The month in review

I'm not sure I even really remember what has actually happened in the last month or so as we've been keeping busy or we've been sick. Griffin is apparently our next little germ catcher as at 2 1/2 months he has his first cold and was so congested in his lungs that he's been rocking out at the nebulizer just like his big brother has this month with his allergies. Riley had a double ear infection to start out the month of May, as his ear tubes have fallen out- he hated taken his medications but M&M's are the way to his heart and we figured out that 2 measly ol' chocolate-y disks are fantastic bargaining tools. Jim also been suffering from allergies/sinus issues all month so that about rounds out the medical needs of all of us (I've been surprisingly okay on the illness front, just sleep deprived as Griffin is a midnight snacker and is often up 2-4x/night still).
Riley has been a really good big brother, now 2.5 months into it all- he is rarely jealous and only swats him occasionally. He loves hearing him cough/whine/cry in the morning- it usually sends him running down the hallway into our bedroom with a "Good morning Doddlebug" or a "Doodlebug Woke Up, Daddy!!". Yup, The Doodlebug moniker has stuck for Griffin- sometimes we just call him doodle or various nicknames with doodle at the end. "Cheese-doodle" for when we find milk crud in one of his chins, "Stink-doodle" for when he's particularly unpleasant to the nose, "Foof-doodle" if he's ripping a few, "Snug-doodle" for when he's snuggling in and "Chunk-doodle" for when we are marveling at the sheer brawn of Griffin. That's right, Griffin is a "BIG" boy..weighing in at a whopping 15.2 lbs at his 2 month check-up and measuring at 25 inches. In other words, he's a beast, but a cute beast nonetheless. We actually got full (well, we meaning "Jim and Riley") smiles from Griffin this past weekend- of course, we only got a measly representation of one on film, but hey, at least we are posting a pic of him looking happy, as he really is a happy little guy most of the time.
As you'll see in the photos below, Riley LOVES "going in the cribbie"- we have our rules that he has to get a clean diaper/undies (potty training is still on slow-mo, but he does really well at whizzing on the potty at school) and that he has to be gentle, no jumping, yadda yadda yadda, but he loves spending time with his bro in the crib. I'll admit that I really expected bringing Griffin home to be a much more traumatic effect on Riley, but so far, he has taken to being a big brother in great stride. Then again, Griffin "lets" him play with his toys without any fuss and just lays there as his kissing target/punching bag so he might change his tune once Griffin starts to be more mobile in the upcoming months.