A Really Fun Weekend, Part II

Maggie recently learned how to make a fun noise, and she does it a lot.



Brett and Magdalena love to grab each other!



These babies love to eat. This meal was moments after Mommy discovered Brett's first tooth! (top right, not a bottom one!)



Bretty Boy is a happy boy.



We actually do have an HD video camera. The only way to easily upload videos to the blog is to make them low quality. Just FYI.

A Really Fun Weekend, Part I

Auntie Devon, Uncle Ryan, Grandma and Grandpa came to town this past weekend to celebrate Devon's 30th birthday. The weather was gorgeous, and Brett and Maggie got to go for a walk in Golden Gate Park and to a fun outdoor lunch. The babies enjoyed playing with their aunt, uncle and grandparents. Here are some pictures of Brett and Magdalena showing off some warm-weather clothes.





I'm having some technical difficulties, but there are videos from this weekend I want to post, too. Hopefully I can post them tomorrow night. One video is of Auntie Devon and Uncle Ryan feeding them green vegetables, pears, and oat cereal. Brett and Maggie are becoming champion eaters. They love sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, zucchini, green beans, peas, pears, and avocado. All of their food is homemade. The babies got a very exciting gift from Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Ed this weekend -- a food mill! Now mommy and Jennie can easily smoosh up their food as they eat more and more grownup things in the near future, like chicken and beans and turkey. Thanks, Ed and Marilyn!!

The Baby Sitter

He's a baby, and he can sit.


Brett went to the doctor three times in three weeks for his bad neck rash. Turns out it's baby eczema. It's looking pretty good now, just a little red patch on his face. He still has problems with spitting up and takes medicine for that (notice the messy clothes).

This blog needs some pictures of the babies with the REAL babysitter, Jennie the world's best nanny. Keep an eye out soon.

Overnight with Grandma and Grandpa

Dan and I went away overnight last weekend. We just went to Sausalito, on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, but it was nice to get away with no babies or dog for a short while. Grandma and Grandpa stayed with Brett and Maggie, and from the looks of it, they had a great time.







In the last week, Brett has gotten much better at jumping with two feet instead of doing a hoedown dance, and Maggie has also started jumping up and down rather than just side to side.

Vote For Your Favorite Nicknames

To honor our twins' recent 6-month Birthday - or as their Auntie Big J would call it, their half-Birthday - we're conducting a poll to decide their best nickname. Please see the choices above. They've each been given approximately 600 nicknames over these last 6 months, but we tried to whittle it down to our favorite six. We look forward to seeing how the vote turns out.

In the mean time, here are some new photos:

Maggie in full shriek...

Brett about to devour Sophie the Giraffe...