Nolan is getting Big

Nolan is getting big right before our eyes. Not only can he roll from his tummy to his back,  he also can hold his head up high,

Plays so hard is his exersaucer that he falls asleep,

 and have his own baby friends.

 He still loves cuddling with his big brothers though. 

and the littlest one rolled over.....

Here is some video of Nolan's newest trick!

Thanksgiving Program Times 2

On Monday Tyler had his Thanksgiving program. I picked Carter up from Moms Morning Out as he insisted to go. Tyler was an Indian and sang along to the two songs they performed. They then enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving feast.  On Tuesday Carter had his and I picked Tyler up early from school as he insisted to go. Carter was a pilgrim and did very well too. Tyler had been in other singing programs before, but Carter really hadn't. For the first song he mainly just did the hand motions and then he sang along for the second song. He then enjoyed his Thanksgiving feast as well. I enjoyed both of my feasts as well. I will try to add video soon.

Carter's Funny Sayings

So every time we are in the car the boys ask to play Christmas music (there is a station that has been playing it non stop since the second week of November). Justin really doesn't like Christmas music so he usually tells the boys no. Carter asked if he didn't like Christmas music because it was too "Chrissy".

Carter likes to name things. But its how he does it that make me chuckle. His pumpkin was named "Pump", the yellow car he picked out is named "Yell", the porcupine on one of Nolan's shirt is names "pork". You get the idea.  

"Never do that again" is Carter's new favorite phrase. The best time he ever used it was at Tyler's wrestling practice. Tyler had an accident (which is unheard of for Tyler - still don't know what happened) and so that he could keep wrestling we were going to change him into the shorts he got for being in the club. However these are mesh shorts so he needed to wear underwear with them. We didn't have a spare pair with us so we had Carter take his off and let Tyler wear them. Carter did not like this at all and yelled in the bathroom "I  am NEVER going to share MY underwear AGAIN!!!". He is always making me laugh - love him.

This and That

Just some happenings around the Pederson house lately:

• Carter is taking swimming lessons again. For the third time he is taking Pro I (the lowest level) because before he wouldn't put his face in the water for more than 5 seconds. After his second class his teacher told us he is doing great and should be in Pro II next time - finally!! Unfortunately the place were we take their lessons will be closing in January because of city budget cuts - oh well.
• Nolan went on yet another feeding strike where he would only eat 2 ounces a bottle and would happily go 5-6 hours between feeding. We went back to the doctor and they put him on Prevacid. I am hoping this works, because with less eating comes not sleeping as long at night.
• Both Tyler and Carter had their dental appointments last week and both did great. They have great teeth with no cavities - always good news!
• I have been meaning to give an update on the bunk beds. Tyler still will not sleep on the top bunk. However, they are now happily sharing the bottom bunk and they go to bed and stay in bed just fine. I think this has more to do with the fact that they no longer take naps than anything else. 
• I have started the process of looking into Kindergartens for Tyler next fall. It makes me very sad to do this - I can't believe he is already so big.
• Nolan now plays in his exersaucer. He doesn't like to be in it longer than 10 minutes or so but he is happy in it why I make breakfast or dinner. 
• We cleaned out the downstairs family room of all Tyler and Carter's little toys and put them in their bedroom. So far I must say they are doing a very good job of cleaning up and keeping it pretty neat. They are also doing a good job of keeping the little toys out of the rooms that Nolan is in (I am trying to train them early before it comes an issue). Now the family room is filled with baby toys. So far Tyler and Carter are enjoying all the "new" toys.  
• The boys went out and used some of their chore money to buy toys for kids who don't have any. We then dropped the toys off at a toy drive. I am hoping by them using their own money and picking out the gift themselves they will get the purpose of it a little more. They also got to use some money to buy themselves a toy as well. The rest of it will be going into savings. I must say they both have collected a pretty nice amount.
• Between the boys school, church, wrestling, swimming, going to the doctor for Nolan, and everything else I feel like we are constantly going somewhere. Hopefully over Thanksgiving break we will have more time to do some fun things and more things for me to blog about!

Three Months!

On Friday Nolan you turned three months! It was a month full of firsts for you from your first laugh, to your first ambulance ride and hospital stay to your first flight on the plane. You are such a happy baby, always smiling and talking to us. You love just to lay on the floor and look around. Your biggest source of entertainment is you brothers who can make you laugh better than anyone else. You have started grabbing toys and you have found our hands and love to suck on them. When you put your hands together your brothers like to say you are praying.

Nolan you are sleeping well again! You usually fall asleep for the night around 8:30 and don't wake up again for a feeding until 6:30. You will however wake up once or twice to be re-swaddled or for you plug. We also try to dream feed you around 10:30 every night, but you usually don't eat much.  We still feed you about every 3 hours or so  and you will take anywhere from 3 to 5 ounces. While you don't like having to take your Zantac for you reflux it has helped a lot and you are not nearly as fussy. We love watching you grow Nolan and your smiles still take my breath away at how wonderful they are. We can't wait to see you even get bigger and your personality come out more!

Cuddle Brothers

Not only are Tyler and Carter great brothers to each other, they still are totally in love with Nolan. They love to make him laugh and smile and try to play with him. Tyler is always giving him hugs and kisses and Carter always wants to hold him. Here is a cute picture of Carter and Nolan taking a nap together.