Something big happened today. The boys moved into the one year old room. They left nine months of comfort with the Joeys behind and stepped (or crawled) full force into the Kookaburras (yeah – spell that one). Now that they are a year old it is time to move up in the world. They started …
It's Been One Year
Wow. It's been a year since the boys were born and what a year it has been. At 4 PM on March 29, 2011 Sally went to her O.B. for a regularly scheduled appointment. By 7 PM our two new sons had entered the world. It was a surreal experience. Even though it was a …
Happy 1st Birthday!!!
Today we celebrated the boys' first birthday. We decided to throw an "open house" style party where instead of having the party at a specific time we kept it open for most of the afternoon so that people could come as they pleased. We stuck the "Happy Birthday" portion in the middle, which of course …
Micro Tantrums
Zachary has recently been exhibiting a behavior I can only refer to as "micro-tantrums". A micro-tantrum is a sudden, short, and dramatic tantrum that manifests itself when Zachary feels the need. They occur suddenly, usually while crawling, and involve him dropping his arms and laying flat on his stomach, twisting to the side, laying his …
Powdered Peanut Butter – Amazing
I love peanut butter. Peanut butter shakes, peanut butter ice cream, peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter noodles, peanut butter peanut butter – you name it –peanut butter is my bacon. Not only is peanut butter delicious, it's also pretty healthy. It has a lot of protein. Ok, so it's not totally healthy because you can't get …
The Boys Are a Riot
The boys are a riot and here's why: Zach loves to be chased – he'll crawl as fast as he can for a few steps then turn around to make sure you're still following him. Then he'll keep going. Adam loves to make monster noises, almost like a zombie. Zach knocks down anything that is …
Taming Twins: 10 Things I Learned this Week
You can get poop on your couch. Adam likes to agitate Zach by poking him in the face. Zach does not like being agitated or poked in the face. Milk makes Adam cranky (er). Zach has a temper. Do not engage it. Going outside make the whole family feel better. Walkers make a good bulldozer. Zach …
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Taming Twins: Vegetables & Textures
The boys have been eating solid foods for a little over three months now. They started out simple with pureed vegetables and fruits and slowly worked their way up to table foods. We did things "correctly" and introduced them to vegetables first and fruits second, adding a new food every 3-4 days. Once we exhausted …
Zachary Is Crawling!!!
Zach is crawling now! He's been prepping for it for a while – rocking back and forth, putting his hands out in front of him, and reaching – but he's been working really hard on it since a little before Christmas break. He started pushing up on his back legs while reaching until he sprawled …
Babies
Babies are amazing. They can't speak, but they can say so much. They "don't know anything" but they know so much. They are little people. People in training. It's amazing that you can make a baby smile. It's amazing that their little face can go from crying to grinning with nothing but a smile flashed …
Relatively Ambitious 