Life with twins is busy! It gets so much easier in ways and so much harder in others! When they were born I couldn't wait till one or both could hold their bottle so I could make the other's bottle or just have one hand free. Now they hold their own bottles but Bradley (who is now 5 pounds bigger which is an improvement from 6 1/2) will finish his bottle first and then steal Kiersten's and finish hers too if I'm not watching.
The reason it gets harder is they are both crawling and pulling themselves up to stand- everywhere! And they find the tiniest things I thought I had picked up to put right into their mouths! Oy Vey! The babies favorite thing is to chase me around the house and see what I am doing in the kitchen or back bedroom. First Kiersten will pop her head in the room and then Bradley is always a second behind.
Kiersten started crawling almost two months ago and Bradley would just roll after her. When we visited Modesto and the end of May/beginning of June Bradley started to hop like a frog on hardwood floors- it was the cutest thing! I never got it on camera because he would always stop and look at you and smile and then when the camera got put away he would go back at it. Also while visiting family the babies fell in love with dogs! Every time they see a dog now they kick and scream and wiggle around- it is VERY cute! Kiersten tries to chase our friend's wiener dog Pete- a very loud, very annoying, small and fast dog.
Kiersten standing up using my sister's boxer Tyson.
Bradley got his top right tooth in this morning and now has all four front teeth. He has been making everyone miserable with these last two teeth! I am so glad they are here and I am so not looking forward to his molars coming in- I hear that's even worse.
Kiersten only has her bottom two still but her top gums are sore so they will probably be showing up in no time.
The babies love to talk to each other and they babble all day long. They mostly say Dadada which I say "no its mamama! I'll give you a cookie if you say mama!" :)
Actually, they were being nice and playing together this morning which is rare because they fight over the same toy ALL the time! They started by standing and playing with this block toy and then they moved together to play with every stand up item in the room until they had visited each one. It was so cute to see them crawling and talking side by side on the toys.
I have been taking the babies swimming once to twice a week at my friend Michelle's pool in her apartment complex. The babies LOVE the water! Kiersten is just a natural and when you hold her on her tummy laying in the water she kicks her legs like a frog.
Bradley has fun but gets scared easily. He's not too much a fan of the big turtle head and prefers to use Kiersten's star or to turn himself around and see what is going on in back of him.
One more thing about their weight differences- people are so nosey! I have been collecting the funniest stories from people's curiosity. When Kiersten was 4 months I took just her to the grocery store and everyone asked if she was a newborn. I said no she is a twin and was born 6 weeks early. One lady asked- where's her twin? Did it die?? I replied- nope probably playing video games at home with his Dad. Then it evolved into twins eh? Oh good your done! One lady made me so mad at Costco! She saw the twins and said oh twins, your done then. What are they boy and girl? Good your definitely are done and don't need any more kids. I said- Well thanks! I'll go home and tell my Husband you made that decision about our family for us!
I know it was rude but its frustrating to get that said to you everywhere you go! I must have heard "Oh good, your done!" statement at LEAST over 100 times- no exaggerations!
The new question from strangers is- "How far apart are they? They can't be twins. Are they both yours?" This one is funny. I just say that they are and he is 5 pounds bigger. Once I teased a lady and said "They are nine months to the DAY!" but then I laughed and said the truth.
