Playtime

Wyatt and Max had their first real playtime together.  It was the cutest thing in the world and my heart was totally melting the entire time.  Max is really good at sitting up by himself now, so I sat him on the floor next to Wyatt and his racetrack.  Wyatt shared a car with him and they totally got along and played together for about fifteen minutes.  It was amazing and I can't wait for them to be able to play together more often as Max gets bigger.

Brotherly Love pt. 3

I love both of my boys so much, but there is nothing better than sitting back and watching them interact with each other.  I know that Wyatt can't wait for Max to be big enough to play cars and wrestle and run around with him.   But for now, he doesn't mind just laying on the floor and trying to entertain his little brother with his toys.  It's the cutest thing ever to watch Max just get totally fascinated with everything that Wyatt does.  I'm so happy that they are so close in age, because I know they are going to be such good friends when they get bigger.

Baby toys are just not as cool

So lately Max has been obsessed with trying to grab onto everything.  He reaches out with his little hands and tries to pull everything right into his mouth.  Well, Carly had the two boys on the bed and Max was surrounded by his little baby toys, but has soon as Wyatt left to go play in his room, Max went after his monster truck and this is how Carly found him.

Max and his cow

We recently discovered Max has a strong love for his little cow toy.  We put him in his little chair and he just sits there and laughs at it and trys to grab it and pull it to his mouth.

bouncy, bouncy, bouncy

So I pulled out Wyatts old bouncy chair and sat Max in it just to see if he liked it and he LOVED IT!! He sat in it for a good half hour and just looked around at all the toys and chewed on a few of them and was just content to be sitting up.  I really want to get him a bumbo so that he can sit up more often.  He loves to sit, he tries so hard when you prop him up with blankets or pillows to sit straight up with no help from anyone.  It's the cutest thing ever because usually he ends up face planting it into the bed.  Even tho I really want him to stop growing and stay my little baby forever, I can't wait for him to start sitting up and crawling and being more mobile.  I know Wyatt is going to love it when he starts crawling.

Anyways, after I pulled Max out of the bouncy chair and I took him in our bedroom to give him a bottle.  When I went back in Wyatt's room to check on him, this is what I found.

I guess he was a little jealous that his baby brother was using his toy and he decided he wanted to be a baby again, too.

wyatt's slight obsession with cars

Wyatt is definitely a little boy.  He loves anything to do with being a boy.  Playing in the dirt, riding his bikes, scraping up his knees, climbing on anything and everything, being loud and hyper, but the one thing he loves the most is playing with his cars and trucks. 

He would pass on eating, sleeping, watching tv, and probably anything else if you offered to play cars with him.  His only problem is he has a hard time playing by himself.  Since he has been the only child around here for two years, he is having a hard time adapting to the fact that mommy can't just get up at the drop of a hat and come play with him anymore.  I try to play with him whenever Max is sleeping and I'm not doing household stuff, but I've been really trying to teach him that he needs to learn to play by himself every once in a while too.

One thing that will be nice once Max is older is how good it will be for Wyatt to always have someone to play with.  I know that will mean he will also have someone to fight with and someone that he doesn't want to share with, but for the most part, I think he will enjoy having a live-in playmate.

I was thinking about how weird it is that I am now the mommy of two little boys.  I'm in still in awe of the fact that I've raised Wyatt for the past two years and he is still walking and breathing which has got to mean something, right?  I feel so proud when Wyatt does something that I've taught him.  Like count how many books we were checking out from the library today, or saying bless you to his little brother when he sneezed.  It's amazing how much they pick up in such a short amount of time.  Wyatt is not even two and a half and he is really starting to speak in sentences that you can actually understand.  And he can spot things and know what they are.  

My heart fills with love every time he accomplishes something he is trying so hard to do.  I love those moments that I get to share with him when something is so new and so exciting to him.  I feel like I get to relive these moments with him and experience new things again with him.  And I'm looking forward to being able to do that with Max, too.  

All in all, I love being a mommy.  It's the most amazing job in the world and I wouldn't change it for the world.  I love my boys, they are my everything :)