Luke's Diary: 6 Months
Hi Mommy's Blog Readers!
We--me and Sissy--turned six months old last Saturday! So exciting! So much has been happening, too!
We got a new playroom, with white shaggy carpet...Mommy will show you some more pictures sometime soon. Everyone calls it Baby Land, and it's the perfect place for us to play...so nice to have all of our toys in one place, too. Mommy says it's child proofed--whatever that means. And Mommy says the house...things are finally starting to get back to normal...I mean, there are still babies, she says, but the whole house and everyone's life being totally dominated every inch and every second...that's starting to mellow out a little.
Oh, and now Daddy is playing a game called "Berlin Wall" with us. There is a wall on the back side of the couch that separates the living room from our playroom (which is enclosed, and Mommy says originally used to be a small screened-in porch.) Anyway, Daddy will say, "Let's play Berlin Wall," and he'll lift us up over the partition and lower us down into the playroom on the other side and say, "Good job Bubs! You made it to West Berlin! You're free!." And Grandpa will join in with, "Checkpoint Charlie!" and Mommy will laugh so hard.
Mommy hasn't been TOO busy with work, so some days she and Daddy can walk with us downtown for lunch...it's so fun...
We're changing lots, me and Sissy...Mommy says we're changing every single day...pushing WAY up un our arms, starting to sit unassisted, so close to crawling, really Mommy and Daddy expect it any day now.
We've also really discovered the dogs. Any time one of the boxers comes close, we squeal with laughter. Really, is there anything more fun than a boxer? They're so sweet and gentle with us, too.
And we're starting to sleep in the crib...Daddy partitioned it off with a breathable bumper so we each have half...Mommy says it looks like we each have our own little cubicle.
And we're moving around like crazy these days, rolling over and scooting backwards, the up on the arms thing like I was talking about before, going way up on our tiptoes and jumping up and down when somebody holds us. Daddy says it's like we're Mexican jumping beans.
Mommy's friend Marco sent both of us these great red hats...here I am in mine...it's starting to get cold enough in the mornings where we can wear something like this out on the days Mommy walks us downtown to get her and Daddy coffee...
I love hanging out with Mommy in her office and helping her work...
And then there are always stories in the evening...
And we're starting to hold our own bottles, me especially, although Mommy is still breastfeeding us too as much as she can...
Oh, and we LOVE mirrors. Endlessly fascinating.
And we've started on some vegetables...here's Sissy after carrots. I don't really understand why Mommy and Daddy will only feed us right before a bath, but there you have it.
And some pictures of Daddy. Gosh, we love our Daddy. Good things have been happening with his job hunt, Mommy says, which Mommy says is important. But we have SO loved having him around for--as Mommy says--these first few precious months. Even if he does the nap ogre thing on us (holding us tight to him until we go to sleep for our nap.) If we cry, he says we're singing the Nap Ogre Blues.
Daddy says mushy things sometimes, too. Like the other day he said about Sissy, "The only way she could be sweeter is if she had cream filling."
Also, he's always making Mommy laugh, although I don't always get the joke. Like the other day:
Mommy: "There's a Mommy & Me yoga class starting up. I'd love to go. But what do I do with the twins? I guess I'd just take a different one every other week."
Daddy: "Yeah, but then they'd forget the moves."
Mommy laughed so hard at that one. I love it when Mommy laughs.
So that's the update. All is well. We are just the happiest, smiliest, mellowest little babies you could imagine. And Mommy says every day we are making all of her dreams come true.
Love,
Luke