A-Bomb!

5 3/4 months

Christina — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:03:29 +0000

Here’s some of the latest pics. of the boys. I know, it’s been too long since anything new has been put up. I’m just lazy. and tired. Tho, I shouldn’t be… Aaron is sleeping through the night (completely!). He’s finally rolling from front to back and his favorite position to sleep in is on his left side. He just discovered the “m” and “b” sounds, so he’s been saying “mamamama” and “bababa”, but the best is “mmmba”. And he doesn’t giggle, just squeals— and it’s really, really loud, and really, really high-pitched. You don’t want your ear too close to his mouth when he lets loose, b/c your ear will be ringing afterwards.

Alex started his new/old school (long story) and is so incredibly happy there. And he doesn’t come home anymore and say “so-and-so punched me today” or “I got pushed and punched again.” I hated his old school. Now, he comes home and says “I learned about Chinese animals today” or “I was inside a giant bubble and blew little bubbles inside it!” (This actually happened. Mr Bubble came to the school and the kids got to make humongous bubbles)

Aaron is 4 months!

Christina — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:30:03 +0000

He’s 15 lbs. and 25 inches. And he loves to smile!

Aaron’s first ‘real’ food

Christina — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:10:52 +0000

So, we realized that Alex had started on ‘real’ food at 4 months, since he had been having rice cereal in his bottle since 2 months (bad reflux), so we figured it was time for Aaron to at least try rice cereal. eh. wrong. He wanted nothing to do with it. Which is good since the doctor said to hold off at least another month for food. Oh well!

Our Chef

Christina — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:01:26 +0000

Alex loves to cook! His favorites are shark and ice cream, for pretend (as he likes to say). But he does really help out cooking dinner- he loves to help make meatballs and burgers, a very hands-on process. And he loves to dress the part!

OH, the drool!

Christina — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:13:02 +0000

I know he’s probably really not teething yet, but, oh the drool! And the gnawing! And I swear I see two little bumps on the bottom gums, but…he’s only 3 1/2 months old, for cryin’ out loud! He’ll probably be just like his big bro and not get teeth till he’s 7 months, and just keep drooling away. Oh well! Until then, I’ll just be his chew toy.

Alex’s First Ride!

Harry — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:52:25 +0000

A week ago we decided to take Alex’s training wheels off, but had a less than successful first attempt at getting Alex to ride. He did try, and while did succeed in riding a bit at a time, he didn’t really realize it. Yesterday, however, Alex did a great job riding, and we managed to catch a bit of it on video before the camera’s battery died. He’s very excited at being a bike rider now.

Alex’s First Ride from Harry&Christina on Vimeo.

They grow up so fast!

Christina — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:24:05 +0000

Aaron is 3 months already (ok, he’s 2 days shy, but we had his 3-month well-visit today). He is now 13 lbs. 6 1/2 oz. and 24 1/4 inches- 50% for everything. BUT, he’s a 1/4 of an inch bigger than Alex was at 3 months…. I’m going to be a midget in a land of giants. OH, and he learned how to roll from his tummy to his back, which actually stinks b/c when he wakes in the middle of the night, instead of getting himself back to sleep, he rolls over and can’t roll back. He looks like a turtle, with all limbs flailing in the air. It’s very amusing.

Aaron’s 2 month check-up

Christina — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:14:52 +0000

Ok, so he’s not quite 2 months, but since we’ll be in FL when he is, we went for his check-up today. He is 22 1/2 inches and 10 lbs. 11 3/4 oz. I swear, I thought he was going to weigh more than that! That puts him at 50% for length and 45% for weight—completely average. Tho, I expect very soon he will be joining his big brother in the realm of “off-the-charts” for height.

New Video! Hanging Out At Home

Harry — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:04:07 +0000

I managed to catch some video of Christina playing with Aaron the other day, he was giving us some good smiles. Just a reminder, at the bottom of the page there’s a screen that will let you see all the videos in one place, you won’t even leave the page. The images on the left will send you over to vimeo.com, though.

Aaron and Christina - April 2008 from Harry&Christina on Vimeo.

New Look, New Features

Harry — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:32:12 +0000

I’ve been trying to improve this blog for a while now, and the recent software upgrade to Wordpress gave me the excuse I needed. It really shouldn’t feel altogether that different than before, but basically nothing is the same as it was. The idea here is to make it easier for Christina and I to update this thing more regularly, especially now that I’ve settled on a solution for video as well. Just for fun, here’s a not-so-new pic that our new gallery plugin is letting me post inline: