Almost walking, more teeth, Dressing up

I took this when they first started exploring the bathroom.  Now they are in there a lot.

 

Ben with the duck Alex in yellow diaper

 

 

Alex

 

Alex in yellow Ben in white

 

This is why Alex is my chubby monkey.  After I fed them, he crawled under the chairs to eat the stray floor cheerios.

 

Causing mischief.  Alex white Ben blue.  They got the closet door open, pulled out the box I keep diapers in, and started playing with them.  They pulled other stuff out of the closet also.

 

Alex blue Ben greenish.  I took them out front to watch daddy work.  They played on a sleeping bag.  The slippery surface was a big hit.  They crawled around the perimeter together giggling.

 

Checking out the grass

 

Not a fan of the grass

 

Off the sleeping bag

 

They like to sit back to back.

 

Ben close, Alex behind

 

Ben left Alex right (I think)

 

Alex standing Ben sitting.  These pictures might already be up... I didn't check.  They love mirrors.

 

Alex

 

Peekaboo

 

Ben.  Sleeping baby wearing a "Play all day" sweatshirt.

 

I got these little suits to get pictures taken in.  I managed to get Ben in one.  Alex ran off, naked.  Ben took the time for a mini photo shoot.

 

Then naked baby attacked.  They rolled around the floor laughing for a while.

 

Alex left, Ben right  ( I think)

 

Maybe Ben.  We spent a small fortune getting them some winter clothes.  We had to take them shopping on a cold day wearing shorts and a t-shirt with socks that are way too small.  In the rain.  I felt like super mom that day.  We put warm stuff on them in the store. 

 

Ben

 

Alex

 

 

 

January 12 vs  October 12.  My babies are getting big!

 

 

 

 

Getting big enough for the double carts.  That makes it SO much easier than taking strollers and baby carriers in.

 

 

Alex left Ben right

 

Cody kept talking to them like they were driving.  And making car noises.  When nosy people tried to talk to us about every set of twins/triplets/quads they've ever met or heard about, Cody would reply with something about the babies driving a race car.  Awesome.

 

Note to people that see a family with multiples: don't stop parents of multiples to tell them about every set of multiples you've ever heard about.  If our babies aren't currently screaming, they will when we stop to talk about your grandma's sister's nephew's cousin in law's triplets. (Yes, this happened)  Maybe you won't take that long, but the 15 other people that stop us really add up to a real time killer.

 

Ben

 

The boys are each taking 1-2 steps alone.  It is usually taking a couple of steps between pieces of furniture.  They are really rocking the walkers.  Here is Alex going down the hallway with a walker.

 

http://youtu.be/1QBdrIgmmrE

 

 

They are both getting 2 more teeth on the top.  They are ALMOST in.  Alex got his 5th tooth yesterday.  It is the one on the bottom next to the 2 that are in already on his right.  Exciting.  Maybe they will stop being such drool monsters for a while once they come in.

 

 

 

 

Comforting each other, Play time, and Poo Chronicles pt 2

Alex was upset.  Ben comforted him.  It didn't help.  (Ben did this 4 or 5 times in a row.  Enough that I was able to grab a camera at least.  I'm pretty sure at this point Alex is crying because of Ben's comfort, not what he was originally upset about.)

 

http://youtu.be/rZIkS4lwh8g

 Playing on the couch.  Ben closer to camera.

http://youtu.be/hkb2mgiYjC8        

 

Ben closer to the camera.  Alex near the back of the couch. 

 

Alex standing.  Ben sitting.  They had a lot of fun with Grandma's mirror!  They left hand and tongue prints on every reflective surface they could find.  Luckily, their grandma is charmed by tiny hand prints.

 

Alex

 

Baby feet!

 

Ben blue, Alex purple.  I grabbed the camera originally because Ben crawled into the car seat and curled up for a little power nap.  Unfortunately, he moved before I could capture the moment.  Alex was intrigued by the new play area though.  He crawled up and started playing.

 

He learned that he could make the seat rock back

 

 

Looks like Ben slipped off the back end.  Alex seems to be standing now.

 

Rocking the other direction

 

Too far!

 

Ben coming to survey the damage

 

 

Warning:  Poo story coming up.  If you do not like stories about baby poop, please stop reading here. 

 

 

Here is the 2nd installment of the Poo Chronicles: 

 

I like to give the boys a few minutes of diaper free time in the morning.  They only poop once every day or less, so it isn't much of a risk if they have already pooped recently.  Well on this fine day, they both had gone in the morning.  After I took off their overnight diaper, they crawled in to the bathroom to play.  I wasn't worried about poo and pee is easily cleaned off of that surface, so I let them play in there for a while unattended.  (It is really our most fully baby proofed room)

 

10 minutes or so later, Ben comes crawling in to the living room.  I talk to him a bit and notice something on his leg.  Alex crawls up and I notice something on his arm.  Wondering what they got in to, I went to check on the bathroom. 

 

What I found was horrible.  HORRIBLE. 

 

 

I have once again used stars to censor the true horrors.  I don't like being that mom that blogs about baby poop.  But here I am.

 

Someone had pooped on the rug. Then, it appears, they both decided to start playing in it.  They got poop hand prints all over the floor, tub, and toilet... and  EACH OTHER.  Oh. My. God.  Horrible.

 

After I took an appropriate amount of time to laugh.. and cry.. I started the clean up process.  I moved the rugs and started using the detachable shower head to spray the outside of the tub.  The work area was getting pretty wet. 

 

(Important Background that I may not have blogged about yet, but is vital to the story.  The boys LOVE bath time.  When they hear the tub water running, they drop whatever they are doing and crawl at light speed down the hall to the bathroom.)

 

So, the floor is getting pretty wet and I'm not really paying attention.  I'm still laughing/crying to myself.  Well here comes Ben, overjoyed at the sound of water running.  He made it to the epicenter of poo and water, slips, and starts rolling around and screaming.

 

To sum it up:

 

Ben- crying and screaming, covered in poo hand prints and soaking wet

 

Alex- covered in poo hand prints and laughing

 

Mommy- wet with poo spray back and laughing/crying

 

Horrible.

 

The babies did get to take a bath though!