General updates about babies

It's perhaps an understatement to say that John and I have been overwhelmed lately.  I "returned" to work recently, but of course it's an entirely new job, so not much of a return, but a start.  That's had both benefits and complications.  John working from home has certainly decreased the chaos and stress of having two working parents and three kids under three years old at least.  Enough about us though.  I imagine you've been wondering how those cute little babies are!  Here's some tidbits about both of them.

Evan
Our youngest one is quite the mover and shaker.  He's surprised us all along with his strength and I knew from the womb he was going to be strong and movey.  He is always moving and has already rolled over (although that might have been a pure accident, so we aren't counting that yet).  However, tonight he was very close to purposefully rolling from his front to back.  Evan has a very distinctive cry.  I think of it as a cry that would make the toes of a banshee curl.  He also has the cutest cackle and coo'ing noises ever that make up for the blood-curdling screams.  In fact, I am now fairly convinced that the cackle is a laugh and he's been laughing for several weeks now.  Evan loves to follow you with his eyes and you feel like he can look into your soul with the intensity of his focus.

Alex
Alex has also turned out a bit like I expected from my experience with him in the womb.  Alex rarely initiated movement while I was pregnant with him.  I typically would feel Evan moving and kicking for a good few minutes before Alex would roll over and kick once or twice.  We thought he might be our "cuddler" and he's definitely one laid back baby.  He's also active, but tummy time is not his favorite thing and for the most part he doesn't attempt to lift his head, but chooses to get his hand under his mouth and then suck on that until you finally give up and roll him back over.  He loves the mobile in the crib and has an extremely long attention span for it.  Alex has the biggest, face-altering grin I've seen from a baby and he is very quick to smile.  I don't believe we've heard him laugh yet, but his smile can make my day.  A favorite past-time in the Naegle household is to rub Alex's fuzzy head. Alex's eyes have lightened considerably, making me think he'll have blue eyes.

Both babies are strong and healthy and at 3 months old have doubled their birth weight.  They are very easy babies and at worst they wake up twice at night and many times they are only waking up once.  They like to watch each other a lot as well as us.  Several times when I've been on my own with them, they'll take turns screaming and one will watch in fascination as the other one screams.  Then once the first has calmed down it's the second one's turn.  That cycle can last for quite a while.