Logan (five weeks older than Caleb), my friend, Jen, ad her mom (who is also our Ob), Dr. Eilen - whose grandkids (and Caleb) call Bubbe. Fun times all around, although Jen and I were promptly threatened with Bonnie leaving when we started talking about Cooper's delivery ten minutes into the visit. She doesn't take enough days off and certainly didn't want to be talking about work while away from it!

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The boys had fun playing together. It is cool to see them get to an age when they actually play with each other versus just side by side.

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The car, always a hit.

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They actually did pretty well sharing that, too!

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Bubbe with the Coyne boys

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Outtakes from the all-boys shot

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Jen meeting Cooper - not a little baby, but he seems pretty small with these two big guys running around!

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Two Fridays ago during a the middle-of-the-night nursing session, I saw a text from my friend, Nicole, who said she wanted to swing by the next morning to give me some time to shower, run errands, or take a nap. So sweet! Before she came over that morning, I traded text messages with my Ob and another doctor-friend (thank you, Amanda!!) about what I expected was phlebitis/a blood clot in my arm where one of my IVs had been inserted. For about five inches up my arm from the insertion point, the vein was very dark blue/green and hard like a rope under my skin with a growing red spot. Both docs thought I should get to a vascular surgeon to get an ultrasound, so Nicole's visit could not have been better timing. I took Cooper with me as I did not know how long the squeezed-me-in appointment would take (and in my experience, any appointment with a surgeon tends to include a lengthy wait).

Nicole got lots of play time in with Caleb, who loooves her. Unfortunately I was not there to take pics, but we did snap a few when I returned from the doc. (And I did have phlebitis... and the clot was about 8 inches up the vein in my arm. Crazy - the complications of our last pregnancy and delivery just keep going! Thankfully, I do believe this should be the last of those. :))

Cooper saying hi as they get their cuddles on.

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Nicole was also thoughtful in taking pictures of Cooper and me - our first together since our first day together in the hospital!

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Our little guy making some funny faces.

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Fish face...

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And my favorite, funny old man face

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Little sweetie

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He is still hanging onto that double chin. :) You can also see his blonde hair here - on the top, it is actually an inch long! It is one of my favorite features, and I am hoping he does not lose it like Caleb did!

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I love this little boy!

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Pete and Caleb are laughing as we were figuring out how to work the self-timer on the photo, meaning Pete was repeatedly pushing the button, running over to us and hurdling half the family to make it behind Caleb. Both older boys found this hilarious after about five times!

I am still two weeks behind with updates (ugh!) but hopeful that I will catch up one day soon.  As for now, here is the catch-up on Pete's mom, Buffy to the boys, visiting the week before Easter.  Caleb was beside himself with two weeks in a row of doting grandparents!

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Buffy joined us for two days and was a great help with Caleb while I was nursing two-week-old Cooper what felt like constantly. She also got some quality time in with her youngest grandson.

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You can't really tell here, but the boys are wearing matching outfits (pants and onesies) for the first time!

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Love for the little one

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Cooper managed to squeeze in a nap with Buffy before she left.

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Caleb was very upset when Buffy had to go, partially because she was letting him sit in the drivers seat of her car while we programmed her GPS. THe fact that I had to feed Cooper as soon as she pulled away didn't help things. So I rubbed Caleb's back while I nursed Cooper, and before I knew it, I had a standing, sleeping Caleb next to me! Here is the pic once I got up. Funny boy!

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And my not-sleeping boy on the other side :)

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Caleb loves crackers with letters stamped on them!

BTW, that bowl is the gyroscope one that supposedly prevents spills... and it really works! Well, except when Caleb gets really excited (like with his favorite letters, M and H) and throws the bowl up in the air. :)

Rocking my two sweet boys to sleep