Normal Life

I'm only posting one quick video. It is about nothing in particular, but is right inline with normal life.

I'm Tired and Have a Headache

And, I promised Nick I'd be done tinkering around on the computer in about fifteen minutes. Taken the current upload time on this antique, I should probably be quiet and post pictures. Turns out, nothing much happened this week and I only took about three pictures. Boys are still cute, Nick is still working hard, I am still slightly deranged. On the plus side, I got new shoes so hopefully my hip-knee issues will be better. I tell you, babies mess up your body.

The boys destroyed two different pairs of headphones this week. Both were basically broken before the little nuggets got them, but still...seems sort of like having a puppy.This is Gage, "listening"

As Nick posted earlier, the boys babble lots and lots--Gage is really trying to communicate. I just can't quite understand...

Birthday Wishes

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I really enjoyed hearing from you.

I've posted Tea's B-day present to me.


P.S. If anyone in the area needs pics, Marianne's blog is http://marianneblackham.blogspot.com

Family Pictures

A friend of ours took some family pictures for us recently. (Thanks Marianne!) I'm posting several of my favorite shots. Hope you like them.

Language, Vacuum, & Dance

I've been told that twins commonly have a language that is known only to them ("twin speak"). They also tend to be behind the curve on their language use. Anyway, I've been paying attention for a long time, trying to decipher their language. So far I have picked up very little, but I have a couple of good guesses. I'll outline those guesses below.

dugga degaaa (drag out the last "a" sound) = "look what I did" or "look at that"
geek you = "thank you"
dO = "no"
Gaer (very soft "g" sound) = Gage or Gager
Ree = Reid
dOcle dOcle (make the "O" a throaty sound) = ??
spnbob = Spongebob
graaa = "let's play tag, you start running. But, not to fast, or to far, or I'll stop chasing."
kissing sound = "I love you"
shuber = ??
gaco = taco = ?? (because it doesn't mean they want a taco)

Those are just a handful of the words that I can remember at the moment. As far as actual English that I have heard Reid use: daddy, mommy, no, go, milk, doggy, Spongebob, Gage, backpack (while watching dora), thank you, bye, and hi. I can't remember hearing any others, but Janine probably has.

Gage hasn't put as much effort into the communication. I have only heard him say: hi, bye, mommy, daddy, no, go, and Reid. At least, that is all I can think of off hand.

This evening Janine was changing the sheets on the boys beds, so she pulled a mattress out of the crib. It's a lot easier to change them that way, and the boys have a great time jumping on the mattresses while they are on the floor. A moment later Reid ran out of the bedroom with a look of concentration and purpose on his face, and I thought, "That's weird. I'm surprised he stopped jumping on the mattress already." Only seconds later Reid was dragging a little vacuum into the bedroom so he could vacuum his mattress. I'm sure his little mind thought, "Aha. The very moment I have been waiting for has finally come. It's time to vacuum where no twin has vacuumed before." The story really loses something in the telling, but it was pretty funny to watch.

On to the multimedia. I don't remember putting up any videos of the boys dancing in the past because they hardly ever do it. But, today I am posting video evidence that they may have a tiny shred of rhythm. It's the only media I have to post today, so I hope you like it.

Visitors

We had a few visitors this past week, but we hardly took any pictures for some reason.

Jeff was up in Ogden for work and came to visit us Monday evening. We had fun hanging out and playing Settlers. Jeff and Michelle were nice enough to get me the new Settlers expansion for an early birthday present ("Traders & Barbarians"), which is really fun. The pajamas they got the twins are so dang good looking on the boys that Janine practically wants to get the boys up in the middle of the night to kiss their little handsome faces. Thanks for the birthday presents guys. We all loved them.

Tina flew in on Tuesday and was here very briefly on her way back to Pocatello. Joel and Brittany also drove through this week on their way toward Rexburg, and stopped by for a day. It was great to see all of them.

In other news, Janine gave Reid his first haircut, which came out pretty well. I've got pics of his new do below, as well as a few others.

Reid giving me snuggles (and probably watching either Fox News or SpongeBob).















Ever wondered how Gage got so big. Take a look at him using both hands to shove that burger in his mouth.















The result of the shovery. (I made that "shovery" word up just now.)















Reid's curly little red head before the haircut.















And, after the haircut.