April 30, 2015

Singer-songwriter

Max made up a new morning tune for his favorite bambino.  It goes a little something like this-
"Kia Belle, Kia Belle, KirAAA Belle....I don't want hair...I'm going to cut it..."  
Why the need for a mid-song haircut?  Because, "I want no hair like Kira".



Morning giggles


Bjorn fan 

Cannot get enough of this face!!!!!

Cleaning up her outside AND her inside...

April 29, 2015

Pedestrians

Now that the weather is warm, we are all loving our walks home from school and stops at neighborhood playgrounds.

Walking and sleeping 

Running and sleeping

Running and screaming 

Max found this gem at the playground.  A thorough hair washing quickly followed.

Max was excited about this "rainbow dinner", so much so that he could not pick just one color pepper.

"This is a 'w'". Max loves to find his favorite letter everywhere he can.

Perfect swing position for teething drool drainage 


Twins!  Even down to their closed-eye smiles.






April 28, 2015

Kira is six months old!

Another month has flown by and it seems that Kira is already six months old.   She does not bring us joy, she is joy, and we are just so lucky to have her.  

Here are six Kira facts for six months of Kira.  Hopefully putting these in writing is not a jinx!

1. First and most importantly, she sleeps through the night.  She still takes two solid naps, has never flat out refused sleep, and always wakes up happy.
2.  She loves to eat!  Sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, and oatmeal are her favorites, but she also eats zucchini, peas, kale, spinach, pears, blueberries, and carrots.  The only food she dislikes so far are avocados, but that is okay because when life gives you disguarded baby avocado, make guacamole for mom and dad!
3. Somewhat related to food- her poops smell like pretzels!  Daddy pointed out this odd but true fact.
3. She is so good at diaper changes.  As soon as she gets on the changing table, she lifts her legs up and holds them through the whole change.  She has not resisted (tossed wildly like someone else) one single diaper change. 
4. Her teeth and hair are just around the corner; she has the drool and soft light brown spikes to prove it, respectively.
5. She loves to cuddle/eat her ribbon blankey from Jen, exactly how Max eats his Yankee blankey (also from Jen) to this day.
6. In her spare time (aka: anytime she is not asleep), her favorite activity is being in the jumperoo (just like Max) but she is also spending lots of mom-mandated time strengthening her abs so she can sit up. 

The happiness streak continues- six months and counting.  Half a year and happy every single day.

They love each other so much!

 

Kira's wake-up mood is the best!

Half birthday humor from Grandma and Pa 

Haircut!  Refused the "cape" and demanded a toy and several lollipops.

Max hit a home run over the fence!!  

Celebration lap

Zucchini fries and bbq sauce lips

Six months of falling asleep with the best baby girl 

April 27, 2015

Sit up school

Max is helping Kira learn how to sit up, while she spit up...

...like any great teacher, his method is a video.

Kira has a bit of a fungus situation on her forehead.  It is conveniently located on top of her already red stork-bite.  Max keeps asking, "what is that mark?!"  Nothing a little [jock itch] cream can't fix.  Minus the jock itch, of course.

I hardly sit up and you put me in a rocking chair??


Well over 30 seconds


Max coincidentally has a Tommy spoon to match his Percy chopsticks

Neil Diamond sing-a-long

Throw him the ball so he can....fly into the stands.  Again.  And again.  And a lot more.



April 26, 2015

Bank card heist

12 hours after Max ate dinner with chopsticks he ate breakfast with them, too.  The chopsticks were washed, the jersey was not.  Funny boy also got caught red handed with daddy's missing bank card.  The card went missing last night and after looking all over, daddy resigned to cancel it today.  Max was playing store this morning with his toy cash register and handed mommy a very real looking bank card.  "I got it from daddy's wallet!" Max said with a sly smirk.  He probably wanted a reward for finding it.

Lunch date with Jake and Kate

Max hijacked my bath!!!

A swing and...

Flying into the stands!

April 25, 2015

Sleeping in on Saturday!!!!!

Kira and Max let mommy and daddy sleep until [DRUMROLL] 7am!!!!!! Out of disbelief and pure jubilation, a well-rested mommy gave Max the Derek Jeter jersey she had stowed away for him as a reward for...something spectacular.  Kira, who has been waking up at 6am, but coos and plays in her crib until 7am, was more than pleased to receive her bottle.

Mommy feels the same way and she did not even get a jersey!

"Kira!  Look at my shirt! Do you see?  Do you see it!?"

The Lugnuts were down some players for today's game; they had 5 players to the opponents 10.  Max helped out by fielding for the opponent a little while his team was up to bat.  He only ran over to scream, "Mommy! I love you!" once during the game.  Sweet ball player.

Crashing into the stands (mommy) a la Derek Jeter

Braving this particularly cold day to watch her brother play ball.

Braving more of her brothers ball playing.  This time, the excruciatingly loud reinactment of 'the dive'.


Max is obsessed with these Percy chopsticks from Lotte.  He proudly ate his whole dinner with them.