Happy 6 Month Birthday!!!

After last month, I wasn't sure we could be busier. I was wrong.

This month we:
-celebrated my first Mother's Day
-started falling asleep on our own (Tony)
-started interacting with each other and "talking" to each other
-were out and about on many "solo" outings (Well Baby Visit, Costco, Target)
-moved into our own rooms and own cribs
-started looking so much alike that strangers can't believe we aren't identical
-went to Vegas to watch Striker bowl his 2nd highest series ever
-started going to the Farmers Market weekly
-built Kolbowland and really had fun in the Exersaucer and Jumper
-went to Disneyland for the first time
-went to the park with our other multiples friends
-graduated to 12 Month sized clothes and size 4 diapers (Alex)
-rolled from back to belly (just a couple times)
-watched the 24 finale (yes, they barely fit into their Bauer/Almeda onesies)
-finally started growing hair (Alex more so than Tony, but Tony is starting to sprout)
-went to Lake Elsinore for the first time and played in our kiddie pool
-went swimming with Kyle and the KFujs
-STARED at Mommy when she ate...like totally fixated on the food
-built our red wagon
-started solids a week early and ate: sweet potatoes, apples, carrots, bananas, pears and peas(Mommy is SUCH a rule breaker)
-watched hockey playoffs and NBA finals (much to Mommy's dismay...WHY basketball Alex, why?!)
-took WAY more pictures of Mommy with her boys (both self portraits and with the aid of other mommies)
-celebrated with a 1/2 cake

















Alex:
Alex always seems to be taking in everything. He'll just sit quietly and watch everything going on around him. He's getting really good with his hands and has started to explore our faces with them. He is so close to sitting on his own in the baby tripod. He started making what I'm calling the monkey noise a few days ago. He's almost 22 pounds! He's recently decided that he doesn't need to nap nearly as much as Tony and just stays awake and skips a nap or two each day. I guess he's afraid he'll miss something.

















Tony:
Tony is always laughing and smiling. He's gone to sleep, for both naps and bedtime, so much easier since his surgery. He scoots around on his back, using his legs to wiggle him where he wants to go. This is also the case when he's sitting anywhere...he absolutely needs to be strapped in or he will wiggle his way out of his seat. He's quite the talker and just mastered the monkey noise today. If he sees his brother do something, he wants to do it too...there's going to be a bit of competition between these two! Tony is almost 20 pounds!

















Both boys have been saying "mama", unfortunately, it's usually when they are crying because they are hungry or tired. But since Mama is the one that feeds them and puts them to sleep the majority of the time, I say this counts!

Bread Basket Identification

Can you identify the restaurant by the bread basket? I did. What does that say about me? I love bread!

Sleeping Men

While all 4 of my men slept (Oskar was under the covers snuggled against Alex), I got to take a shower!

Great Marketing

Today we took my car into the dealer to get front brakes and I noticed a sign which said something to the effect of: "We're going green and only washing vehicles if you request it with your service. Saving water, blah, blah, blah." I chuckled to myself and thought, "wow, great way to say 'we fired the guy that just washed the cars'. Because really, who wants to be the jerk wasting water by asking them to wash your car?"

Later on at Costco, the hubby and I grabbed bottles of Arrowhead from a machine because it felt like it was 4,000 degrees (might have been the extreme weight we were pushing around Costco) and I saw "Smaller cap. Less plastic." Or something to that effect, indicating that they were being environmentally friendly.

This got me thinking...how many companies are marketing cost saving measures as environmentally friendly? I mean, the whole concept of bottled water is an environmental nightmare. But less plastic is not only less waste, but also less money. Genius marketing move!

Kirkland Diapers

Given the number of diapers we go thru, we buy diapers at Costco. We've been buying size 3s for a few months now (which is ever since we've been buying diapers).

Alex has had several leaks this week, which is the indicator that his current diaper size is too small for his tush. Sigh. I've been in denial because the size range on the size 3 box is 16-28lbs, and he's "only" closing in on 22 lbs. When I saw that the size 4 range was 22-37lbs today, it all made more sense!

Next question: What's with the huge overlap in sizes 4-6?

Only in Chino

Have I mentioned how much I love where I live? So happy "rural" is right next to "city" and near "beach", "desert" and "mountains".

Stupid in 6 Languages

I guess if you weren't an English speaker (and spoke Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese or Tagalong) this would make sense. And they probably only included the English version so the majority of the people reading it would know what it said. But still...

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