A couple of gems

If you can’t bring Milo to the mountain, bring the mountain to Milo.

Early gifts

We are less than a month out for the babies’ birthday. Unlce Lac sent them wooden toys. Yummy!

Before the babies were born, I wanted to see what they could look like. So I combined three photos in Photoshop. Not bad, eh?

What about Ruby, you ask?

Ruby’s doing just fine. When the sun pops up, we set her up in her Eames chair, her fluffy lambskin and she’s set. I think she gets more attention than before because we feel guilty for all the attention given to the twins. I think we overcompensate and take her on more walks and trips to the dog park than before the twins arrived. Ahhhh, to the life of a dog.

The Golden Age

We experiencing a wonderful time right now. It’s quite different from a couple of weeks ago when the boys were still new to standing (and falling). This translated into stretching out one arm to help one baby climb to a stance while extending one leg to brace another’s fall.

Luca and Milo are learning to walk using different approaches. Milo will scale the baby fence horizontally (“cruising”). He will extend one hand, grab onto the fence and take a step toward that direction. Extend a hand, take a step. Repeat. Luca will pull himself up onto the fence. He’ll look around, twist to face you, let go and fall/leap toward you.

Milo is training to be an alligator wrestler. Changing his diaper is a test in patience. When we try to change his diaper, he squirms, twists, and flips until he’s on his stomach. I’ve since thrown the changing pad onto the ground, pinned him with my feet below his armpits and given him my camping headlamp to distract him while I change his diaper. Baby may have strength but mama’s got smarts.

Flashdance!

 

No baby was harmed for this shot.

My beautiful boys

When I bike home from work, I lean my bike against the tree and peek into the nursery from the outside. Most of the time Ruby is already waiting. Her white patch on her forehead stands out from the shadows. The babies and dog basically loose it when they see me waving and popping up from below the window like a lunatic.

Look at Milo. This is what we get when Baby Signing Time starts. He’s a zombie, completely mesmerized by Rachael and the signing babies.

Then theres the downside of Baby Signing Time. This is his reaction when the host starts to sign her farewell song.

 

Their first time using high chairs

Home movies

Dropped Feed

Last Sunday, we dropped their 10:30pm feed. Ahhhhhhh! An extra hour of sleep. By eliminating a meal, the babies ended up hungrier for their remaining feeds. Just today, they gobbled down two ice cube portions of sweet potato and squash.

Other developments: Milo has been signing. We have no idea what he is saying, but his hand coordination is quite impressive. It looks like he’s crumpling up a sheet of invisible paper. Luca is able to pull himself up and slowly sit himself back down. His sweet little face lights up when he realizes that he’s standing on his own. The other day, he let go of the toy structure that he was leaning on and then for 3 seconds he was standing. I actually gasped and hugged him. I was so proud. The view must have been breathtaking.