Healthy babies with Band-Aids

Hello, hello!

Here's a good picture from yesterday to get things started for this blog. Kendra is standing behind Layla as she stands up and walk a few steps with assistance from mommy. Her smiles get bigger every day!




Then we caught Layla climbing OVER Easton a short while later. She seems to think Easton is her own personal jungle gym. He wasn't happy about it and at least made some noise as if to say, "stop climbing on me!" They play really well together and are starting to talk TO each other instead of just making random noises when something isn't right. The pediatrician said our babies may lag behind a little in verbal communication because they develop their own "baby language" between the two of them long before speaking English (and hopefully Spanish) to the rest of us humans.

They are really hitting the milestones lately and the biggie yesterday was dueling high chairs! We put one together and it seemed to work out so I screwed the other one together and now we have two. The bumbos just weren't cutting it any more. Now we have half of our front room lined with chairs and papa sans and seats that the babies no longer need because we've traded up to the bigger sizes. I'll have to provide a more detailed review of this model of high chair once we have a few miles under our belt.

This morning started out a little rough since Easton decided to wake up before the chickens. He's still pushing up those two bottom front teeth so he doesn't sleep quite as soundly or as long as normal. Kendra was relieved for me to come home a little early on Friday afternoon. I gave her a break from entertaining the babies all day and the 4 Webbs went together to the pediatrician for their checkup.

After a successful trip to the pediatrician, we were assured Easton and Layla are as happy and healthy as we thought. Easton weighs 16 lbs. and is 26 inches long. Layla weighs 15 lbs. and is 25.5 inches long. They are both very close to the 50% mark on their measurements and the pediatrician said that is exactly where they should be. I can't remember the circumference of their head, but does that really matter??? I mean, as long as they are both close to average and don't have a huge melon, then all is well, right?

Babies getting immunization shots are about as sad of an event as a mother can handle in the normal course of raising a child. I was the unlucky one to hold their little arms as the nurse poked them 4 times. Seeing their expressions go sour and the tears stream down their face is heartbreaking, but at least that round is over! Easton and Layla are both running a little temperature and their smiles are a slightly more subdued, but other than that they are both doing great. When we arrived home I took these two pictures. Here is Layla with her Tasmanian Devil band-aids as she waited to get suited up in pajamas for the evening.

She has the prettiest eyes even when they are a little puffy from crying... And here's Easton sporting the same band-aids as Layla. You could say the picture was a failure because his eyes were closed, but I think it shows how extraordinarily long they are and how much of a cute baby he really is.

Our free time today was spent researching, documenting, and driving around to see houses for sale. I love research and I love shopping so finding a house is one of the most fun things I can do with my infinitesimal amount of free time. We found a few we really like and will do a formal walkthrough of some early next week just to get a feel for how these houses look on the inside.

Anyway, while we were out and about we decided to have some breakfast / lunch at "the good egg", which is a really good breakfast spot. Kendra decided instead of turning the wooden high chairs upside down and placing the twins' car seat in them, we would use them as designed and depend on Easton and Layla to sit upright. Well, it worked fine and here's their first moments sitting up in public like a big girl and big boy.

Layla has her trusty spoon to bite on and talk to. Easton was banging on the table saying, "where's the flapjacks, lady?" Between the time we ordered and when the food arrived the waitress brought some cheerios and fresh pineapple. Layla's face really shows her dislike of the bitter sweet, mushy substance:

In person it was even more humorous because you could see her mind going back and forth between: "That tastes horrible!" to "Let me try that again!" What a funny girl... I'll leave you with a short video clip of Layla's latest trick of: (drumroll) Feeding herself and using her finger and thumb to grab! Tadaaaaa... Here is Layla with her Pinchers of Power:

The twins are sleeping soundly as of 8:30 PM on Saturday night. More importatly, Kendra is drifting off to sleep as we speak. I'm always relieved when she gets to sleep early because if Mommy is happy, everyone is happy... I learned that a long, long time ago from my own mom. :)

Have a super weekend!