Site Stats

On a whim we decided to take a look at this website's stats. Here are the stats for this past month:

Month	Unique visitors	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
Jan 2007	1925	4434	8206	48911	767.24 MB

That's right, nearly two thousand different people have visited this website this past month alone! We've had visitors from all over the globe. We have quite a few fans in Brazil, Turkey, Mozambique, The Ivory Coast, Israel, Switzerland, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and many, many more countries. The USA Government seems to be a pretty big fan, too ;)

The most popular time of day to visit the site is lunchtime, between 11-1 pm, and the most popular days of the week to visit our site are Mondays and Fridays. No big surprise there.

89 of our 1925 unique visitors have added our site to their favorites. The search engine which directs visitors to our site the most often is Google Images. The top search phrase used is "twins baby boys," but we were amused to see that "Harris Faulkner baby" ranked #3.

Switcharoo

Ok, from now on I really need to stop labeling the boys' personalities! They keep switchin' things up on us! Recently Caleb has become very adventurous, which had previously been Joshua's role. He has climbed to the stop of the stairs at Halmoni and Grandpa's house a couple times when we weren't looking (Joshua hasn't) and every time we let the boys run around outside, Caleb makes a bee-line for the street! We aren't sure what has gotten into him. So much for being the "cautious twin"!

Caleb's wild side is also emerging in how he plays with Joshua. Joe likes to play Wrestlemania with the boys, and lately Caleb has been trying out some of his Daddy's wrestling moves on sweet unsuspecting Joshua. Caleb will come up to Joshua and throw his arms around him and pin him to the ground, then hit him on the chest once he's down, just like they do in the WWE. Then Caleb seems surprised and concerned when Joshua starts bawling in response to such treatment... that's not how Daddy reacts to his attacks!

Perhaps one explanation for all of this switching is that the boys teach things to each other and copy each other's actions. If one boy yanks off his socks, you can be sure that the other boy's feet will also soon be bare. They've recently taught each other how to make funny sounds by strumming their fingers across their lips, and since my last post Caleb has taught Joshua how to dance and Praise the Lord by lifting his hands up in the air. It's nice to see that they can be good influences on each other, too.

Caleb boogies and praises the Lord

Caleb loves to boogie down. He has a toy that plays music and he loves pushing the button and playing the songs and dancing along. He dances both sitting down (sways his upper body back and forth) and standing up (mini-squats up and down). He really loves music!

Lately, Caleb has also start lifting his hands high up in the air. He learned this in church. When he lifts up his hands, we'll say "Praise the Lord! Praise Jesus!"  Then, sometimes we will say "Praise the Lord!" and he will lift his hands. Sometimes both, sometimes just one arm. Either way, it's so cute!

I want this... NOW!

The boys will let you know that they want something by grabbing an object and thrusting it in your face with an outstretched arm and look of unwavering determination. For the past few months both boys have been using this tactic with their favorite books to say "Read me this book right now!". These days Joshua will find my hairbrush and thrust it in my face with the utmost urgency, then sit placidly with eyes half-closed while I brush his wispy thin hair. Joshua also seems to know which shoes belong to which members of our family, and will find our shoes and give them to us, fully expecting us to put them on right then and there. And now that he has his own shoes, he will find one of his shoes and thrust it at me and will not rest until I've put it on his foot. Then he will go and find the other shoe and do the same thing. Both Joshua and Caleb also do this with boxes of crackers to let us know when they want a snack. Now if we could only teach him to say "please".

14 Months Old

At 14 months, the boys can say just a few words: mama (means Mommy or food), da (Daddy), bye-bye, and amen (they say this after we pray... it's so cute!). They can also point out the members of their family. If you ask them "Where is Grandpa?" they will look at their grandpa. If you ask "Where is Uncle Chris?" they will look at Chris. They still haven't quite gotten the hang of "Where is Halmoni?" but to their credit, it is a bit more of a mouthful! Also, when our home phone rings in the middle of the day, they will say "da? da?" because they know that Joe is usually the only one who calls at that time of day, and they always enjoy "talking" to Daddy on the phone.

Ways in which the boys are different

The boys got a rolling duck toy for Christmas. Joshua likes to roll the duck around on the ground, while Caleb likes to hug the duck and make cooing noises at it. In general, Caleb is much more attracted to animals (particularly birds for some reason), while Joshua prefers shoes and cars. Also, Caleb seems to be more of the clown in general (he loves making funny faces to get us to laugh) even though at first we mistook him as the more serious twin. I think what we perceived to be seriousness is actually a hightened sense of caution. He usually lets Joshua do the exploring while he sits back and observes. Then Caleb will copy what he sees Joshua doing, matching his skill level in a comparatively short amount of time. A perfect of example of this is the pace at which they each learned to walk. Thus, Joshua seems to be the more influential twin. In addition to walking, Joshua has taught Caleb how to do such useful things as throw food on the floor and bat people in the face. Joshua's newest favorite thing is to walk and spin around in circles to make himself dizzy. Caleb has recently shown interest in trying to feed himself with a spoon. He doesn't get much food in his mouth, but he tries! Both boys are very proficient at feeding themselves now. Their favorite thing to eat seems to be anything coated with spaghetti sauce. Basically, they'll eat anything as long as it has some kick to it, including mildly spicy Korean food!

Playing outside

Well, both boys are seasoned walkers by now. Today I took them outside to play in our backyard for the first time since they've been walking. Joshua was all over the place exploring the various terrain- rocks, mud, mulch, ivy, concrete- not to mention making several attempts toward the gigantic dirt pile behind the new house being built in a lot adjacent to ours. Caleb meanwhile trotted around a little bit but was generally content to sit in one spot and soak in his surroundings.