The big accomplishment this month was definitely walking. Roby has made the leap from "cool trick" to "transportation" and is cruising around like he's found the kegerator. He can't control speed, direction or keep a straight line but he can definitely get from A to Z. The bruises on his head are a testament to his perseverance (and our current method for telling the boys apart.)
YouTube video of the walking for posterity:
Eli is a bit behind on the walking but catching up fast. He can take a few steps but then crashes. Doesn't bother him; he's very fast crawling and you get the impression that he finds the whole walking thing a bit of a waste of time. Why bother? Eli has forfeited on walking but is doubling down on talking. He's mastered "byebye" and also has "buhbuh" (bottle), "bah" (ball), "Da!" (Dad) and various other noises that clearly mean something, we just aren't higher order enough to understand. Eli has also started singing. He loves the toy catepiller that plays music and he sings along, keeping the tune. I swear. Like I said before, I'm the mom. I get to make these kinds of outrageous claims.
This month was also the month of hugging. These boys love to crawl (or walk) over, check in with a big hug, snuggle for just a bit and then take off in pursuit of whatever just caught their eye. Often a brother with a toy they would like to possess. None of my children have been very snuggly so I am loving this hugging phase while it lasts.
The other big news this month was on the sleep front. They both go down, pretty easily at 7 (we cheat and give them a bottle in bed, when you have four and two are twins, you get to cheat) and stay asleep until the amazingly luxurious hour of 6am. This started about two weeks ago. Prior to that they were waking up sometime between 4:30 and 5:30, demanding a bottle and usually, but not always, going back to sleep. As soon as their sisters kicked THEIR bottle habit (thank you Disneyland), the boys followed suit and decided sleeping in was pretty sweet. You know what else is sweet? Parents who get to sleep through the night. Amazing.
These kiddos are pretty great. They are easy peasy babies. They love green vegetables and actually eat the food we put in front of them (doesn't run in the family.) They just switched to whole milk from formula and didn't make any kind of fuss. They wake up in the morning and chat with each other rather than demanding service like some other folks I know. They get in to all kinds of trouble including having developed the disconcerting habit of teaming up to open the oven and crawl in but outside of that, they are pretty lovely. We are lucky times two.
