{"id":3251,"date":"2011-03-18T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2011-03-18T19:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T03:42:49","slug":"mr-gabby-mr-grabby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/2011\/03\/mr-gabby-mr-grabby\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Gabby &#038; Mr. Grabby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_3261\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97_dom_dad_alex_cute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97_dom_dad_alex_cute-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dom (left) and Alex: Daddy Time!\" title=\"97_dom_dad_alex_cute\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97_dom_dad_alex_cute-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/97_dom_dad_alex_cute.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dom (left) and Alex: Daddy Time!<\/p><\/div>The Twin-Daddy affectionately dubbed our boys Mr. Gabby and Mr. Grabby some time back, and the nicknames still fit. Dom loves to vocalize &#8211; jabbering, squealing, and generally finding new ways to exercise his vocal cords, and Alex&#8217;s little hands constantly reach out for new things to explore (and stick in his mouth).<\/p>\n<p>When we went for lunch on Sunday with our friends Leigh and Eric and their son Alex, our boys had a good time sitting in high chairs. Dom used his new vantage point to catch the eye of nearby potential admirers, and he tilted his head, jabbered and smiled at them &#8211; enjoying the attention of his audience. Alex, on the other hand, waited until no one was watching him and made a grab for the limes on the table. Having scored half of a little green lime, he quickly brought it to his mouth for a taste. It was then that we caught him &#8211; just in time to see him make the funniest face! Too bad we didn&#8217;t have a camera ready.<\/p>\n<h2>ABC 123<\/h2>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3259\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/36_alex_dom_cute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/36_alex_dom_cute-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Alex (top) and Dom: We love our floor!\" title=\"36_alex_dom_cute\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/36_alex_dom_cute-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/36_alex_dom_cute.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex (top) and Dom: We love our floor!<\/p><\/div>We bought 2 puzzle mats with the ABC&#8217;s and 0-9 to make up the floor of the boys&#8217; Playzone. We set it up Wednesday night after they were asleep and introduced them to it in the morning. Our little fellas happily played on it without any toys for almost 2 hours &#8211; so many colors and moving on it was a new experience. It does a good job cushioning their noggins when they topple over. They barely notice head bonks now &#8211; unless of course they fall on one of the hard plastic toys. Can you find everything we spelled out on their new floor?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGMYZZ179pM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Hats<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been crocheting two hats for the boys. I already finished Dom&#8217;s, and I&#8217;m close to finishing Alex&#8217;s. Here&#8217;s a video of Dom in his new hat:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tzd6o_sVh6A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Milestones<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_3260\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/49_dom_alex_smiles_cute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/49_dom_alex_smiles_cute-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dom (left) &amp; Alex: This is so much fun!\" title=\"49_dom_alex_smiles_cute\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/49_dom_alex_smiles_cute-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/49_dom_alex_smiles_cute.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dom (left) & Alex: This is so much fun!<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex is definitely crawling now. You can set him on one side of the Playzone and tempt him with a book, the keyboard or some tantalizing toy, and he&#8217;ll excitedly make a dash for it.<\/li>\n<li>Dom will rarely set out for distant goals, but he will crawl short distances to get to something just out of reach. This morning his crawling suddenly improved considerably though, so we&#8217;ll have to wait and see if he realizes this.<\/li>\n<li>Both boys have tried super-tiny little pieces of mango. They seemed to like it.<\/li>\n<li>Dom can now pull himself up to stand all on his own, and he&#8217;s started practicing when we put him down for naps.<\/li>\n<li>The first half hour to hour of naptime has now become the boys&#8217; crib acrobatics session. They sit and stand up, and they often end up standing on the sides of their cribs that face each other.<\/li>\n<li>Both Dom and Alex reach for you to pick them up more now, and the Twin-Daddy thinks they&#8217;ve started saying &#8220;Mom&#8221; too (when they&#8217;re upset and crying).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this moment, they have both crawled over to the musical table and pulled themselves up to stand and play together. So cute! Kind of like in this video from 2 days ago:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JEKX-QGlmZE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s one more video of the boys having fun together:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F04vVurtDzY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin-Daddy affectionately dubbed our boys Mr. Gabby and Mr. Grabby some time back, and the nicknames still fit. Dom loves to vocalize &#8211; jabbering, squealing, and generally finding new ways to exercise his vocal cords, and Alex&#8217;s little hands constantly reach out for new things to explore (and stick in his mouth). When we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3251"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}