Somebody really loves his bunny ears

Seriously. This kid likes having them on. I see him in a dinosaur costume and bunny ears simultaneously in the near future.

Immersive play.

 Phin wanted to be as close to the toys as possible. He crawled in there and out of there all by himself!

One year appointment

Had our one year appointment on Thursday, and the results are in:

Micah is 30" long and weighs 22 pounds 6 ounces, 47.5cm head circumference in case you were wondering.
Phineas is 31" long and weighs 21 pounds 9 ounces, 48.5 head circ.
Micah is still very average, Phin is under for weight and over for height... but it's all good.

Officially done with formula, as soon as we finish off the current container! On to equally expensive hormone free fancy fancy whole cow milk. And sunblock research. The doctor's opinion on the recent trend of waking up screaming at 5:30am every morning- nightmares. Or a phase. Just as I thought, but equally unhelpful as my thoughts:-(.

Phin was interested in the paper on the table last time, but he ripped two yards (only what was out, I swear) of it to shreds while waiting for the doctor- he and Micah flapped the paper pieces frantically while laughing hysterically. This was of course before Charles the nurse came in.

Had three shots, I think the tears will just keep getting worse from here on out... they are starting to figure out what Charles is doing when he brings in the orange trays. Too young to bribe yet, sigh.

As an end note, perhaps I've made Dr. Kadow and Charles sound bad. They are not. Dr Kadow is awesome and my initial reaction to her when we met before the boys were born is that she seemed like someone I'd go out for happy hour with. Charles is an amazing albeit loud nurse.

Playground fun.

If the hat fits...

Grandma H, the hats fit now! Also, I'm sure the outfits matched when I picked them out in the morning... ah, daylight.

5:30 and teeth and sharing

If my patience were a piece of clothing, it has been worn, stretched, stained, scrubbed, and laundered daily since these guys were born. I think at this point it's safe to say its consistency is tissue thin and it's starting to rend. 

The boys have been getting up around 5:30 pretty regularly lately, and I've been trying to go to bed earlier to match. This means, however, that dishes, laundry, and meal prep do not happen in the evening...  I thought I'd be able to get SOME of it done with such an early start, but these guys just do not behave on their own for more than five minutes at a time. Micah's getting his other incisor and has this ear-crinkling, whiny, half-hearted, continuous noise emitting from his rosebud lips from wakeup onward. They also are showing a strong preference to play with only the toy their brother finds most interesting at the moment, ignoring the 83 other colorful objects littering the carpet. The coveted object in question causes more obnoxiousness, like:

• Phin has approximately three emotional states: hysterically happy, pleasant/content, and face-wrinkling, charlie brown mouthed bawling. The last is the result if Micah succeeds in taking his toy.
• Poked eyeballs
• Tiny baby claw scratches
• Shoving each other into furniture or onto the floor
• Hitting each other with tiny mallets, pinwheels, or the plastic gas tank that came with the lawnmower.

Does anyone have a new patience shirt I could take off your hands? The thicker the fabric, the better. Maybe patience carharts would be the way to go. 

Busy weekend and more teeth

What a hullabaloo of a weekend. Andrew's parents and sister Sarah were here to visit, we went down to the Cherry Blossom Festival Saturday in some beautiful weather. The boys were well behaved and man I'm glad we got that double umbrella stroller- it was fantastic in Disney and was fantastic Saturday. SO MANY PEOPLE downtown that day, it was ridiculous. Really makes a person a tad more aware of our population size. The cherry trees were beautiful though. 

Immediately upon return to the house, Andrew and I skedaddled over to help with a friend's non-profit fundraiser and the boys got some quality time with grammy, pop pop, Aunt Sarah, and Susanne. Sunday was church and lots of outdoor time- neither boy was especially sure of the grass... we sat them down in the lawn, and after touching the grass a few times they drew up their legs and hands like a turtle and looked most displeased until we put a blanket down for them to sit on. 

Micah's top two teeth have been on the move! The left incisor broke through this weekend and the right should make an appearance very soon. Phin's current count is seven- four on top, three on the bottom.