Small Stuff

Mommy's disclaimer: While these little anecdotes and observations may not fascinate you, I'm recording them anyway so that later on we'll have memories of all the cute little things Caleb and Joshua did when they were wee babes.

In the past week Joshua has started cocking his head 90 degrees and gazing thoughtfully into the face of the person he is studying. He looks so cute when he does this! In the past couple days Caleb has started a new thing where he clenches his hands into fists and his whole body becomes tense and trembles. It looks so funny! Caleb also likes to punch his fists out in front of himself and grunt loudly when he's excited. We imagine that such displays of raw masculinity would be unheard of in a girl baby- these boys definitely act like boys!

Joshua and Caleb are interacting with each other more and more each day. They are constantly smiling, laughing, and grabbing at each other. Joshua particularly likes to grab Caleb's head and attempt to suck on it. Both boys also find it very amusing when the other is straining and grunting while, um, "taking care of business".

While Joshua has yet to refuse to eat anything we've offered him, Caleb has demonstrated that he has rather expensive culinary taste. He will only eat organic meat! He turns up his nose to plain ole Gerber, but will gladly eat Tender Harvest or Earth's Best brands, which of course cost nearly twice as much! How can his refined tastebuds tell the difference? Who knows! Oh well, at least the organic stuff is healthier for him. And forget bottles and sippy cups- these boys are always grabbing for Mommy and Daddy's drinking glasses in hopes that they'll be allowed to have a sip or two.

Some of the boys' favorite toys include carboard tubes from rolls of aluminum foil, TV remotes (and they're no dummies... they know the difference between the ones that work and the ones that don't, and they'll only have anything to do with the real thing!), vitamin bottles, computer keyboards and cords, phones (again, only ones that actually work), spoons, stainless steel mixing bowls, drinking straws, their cloth diapers, magazines, and paper. And of course their Jumperoo is still always a sure-fire hit!