Mary on February 18th, 2011

Your Toy, My Toy The boys have started vying for the same toys. It is most often Alex who looks longingly over at his brother’s toys and then tries to steal them. In fact, you can sometimes create a loop by giving Dom the toy Alex discards to steal a new one from Dom. Suddenly, […]

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Mary on February 16th, 2011

They have a limited vocabulary. They’ll go to the bathroom anywhere. They love their chew toys. You can’t leave them in a room by themselves without worrying what they’ll get into. They’ll gnaw on anything you put in their mouths. When everything goes quiet, you have to check what they’re up to. You can’t let […]

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Mary on February 14th, 2011

Last night, I went to bed by 11 PM and fell asleep by 11:30. I fully expected one boy or the other to awaken me sometime in the wee hours, so imagine my surprise when both Dom and Alex slept ’til morning. They woke up a little before 6:30 AM and started moving and making […]

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Mary on February 14th, 2011

A few Valentine’s Day wishes from our family to yours:

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Mary on February 13th, 2011

Today was a long day. Alex woke up at 4 AM, and he just couldn’t quite get back to sleep. Every 10-15 minutes he’d fuss, and at 5:30, he finally woke up his brother. Then, all three of us were awake until their 6:30 AM “wake-up” time. They did take a decent morning nap (around […]

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