Lots of fun in twinland these days; just wanted to post some pictures and give a quick update on Austin and Malia.
The first couple videos and pictures are from an extended weekend trip we took with the family out to Palm Desert, and stayed at a timeshare called Shadow Ridge. The pool area was well-equipped for the kiddos, and I wasted little time to get them on the water slide. Clearly they weren't as amused as their dad, but didn't seem like they were opposed to it either. As usual they enjoy the water in their floatie pads, so we're hoping they'll take to swimming when they get big enough.
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| Austin's first water slide experience |
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| Malia's first water slide experience |
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| One of the rare moments where Austin wasn't trying to drink the pool water |
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| Cheryl was thrilled to get Malia's hair into a "Bam-Bam" pony tail |
Austin and Malia's first July 4th holiday kicked off with a neighborhood parade in their choo-choo wagon. They enjoyed it, but as most of the pictures depict, I think they were a little overwhelmed by the crowd and other kids.
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| Visibly tired after a long choo-choo outing. |
So progress-wise, both of them are doing very well. Austin is still a huge ball of muscle and chub, but now that he's crawling more proficiently he's leaning out a bit. He's nearing 26 pounds these days, but we'll see how that holds up once he's walking and a little more mobile. Malia is around 18 pounds right now, and quite the scooter when turned loose on the floor. She's so close to walking that we expect it to happen within the next couple of weeks. She's got the balance and stepping thing down, just not enough confidence to do it without holding on to things. Austin is standing pretty well these days, but a ways off from his sister in that department.
Health-wise, everything is going along pretty well. Malia had a follow up laryngoscopy again about 2 weeks ago, where they found one of the cysts had returned, so she's due for another procedure in a couple of months. This latest procedure was followed by an ear and sinus infection, which made life a little difficult for a couple of days, but she's getting better now.
Both kids are teething like crazy, which is exemplified by the copious amounts of drool in all of their photos. Nights were difficult a couple of weeks ago, but out of nowhere the babies have given us a reprieve at night by sleeping nearly the whole way through. It's quite shocking to wake up in the morning realizing that you haven't gotten up once, but it's a welcomed change and we hope to benefit by longer sleep intervals in the coming months.
So that's all for now. Today we're off to our friends' lake house to celebrate a bunch of July birthdays, including my own today.
Happy Summer!
