Speaking of entertaining (nice segue, huh), the boys have been so cute lately. All they do is smile and laugh. Last night, Eliot almost hyperventilated because he was laughing so hard. I'll paint you a picture because our camera was out of batteries. I'm on the green couch in our front room. Eli's head was on my knees, feet by my waist, looking up at the ceiling. Now this is the hilarious part (to him)...I threw a stuffed animal (dog) up in the
air. Yep that's it. I just had to keep tossing it up into the air and catching it. Every time I would toss the dog he would go crazy laughing. I thought his little red tomato head was going to explode. Of course I couldn't stop so i sat there and tossed that stupid dog up into the air until my arms hurt. And my stomach hurt too from laughing so hard with Eliot. Everyone says his eyes sparkle and i have to agree that he does have a very bright beautiful smiling face.Finn is also a crack-up. It is usually easier to get Finn going but I've never seen him laugh to the extent that Eli did on the couch. You can just look at Finn and he'll smile and laugh at you. One of his favorite games is to play is where he lays on his back and i am above him. I hold a stuffed animal or my hand and make it dive bomb him. He starts laughing in anticipation as the hand starts to descend and proceeds to all out squeals when the hand "attacks" him. That game never fails with him. He can even be crying and the hand attack will switch him to laughing or at least something that is half between laugh and cry.
Oh there is so much to say about them right now. They both are doing great at sitting. It is so fun to watch them sit and wobble and fall over. We compared them to Weebles - "weebles wobble but the don't fall down" The do fall down but it is pretty graceful sometimes. Finn did something the other day that resembled an attempt to crawl. He was on his belly and got his little bottom up in the air and scooched backwards a little. Still no sign of teeth. Both like solid food. Eliot does better at eating baby food than Finn does. By that I mean most of it makes it in his mouth, whereas Finn is perfectly happy with food all over his face, chin, and clothes. We give them a bath about twice a week. Kevin hates bath time because water
ends up everywhere, but he volunteered to do bath's tonight. That was a fun surprise, because i absolutely love giving them baths.I forgot about the bike ride. On Saturday we ditched my work party and went for a long bike ride into Waterton canyon. It's about 6 miles in/up the canyon to a dam. I rode the street bike with "the chariot" behind it and Kevin rode the mountain bike. The boys were in the chariot along with a large bike pump, a water bottle, and some extra clothing. I estimate I was pulling about 45 extra pounds! It was an awesome workout that i definitely needed after sitting behind a desk all week. The boys enjoyed it. Finn thought it was perfect for a nap and Eliot enjoyed the scenery the whole time (sacrificing his nap and happiness that evening). I did forget they were pulling behind me twice on that trip. The first time when i navigated my bike through two yellow poles at the trail head, designed to keep vehicles off the trail. The poles were plenty wide for my bike to get through, but the chariot is quite a bit wider than the bike and you can guess the rest. The second time i forgot they were back there was when we sped through mud. At the top, by the dam, we stopped for a water break and to check on the boys. Sure enough both were speckled with mud. They didn't seem to mind.
Well, Kevin just said, "what the heck could you still be writing". I don't know what he's talking about. I wrote this way faster than he writes his blogs, but I'll take the hint. I'm done writing for the night. -Kristin
