7 Weeks Old!

Here's a quick run down of what Hailey and Mason have been up to. Every day they seem to be changing and growing so much. We had quite a few "firsts" this past week. They're now 7 weeks old, they are following voices, they are now watching the mobile over their swing, Hailey has decided she likes the swing (before she was NOT interested), Hailey has slept as long as 6 hours at night, Mason has slept up to 5 hours, they take 5 ounces of formula at each feeding and they continue to make us laugh all the time!

This next group of pictures cracks me up. Hailey has taken her habit of throwing her leg over her brother even further. Today I caught Mason chewing on her foot in the pack-n-play, but didn't have my camera handy.

Here's Hailey's new foot rest.

I moved them into our bed to take a nap while I did some picking up in our bedroom. They some how managed to get in this position.

I love how their hands are so cute and expressive when they sleep.

Pinky is our sleepy girl and will fall asleep anywhere and in just a matter of seconds...unless its bedtime then its time to party!

She slept like this for almost half an hour.

Our big guy, Mason, has officially moved up a diaper size this week, too. He's out of the size "N" and is now in a size 1. Hailey still has a ways to go, she's much more petite than her meaty brother.

The diaper basket in the nursery. The difference in diaper sizes is quite dramatic now.

This was Mason waiting for his first big boy, size 1 diaper. You can tell by his facial expression that he was pretty pleased with himself! Seriously, can he get any cuter?!?

While changing Mason's diaper this week I found this...no its not a second penis. Its his belly button. It look like he has a hernia and we go to the pediatrician on Wednesday to have it checked out. It doesn't seem to hurt him, however it makes a weird squishing noise when I try to push it down flat. No, I don't know why it made sense to push it back in but it seemed like the logical thing to do until it "talked back" to me.

This was Mason after I freaked out over his protruding bellybutton. Mr. No Worries was completely unphased and just chilled out on the couch.

Casey went back to work this past Tuesday. We really enjoyed having Daddy at home and all to ourselves for the past six weeks. Its been hard adjusting to him being gone for 24 hours at a time. He even did a 36 hour shift from Thursday morning to Friday night, then was back to work today for a 24 hour shift. The babies were all smiles when he came home last night. After seeing how much Daddy missed his kiddos, we headed to fire station for a surprise visit today. This was my first time to be out on my own with both babies, too. I only had to pull over once when Mason lost his paci and decided to throw a wall-eyed fit. Other than his small melt down the outing went really well. I was so proud!

Daddy and Mason in the day room at Station 31. That boy loves his Daddy!

Daddy with the babies in front of the ladder truck. Neither Hailey nor Mason were use to the bright sun. We're working on taking more walks and getting out of the house more now that we're in more of a routine.

Hailey and Daddy have some quality time in Daddy's office.

Mason resting on Daddy's bed in his office.

After our outing the babies were ready to be fed and put down for a nap. Pinky of course managed to get her one leg out. As the babies get stronger we're struggling to find blankets that will hold them. We've ordered the Miracle Blanket and they won't be able to bust out of those. The babies really like being swaddled and we're hoping the Miracle Blanket will allow us to keep them swaddled at night.

Hailey eventually got both legs out. This is now a common sight, hence the need for the Miracle Blanket.

She finally manages to bust free and then gets upset that she's no longer swaddled.

Hailey then has to be removed from the pack-n-play so that her brother is not disturbed.

After being banished to the swing for busting out of her swaddle, I caught her flipping me off in her swing. How can you get mad at such a sweet girl that already knows sign language?

Mason had to wear one of his fireman onesies after visiting his Daddy at the station today. He had a case of the "big eyes" when I took this picture.

His onesie says, "This is a fire truck and it goes we-oo, we-oo". It was part of a huge care package of clothes from my co-worker, Anna. Thanks again, Anna!

Mason falling asleep in his Gramps' arms after a long day. Mason arms were both straight out in the air with his hands flexed and fingers spread. So cute!

More to come soon!