A Very Merry Half-Birthday

Dominic and Alexander turned six months old today! Our little darlings are cute as can be, and they’re learning new skills all the time. They’ve started turning pages, touching (and grabbing) Mom’s and Dad’s faces, and stealing each others toys (mostly Alex right now). While Mom eats breakfast in the morning, they are also practicing with holding spoons, and we’re planning their milestone First Solid Food Day for this Thursday. Super-thin rice cereal! Yum!?!? Avocados will follow a few days later.

We had a well visit with the pediatrician today, and the doctor declared them “perfect.” (We certainly agree!)

Alex (left) & Dom: Ready to party!

Weights:

• Dominic: 16 pounds 9 ounces
• Alexander: 16 pounds 13 ounces

Alex (left) & Dom: Having fun

A Homemade Gift

At lunch, Dominic made an extra special gift for Mommy all by himself. The Twin-Daddy was about to send someone into the restroom to check on us before we made it back out – mostly clean after the biggest out-of-diaper experience I’ve cleaned up yet.

I also learned a very important lesson: Don’t fold up those thin papers normally used to cover the toilet seat and put them between a poopy boy and his changing mat. The poo just pastes the paper onto his back, and then you are not only scrubbing poo off the boy with wipe after wipe but also caked on paper. Still, it could have been a much bigger mess considering the amount of time I had my boy diaperless during the de-pooing process.

A New Toy

Alex and Dom really love their new Baby Einstein exersaucer. (Thanks, Craigslist!) They’ve been taking turns in it yesterday and today, and Alex absolutely loved it his first time with new gadgets to play with in all directions.

Alex having a blast

Dom turning pages

A Little Entertainment

This afternoon the boys and I took a nice stroll in the sun, and then we spent some time listening and dancing to songs on YouTube – mostly celebrities performing on Sesame Street like Ray Charles singing the ABCs (Wonderful!), Katy Perry’s controversial song “Hot N Cold” with Elmo, Will.I.am singing “What I am,” and Norah Jones singing “Don’t Know Why” about the letter “Y.”

Birthday Pie

We bought a little peach cobbler to celebrate Dom’s and Alex’s half-birthday. They got to see their half-birthday pie with a couple of candles in it (and they were fascinated!), and then they got to enjoy watching Mom and Dad eat the cobbler. (Yep, we’re meanies.)

Yummy cobbler for Daddy

Alex helps Dad with the cobbler