Friday, June 27, 2008

Update on Big Babies

Caden and Rohan had their five-month doctor appointment today, so I now have official weights. Caden is 17 lbs 14 oz, and Rohan is 19 lbs 12 oz. They're even bigger than I estimated!

The important thing, of course, is that both of them are perfectly healthy and doing great. Woo hoo!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Holy Blogging Deficit, Batman!

Has it really been this long since I posted anything? I'd swear the date is wrong on that last post. It couldn't possibly be this bad, right? Sigh...

Well, much has happened in the last 2+ months. The twins are getting big. And I mean big! They're in the 16-17 pound range now, and they're just over 5 months old. Big babies! They're starting to be able to figure out their bodies now; they're able to grasp and gather objects to them. They're still teething, but no teeth have erupted yet.

(As an aside, one of the reasons I haven't blogged is that I keep waiting until I have pictures to post. We've taken lots of pictures, but we don't always move them from camera to computer in a timely fashion, so by the time the pics are available to me, I'll be too busy to blog. I'll try not to use the "I don't have pictures" excuse anymore!)

Griffin had his third birthday on June 11. It's hard to believe that he's been in our family for three years already - wow! With the recent stretch of very nice weather Dina has been hitting the potty training hard with him, and he's doing very well. He's pretty much done with diapers during the day, although he still wears them when he sleeps. That is a BIG RELIEF. Changing diapers on three kids is a chore, and being potty trained frees Griffin up for many activities that he just wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

We had a couple of "kid parties" since I blogged last. One was a "come meet the twins" party (kind of like a post-birth baby shower), we had lots of friends and family show up, and it was a lot of fun. We found a great deal on an inflatable jumping-house for the little kids to jump around in, so that gets set up when kids come over now. We also had a party for Griffin's birthday (two actually - one early playdate party for Griffin's kid friends and one later party for family).

Whew - I really should give more time to each of these things, but there are just too many things to touch on.

My father-in-law helped me build a big cedar playground for Griffin with swingset and slide. It's sweet! And it was great to have his help, because I know as much about building stuff as I do about martial arts - just enough to get myself hurt. He also helped us fix some very crappy wood on our deck, which rules, because that was sorely needed.

I got together with Ben and Ryan and brewed my first batch of beer! (Other than the Vine Park beer I've brewed, which is mostly hands-off, but still cool.) I made some Copper Ale, and I must say, it turned out pretty darn good for a first batch. Stop over and have a taste sometime! Ben and Ryan graciously let me borrow some of their equipment, and walked me through the steps (quoth Ben: "STIR, mofackey!"). Brewing is great - I will definitely be brewing again, and plan to buy my own equipment sometime soon.

Well, out of time for now. Hopefully in the future I'll be posting more often with more content. Once-every-two-month cram posts wasn't really the intent when I started this thing. :-)