Matthew Prayers

This morning David brought Matthew into our room to see me still in bed. He explained to Matthew that Mommy is sick and doesn't feel well and that he needs to obey really well today. Matthew started saying something, and as David and I are trying to translate it in our minds, we hear him say "amen". He prayed for me without being asked to!! How sweet. Since I thanked him and told him he was sweet to pray for me, he's been doing it all morning!

Two Month Stats

We went to the doctor yesterday for Jacob's 2 month check up. He's still healthy and growing strong. Dr. Bird's comments about Jacob were that he was a "tolerant guy" and "a big guy". He mentioned that Matthew better be nice to Jacob now because Jacob may end up bigger than him! Here are the stats:
Height: 24 inches (80th percentile)
Weight: 13 lbs. 2 oz. (80th percentile)
Head: 50th percentile (for some reason I never remember the head measurement, just the percentile!)
Looking back at Matthew's baby book, he was 23 1/2 inches and 12 lbs 6 oz (and started almost a pound ligher), so he was growing just as fast.

It's exciting to see how Jacob is growing and who he is becoming! He seems to be very calm and sweet and likes to snuggle. I love it!! I remember with Matthew that he couldn't sit through his first Christmas Eve service at 4 months old. So I'm excited that Jacob may be a little less active (not that I don't love Matthew for the active child he has become! I just don't know if I can keep up with two of them!! :)

It wasn't meant to be...

It was a fluke! The full night's sleep that happened Monday night was a one time deal. Last night we were back to every 2-3 hours :( Hopefully it was a sign that it might be coming soon, though!!

I Thought This Day Might Never Come!!!

While I really knew that one day, by the time he was a teenager, Jacob would sleep through the night (or at least longer than 3 hours), it felt like it might never come! But alas, the day arrived! Sunday night Jacob was still waking up every 2-3 hours, and then last night, magically, Jacob slept for almost 7 hours!! Now, of course, Matthew woke up at 3:30, but the night was a lot better than most! We'll see if it continues! Jacob wasn't too interested in eating yesterday, so I think that's why he might have slept longer - he just wasn't hungry. But we'll see!! Yay for Jacob and yay for sleep!

Brothers

On Saturday we had the boys' picture taken together. I bought matching outfits...I couldn't resist. That's a perk of having two of the same gender!! Matthew was nothing less than a two-year-old. We bought a package where we had to pick only one picture. It wasn't hard at all!! In the picture we chose, I'm actually holding Jacob's head up, since Matthew wouldn't. They had to zoom in to cut my hand out. It turned out pretty nice. You'd never know the adventures of our day by looking at the picture. Here it is. I had to take a picture of the picture, so it's not the greatest quality on the computer.

8 Weeks

I'm not calling it two months....that seems too old to be true! How can my precious little infant already be two months old???

Here are this week's shots. He's not a super smiley baby (more of a quiet cuddler kind of personality), but I managed to catch him smiling again!

Here are 7 and 8 weeks together. Did he change?

Can you tell what I'm doing in this picture???

....pooping.....

Such a sweet face!

The First Week

Matthew started potty training himself 10 days ago now and is still doing awesome!! In that time he has only had two accidents: one was the first day in big boy underwear while he was outside playing, and the other was at 6 a.m. after a long night's sleep. Both times he was trying to get to the potty and didn't make it. He is awesome at remembering to go himself - he doesn't have to be reminded. We are weaning ourselves off of stickers and M&M's, but he often reminds us that he would still like the encouragement ("M&M's, please"). He's doing great at night, waking up dry most of the time (he even wakes up in the middle of the night to go...whether that's good or bad is still up for debate! It just makes for more sleep interruptions!) We're so proud of him!!! He's doing a great job!

Earlier today I told him he was awesome for helping me put some dishes away. When I told him he was awesome, he said "M&M's, please? Sticker, please?" I think he's getting carried away...

Cute quote: I had just finished talking to David about something, and I had addressed him as "David" (not Daddy). 5 minutes later, Matthew starts following David yelling "Wait for me, David. Wait for me, David." At dinner we had a conversation talking about how mommy and daddy have real names. Daddy is David and Mommy is Mary. He then went around the table, first pointing to himself, saying "Matthew Rudolph". He pointed to David and said "David Rudolph". Then he pointed to me and said "Mommy Rudolph".

Last night Matthew was throwing a good fit refusing to try the asparagus I had put on his plate. We told him he just had to try it, and he could spit it out if he didn't like it. After spending the entire dinner trying to get him to try it, we gave up. We told him no dessert and no popcorn for movie night, and he was okay with that. A little while later we were watching a movie. He must have noticed the lack of popcorn and asked for it. We told him he had to try his asparagus, and that it was still on the table. He decided it was worth the try. He and David went to the table to try it. David was ready with a bowl for Matthew to spit the asparagus out (we weren't expecting him to actually like it). Matthew takes one bite and says "Mmmmm! Me like!!!" What a goofball!!! All that and he liked it!!