Play times & sounds

Every day is a party.

Carter and Ainsley hang out with their cousins, Allison and Noel every day during the week. On Wednesdays, they get a special treat where the rest of their cousins Timmy, Eliana and Isabella also come hang out. With so much time together, all the babies are bound to learn different traits from each other. Isabella has this special talent to sound like a beautiful singing bird when she is happy, sad, bored, excited cries, laughs, talks or breathe. Apparently, Allison has learn this from Eliana and would periodically call out.

Over the weekend, Carter started emitting what sounded like an uncute version of this call. Or shall we say it sounds more like a loooooong, squealing gawk. Sometimes an unrelenting repetitive gawk. Will and I are baffled at this and didn't want to encourage it so we'll ignore this sound if we know he is fed, burped, changed, not too hot, not too cold and generally comfortable so there is no reason for this. Over dinner, Carter and Ainsley were playing on their play gym mat when he started up again. They had just been changed, fed and burped so we decided to ignore it while trying to finish dinner. Suddenly, the gawking call sound a little muffled and we were treated to an alarming sight! Ainsley had rotated her body perpendicular to Carter and shoved one of her feet into his mouth. I guess she wasn't a fan of his new sound either.

I faceplanted right after this picture was shot.

Tummy time? Easy peazy. I watched my sister face plant.

Beautiful pictures courtesy of Stella.

 

 

Here's a ghetto picture I took but it shows what Wednesdays look like.



Alert twins = fun!

The twins love their Sophie giraffes - thanks Alex for the gifts!



The twins have gotten so much bigger and are starting to show their personalities. Along with heightened alertness is increased awareness and Carter and Ainsley are starting to notice everything around them. Like everything else, there are positives and negatives to these new developments. Feeding times have become a little more interesting now with mandatory eye contact with Ainsley and random fits from Carter. I used to peruse Facebook while feeding them but now I'll catch Ainsley watching me. If we make eye contact, I have to set the phone down or else she'll de-latch herself and start smiling and cooing at me. Carter is generally pretty chill when eating but once in a while, he'll fuss and cry. Usually that is when he wants my full attention which he's used to getting at 3am now when he wakes up crying to eat.

Will helps me burp the babies throughout the feedings or else it becomes a clumsy juggling act when I try to do it. Ainsley will usually finish eating first so Will ends up holding and burping her while I have Carter. Something I noticed recently is that Ainsley will look back at me after Will takes her from me. Her eyes search until they land on me and then she just stares as if to ask why I'm always holding her brother instead of her. It's not a preference but based on the order of whoever finishes nursing first which is usually Ainsley. I was surprised the first time I saw her do this because I didn't think she noticed. The next time, I had Will trade with me and the minute I took her into my arms, Ainsley flashed me one of her rare huge, megawatt smiles.

Ainsley and Carter love playing in their play gym-a gift from our generous friend Grace. They are kept occupied while Will and I quickly scarf down dinner.

It's time to bust a move.

 

Drunken milk face.

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