Ava got her first (and hopefully her last!) black eye:
Noah saw sea lions swimming for the first time:
It's been a good couple of weeks!
And Happy Appa's Day to the best Appa in the whole world! He also takes the prize of silliest! ;)
Firsts
This month Noah and Ava had their first board meeting:
Ava got her first (and hopefully her last!) black eye:
Noah saw sea lions swimming for the first time:
It's been a good couple of weeks!
And Happy Appa's Day to the best Appa in the whole world! He also takes the prize of silliest! ;)
Ava got her first (and hopefully her last!) black eye:
Noah saw sea lions swimming for the first time:
It's been a good couple of weeks!
And Happy Appa's Day to the best Appa in the whole world! He also takes the prize of silliest! ;)
18 Month check ups
So we missed our appointment and then couldn't get in till they were 19 months, but close enough right? They are both doing well and growing along their growth curves. Here are some "stats" for both of them:
Ava can say about 30-35 words (the most common aside from people names are dog, apple, elmo, book, nana (banana), saja (lion), waz that, wiggle wiggle (from a book), more and milk). She is climbing and starting to run. She loves reading and thinks her brother is hilarious! She seems to love men - case in point, I'm sure if she could talk well enough, she would have asked Uncle Roy to marry her by now. She is not such a good sharer but is working on "trading" with Noah and with us. Did I mention that she loves reading? Because she really does! She loves accessories. Sometimes it's a hat or a scarf, sometimes it's pants on her head but either way she loves it! She gives amazing hugs, loves to give kisses and wants to give everyone a fist bump.
Noah says about 30 words, the most common other than people's names are more, nana!!!, dog, owie, no/no/no/no/no!, book, ball, cheese, ninety-nine. He loves to throw things and can get some distance most of the time. He also loves to kick the soccer ball - he even pulled it back with his foot a few times last week so we're going to start dribbling practice soon. :) He also climbs and "runs" and has been rearranging toys a lot lately. He and Ava definitely have a "twin language" and he loves making her laugh and has no problem giving her all of his food and toys... most of the time! He is very curious about how things work and people constantly point out to us that he "studies" things. He frequently gets very important phone calls that necessitate him pacing around the playzone while he's on the phone.
Over the last year, we've been dealing with some health stuff with Noah. In July of last year, he got sick with a virus and we did some blood work to see what was going on - mostly so we could be prepared for when Ava caught it. What we found is that Noah's white blood count is not what it should be. His neutrophils (the white blood cells that fight bacteria) are really low. Most kids have at least 1500, even on the worst of days. Noah had 0 as of his last count. That means that he's really susceptible to bacteria so anytime he gets a fever over 101, we have to bring him to the Dr or the ER, whichever is available for blood tests and antibiotics, even if we're pretty sure it's nothing. When he gets sick his body mounts a good response and increases his neutrophil count which is a great sign and most likely means that when he got that first virus, his body created antibodies that kill off the neutrophils - we are still waiting for tests to confirm but that is the most common explanation. He's not "sick" and it's something that he'll out grow in a couple of years but for now, we have to be extra cautious. Overall, we are very fortunate that it isn't something more serious and we have great doctors but it's still stressful - no matter how careful we are, kids just get sick sometimes. We'd appreciate your thoughts and prayers when you think of us - but not your worries because we know he's gonna be just fine!
It's been a great 19 months so far!
Ava can say about 30-35 words (the most common aside from people names are dog, apple, elmo, book, nana (banana), saja (lion), waz that, wiggle wiggle (from a book), more and milk). She is climbing and starting to run. She loves reading and thinks her brother is hilarious! She seems to love men - case in point, I'm sure if she could talk well enough, she would have asked Uncle Roy to marry her by now. She is not such a good sharer but is working on "trading" with Noah and with us. Did I mention that she loves reading? Because she really does! She loves accessories. Sometimes it's a hat or a scarf, sometimes it's pants on her head but either way she loves it! She gives amazing hugs, loves to give kisses and wants to give everyone a fist bump.
Noah says about 30 words, the most common other than people's names are more, nana!!!, dog, owie, no/no/no/no/no!, book, ball, cheese, ninety-nine. He loves to throw things and can get some distance most of the time. He also loves to kick the soccer ball - he even pulled it back with his foot a few times last week so we're going to start dribbling practice soon. :) He also climbs and "runs" and has been rearranging toys a lot lately. He and Ava definitely have a "twin language" and he loves making her laugh and has no problem giving her all of his food and toys... most of the time! He is very curious about how things work and people constantly point out to us that he "studies" things. He frequently gets very important phone calls that necessitate him pacing around the playzone while he's on the phone.
Over the last year, we've been dealing with some health stuff with Noah. In July of last year, he got sick with a virus and we did some blood work to see what was going on - mostly so we could be prepared for when Ava caught it. What we found is that Noah's white blood count is not what it should be. His neutrophils (the white blood cells that fight bacteria) are really low. Most kids have at least 1500, even on the worst of days. Noah had 0 as of his last count. That means that he's really susceptible to bacteria so anytime he gets a fever over 101, we have to bring him to the Dr or the ER, whichever is available for blood tests and antibiotics, even if we're pretty sure it's nothing. When he gets sick his body mounts a good response and increases his neutrophil count which is a great sign and most likely means that when he got that first virus, his body created antibodies that kill off the neutrophils - we are still waiting for tests to confirm but that is the most common explanation. He's not "sick" and it's something that he'll out grow in a couple of years but for now, we have to be extra cautious. Overall, we are very fortunate that it isn't something more serious and we have great doctors but it's still stressful - no matter how careful we are, kids just get sick sometimes. We'd appreciate your thoughts and prayers when you think of us - but not your worries because we know he's gonna be just fine!
It's been a great 19 months so far!
Family portraits
So I convince our family that we needed to do new family portraits because our last full family picture has an ex-boyfriend in it, and as Grandma said, "that's just tacky!" Here are a few of the pics. The rest are on the flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25323000@N02/sets/72157626677720255/
I thought this hug sequence was pretty funny also:
Thanks to Leslie See (www.lesliesee.com) for squeezing us in so last minute and making it a painless process :)
I thought this hug sequence was pretty funny also:
Thanks to Leslie See (www.lesliesee.com) for squeezing us in so last minute and making it a painless process :)
Colorado
We were fortunate enough to get to go to Colorado for 3 weeks in April. Nathan went back to NY for 9 days in the middle but we still had a lot of fun.
The flight to and from Colorado was exhausting. Ava slept about 20 minutes each flight and Noah didn't sleep at all. They didn't "cry" per se but they fussed the entire time. Wanting new toys, not wanting to watch the portable DVD player, wanting more food, wanting less food, wanting our food, wanting something that we couldn't understand, wanting to touch the one thing in our row that I hadn't sanitized. You get the picture. Well, actually, you don't get a picture because I was way too tired to take any during the traveling affairs.
Once in Colorado, we hung out with family, saw a few friends, played in "munchkin land" (the baby proof zone at my parent's house), and helped my Grandma move to a new apartment with an amazing view. Overall it was a lot of fun and the kids adjusted very well considering how much it was different from our day to day activities here.
A throw back to my NYU graduation:
Ava catching up on some reading:
Our very own play land! Thanks Aunt Laura and Uncle Roy!
First haircuts:
My how they've grown... all 3 of them!
What do you mean I can't have a cookie?
Noah got some very important calls while we were there.
We will be starting bucket/basket lessons soon but apparently they weren't soon enough.
I don't even know what to say about this... other than that Ava put herself in the bucket!
The flight to and from Colorado was exhausting. Ava slept about 20 minutes each flight and Noah didn't sleep at all. They didn't "cry" per se but they fussed the entire time. Wanting new toys, not wanting to watch the portable DVD player, wanting more food, wanting less food, wanting our food, wanting something that we couldn't understand, wanting to touch the one thing in our row that I hadn't sanitized. You get the picture. Well, actually, you don't get a picture because I was way too tired to take any during the traveling affairs.
Once in Colorado, we hung out with family, saw a few friends, played in "munchkin land" (the baby proof zone at my parent's house), and helped my Grandma move to a new apartment with an amazing view. Overall it was a lot of fun and the kids adjusted very well considering how much it was different from our day to day activities here.
A throw back to my NYU graduation:
Ava catching up on some reading:
Our very own play land! Thanks Aunt Laura and Uncle Roy!
First haircuts:
My how they've grown... all 3 of them!
What do you mean I can't have a cookie?
Noah got some very important calls while we were there.
We will be starting bucket/basket lessons soon but apparently they weren't soon enough.
I don't even know what to say about this... other than that Ava put herself in the bucket!
April
We love going on walks - well, they love the "freedom" and we love how exhausted they are afterwards! :)
April started the race to climb. Climb on anything, the toy chest, the couch, the chairs, each other. Ava won the race to climb the couch but Noah won the race to climb into the toy chest - I just didn't get to the camera fast enough. You name it and they have tried to climb it. My job has gotten a lot more complicated since then!
April started the race to climb. Climb on anything, the toy chest, the couch, the chairs, each other. Ava won the race to climb the couch but Noah won the race to climb into the toy chest - I just didn't get to the camera fast enough. You name it and they have tried to climb it. My job has gotten a lot more complicated since then!
Catching up
So we've been a little busy lately. We went to Colorado in April and the twins are all of the place (more on that later). Here's a few fun pictures from March:
Ava:
Her shirt says it all:
Isn't she pretty?
Helping Appa at work:
So stylish:
Noah:
He was very busy with his post-it notes at Appa's work:
I need sunglasses!!!
Much better:
The expert cup stacker:
Noah also has stinky feet.
Before the sniff:
After the sniff:
They think this is hilarious!
Ava:
Her shirt says it all:
Isn't she pretty?
Helping Appa at work:
So stylish:
Noah:
He was very busy with his post-it notes at Appa's work:
I need sunglasses!!!
Much better:
The expert cup stacker:
Noah also has stinky feet.
Before the sniff:
After the sniff:
They think this is hilarious!
Need for silliness
It's been a really tough week for our family so I wanted to post some happy pictures. Some of them are just ridiculous.
There are so many things that I thought were socialized into our gender identity and behavior... apparently this is not one of them! :) Nathan swears that he didn't put Noah's hand there.
When Laura and I were getting up to dating age, Dad had some sage wisdom for us: when a boy tries to talk to you, or look at you, or think about you, Plan A is the right finger in the right nostril, Plan B is the left finger in the left nostril, and if necessary, Plan C calls for both fingers in both nostrils. Those of you who have met Ava in person know that is a little bit of a flirt so I am happy to see that she is working on Plan A. Of course this also means that I had to clean bananas out of her nose as well as off her face but in the long run, I think it's worth it!
Ava loves playing dress up!
Noah loves reading, cleaning and being silly:
There are so many things that I thought were socialized into our gender identity and behavior... apparently this is not one of them! :) Nathan swears that he didn't put Noah's hand there.
When Laura and I were getting up to dating age, Dad had some sage wisdom for us: when a boy tries to talk to you, or look at you, or think about you, Plan A is the right finger in the right nostril, Plan B is the left finger in the left nostril, and if necessary, Plan C calls for both fingers in both nostrils. Those of you who have met Ava in person know that is a little bit of a flirt so I am happy to see that she is working on Plan A. Of course this also means that I had to clean bananas out of her nose as well as off her face but in the long run, I think it's worth it!
Ava loves playing dress up!
Noah loves reading, cleaning and being silly:
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