Craziness with William

Will has developed quite the "class clown" personality over the past few months. He is always (okay, usually) giggling and smiling, especially if other people are around. He tirelessly tries to get Anna to laugh and smile at him. Here are the two latest things that have kept him entertained. First, now that he can crawl, he'll move onto the hard wood, sit up, and use one leg to spin himself around in a circle. He stopped doing it once we pulled out the camera (he's too used to posing and smiling for the camera, apparently), but you can get a glimpse of his spinning in this clip.

This next clip is of something that he's just discovered in the past day or two. He thinks it's so much fun to use the front of the couch as an upright trampoline.


He tried the same thing today with a hard, plastic storage bin. That wasn't as effective, as it had a much lower spring-back ability. It hurt, and we had to relocate him. A few hours later, he tried it again. Amazingly enough, he experienced the same results. Maybe the third time will be the charm.

Larkin's Discovery

Larkin found this albino praying mantis in one of our flower boxes the other day and was fascinated by it. He had to get a picture.

Hide-n-Seek

Larkin and I were relaxing on the futon this morning while Will was napping and Anna was playing. We started playing hide and seek with Anna. She was pretty determined. But then, like most things, the game only held her attention for so long.

Hummingbird

I don't remember what kind of flowers we planted in the flower box outside of our living room window, but apparently they are the kind the hummingbirds love. In the past few weeks, we've had hummingbirds coming to the flowers all the time. I've never seen a hummingbird this close before (with the exception of stuffed ones we had at the Bean Museum). I love it! Larkin snapped a good picture the other day.

Just the Two of Us

In the spirit of supporting my wife in adding to and up keep of this web-site, I have decided to add old videos of the kids here and there. This is one of my favorites because it always reminds me of how much fun it is to have twins. Especially in the past month, Anna and William have really grown close. William is usually the first on up in the mornings and so we let him watch "Super Why!" (PBS kids show) until Anna either gets up or is woken up by his playing. Regardless, when we bring Anna out and William sees her face he get so happy and excited. He starts laughing and bouncing and then raises his arms high in the air and does a kind of waving motion at her. When we put Anna down she laughs and then they usually start yelling at each other. It is honestly my favorite part of the day. I can't wait tell they are able to talk and really express how they feel.

Anna Grace, Silly Face

Anna makes some of the funniest faces! She loves to scrunch up her nose and smile. Oh, I love my silly girl! This is my favorite picture right now. It's the background on my work computer at the moment.

Will's New Trick

Will started playing around the other day, and he discovered that he can pick up his bottle with his feet. It's pretty amusing to watch. Sorry the video is so short; the camera ran out of batteries.

Another "cool trick" that he learned to do about a week ago: swallow supposedly-inedible items. After the kids' 9-month checkup, both babies had Band-aids put on their big toes. William managed to sneakily put his foot in his mouth, take off the Band-aid, choke on it, and swallow it before I could pull it out of his mouth. I tried my hardest, but his swallow reflex is apparently faster than my stick-my-finger-in-a-baby's-mouth-and-fish-out-a-foreign-object reflex is. It's okay, though. He managed to "relieve" himself of it the following day. No pictures attached.

First Official Blog!

We've joined the blogging world - basically because we think the twins are TOO adorable and assume nobody can get enough of them. As an introduction to our new blog, I wanted to post an introduction to the twins: their first moments of life. Here is the video Larkin took in the delivery room of the twins' in all their newborn glory. Don't worry - there are no shots of Momma. We didn't want that to be preserved for posterity's sake.