Is it food time?
Ben thinks so.
Looks like Alex is hungry also! Alex started doing the finger to his mouth when he wants to eat. My poor babies aren't getting enough language from me, they are developing their own sign language.
Ben...?
Laughing
Posing
I was sitting on the couch one day doing something. I looked up and this is what I saw. Both babies licking the glass on the back door. Weirdos.
Ben nearest the camera. You can actually see his tongue licking the glass in this one. I should probably clean my glass....
The babies have really taken off on solids. They are eating pretty much whatever we eat. This includes my super spicy taco meat. They do not enjoy eating in their high chairs with the tray, so one day when Cody was away on business I gave them a plate and scooted them right up against the table. Ever since then it is amazing how much they have eaten. The week Cody was gone, the babies and I ate all the meals that Cody wouldn't like. Here they are eating roasted chicken and quinoa. Quinoa! Yum!
Alex laughing
Ben laughing with Alex
The newest baby trick: climbing on to the couch by themselves. These little monsters love to climb. Now I can't sit on the couch without being joined by one or more little wiggle worms. Here they are wrestling.
Uh Oh, Looks like Alex is upset. The dark spots are from baby moisture: tears, drool, saliva smears while screaming and rolling, etc.
Ben watching Alex spin around throwing himself around in a fit of rage.
Alex finally gives up and gets off the couch. Luckily, learning to climb on the couch coincided with learning to get off the couch by spinning around and putting their feet down first. Alex has been doing this for a little while, but Ben was happy sliding off the futon with his arms straight out in front of him. This mostly made him roll over and not hit his face on the floor. The couch is taller though, so I'm glad he is spinning around now.
Time for a book! Ben left. Alex right.
Helping turn pages and move flaps and stuff
Ben. Relaxing with his pacifier
Ben left Alex right. The quality is not great because it was on my cell phone camera with not so great lighting.
Alex and the remote
Creepy eyes!
Alex likes to sit on the couch bouncing against the back. This has created a lot of static electricity in his hair. They have a lot of hair to stand up.
I bought them a first builder sort of lego set. First, they tried to put them together but it was difficult. Next, they just started to chew on them. Then, they would take apart things I put together. Now, they are actually able to get some together.
Ben's beautiful curls/waves
Today was so nice. The babies got to hang out outside for a while. Please excuse the roll of carpet tossed in our back yard. Also, the oddly placed toy bag and some old sponges for tiling. Ben in black and white. Alex in blue.
The babies have started doing a lot of funny things.
They have finally, finally started clapping. They will now clap when they get food they like or if they think something is funny. Sometimes when I make a bad joke, one of them will give me a slow, sarcastic clap.
They have started hiding things. More specifically, they put things away. They just don't know where "away" is. I find toys in random drawers. I find cell phone chargers in their toy box. What I can't find is the keys to Cody's pickup. I've been looking for those for over a week!
I've been trying to get them to wave at me for months. I'm pretty sure my babies are just not friendly enough to wave. Once or twice they have given me a pity wave, but I'm pretty sure they think it is stupid. I know they can wave, they are just choosing not to wave. What they are good at doing is giving a high five. So now we just high five. They think high fives are hilarious.
They are down to 1 full bottle a day. They get 2 other partial bottles. The rest they drink from a sippy cup during the day. They are almost fully on whole milk instead of formula. I'm now the crazy lady with 3 gallons of milk in her cart. 3 gallons of formula (powdered) takes up so much less space than milk. I still give them an occasional scoop of toddler milk powder just because. I'll ask the doctor if it actually helps any next time we see her. I figure it has some added nutrition and it shouldn't really hurt. At least it isn't the chocolate powder that daddy likes!
They have gotten good enough at walking that they are starting to run. RUNNING! They are also stable enough and smart enough that I don't really worry about the baby gate over the stairs like I used to. They are able to go up and down stairs. I still keep it closed most of the time for safety reasons, but if it has to be open for some reasons, I'm pretty confident it will turn out fine.
They are getting increasingly lovey, which is nice. They love on us and on each other.
Their fights over toys are sometimes pretty epic. They do this scream/cry thing like a dog growling to warn another dog against taking its bone. Usually, the warning scream/cry works and the baby gets to keep his toy. Sometimes, the other baby tries to take it anyway. Those fights get pretty crazy.
One of the things that makes me laugh the most is when one leads the other around like one is on a leash. It happens when they each hold on one end of something like a phone charger cord. They absentmindedly walk together, each chewing on an end. One baby will realize he can lead the other around, so one leads and the other follows. As long as nobody tries to take the cord from the other, they can hang out like that for a surprisingly long time.
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