Clumsy & Clumsier

Well, it’s been a long time since this blog has been updated and the boys have completely changed since the last entry. Now walking and beginning to talk (mamma, dadda, Bella, car, bus, moon, (ba)nana …) they are largely unrecognizable from the helpless immobile babies of a year ago. Of course, this is not without it’s downside…

On our recent holiday in Tuscany we had the chance to experience firsthand the service of the Italian public health system after Fraser managed to topple over on to the edge of a flower pot. A twenty minute drive to the nearest emergency department followed and Fraser was then the lucky recipient of eight stitches in his forehead. The little man was very brave! The hospital staff were excellent and coped with our very limited Italian. And, surprisingly, the Italians have a very generous health system so children are treated in emergency for no cost! A week later we were back to get the stitches out. The cut had been stitched very neatly and we are assured that the scar will barely be noticeable after a while.

More recently, Fraser proved once again what grace and style he has. After his bath the other night, he went back to the bathroom and decided to pick up one of his toys from the bath tub, which was still full of water. Of course, he had to reach a fair way over to get the toy and suddenly … kerplunk! He toppled head first into the bath. The image of him standing there in the bath in his sopping pyjamas with a rather stunned look on his face will stay with me for quite some time.
On average, I would have to say that Campbell doesn’t show much more grace stability than his brother. I think it is just luck that has prevented him from being the subject of these tales.

Note to self: make sure the private health cover is kept up to date when we get home!

... and they've grown a little

Just after their 8 month birthday the boys were weighed at the doctors. Fraser was 10kg or 4 times his birth weight. Campbell was a mere 9.5kg.

Here's some photos taken in March and October that show how much they have grown.

Milestones

Ok, it's been ages since I've put anything on here so here's a quick summary:

- first to crawl - Campbell at around 8 months followed by Fraser a couple of weeks later. Both boys are now standing up on the furniture and beginning to cruise around along table edges etc.

- first tooth - Campbell while on holidays in Cyprus. Luckily he dealt with it like a brave man and made hardly any fuss. He's now got two teeth and Fraser has one.

That's all I have time for now but I'm going to try to upload the lastest video of our trouble makers onto Facebook now.

Breakfast

Fraser and Campbell are enjoying all sorts of foods now and have taken to solids with great gusto. Unfortunately, their enthusiasm is equally matched by the amount of mess they can make. The following pictures from their breakfast this morning tell the tale.


Luckily, they both clean up ok afterwards!

Five months now

Time is flying by with the twins celebrating their "five month birthday" a week ago. June has seen them continuing to grow, not only in size but also in personality. Both Fraser and Campbell are very happy little boys (most of the time!) with beautiful smiles and the occasional giggle. They love watching Isabella and have started sharing baths with her in the evening. She loves it as much as them.

June saw the boys first swim in the local pool. Both boys were very happy in the water although the following week they both developed fevers for a few days. We can't be certain that the two are related but they haven't been back to the pool since. Getting all three children in the pool with only two adults is a bit too much of a challenge at this stage!

Anyway, here's the photos for the month. Click on the slide show to see bigger versions of the photos.

And we're rolling ...

Well, one of them is anyway. Fraser rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time yesterday while Campbell looked on.

While this is a great milestone for Fraser, it has its downside, particularly when he decides he has had enough of being on his tummy but can't roll back!

Aside from that, both boys are doing really well. They had their four month immunisations this week and both weighed in at around 6.25kg which is somewhere between the 25th and 50th percentile so they are moving up the charts. They babble away with goos and gaas and are starting to reach out for toys and hold things. Campbell seems to have a particular liking for playing peek-a-boo with his bib. Both the boys are working on their head control but are definitely not as strong as Isabella was at the same age.

The one they'll hate me for!

I guess I'll have to delete this entry before the boys get big enough to be embarrassed but for now you might find it kind of cute. Campbell looks happy enough but I think Fraser is a bit stunned!