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November 27, 2005
New Chair
Moved the Lazy Boy into the girls room so that we had a chair in there. Maeta crawled up and I got some very cute pics. This one has a face we do not see enough.
Posted by Matthew at 11:12 AM
November 24, 2005
Maeta's Little Grin
Maeta is very hesitant with strange men, even her grandfathers. Every once in awhile she gets close and then starts to flirt. I'm sure we will see more of these coy glances as she gets older.
Posted by Matthew at 7:20 PM
Time for bed little mouse
Three generations of readers. My father and I may have given up sucking our thumbes, but we still like to read before going to sleep.
Posted by Matthew at 7:17 PM
Things we are thankful for: Books, Cheerios and Coffee
Zofie has taken to climbing up on the 'adult' chairs. Maeta then wants to sit at the table too. On Thanksgiving Day the girlos and I spent a portion of the morning sitting at the table, perusing our books. I drank coffee; they snacked on 'Os'.
Posted by Matthew at 11:14 AM
November 23, 2005
My little punk
The girls got into the closet where we keep their outdoor clothes. They each brought me their hats which, I should note, they refuse to leave on their heads when they are outside, and indicated that they wanted to wear them. They marched around the house in hats for the next hour.
Posted by Matthew at 10:10 AM
November 12, 2005
With the cousins
The girls' Saint Louis cousins came for a visit and the girls enjoyed having playmates a bit younger and more energetic than their parents.
Posted by Matthew at 6:55 PM
The sleep of the just
In the permanent slumber party that exists in the girls' room, I am always amazed that they are able to sleep through each others' noise. Often nap-time ends and one baby will be chattering away with the parents during a diaper change while the other sleeps. We do not document it every time, but sometimes it is too cute to pass up.
Posted by Matthew at 10:39 AM
November 8, 2005
Morning Reading
One of the nice things about mornings at the Repptian house is that everyone takes time to read. The father reads the newspapers to see what is new in his world, the babies check over their books to see if anything has changed in theirs.
Posted by Matthew at 8:34 AM
November 7, 2005
Teaching them to scribble
Note the annotated pictures. For some reason I seem to have felt that Zofie would benefit from a written description of how to draw a tree...
Posted by Matthew at 1:35 PM
Learning to Scribble
Our pediatrician asked if the girls could scribble. Amy and I looked at each other a bit sheepishly, realizing that we had never offered the little ladies a box of crayons. I corrected that immediately.
Posted by Matthew at 1:32 PM
Nature or nurture?
Since we have to do our little bit of 'loafing' when the girls are asleep, I am fairly certain that Maeta has never seen Amy or me cuddled up in a blanket reading a book. Given our druthers, we would spend at least one morning a week in precisely this pose. So how is it that some children seem to pick an activity naturally that so clearly fits with their parents preferences? Perhaps there is a genetic selection that has been passed down from a group of bookish apes through Amy and me to young Maeta.
Posted by Matthew at 11:26 AM
Update on the Healthy Babies
We went to the doctor today. Both girls are very healthy and the doctor expressed no concerns about their heath. They each got three more immunizations (including the first of two flu shots) and were very brave little girls. Baby shots are now done and once we get the second flu shot in four weeks, we should be shot-free for a couple years.
Maeta 32.25 inches, 22 lb 15.25oz
Zofie 32.50 inches, 21 lb 9.50oz
Zofie's head is now 47cm around; Maeta's remains 45cm.
Maeta is in the 95th percentile for height and 50th for weight
Zofie is in the 95th percentile for height and 25th for weight.
Milestones:
Zofie is a cuddly girl who wakes up a little grumpy but once energized, is extremely playful and easily bored. She runs and walks, chatters away, but with just a few word ("duck" is one she says with enthusiasm--referring to the somewhat fatty food available at Chinese restaurants, not the action). She climbs the stairs from the ground level to our apartment (3 floors) with no difficulty. During the past couple months Z has become attached to a stuffed bunny--we just ordered a "backup" on line.
When Maeta wakes up she goes from sound asleep to bouncing almost instantly (we undertand "springs-to-life" in new ways here). She loves music and playing with balls. Like her sister, she runs, walks, climbs stairs, chatters away (Maeta has more words than Zofie). M is always on the lookout for dogs which she loves. Although M has not attached herself to any particular stuffed animal, I think this is a strategy: Zofie always has bunny, Maeta tends to have three or four of the neglected others in bed with her.
Posted by Matthew at 10:39 AM
November 5, 2005
Pumpkinhead
First, how many times have we said "pumpkin" to these two? Maybe 10. So when I said, "go get your pumpkins" I actually laughed at myself thinking that this would be a meaningless phrase to Z & M. Not at all. Second, asking "is that a hat?" should have been equally absurd until the two started putting the pumpkins on like a little orange Ushanka.
Posted by Matthew at 9:16 AM