Go Cyclones!!!

Beat those Squawkeyes!

Caught in the Act

Aiden has been busy working on his new trick (rolling from his back to his belly). This morning, Eric said that every time he turned Aiden back over, he would flip right over onto his belly. He's still a little overwhelmed once he does get to his belly. After school, I had to briefly leave the room a couple of times. Upon my return, a mere 5-10 seconds later, I would find Aiden grunting as he tried to keep his head high off of the ground. I did a quick trip up to our bedroom to grab one last item before we went to my parents' house for supper. As I came down the stairs I just knew I would find Aiden on his belly. However, as I got closer I realized I didn't hear his grunting. In fact, both boys were unusually quiet. I discovered the following scene:

Aiden was sucking on Reid's fingers!

My camera was laying on a coffee table in front of me, so I was able to quickly snap this photo. As I came around the end of the couch to get a better picture, Reid snapped his hand to his side and gave me the "I wasn't doing anything" look.

I wonder what I'll catch my sweet and innocent boys doing next!

P.S. Remember my picture of the bottles warming while my parents are holding the boys in the background? ("Set down your camera" challenge) My photo was chosen by the blogger as one of her top 10 favorites. That definitely made my day.
:)

Bumbo Seat

Fail.

I had the boys try out a Bumbo Baby Seat for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Instead of purchasing these seats, we were lucky enough to inherit two of them. While they are very clever, their time of usefulness appears to be short-lived. But we'll see. At the time, I didn't think Reid would like the experience very much. He did not. I thought Aiden would be up for the challenge. He was not. We'll have to try it out again soon.




As you can see, the boys did recover from their traumatic experiences.


Well, Aiden recovered. Reid wasn't so sure.

Twin Transport

Honk, honk! Coming through!


Don't try this at home.

Future Math Majors

We've made the move...

and are rolling out the 6-month clothes! Ack! My babies are growing up too fast. When I realized that Reid couldn't even straighten his legs in the 3-month pajamas, I sent my mom on a mission to find new pajamas and onesies. She also brought out the 6-month clothes we had received as presents, including these awesome onesies from Janina:

"Future Math Major: I stick to the formula."

While the boys mastered Calculus when we were cooped up in May, I decided to give them the summer off. We're now back to studying their favorite equations and polyhedrons.

"Hey, Aiden. That's a nice truncated icosahedron you got there."
"Thanks, Reid! You too!"

Thanks, Janina!

Set Your Camera Down

I have dozens of blog posts I've been writing in my head this week. I'll tackle them one at a time and see how much I can get posted this weekend. Lots, I hope!

I took these pictures Monday night, right before we gave the boys their bedtime bottles. The next day, one of my favorite bloggers to visit for crafty ideas posted a challenge to set your camera down and try shooting from a different angle. Talk about ironic timing.


Neat, huh? It can be good to see things from a different perspective. Boy do I appreciate that now more than ever, as it's so fun to see the world with two little ones.

The reason why I was shooting from a different angle was to test out my new lens. After follow-up discussions with my college friends, we figured out that the 50 mm lens I had purchased was not auto-focus. While I loved the images that turned out, only about 10-20% of the total shots taken were any good. I don't have steady enough hands for manual focus. I exchanged the lens and bought this 35 mm lens instead. As you will see, the results have been good.

The boys also got their first colds this week. My parents said Reid wasn't himself on Monday. After I arrived home from school, I started feeling stuffy as well. By Tuesday, Aiden was showing signs of having the cold as well. The boys weathered it pretty well. Aiden had the worst congestion which even woke him up in the middle of the night. Luckily, a rendezvous with the bulb syringe brought him relief and he went right back to sleep. It was weird to have one of the boys wake up in the middle of the night. That hasn't occurred for over two months now, which I thank my lucky stars about on a daily basis. It was a tough week for me to get through. A couple of nights I only got 4-5 hours of sleep because I had school work (planning and grading) to do after I finished everything around the house after the boys went to bed. It's hard enough to get so little sleep even without a cold. This was also a week when Eric was home for a super short amount of time. (Was it even 24 hours?!? I can't remember.) I'm happy to report that by the end of the week all three of us were feeling quite a bit better.

Know what's even better? We found Sr. Pablo AND Aiden is rolling over!


More info to come. It's off to bed for me.

Happy Friday!

More updates to come this weekend...