just for fun

snuggling

Sylvia finally is learning to snooze in the nursery. Maybe snuggling with the lion is key...



Rafa likes finding his friends during the night. It seems like every night he snuggles with a different friend.



And, of course, we love our snuggle time, too. Knowing it won't last forever, we try to savor the moments. Aunt Candy came over for some snuggle time and let us go out for the evening. What a treat!! Muchas gracias!!!

6 month update (a little late)

Things are getting easier with the twinfants, yet life is much busier. It is partly because work is busy, partly because now that things are easier with the kids, we're jumping back into life. So, I've been a blogging slacker.

I realized that I hadn't shared the info from their 6-month checkup. So, here 'tis.

Sylvia
26" (48%)
16 lb 6 oz (48%)
head: 16.5" (26%)

Rafael
26" (23%)
16 lb 15 oz (30%)
head: 17.5" (64%)

Of course they're perfect in every way, but the numbers look like Rafael has a disproportionately giant head and Sylvia a disproportionately small one.

Success!!

gf?

I missed out on the bedtime routine for a work dinner last night. D sent me a photo which I thought was just to let me know that the kids were sound asleep. On closer inspection, it appears Rafael got a hold of Sylvia's potential lovey.




How young is too young for a girlfriend?

adventures in food consumtion

Our kids are very good eaters. So far, they have eaten pretty much everything we've fed them. It might not last, but hopefully we can get them to taste a number of different flavors so that they won't be picky eaters (unlike their mom as a kid...).

Sylvia typically is a more voracious eater than Rafa, although that might be in part be she does everything with a little more gusto.

We just started introducing breakfast. They get baby cereal with the nanny at lunch and new foods at dinner (mostly veggies). Yesterday was quinoa with mango and applesauce for breakfast. I had some. It's delish!




Tonight was another attempt at finger foods. Blueberries and broccoli. The blueberries were tart and their faces were fantastic. Neither really wants to feed themselves. They mostly just played with the food and opened their mouths like birds waiting for us to feed them.




We are also trying to get them to drink from the sippy cup. Unfortunately, the nanny thinks bottles are cute, so I'm not sure how much help I'm getting from her on the sippy cup training. She did say that they are learning to hold their own bottles, so at least there's that.

And a pic of dad two fisting.

little things

Some of the little things Sylvia and Rafael do are really endearing. Rafael has taken to chewing on his bottom lip. And I love it. Not entirely sure why, but I think it's adorable!




When Sylvia sleeps on her tummy, she always tucks her hands under her body.




I find it's these little things that I cherish most.