July 31st-August 6th

(7/31)  Nana, Sarah, Desy, and the boys all came over to day to twin sit.  D practiced saying "Denton" and what sounded like "Jamie" all night long.  Sarah said there was lots of conversation between the boys.


(8/1)  Happy Birthday to me!  We went to soccer with C and had Cheerios for snack.  We then went home, had lunch, and the boys took a nap.  Nanan came over to watch everybody so this mama could have some shopping time by herself.  Nanan fed the kiddos dinner and brought over some delicious cake for dessert.  We rounded out the evening by watching the Olympics.  


(8/2)  Dad said he and the boys had a great lazy day.  The boys took several long naps, probably because Mr. D was on sleep strike last night. I finally gave up and went to sleep downstairs at 1am.  J was wide awake at 5:30a when I got up for work, so I fed both boys, and put them back down.  J is getting quite accomplished at pulling up to a stand. Dad reports J is saying "HI!" now too.


(8/3) The kiddos were at Sarah's today. The line-up of babies at dinner cracked me up.  They all interact so well together.  I am hoping they will be as good of friends as C & Jor are. 



(8/4) Lovely day today! We left early for C's swim lesson and spent some time at the park. We played peek-a-boo during C's class - J is getting really good at this game and holds things over his head and gets all excited when I 'find' him.  He's pulling up on *everything* now and is starting to furniture cruise.  He gets stuck standing though, and will start fussing til I come rescue him.  He also knows areas he's not supposed to be in, and will giggle and make a bee-line for those off-limit areas every time I set him down. Goober. 


(8/5) The boys let us sleep until almost 8:30a.  Heaven!  I set up the air-conditioner in our room last night so we were quite comfortable.  The boys crashed early last night, so I was a little worried they might wake early too, but thankfully, no. 

We had a lovely walk to the park and Starbucks with Sarah & Co in the morning and then once the twins were down, we got to moving. We spent allll the rest of the day rearranging our house to create a room for the twins out of our old master, and a place for the two of us in our basement.  I love it! 


(8/6) Happy Monday!  The boys are with their dad today, and I am off to work. 

July 24th-30th

(7/24) The little boys and I had a nice day today. J pulled himself onto his knees this evening and then got into a sit. Hooray! D is really cruising well now, and babbling up a storm. I'll have to get some video of his latest conversations!


(7/25) Nanan visited today and we took all the boys swimming. It is finally sunny here in the PNW, and we got to go out into the wading pool outside at Forest Park. It was perfect weather for it! Unfortunately, open swim begins at 1:30p, which is right during primo nap time. J didn't make it through dinner tonight. Too bad my phone didn't pick up the snoring very well.

(7/26) The boys got to come visit me at work today! C had a dentist appointment and all our sitters were unavailable, so they got to hang with Mom for a little bit. They're such mellow kids. After they got passed around and loved on, I parked them in the stroller at my desk and doled out Cheerios between researching properties. They haven't been at the office with me since they were 2 weeks old. We were well overdue for a visit!

Speaking of dentists, J has *8* teeth now.  4 top & 4 bottom.  Crazy!

(7/27) Work day for us and the little guys are with Kathy.  She said D was really chatty today.  I love that!

 

(7/28) The littles got to hang out with Nanan today while their mother was running around (I ran the Arts Dash Half this morning).  I was going to be productive this afternoon, but discovered the couch needed to be held down during the boys' nap instead. We've had a nice evening.  The boys are very in to crawling all over each other and sharing/taking toys that the other has.

(7/29) Today is our 11th anniversary.  Nanan watched the boys this afternoon so we could escape for a date night!  We went wine tasting, then out to dinner, and had a very nice time.

Mr. J has figured out how to stand.  I looked over and he was casually standing with an arm over the brace of the easel.  He looked over at me, and took a step, and then went splat.  He spent the rest of the afternoon climbing everything.

And D refers to me as "Momomomom."  Aww!

(7/30)  Zzz.  Dear D, 4am is for sleeping, not for raspberries, kicking, wiggling or other such nonsense.  It's a good thing you're cute.

July 17th-23rd

(7/17) Oh, cute!  D has started to babble and say something that sounds like "Mamama-baabaa-Mama."


(7/18)  The monkeys had their 9 month appointment today.  D: 29.5” (90%), 17.6lbs (12%), HC=46cm (75%); J: 29” (75%), 17.6lbs (12%), HC=46cm (75%).   I'm shocked that they weigh the same.  That half inch extra that D has makes me think he should weigh more. That, and J can *eat*.

I had J sitting in the chair next to C while I was bouncing a fussing D, and he took one look at the iPod that C was holding, and he was clambering over the arm of the chair after it. Likewise, when he is on the floor and D has something that he wants, he climbs right over him to take it. Lil stinker! 


(7/19)  Work day for me. Dad hauled all the kiddos to the park, and then watched the littles while I snuck out for an evening yoga class.  I didn't see them much during the day, but saw them a lot at night. *yawn*


(7/20)  TGIF! The twins are teething something fierce.  They are both so close to having 6 teeth (4 on the top for D & 4 on the bottom for J).  This has been a looooong week with little sleep for us.  There have been a few times that I've spent my lunch break in the car trying to catch up on some z's. 

J has started making a funny fish face. Every time I got the camera out though, he turns away.  Sigh.  I also came home to C saying that J could stand by himself for a few seconds.  Eep!  I'm not ready for that! 


(7/21)  Oy.  What a night.  I saw every hour on the clock, and woke for the last time to J climbing out of the co-sleeper up onto the bed.  Time to set up the second crib!  I turned in my freebie coffee this morning and requested the biggest, strongest vat of coffee they had. 


What started as a gloomy day sure turned out gorgeous!  C had swim lessons in the morning and then we met at the park for couple of his friends' combined birthday party.  It was hot out, and J got to try a juice box, which he slurped right down and now every time he sees a bottled drink, he is frantic to have a taste. 

Phhhttthhhpp!   (D)

(7/22) We have such nice friends.  Rob, Jay, D & Marc came out to help do some demo on the downstairs, removing the cabinetry and sink down there so we can convert it to a bedroom, which means we are a few steps closer to sleep!  We introduced D & J to the other D(iane) and Jay (aka Uncle Spanky).  The last time we saw D, we were at a hockey game and she was teasing that we'd soon be paying for extra seats. 

Best shot of J's fish face I could get...

Mmm, peas and watermelon

(7/23) And Monday again.  Man, these weeks just fly right by. Dad has the little boys today and C has hockey tonight.