Caleb cut his first tooth today! I was feeding him a late night snack of bananas, apples, and pears when I noticed something sharp and white poking through his gums. It’s the same as Joshua’s first tooth… the left front one on the lower gums.
Caleb has also started standing all by himself, too, for about 5-10 seconds at a time! Go Caleb!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Dori dori
Dori dori is the Korean expression that describes the way a baby quickly shakes his head back and forth from side to side. Caleb does this all the time, now. He especially likes to do this when we're trying to feed him. He thinks it's a game. He'll dori dori dori until we've reached the point of exasperation, at which point he'll pause long enough to let us stuff food in his mouth. He'll also shake his head to tell us he doesn't want to eat, so sometimes mealtimes can be a little confusing!
In other news, this weekend we finally met our across-the-street neighbors and found out that they have twin boys, too! Their twins just turned 3. If we decide to stick around in this neighborhood, they'll make a nice set of playmates for our boys someday! Isn't it kind of sad that you can live across the street from someone for 6 months without ever having met them? But it seems that now that cooler weather has finally arrived, the neighborhood is coming to life as people are emerging from their air-conditioned shells. Yay for Fall!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Joshua's First Step
This evening while Joshua was playing "summa" with Halmoni, he took his first step without falling down! In case you're wondering, "summa" is the Korean game Halmoni plays with the boys where they stand up without holding onto anything while she says "summa summa summa..." Anyway, Joshua took several steps (not consecutively, which would be walking... he's not quite there yet, but close!) He was so proud of himself... he smiled and laughed heartily each time he took a step! What a big boy!
Monday, September 18, 2006
Joshua's Jaws
Joshua got his first tooth today! I was feeding him some banana crackers this afternoon when I noticed something sharp and white poking through his lower gums!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Caleb's new talent
Caleb loves to squeal and shreik at the top of his lungs. Today while sitting by the front door (which was open to let in fresh air, and because the boys enjoy gazing out the screen door), Caleb started shreiking and squealing at the top of his lungs- sharp piercing squeals, loud enough for the entire block to hear. Joshua then starts cracking up, encouraging Caleb to squeal and shriek even more. And so their conversation ensued- shriek, laugh, squeal, giggle, back and forth for about 5 minutes. It was so cute, albeit loud. These little funny guys love coming up with ways to make each other laugh- I wonder what they'll think of next?
Sunday, September 10, 2006
10 months old
It's become more evident in the past month how much the boys cherish each other's company. It's such a blessing to have a twin. When they see each other for the first time each morning, huge grins sweep across both of their faces as if they're both thinking, "Oh yeah, you exist! Yay!" One time last week Joshua was jumping in the Jumperoo and Caleb pulled himself up and grabbed onto the toy bar facing his brother and they bounced and laughed hysterically together. There are pictures of this in the September 2006 gallery. And now that they're crawling, they will spot each other from across the room, make eye contact, break out into wide smiles, and excitedly crawl towards each other.
But of course as with any sibling relationship, they also get into occasional scuffles. They will pull each other's hair (what little there is to pull!), give each other headlocks, fall on top of each other, and knock each other down. At this point all of these scuffles for the most part seem to be accidental. They will, however, quite purposefully snatch each other's toys. Joshua is particularly intent on having for himself whatever his brother has taken interest in playing with.
Caleb continues to show signs of being slightly more studious while Joshua's extrovert qualities continue to grow. Caleb can often be found sitting alone, looking at a book, studying the text just as much if not more than the illustrations. Then he will look up at you to let you know that he wants you to read him the book he has found. He is so sweet. Joe calls him his "Sweet Muffin". Another example is that Pop Pop has noticed when he walks the boys around at Old Country Buffet (they love touring the restuarant with Pop Pop), Caleb always chooses to study the lights and signs hanging from the ceiling, while Joshua prefers to scope out all the different people. Not only is Joshua more social, he is also a bit more daring than his cautious older brother. He was the first one to experiment with letting go and standing by himself. He seems a bit more athletic and nimble at this point, as well. He is usually more interested in throwing books than reading them! But he is also very sweet, just like his brother. He is the most agreeable eater and will happily devour anything we offer him! Caleb is not so cooperative and feeding him can sometimes be stressful, so we really appreciate having at least one baby with a hearty appetite!
The boys have also begun to develop an understanding of what they are and are not allowed to do, and they like to see what they can get away with! For instance, they both love grabbing Pop Pop's shiny golden pen from his shirt pocket. He doesn't let them play with it very much, of course, because they could easily poke themselves in the eye with it. So whereas previously they would reach for the pen without thinking twice, they'll now watch Pop Pop's face to see his reaction as they reach for it. It's amazing that they're already developing a sense of right and wrong, and an understanding of rules.
Sometimes people ask me what it's like to have twins. My reply is that it's wonderful, the only downside being that you don't get much sleep. The other day I told someone that I haven't gotten 7 straight hours of sleep in the past year and half (since in the last few months of my pregnancy I couldn't sleep through the night, either), and she seemed pretty shocked. But that's life as we know it at the present time. The boys are getting much better at sleeping at night, but they usually don't go to bed until midnight, and at best one of them wakes up at least twice during the night. And it's always a scramble to try to placate the crying baby before he wakes up his brother! We can only imagine the luxury of only trying to get one baby to sleep! But despite being perpetually tired (and we're so used to it that it's really not that bad) we thank God daily for giving us these sweet and precious twin boys, and we wouldn't trade this blessing for the world!
But of course as with any sibling relationship, they also get into occasional scuffles. They will pull each other's hair (what little there is to pull!), give each other headlocks, fall on top of each other, and knock each other down. At this point all of these scuffles for the most part seem to be accidental. They will, however, quite purposefully snatch each other's toys. Joshua is particularly intent on having for himself whatever his brother has taken interest in playing with.
Caleb continues to show signs of being slightly more studious while Joshua's extrovert qualities continue to grow. Caleb can often be found sitting alone, looking at a book, studying the text just as much if not more than the illustrations. Then he will look up at you to let you know that he wants you to read him the book he has found. He is so sweet. Joe calls him his "Sweet Muffin". Another example is that Pop Pop has noticed when he walks the boys around at Old Country Buffet (they love touring the restuarant with Pop Pop), Caleb always chooses to study the lights and signs hanging from the ceiling, while Joshua prefers to scope out all the different people. Not only is Joshua more social, he is also a bit more daring than his cautious older brother. He was the first one to experiment with letting go and standing by himself. He seems a bit more athletic and nimble at this point, as well. He is usually more interested in throwing books than reading them! But he is also very sweet, just like his brother. He is the most agreeable eater and will happily devour anything we offer him! Caleb is not so cooperative and feeding him can sometimes be stressful, so we really appreciate having at least one baby with a hearty appetite!
The boys have also begun to develop an understanding of what they are and are not allowed to do, and they like to see what they can get away with! For instance, they both love grabbing Pop Pop's shiny golden pen from his shirt pocket. He doesn't let them play with it very much, of course, because they could easily poke themselves in the eye with it. So whereas previously they would reach for the pen without thinking twice, they'll now watch Pop Pop's face to see his reaction as they reach for it. It's amazing that they're already developing a sense of right and wrong, and an understanding of rules.
Sometimes people ask me what it's like to have twins. My reply is that it's wonderful, the only downside being that you don't get much sleep. The other day I told someone that I haven't gotten 7 straight hours of sleep in the past year and half (since in the last few months of my pregnancy I couldn't sleep through the night, either), and she seemed pretty shocked. But that's life as we know it at the present time. The boys are getting much better at sleeping at night, but they usually don't go to bed until midnight, and at best one of them wakes up at least twice during the night. And it's always a scramble to try to placate the crying baby before he wakes up his brother! We can only imagine the luxury of only trying to get one baby to sleep! But despite being perpetually tired (and we're so used to it that it's really not that bad) we thank God daily for giving us these sweet and precious twin boys, and we wouldn't trade this blessing for the world!
Monday, September 4, 2006
Crawling
Remember when we predicted that Caleb and Joshua would skip crawling (as 17% of babies do) and go straight to walking? Well, we were wrong. For the past couple weeks, they have been crawling a few feet at a time, especially Caleb, but nothing more. Then this past weekend we left the boys with their Granny and Grandad for a few hours while we attended Sarah and Scott's wedding, returning only to find that they were now crawling all the way across the living room floor! Now they're both crawling all over the place. They are especially eager to crawl towards someone they are excited to see, or towards the TV or a laptop.
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