Baby tattoos

Zevon showing his love for mom on his sleeve.

Guthrie wants everyone to know his dad is awesome

Before Evie was born, Will found a Fender onesie that he knew his first born needed to wear. Aunt Megan and Uncle Chris have followed Will in deciding our progeny needed to have rockin' onesies. These were sent before the boys were born and were chosen so that Baby A would keep mom at his right and Baby B would know his dad rocks. It is very fitting because Zevon was on my right side through the whole pregnancy and Guthrie and Will share the same middle name. Yesterday the boys did little other than scream at me, so I needed the ego boost. As you can see, they are in much better moods today. As a result, so am I!

Hello, my name is...

Guthrie in brown, Zevon in blue (duh).

The twins are very lucky to have received so many lovely gifts. (I have a huge backlog of thank yous to write, as a result!) One of the gifts they received recently was a set of onesies with their names embroidered on the front. There is no mixing them up now! I did think about playing a trick on Will and putting Zevon's shirt on Guthrie and vice versa just to mess with him, but I think he would have known quickly. We are pretty good at telling them apart without any question. Between differences in their faces, weights, and disposition, we have enough to help distinguish one from the other. And now we have shirts to help us through the day!

The 5 hour baby sweater

Here you see over 25 pounds of love!

In the last trimester of my pregnancy, I figured I had a limited amount of time to make baby sweaters for the boys. So, I looked up patterns on the web for a quick and easy pattern to knit. I found one titled "the 5 hour baby sweater". Ideal, right? It turned out to be the 5 hour...yeah right...baby sweater. Maybe it took so long because I modified the pattern as I went. Maybe it was my swollen wrists and fingers that slowed me up. In any case, these sweaters seemed to take forever (much like the last few weeks of my pregnancy!). I did finish them, and not a moment too soon. I put the buttons on just days before the boys were born.

This past week, the boys are finally fitting into their homemade sweaters. I'm pretty proud of them and how they turned out (the boys and the sweaters...the boys more so).

Zevon in blue and turtle buttons

Guthrie in green and elephant buttons

Smiles!

Gus and his sideways grin

Zevon and his charming smile

I started making breakfast for Will and I this morning when I became totally distracted by two very smiley boys. Zevon and Guthrie were in great moods after their breakfast and had nothing but smiles on their faces! Zevon has been grinning for a few weeks now, while Gus is relatively new to this social state. Zevon has also starting cooing, especially before falling asleep (as if to say "hold me just a little longer"). Guthrie has started what can only be described as laughing. So sweet! Diaper changes are so much more fun now!

Two months old!

Becoming more of a handful for Dad
(Zevon in brown, Gus in blue)

Zevon and Guthrie turned 2 months old on Wednesday. Where does the time go? Today was their 2 month check up at the doctor's, and they are doing great! Here are the stats:
Zevon is 12 lbs 15 oz (75-90%) and 23 1/4" long (50-75%). Guthrie is 12 lbs 1 oz (75%) and 23" long (50%). Both have head circumferences that put them in the 50th percentile. Big boys! Their doctor told me I deserved some ice cream and chocolate cake since they must be sucking the life out of me. (I do feel like that!)

In other good baby news, they are sleeping better at night. Last night they slept from just after 11pm to 4am. They ate and then right back to sleep until 8am. Excellent!

Unfortunately Evie is still waking up in the middle of the night. We never thought that we would have to worry about our oldest not sleeping through the night! But she was a champ at the doctor's office today and didn't cry getting her flu shot, so we'll forgive her.

First day of preschool!

Look ma, no hands!

Evie has her first day of preschool today! She left with Will this morning carrying a Thomas the Tank Engine backpack and a big smile. I'm aware that I'm the mom of a preschooler, but this morning it was still a little hard to believe. She gave me a big hug and I waved good bye (standing in the doorway in my bathrobe...so cliche!). She's growing up so fast!

Two days ago, we had a practice run at preschool where all the students and parents got together to meet the teachers and each other. It surprised me how shy Evie was and how much I had to push her to join the other kids. But after a while, she got the hang of it and was playing with her classmates. Let's hope she remembers how much fun she had on Tuesday and that today is as much fun.

Playing with her new friends in the play school house.

Showing off her scissor skills with some play dough.

And since we can't have a post without pictures of Zevon and Guthrie, here you go! They are changing so much. Zevon is an excellent charmer with his smiles and coos. Guthrie continues to amaze us with his head-holding ability and pushing up so well. Now that I have a functioning computer to work with, I'll be better at posting updated photos. (Zevon is on the left, Gus on the right.)

"Guthrie, this is so hard!"
"Oh, Zevon, you are such a complainer."
"You were the one complaining at 5 am, Gus."
"I wanted to catch the early morning news, big Z!"

The Gym

This place is always crowded when I want to work out!


Zevon and Guthrie are surprising us daily with how they are hitting all the infant development marks. Belly time is a short burst of a lot of fun. Guthrie has changed his tune about it and we think he holds his head up better than his brother. At this point we're betting he crawls first. That is a terrifying thought.