all things OWEN & ETHAN : 10 & 11 months

First, a reminder that 'all things :  x months' is written when that month starts not ends.  So, this post is written about the babies as they turn 11 months.  The countdown to their first birthday has begun!

- E, O -

10 months

~ Ethan cut his top 4 teeth at the same time...almost.  He actually cut his top incisors prior to his top front teeth...little vampire.  This was the first time any of the boys had any problems with teething.  Nothing that a bit of Tylenol and some extra snuggling couldn't fix.  Fortunately and surprisingly he never had any problems sleeping.  Thank goodness.

~ Owen got his first stomach bug.  He threw up for a couple days.  It was so pitiful.

~ Normally I bathe the twins separately.  It's virtually impossible to bathe them together by myself.  Not only do they crawl all over the tub, try knocking each other over, attempt to scale the walls, and constantly try to escape, but the logistics of taking 2 naked babies out of the tub are just a nightmare.  However, when Chris is home we put them in together.  As you can see they love the company.



~ As the boys have become more mobile we've had to start some basic disciplining.  That basically entails the word 'no'.  At first Ethan just looked at me and smiled, but he's started to respond a bit more appropriately.  Owen, on the other hand, didn't even have the decency to turn back.  I actually started wondering about his hearing.  Turns out he just has extremely selective hearing.  Typical boy!

- Owen -

~ They've speed up!  Crawling that is.  It's out of control.

~ They both put most anything in their mouths.  This may seem normal for babies but Ryan didn't do this so its foreign to me.  When Ryan found a piece of trash on the floor he would hand it to me not eat it!  WHY? I try to keep the floors clean but I swear they find it faster than I can sweep it.  At least Owen lets me swipe it out, Ethan chomps my finger!

~ Both boys are starting to walk by means of pushing things.  Anything.  Everything.



~ Owen loves to take each and every book off the book shelf.  Sometimes he stops to look at the cover before he throws it to the floor, sometimes not.  Ethan has another love for books.  He loves to chew them.  Do you know what big brother did with books at this age?  Flipped the pages!  That's right, he looked at the pictures...ahh...simple times.

~ They've become much more interactive with each other and with Ryan.  I just love watching then play!

~ They are 2 of the 3 most loved boys in all the world!