Gus is wondering what his brother is so excited about. The really funny thing is that Zevon was totally cranky before this shot and instantly smiled when I held up the camera. Guthrie was the opposite.I'm a few weeks late with this post, but I'm sure you are all used to my poorly updated blog posts. The boys have made it to 8 months, and we are rapidly approaching the age where they have been out in the world as long as they were inside me. Kind of weird to think about, especially since it felt like I was pregnant FOREVER with the little guys and life since they have been born has raced by.
They are growing and developing their own unique personalities. Zevon is still low-key yet sensitive and Guthrie is still a mover and a shaker. But they are also adding layers to those personalities.
Zevon the drool monsterZevon loves faces and will try to chat with any welcoming face. I caught him talking to his reflection yesterday...pretty cute! He is very social and tuned into people, so it isn't any wonder that he is showing early signs of stranger anxiety. He knows when there is a new face around and now he isn't sure about it. He loves touching your clothes, faces, hair, necklaces, and he is very gentle. He is also a brute, and when he is upset he is a little difficult to contain (makes me nervous for when he is a tantrum-filled 2 year old). We had a little scare a week ago with an odd rash that appeared on his arm. At the doctor's office, they weighed him and he was 22 lbs 6 oz! Oof. No wonder my back hurts. The rash is still a mystery, but everything else seems fine so we are just watching it.
Goofy GuthrieGuthrie is a total wiggle bottom. He has discovered how to clap his hands and use his voice. The best is when he combines the two and he looks like a little protester ("I will not stand for this!-pounds his fist-These peas are terrible!-claps his hands-Feed me more applesauce!"). He is not crawling, yet. But he is getting very good at the belly rotate and pivot with a little bit of creeping. I caught him pulling things out of the coffee table the other day. He is such a goof ball!
They are also starting to interact with each other. To our amusement, they display this interaction through stealing each others' toys. They will play tug-of-war with a toy until one wins (usually Zevon). If you've seen the video Will posted a few days ago, you'll know what I mean.
One thing hasn't changed: they still aren't sleeping well. The only difference now is that we know they can sleep through the night because they have! They just don't do it at the same time. I guess we can count ourselves lucky that they aren't both up, but I'd much rather have neither up at 2 am (and 3 and 4 and 5...). They are fighting colds, and teething is bugging them, I'm sure. Zevon has sprouted 2 teeth and I can tell he is proud of them. Guthrie is constantly gnawing on everything, so he isn't far behind. With these guys there is always something that is bothering their sleep patterns. A small success is that they are napping sort of consistently with a morning and an afternoon nap. But they often don't last more than an hour. This makes for a cranky household. We continue to put one foot in front of the other and hope for a better night tonight.
Let's hope Will's eternal Cubs fan optimism will rub off on us in surviving the remaining 4 months of this challenging first year with twins!
