Coolness All Around.............

How have I let 10 days go by without posting??? Oh, that's right, I am the mom of 6 month old twins!!! Yes, the boys turned half a year old on the 5th. Jeff and I were trying to decide how to celebrate the big day.....I had contemplated making cupcakes (my all time favorite dessert!) and passing them out to our friends in the neighborhood. Ran out of time for that. Then both of us realized that this celebration of the first 6 months of their lives, was not so much a celebration for them, really more of a celebration for us. We survived the first half a year of being first time parents to not one, but TWO babies!!! And while this new chapter of our lives has been filled with exhaustion, tears, exhaustion, fears, exhaustion, stress, exhaustion, nervousness, and,oh, more exhaustion, it has been equally filled with joy, amazement, laughter, and amusement. I think back to that day when they arrived into this world......It was a cold, rainy day...somewhat chaotic as I had to be discharged from the hospital only to be readmitted an hour later. The first sight of each of them and our hearts seem to have doubled in size instantly!! Okay, I'm making myself cry...time for some pictures!

A toast to us and our boys! (Bella was excited too!)

Opah Cay ("opah" means grandma in Malaysian) made some awesome quilts for the boys. She embroidered all of their stats on each quilt. We will do an "official" 6 month shoot this weekend.

Check out the drool!

You probably noticed that Blake is wearing a "cool dude" helmet. Over the course of the last few months he has developed a flat spot on the right side of his head. Our pediatrician checked it out and recommended this course of treatment. He had this special helmet fitted just for him and he wears it 23 hours a day! We are hoping it will only take 2-3 months for his head to return to a more rounded shape. We had a choice of designs/ colors for the helmet, but with football season upon us, we decided on plain white. After we get a hold of some Chargers stickers/ decals, Blakey will be the coolest Bolts fan around!!

So, back to the flat spot. The reason he developed a flat spot on the right side is due to some tension on the right side of his neck. This was most likely caused by a lack of space in-utero. (Not only was Nico hogging up all the food in there, apparently he was hogging up all of the space too!) So Blake has been working with Teacher Andrea (a physical therapist) weekly to help ease the tension on that side resulting in him having a full range of motion in his neck. Here are some pics of Blakey working hard!

So onto other "cool" news....

My niece Carolina is one cool kid! She is very competitive and looks forward to entering something in the County Fair each year. This year she decided to enter a drawing. After contemplating the subject of her piece for a while, she announced to us that she wanted to make a portrait of the boys because she needed something "that inspired her". She studied a picture of the boys and here is the end result........

As you can see, she won second place...To us, she will always come in first! We love you Carolina and when the boys get older they will be so honored that you made this drawing for/of them!

In other news, both boys are rolling around all over the place! (in both directions) Blakey appears to be our big eater. So far they have tried rice cereal, oatmeal, applesauce, bananas, avocado, and squash. Nico can honestly care less about solids. Every time I put the spoon in his mouth he looks like he is going to throw up! We will be trying out carrots tomorrow!

We have been "sleep training" over the last week. The hope is that the boys will learn how to fall asleep at the same time in their cribs during nap time. We had some rough moments at the beginning, but they are doing better now. They have both been sleeping while I've been writing. Life has been so much better when they nap at the same time. It allows me to get things done around the house. One of these days I might even be able to nap with them!!

Hope you are all well! We have their 6 month appointment at the doctor's office in a couple of weeks.....

hugs and kisses and cheers to all of you who have helped us make it these first 6 months-

Rebeca, Jeff, Blake and Nicolas