6 Week Check-up For Quinn and Everett

Wow! Being a family of 5 is definitely keeping us busy! I haven't been able to post much on here, and I haven't taken near as many photos of these two as I did when Bennett was first born. I know that happens to every 2nd/3rd child :)

Quinn and Everett had their 6-week appointment last week, and everything went well. Brian's Grammy (Betty A.) helped me out while Brian was in a class. Thank goodness she came, because they both had to be stripped down the whole time and both had 3 shots. Poor babies! They BOTH weighed in at 9lbs 10oz. I had been wondering who was bigger....I guess neither one won that contest. I also am not sure how accurate that weight is. It was the same scale that seemed to be almost a pound off the first time we went. Last time, it had shown a full pound weight gain in just a few days from the time the in-home nurse came to weigh them. Not sure that's possible. Also, they are still in newborn-sized clothes that go up to 8lbs. Either way, they are sure growing a ton. And Everett even has a little fat roll on his leg! We never saw that with Bennett! He was super skinny as a baby, and still to this day has a hard time keeping his pants up.

As far as personalities go, they are almost complete opposites! Quinn is a quiet happy baby, who is already giving us tons of smiles. She is awake a lot during the day, but is pretty content. She also doesn't like to snuggle too much; she's too busy squirming.

Everett is a cuddler! He wants to be held all the time, and gets pretty upset when he's awake and not being held. We aren't sure that he's colicky since, as I understand it, colicky babies can't be consoled. He gets quiet the second he's picked up and hugged. We've had some rough days with him, but the good thing is, he sleeps well at night. He wakes up a few times still, but he just cries a bit, eats, and goes right back to sleep. No big crying fits in the night.

And big brother is doing so well adjusting to our new life. He loves to "pet" the babies...although he seems to prefer whichever baby is sleeping. Ha! He also likes to get under the little playmat mobile thing with both of them, and I even caught him reading "Harry the Dirty Dog" to Everett under there the other day. Cute! He has learned their names quickly and knows that one is a girl and one is a boy. We are doing our best to still do some things with Bennett by himself, and recently took him to see Rio and also went to Jiggle Jam at Crown Center. He's a lot like me in that he likes to me on the go and doesn't like to stick around the house!

Here are some photos (including the birth announcement for Q and E). Enjoy!