Samich and his little brother Dozer

It has come as something of a pleasant surprise that currently Sam seems to be our more cerebral child.  He is more vocal and uses many different sounds, he also learned to play "peek-a-boo" first. It was a wonderful day when I looked down at him in his vibrating bouncer chair to see him pulling the blanket up and down over his face and when I came up with the appropriate words, his actions matched. It was glorious! Recently Sam learned to wave at us, and he seems to study his toys and his surroundings and peoples' faces much more closely than his brother.

Liam is much more advanced in the physical aspects of being a baby. He started rocking on his hands and knees in August and has been moving forward since September, but in the past two weeks his "worm" crawl has turned into a classic crawl and in the past week he has begun pulling himself up to a standing position while holding on to various objects. Sam gets around pretty well by rolling and he gets up into a cobra position that is more and more stable, but he can't seem to get his knees to work properly and it is taking him longer to fine tune his motor skills. So Samich has become a bit of a speed bump for his brother who wants to go where he wants to go no matter what is in his way. So it seems that Liam has gone from "Scooter" to "Dozer" this week.

We have been sick here this week and so we haven't taken any pictures or accomplished much of anything. The boys had their check up yesterday and they just have colds, but we get to do breathing treatments anyway! Woo Hoo! Their current stats you ask? Samich weighed in at 19 lbs 5 oz. and Liam at 20 lbs. 12 oz. I could have sworn that the gap in their weights was widening...Liam feels sooo much heavier and solid, but the discrepancy actually seems to have become smaller. We also spoke to the doctor about table foods because the boys are increasingly interested when we eat. Often they watch us chew and move their mouths in the same ways. The pediatrician said that table foods would be fine and I asked if we should watch for salt or anything of that sort, and he said he wouldn't worry about it.

Ben worked late last night, so mom and dad came over to help me administer the breathing treatments (which actually went better than last time) and I went and picked up Chipotle for all of us. The boys were definitely interested in what we were eating...so I smushed a black bean in my fingers and let them have a go. They LOVED them. They were also fond of bits of rice and fingers of guacamole :) Mom said something along the lines of "Geez, their first real taste of table food and we are feeding them beans and rice"...but I reminded her that they were grown on black beans with cholula and lime white rice with cilantro. I was working at a Mexican restaurant and that was what sounded good more often than not (it was also quite affordable). And then there is always the simple fact that these are Ben's children. Of course they love Chipotle!