The Adzentoivich Boys

Silas 9 Months Old

2009-04-17T19:39:00.002-04:00

Yes. 9 Months. Wow. Now I've been on the outside as long as I was on the inside! Woo hoo!

I can go up the stairs - all of them. Daddy likes to make me do it. Mommy won't watch. But I crawl up slowly. I think it is fun!

I still like to cruise around on my feet holding onto things. Sometimes I let go for a few seconds before I realize it an gracefully fall to my butt.

My brothers and I play "baby chase" every day. Daddy sets me up near the TV and I start to crawl - FAST - and try to catch my brothers. So far they are faster than I am, but I am gaining every day.

I like to empty the toy box. All of my brother's toys right on the floor. They don't like it when I do it, but I think it's fun! I also like to sit in the swing outside and swing while Vladimir and Waylon play in the dirt or whatever it is they do outside.

I still love food. I like turkey meatballs and avocado. Maybe those are my two favorite things. I also like pancakes. Mommy makes them with rice milk since I am allergic to cow's milk. Yum, yum! I like chicken too. Mommy bakes it and cuts it up for me.

I have 4 teeth now. Two top and two bottom. More are coming because boy oh boy do I drool! I am always wet and I like to slobber on everyone, calling it a "kiss". hehehe...

I like to stand up in the bathtub. It drives mommy nuts! I just have too many things to explore, like the spicket, the drain, the stopper...it is very exciting.

I went to the doctor last week. She said I am "long and lean"! Very unlike my brothers were at my age. They were fat - round, even. Not me! I am tall, 3o inches, in the 75%, but skinny. I only weight 19lbs and that put me in the 25%. Doctor says it is because I spend so much time trying to chase my brothers.

Mommy isn't home right now. She had to go to Texas for work. She should be home tomorrow. Gaga Adzentoivich is staying with us. She has been here for about 2 weeks. I am having so much fun with her. I love her!!!

Silas Seven Months Old

2009-03-01T21:26:00.014-05:00

At a restaurant after my bed time for Uncle Bryan and Aunt Sam's wedding rehearsal dinner - December 2008

Time flies. 7 months already. Wow. Mommy has been very bad about posting for me. I will forgive her someday, but not sure when.

Let's see. What have I been up to lately? Well, I can sit myself up onto my butt. I can roll any which way I chose. I can get onto my knees and kneel. I also have pulled myself up to standing in my play yard and on the stairs and on toys. I have cruised around dad's room while holding onto the couch. Yes! I can't wait to play with my big brothers!!

Look! I can sit up by myself!!

I like to eat food. Not baby food. Not a bottle. I barely take 20 ounces a day from the bottle. Mommy doesn't nurse me anymore. She stopped about two weeks ago once I began to bite her. I have two sharp bottom teeth on the bottom. But that's it. Just two. I drool a lot so I guess the others are on their way soon.

Me and my favorite sippy cup

So, back to eating. Yes. I like teething cookies. I like Cheerios. I also have a taste for those Gerber finger foods. I tried a piece of banana today and also a few pieces of avocado. Not mashed up, but in pieces. I did a pretty good job getting it all into my mouth. Mommy gave me #3 baby food for dinner with chunks of veggies in it. Yum. I don't really like to eat the baby cereal anymore. Just so much mush.

Vladimir, Waylon and me in our jerseys from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Carleen

I like to laugh. A lot! I also like to talk. I say "ba-ba" for bottle. I say "baa" for bath. Gaga Wood says that I say "papa" but mommy hasn't heard that yet. I like to babble too. Make up my own sounds for stuff. Soon I will be talking with my big brothers!

Hangin with Waylon and Vladimir

I like to watch Waylon and Vladimir. They are so cool. Way cool. Wicked cool. As far as I am concerned. I watch them like a hawk every chance I get! I like to reach out and touch them and they say "no baby!" and move away. Sometimes they give me a hug and kiss but usually mommy or daddy asks them to first. When I cry they say "shhh baby" and if I make noise when they are watching TV they say "shhh baby". They tell me I can't eat food because I have "no teeth baby". I love them!

I am so easy going. I like to take naps. Two per day. I like to sleep through the night too. Mommy and daddy are so happy about that! I nap in my crib with no problem. Mommy or daddy just put me up there and I talk to myself until I fall asleep with my blankie.

I spent the night at Gaga and Papa Wood's house last week. It was my first night away from home and without my brothers. Mommy was traveling for work so it was much easier for daddy without me in the house. I had a blast! I think gaga and papa like it too.

At the farm with Mommy, Waylon and Vladimir

A few weeks ago I went to the farm in Pennsylvania with mommy, daddy, Waylon and Vladimir. What a fun time! We went to a restaurant, Perkins, for lunch. We hiked into the farm. I got to ride in mommy's backpack for the first time and I loved it. There was so much snow. It was really pretty. Then we had dinner at Uncle Tony's house before the long ride home. I slept in the van and went to bed as soon as we got home. I like to ride in the van because I get to look at my brothers the entire time!

My Christening with Uncle Bryan and Aunt Deanne

Back in December I was Christened at Church and I also went to my Uncle Bryan and Aunt Samantha's wedding. It was so fun. I stayed up past my bed time! My God parents are Uncle Bryan and Aunt Deanne.

With my new Aunt Samantha!

Well, mommy needs to post some pictures here. She will upload some videos this week too - or so she tells me anyway.

First Christmas - dorky suit, thanks Mom...

Oh yeah, one last thing. I like to kiss all the time too. Not contact kisses but air kisses. Just a smack of the lips. Over and over again. >kiss<

playing with Waylon

Silas 4 Months Old

2008-11-25T16:07:00.006-05:00

Favorite Passtime: Rolling onto tummy and getting stuck

Favorite DVD: has no say in the matter
Favorite TV Show: ditto

Favorite Word: eee-ahhhhhh!

Favorite Food: breast milk but starting to enjoy watery cereal (allergic to milk and formula)

Favorite Place to Sleep: mommy's shoulder
Favorite Song: whatever mommy sings

Vladimir 26 Months Old

2008-11-25T16:03:00.006-05:00

Favorite Passtime: Jumping
Favorite DVD: tie - Cats and Dogs and Pee Wee's Playhouse Season 2

Favorite TV Show: Little Einsteins
Favorite Word(s): Bye Bye Mama!

Favorite Food: pancakes

Favorite Place to Sleep: Waylon's bed
Favorite Song: tie - This Old Man and Wheels on the Bus

Waylon 26 Months Old

2008-11-25T15:55:00.006-05:00

Favorite Passtime: Jumping

Favorite DVD: tie - Brainy Baby ABCs and Leap Frog Talking Words Factory

Favorite TV Show: Little Einsteins

Favorite Word: Plum

Favorite Food: tie - pancakes and "A" cookies

Favorite Place to Sleep: the floor

Favorite Song: tie - ABC and Wheels on the Bus

Silas - Three Months Old

2008-10-19T20:58:00.003-04:00

Baby brother Silas is now 3 months old. Wow does time fly? Mommy has no time to keep up with blogging. Someday baby brother is going to search online and find out that mommy blogged about everything Vladimir and Waylon did in their first year, and barely managed to announce his birth!

Well....mommy is trying. But with three of us under 3 and working full time, there isn't a lot of time for anything else.

Silas is doing great! He rolls over from his tummy to his back. He hold onto his rattle and his toy giraffe. He chews his fingers and his toys all the time. Silas never used a pacifier. In fact, mommy has thrown them all away since he never showed an interest.

Soon Silas will be sitting up. He sits now as long as somebody keeps him steady (usually mommy). He loves to watch his big brothers all day long - until he gets sleepy and needs to take a nap.

Aunt Dee Dee comes over a few days a week and plays with all of us. We love her.

One scarey thing happened two weeks ago. Silas threw up a bunch of times until he turned blue and went limp. Mommy and daddy were so scared. They took him to the Emergency Room as fast as they could. He had to spend the night in the hospital with mommy but they let him come home the next day. The doctors aren't sure why that happened to him. It might have been because he has a Polio and Hepatitis vaccine that morning, or because he drank formula that afternoon. We are going to try to figure it out at his 4 months doctor's visit.

All of us brothers are getting along well. Vladimir likes to hug and kiss Silas. Waylon stays a little further away.

Daddy started asking us if we want another little brother and we both said YES!

Silas 8 Weeks Old

2008-09-13T08:38:00.016-04:00

Silas is a great baby. We are so lucky! He is sleeping many nights right through from 9:30 until 5:00. Wow. What a difference from his brother's at his age. He is now 23.5 inches long and more than 12 pounds. He holds up his head and has rolled over a few times from tummy to back. He smiles and laughs all the time. I think he is going to be the one who keeps our family lighthearted and looking at the sunny side of life. Not to put pressure on him at such a young age, but he seems to be naturally optimistic and happy. If he cries for more than 5 minutes at a time it is an anomaly. Really. Lucky. Yes, we are.

Waylon in orange and Vladimir in red

Vladimir in white - Waylon in yellow

Waylon and Vladimir

The big brothers are doing great as well. At 2 years old they are already protective of their younger sibling. At the mall playground Vladimir makes sure all of the other kids know that he is his brother and they better not touch him. Waylon likes to talk with him and play with him when he is on the floor for tummy time.

Vladimir and Waylon with Calder

We all took a trip to Storm King last weekend. All of the boys had a great time. The big boys think Alexander Calder makes great jungle gyms! We will definitely be back there. What a great place for kids to run around. And the boys loved all of the big "blocks". They were very inspired to build when they got home, not to mention exhausted.

Papa Adzentoivich has been visiting for the past few weeks. We went with Papa and Mama to Compo Beach in Westport. It was a fun day! (Vladimir in Green, Waylon in White)

All the Adzentoivich Boys

2008-09-13T08:37:00.002-04:00

Here they are. All 5 of them.

Two Year Old Photos

2008-09-03T11:31:00.005-04:00

Waylon turns 2
Time for birthday cupcakes!

Vladimir loves his birthday.

Now what? Daddy takes the sandbox apart (notice the power tool?)

TWO Years Old!

2008-08-29T09:15:00.003-04:00

Yes! We made it through another year. TWO. Can't believe it. Vladimir and Waylon are TWO!! And they certainly are all that goes along with that age: curious, stubborn, strong-willed, fearless, loud, silly, creative, hilarious, fast and adorable.

The birthday party had to be canceled this year because Mama came down with pneumonia along with two other infections and was in the hospital the week of the party. However, we did manage to have lunch with Gaga and Papa Wood, Papa Adzentoivich, Aunt Dee (and Uncle? Jason), and Joan and Kate McFarland. We had special carrot cake cupcakes and yummy wraps for lunch. And of course, there were the presents!

And the best gift of all is our little brother Silas who is now 6 weeks old. We are all getting along really well. We can't wait until he is big enough to play with us.

The Newest A-Boy

2008-07-18T22:01:00.002-04:00

Silas W. Adzentoivich. July 17, 2008.

22 Months

2008-07-11T21:12:00.014-04:00

I have been a bad mommyblogger. Three months have passed since the last post!

Here are some recent pics. Talking is still challenging for the boys. Climbing and walking up and down stairs has been mastered. Car seats have been moved to the WAAAAAYY back in anticipation of the third car seat. We are now in real toddler beds. So cute. Grandma A has been living with us since 4/1 and goes back home this Sunday. We went to the Stepping Stones Children's Museum on Mother's Day. We went to a picnic in Brooklyn Memorial Day weekend. We also went to a parade. On Father's Day we went to a picnic at Granny and Grandpa's.

Pull Up A Seat

2008-04-30T16:23:00.004-04:00

A Potty Seat to be precise.

For the past two days in a row Waylon has performed the most amazing feat! This with zero prodding from mom, dad or Grandma A (who is now staying with us, Grandpa is on his way too). For the past two mornings, after breakfast and a morning sippy-cup of milk, Waylon has decided it wouldbe a good idea to POOP IN THE POTTY!!!

Of course, he isn't using the real, grown-up potty. He is using his bright red Baby Bjorn potty which has been situated next to the big-person potty since Christmas. TWO days in a row!

Needless to say we are all very proud. Especially Waylon himself. He is the proudest of us all. Afterwards he enjoyed the big-boy task of flushing the poop down the big potty - all by himself. Then he proceeded to go downstairs where he danced to some old R&B for a while as he built a grand tower with his Mega Blocks.

Vladimir wants to know what all the fuss is about.

So - at 20 months - the boys each say a handful of words - in their own dialect of course. their vocabulary is something like the following (I may be leaving something out here):

Mo (more)
MaMa
DaDa
Daddy
Gap'pa! (grandpa)
BA-l (ball)
Ulalala (umbrella)
Balala (banana)
Bubble
Diaper (this is a rare one)
Napkin (also a rare one)
Abu (toothbrush)
Appo (apple)
YA (yes)
Baby
Hollaaa (a'la Gwen Stefanie)
Jissie (Jinxie, the cat. Vlad says this)

As well as multiple animal sounds either on demand or in response to a picture in a book or a stuffed animal

Ak-Ak (duck)
Hoo-hoo (owl)
Arrrghghgr (lion)
Aowww (dog)
Eow (cat)
Moo (cow)

We have been to an ENT to uncover why there has been fluid in our ears for so long now. And perhapd this fluid is causing a delay in speech development. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, our ENT passed away suddenly last week! Now we have an appointment with a new Dr in June. We will have our hearing tested at that time and if there is still fluid we will discuss the possibility of tubes.

Outside continues to be the favorite place to be. Grandma plays outside for a few hours each day. On the weekends we all go to the BIG playground at the school up the road. We can play there for hours at a time. We always fall asleep on the 5 minute car ride home from the playground, which makes mama and dada very happy.

So far, being 20 months old rocks. We are getting ready for our little brother to arrive in 10 weeks or so. We are excited to be big brothers!

19 Months Old

2008-03-31T17:21:00.004-04:00

So, mommy never got a chance to post pictures from the 18 month post. Ah, well. Such is the life of mommy these days.

Instead, here are two pictures of us at 19 months old, taken Easter Sunday.

Waylon Counting Trees

Vladimir and his magic ball.

We are still not talking all that much but we are each trying a few more words than we were a month ago. Finally off of the antibiotics (for now anyway). Hopefully our ears will be clear at our next Dr. visit on Thursday. Our Grandmother Adzentoivich arrives tomorrow to stay with us for a loooonnnnnnggggg time. We are so excited!

Boots!

2008-02-29T15:13:00.001-05:00

Waylon put on his own boots today. ALL BY HIMSELF!!!!

Daddy said after nap we would have lunch and then get to go outside. As soon as the straps were off Waylon climbed out of his high chair, ran to the back door, sat down and put on his boots. ALL BY HIMSELF!

Then, as if that wasn't impressive enough...

He reached in the box of outdoor things and PULLED OUT HIS GLOVES! He asked daddy to put his gloves on for him and he LEFT THEM ON! My son does have some common sense in his head afterall.

After many, many, weeks of playing outside, gloveless, in freezing temperatures he finally realized it is much more fun to play outside when you can actually feel your hands.

Now we only hope that Vladimir gets some big ideas from watching his brother.

18 Months Old

2008-02-26T10:47:00.002-05:00

Wow. 18 months. One and a half years old! Time sure flies. It is pretty amazing.

Vladimir is walking up and down the stairs. Usually he holds on to the rail and mommy or daddy's hand. Waylon still goes down on his butt or his knees most times.

Playing outside is a favorite passtime. Even in the cold weather and snow! We found a cool new HUGE playground at a nearby school. That has become our weekend play outing. Our Mall also has a new kids' play area where Daddy and the boys go on Friday mornings before lunch. We have a new little slide/swing in our backyard that gives the guys something to do out there other than play with the snow shovel and the broom. It's a big hit.

Had our 18 month doctor appointment yesterday. We both have all of our teeth except for the 2 year molars. We each weigh 27 3/4 pounds and are 33 1/2 inches tall. We have big heads too (lots of brain in there). Everything is moving along nicely except for our conversational skills. Seems we are more interested in using our own made up words than in speaking like mommy and daddy. Sure, Vladimir likes to walk around saying "baby. baby" and both of us like to utter "apple" now and then. But other than that there isn't too much we say that mommy and daddy can understand.

Doctor says we both have fluid in our ears. This may be why we aren't speaking in iambic pantameter by this point. So now we are on antibiotics to see if it clears up. If not, mommy and daddy are going to have to get rid of Godzilla and Mrs. Jinx (we are allergic). And then we have to go to see an ENT doctor. We might need to get tubes put into our ears to help them drain. But hopefully the antibiotics will do the trick and we won't need to be turned into cyborgs at this early age!

Last weekend we went to New York City to visit our friend Leia. Our friend Noah was there with his mommy and daddy too. We had a fun time with all of Leia's toys. We also visited the Baranello boys last week because mommy had President's Day off of work. We had fun at their house too, even though they are big boys. We liked playing with their Matchbox Cars.

Our new favorite breakfast is cereal with vanilla yogurt. Yummm. And we eat it with big boy spoons now too. We love Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios and also all kinds of granola.

We like to read books and point out all of the pictures we see when mommy asks us to. Waylon is very good at always locating the "bowl full of mush" in Goodnight Moon, and also the balloon in Goodnight Gorilla, no matter how small it is. And we love all of the Dr. Seuss books. Especially One Fish, Two Fish and Fox in Socks.

We are down to one nap a day now. And we no longer nap in our swings! Yay! Daddy trained us to nap in our big boy beds. He put our swings in the attic for our little brother to use when he needs them in a few months.

Mommy has a baby brother in her belly. When she asks us where the baby is we like to point to her belly. We are excited for our little brother to join us.

Mommy has lots of pictures to post but they are not on this computer. She will have to post them later.

Bye!

Waylon's New Dilema

2008-02-01T15:38:00.000-05:00

Fifths Disease.

It seems that Waylon has it.

The boys' cheeks were very rosy on Sunday. That is the first sign, followed by a low grade fever for a couple of days, which he had, and then a rash on the body, which is what he had when he woke up this morning.

This is a virus. There isn't anything to do about it but wait it out. They say the rash may last about a week or so and then it's over. Once they have it they don't get it again. They also say the rash doesn't itch.

We couldn't figure out why he had the fever because he wasn't coughing or acting sick at all. I think the diareah he had yesterday is also a symptom in some kids (yummy.

It is dangerous to the fetus for pregnant women but my doctor said that I am immune.

Phew!

17 Month Old Piano Recital

2008-01-27T20:35:00.000-05:00

15 Months and Counting

2007-12-14T14:59:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, Waylon climbed out of his crib. Head first. He is 15 1/2 months old.

Last night, Waylon and Vladimir both spent their first ever night in "big boy beds".

Though nobody slept in a bed.

Our cribs are the "convertible" sort that you can get these days. They go from crib to toddler bed to full size bed with headboard and footboard. So it was very easy for us to make the transition. All mom and dad had to do was take off the front panel and voila! Beds.

Vladimir began the evening sprawled out on the little IKEA couch in his room. Waylon thought he'd try the pillow on the floor in between the two beds. This seemed to work until about midnight.

Mom came in when she heard the noise. Vladimir had fallen from the couch to the pillows on the floor next to the couch. Waylon was swiftly changing positions on the floor.

Long story short, Vladimir had pretty bad cough and so went to mama and daddy's room to "smoke the pipe" (Adzentoivich-speak for the nebulizer). He ended up spending the night there. Waylon moved to the couch and spent the night, very bravely, all alone in his room.

In the morning, Waylon was on the floor, halfway under the crib wondering where the heck everyone else was.

It wasn't a bad first night - but maybe tonight someone will actually try sleeping in a bed...

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-31T14:07:00.000-04:00

Yes, it is that fun time of year when Mama and Dada dress us up like animals. Waylon got to be a puppy - he likes to bark, and Vladimir was the king of the forest - a lion. We went to the Mother's of Multiple's party in Ridgefield. We were the littlest guys there. Vladimir had fun with the performers on stage. Waylon laid low because he was fighting off a cold. All in all, it was a fun day (I think?)

He, he. You look funny brother.

What the heck do they expect us to do NOW?

Bumbo Seat Recall

2007-10-25T14:54:00.000-04:00

Oh my GOD! I talked about this Bumbo Seat on this and my other blog. If you bought it please read the warning and BE CAREFUL! Babies have actually cracked their skulls....terrifying.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08046.html.

First Hair Cuts

2007-10-15T11:26:00.000-04:00

Luckily we happened upon a haircutting place in the Mall that was donating all of the proceedes from their hair cuts to a Breast Cancer charity. Horray! Perfect opportunity for a first-ever haircut. And you can't beat 7 bucks. Mom and Dad were so proud. No crying, whining or squirming.

Waylon

Vladimir

Little Racers

2007-09-17T21:44:00.000-04:00

We're One!

2007-09-07T14:09:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday to Us!

We turned one on August 23rd. Mommy made us a Castle bunt cake. It was called a Lemon Picnic Cake. She got the recipe online. We love strawberries more than any other food in the world right now.

Many of you were at our birthday bash in PA on the 25th. Thanks to everyone for making us feel so special and so loved!

We especially liked meeting all of our Adzentoivich cousins.

What a cool group of kids. We can't wait until next year when we can chase you all around!

And our friend Noah also turned one and came with his mommy Melissa and daddy Yves all the way from upstate New York to hang out with us. How cool is that?

Waylon is very excited for his Birthday Breakfast!

Vladimir chooses to age gracefully
Yet chooses to travel incognito in order to avoid all of the Birthday paparazi at Johnny Rockets in the mall food court.

Even though they each got their own race car for their birthday they choose to share one. Waylon is driving.
Aunt (cousin) Anne and Uncle Mark gave us our very own horsies, seeing as how we liked theirs so much. Waylon is obviously smitten.

That's right - I'm ONE (that's me, Vladi, in case you couldn't tell) so don't mess with me. I'll see you at the playground!

I'm not really sure what all this turning ONE thing means, but I guess I'm gonna find out! (Waylon). See you later!

2007-07-05T22:35:00.001-04:00

Christening

2007-06-20T21:54:00.000-04:00

Yes, the brothers have been baptised (baptized?). June 2nd was the big day. It was a HOT one. I think everyone had a good time. Even the baby squirrel that was a persistent party-crasher.

Vladimir naps it off after church

Grandmother and Grandfather A came all the way from Las Vegas for the weekend

Grandmother and Waylon hamming it up!

"Little Nuts" as Godfather Jeff dubbed him...

Waylon got loads of wagon rides after church.

The Father and The Godfathers...

Carleen and Jeff - Waylon's Godparents

Carleen and her God Son Waylon (aka Jesus Statue Toucher), Aunt Pauline, Tony C and his God Son Vladimir, Jeff

The Adzentoivichs

Pics and Stuff - 9 Months Old

2007-05-27T10:09:00.000-04:00

Waylon in his hat

Nine Months Old. Wow.

Vladimir can stand and is cruising around, as they say. Moving around the room holding on to different things along the way; the couch, my knee, the guitar, whatever. It is cool.Vladimir Stands in the Play Yard

Waylon likes to clap his hands. He is able to sit up and get up on his knees but hasn't mastered the art of pulling up to standing yet. It should happen any day now.Waylon on His Knees in Crib

Both brothers have 6 teeth, 4 top and 2 bottoms. It seems like they are working on the bottom sides now. Lots of chewing, screaming and drooling.

Waylon chews his crib

We have a new baby pool, but nobody has gone for a dip yet. Maybe this weekend, being Memorial Day and all.

Next week Grandmother and Grandfather Adzentoivich arrive. Along with Tony C. It is going to be quite a lively household for a couple of weeks to say the least!

Dad is re-building the front walk and mom is working on the backyard in anticipation of the big Christening event next weekend. Lots of loved ones congregating in a little house...hope for nice weather!Vladi on Daddy's Shoulders

The Big Stand

2007-05-16T11:59:00.000-04:00

Vladimir was the first to pull himself up to standing yesterday (5/15). He used the playyard to pull himself up. Waylon gets on all fours in the Downward Dog position, up on his toes, but hasn't quite figured out how to get all the way up yet.

Funny - neither one has figured how to get into the seated position by himself. Both are able to get up onto their knees from laying on their bellies, but can't seem to get onto their butts.

Almost 9 months old. I just can't believe it.

Waylon has 6 teeth with some more on the way. He likes to scream and hasn't been sleeping too well - and who would blame him with sharp things poking through his poor gums.

Vladi has 4 or 6 teeth - depending on how you count. Two are not really out yet, though they have broken through the gums.

They like to play with each other all of a sudden. They grab toys from one another. They crawl over top of each other for no other reason than to crawl over top of each other. They "talk" when they are in their cribs at night and early in the morning when they wake up. They laugh at each other and when Daddy makes Waylon giggle Vladi gets a kick out of it and joins in the laugh fest. I wonder if he feels ticklish when we tickle his brother. It seems like it - the way he laughs out loud.

We moved their cribs back together, like they were when they were "babies". Now they can reach their hands through the slats and touch one another. They seem to like to do that.

They are eating lots of solid foods now. I think they are ready to be done with baby food. They eat so much of it, it just can't seem to fill them up.

And they are big. At least 24 pounds. And long too. I am guessing 30 inches.

We are having their Christening on 6/2. Godparents are as follows:
Vladimir
Godmother - Josette (yes, THE Josette)
Godfather - Tony C
Waylon
Godmother - Carleen
Godfather - Jeff

We finally found a babysitter - Kate! She is awesome. The boys love her. She sings to them and plays with them. Daddy is able to get some work done now and Mommy doesn't have to feel quilty for leaving him alone with the boys all day long. the only down side to Kate is that she leaves at the end of the summer to go back to college - but we aren't thinking about that right now. Right now we are simply basking in the new babysitter glow :-)

It's Hard Being a Baby!

2007-04-04T21:28:00.000-04:00

The other day, I played so much in my exersaucer that I just couldn't stay awake! I had to take a nap right there on my feet, with my favorite rubbery lion in my fist. My brother Waylon layed on the floor and laughed at me with Daddy.

What's a tired boy to do? Ya' gotta grab a nap where you can!

7 Months Old

2007-04-01T22:10:00.000-04:00

What we did this month...
Waylon spent some time napping
Vladimir rode in the van to the beach with mom and Waylon
There was a race to see who could creep across the floor the fastest (shirts against skins)
We got a new stroller and went walking with mommy at the beach
Vladimir fed Cheerios to his girlfried (Leia)
Waylon hung out in the new Playyard with his girlfriend (Leia - same girlfriend)
Vladimir joined the cereal gang
Waylong joined the cereal gang too

6 Months Old - Yeah.

2007-03-11T00:19:00.000-05:00

Vladimir and Waylon

We are getting old. A full six months now. Wow.

So far there are four teeth between us. Waylon may have just got his third and Vladimir has number three about to poke through. But as of our 6-month birthday we each had our two bottom teeth.

We like to roll around a lot. We move ourselves around the room by rolling. We chew on everything, including each other.

We love to eat apples and pears. We also like sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, avocados, peaches, bananas, carrots and cereal. Mommy makes it all for us in a big pot and then put it into the freezer. We don't like the bottle so much anymore. We also like to drink water out of a sippy cup.

Our favorite toy is Alphabet Pal including Edison. We really love it when mommy sings the ABC song with Edison. It makes us laugh every time.

We spend our days with daddy. We love it! We think he is so cool. He sings to us every day and we sing too. Many mornings we wake up early and lay in bed and practice our singing. We really like to sing.

We also like to grab for things. And if Vladi is playing with something that I want I will grab it out of his hands. Vladi is so easy going that he will usually let me have it.

Mommy works a lot. And she isn't always here at night. She takes airplanes far away and sleeps there before coming home. We miss her when that happens. Usually Granny and Grandpa will take us to their house on those nights so daddy doens't have to be home alone with us. He sleeps with his pillow over his head and doesn't hear us when we cry. But even though he does that - he is an excellent daddy and we love spending all of our days with him!

We have new car seats. When we face backwards we have to bend our legs at the knees in order to fit. It seems like we should be facing forward but the rules say we can't!

We have our mini-van. We loke to call it the Sleep Machine.

I think mommy is falling asleep. She is just going to add some photos here and then go to sleep. We love our mommy!
Vladi is happy in his exersaucerWaylon plays guitar

Vladimir chills out on the couch

What We Did In January

2007-02-03T21:32:00.000-05:00

The whole famliy!

Waylon at Work

Vladimir and Todd. Mommy and daddy's original neighbor from Brooklyn!

Vladi at work.

Vladimir napping on Grandpa A.

Waylon wakes up on his tummy.

Napping holding hands.

Vladimir eating cereal.

Waylon eating cereal.

Double bath time with mom.

Grandpa A playing bongos on Waylon's bottom.

Did We Happen to Mention..We Have Teeth?

2007-01-30T17:05:00.000-05:00

Oh yes, we do. Waylon has two. Vladi has one and the second is on it's way.

Oh yeah - and we eat food now. From a bowl. We can even put the spoon in our mouths ourselves.

We love avocados. Our mom thought that guacomole would make a good first non-cereal breakfast, seeing as how it is one of her favorite foods (and daddy's too). Cousin Josette gave mommy a book called Super Baby Food and it tells her all about what to feed us at which stage and how to make the food at home for pennies. Good for her wallet and even better for our health!

Seems that they make baby clothes based on some weird growth scale that has nothing to do with the actual rate at which babies grow. I mean, we are already wearing size 9 - 12 months and we just turned 5 months old! we know we aren't giants. Those silly folks at Carters just have their numbers mixed up.

Mommy and daddy bought us our very own car. It is a minivan and it is black, just like our other little car, the Hyundai! Daddy and momy complained about it but we are so happy because we all fit in it so nicely and Grandma doesn't have to ride on the roof anymore!

Resolution Update

2007-01-15T16:59:00.000-05:00

Here is a brief update on our New Year's Resolutions.

Vladi:
Has rolled over in both directions; back to tummy, tummy to back
Waylon:
Has rolled over in the other direction; tummy to backWe have both made our Grandpa A. laugh and daddy seems to be smiling more.

We are both sitting up on our own, but need help getting into the seated position. We can both support our weight while standing, but we still need mommy or daddy to hold us while we stand.

The doctor said we are both in the 75% percentile for height and weight. We are big boys!! When our friends Simon, Leia and Noah came to play we were almost the biggest kids - and we're the youngest! Mommy is the biggest out of all of the mommies, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Mommy has been wearing things on her hands because the doctor told her that she has something called Carpal Tunnel in her right hand and tendonitis in her left wrist. Poor mommy. We just keep getting heavier and we want her to hold us more than ever!

We love our exersaucer and take turns playing in it. We have gotten much stronger since Christmas, when we got it, and can stand in it and play for a long time at a stretch!

We are just about too big for our Bumbo Seats. We got those about a month ago and we have already figured out how to wriggle out of them - almost! Mommy says they were one of the best things she had to keep us occupied. She started using them as soon as we were able to hold our heads up on our own, even when we were still a little bit wiggly. But since we are so big for our age we are outgrowing them quickly, too bad for mommy!

We have two new books that we love. One was a gift from our friends Zoe and Simon and it is called Charlie Parker Sings Be Bop. Mommy likes to read it because it is like a jazzy song.

The other book is a gift from Grandpa Adzentoivich and is called Railway Rhymes. It stars Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. Grandpa read it to us when he got here and mommy read it to us today.

We will be five months old in another week. Wow, time sure flies when you are busy tripling your birth weight and learning to eat solids! Grandma Adzentoivich arrives tomorrow to stay with us for two weeks. We can't wait!

Charlie Parker Plays Be-Bop (Live Oak Music Makers)

2007 Resolutions

2006-12-31T23:26:00.000-05:00

By Waylon Bram Adzentoivich

I plan to learn to

roll over the other way
crawl
walk
say a few words
swim

I also plan to

sprout some teeth
grow some hair
make my mommy and daddy laugh
eat solid food
melt my Grandfather's heart
sleep through the night

By Vladimir Joseph Adzentoivich

I plan to learn to

roll over
crawl
walk
say a few words
swim

I also plan to

sprout some teeth
grow some hair
make my mommy and daddy laugh
melt my Grandfather's heart
make my daddy smile more
eat solid food
ride forwards in the backseat of the car

We both plan to grow a lot and to have a lot of fun and to meet more people and play with one another.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-22T18:37:00.000-05:00

Waylon - blue pants, Vladi - red pants

How We Spend Our Days - 4 Months Old

2006-12-22T17:43:00.000-05:00

After a couple of weeks of persistent effort, Waylon has rolled over from his back to his tummy. Vladimir hasn't mastered this yet - he seems far less motivated than his feisty little brother. He practices every once in a while, but he seems in no hurry to grow up. Waylon, on the other hand, seems to want to get up and run around the house RIGHT NOW.

As you know, we have begun to sleep through the night. This is good. This is very good. Waylon still wakes up for a snack at 4am, but Vladi goes right through until 7:30. He is setting a very good example for little bro.

Everyone is very excited about Christmas. We helped momy put up our Christmas tree that daddy cut down on the farm. It is cute and sort of funny looking. You will have to judge for yourself if mommy posts a photo. We haven't given mom and dad a lot of time to get the ornaments up on it. Mommy strung some of her old Mardi Gras beads and a few white lights, but that's about it. Maybe a candy cane or two.

We have our very own Christmas stockings with our names on them. We really feel like a part of the family now!

We plan to visit lots of people over the holidays. Mommy keeps our schedule for us so we're not quite sure when we will be where, but maybe we'll see you!

News Flash!

2006-12-13T17:03:00.000-05:00

Yes folks, we finally slept through the night! We felt so good when we woke up this morning after an uninterrupted nights' sleep. Instead of crying we giggled and cooed when we woke up.

Mommy felt good too, and she didn't look half bad either.

We hit our four month birthday today. I guess it was time we let our mom and dad get some rest. Maybe we will do it again tonight. We'll see.

Waylon is trying desperately to roll over and Vladi is trying when he feels like it. It seems that Waylon is far more motivated than Vladi at this point in time.

We talk a lot. Not so much to each other - more to inanimate objects like stuffed animals and the little plastic animals that hang from our bouncy chair. We talk to mommy, daddy and grandma and grandpa Wood a alot too. They like it. It always makes them laugh so we keep on doing it. Waylon has a great sense of humor and finds everythign funny. He sure laughs a lot. Vladi likes to watch Waylon and make sure he stays out of trouble. Waylon is more interested in whacking Vladi in the head than watching him.

Mommy thinks we each weigh about 15 pounds now. We like to eat! We are wearing size 6 months already, he, he, he. And you all thought we would be tiny preemie peanuts forever! We sure fooled you.

Our First Christmas Season Has Begun

2006-12-02T13:28:00.000-05:00

Today marks the beginning of our first Christmas season! Daddy took the decorations out of the attic and mommy is going to attempt to decorate the house today. We won't put up our tree until tomorrow or maybe even next weekend.

Mommy couldn't help but try on some of our new Christmas suits. We have lots..... (Vladi in White, Waylon in red)

Mommy is Tired

2006-11-30T14:11:00.000-05:00

Ohhhh so tired. More tired than tired ever was. The most tired that she can ever remember or even imagine. Maybe she is dreaming this tired state? She just had a face to face conversation with daddy and immediately forgot it. Why is she so tired?

We sleep at night. Sort of. Waylon wakes up every three or four hours to eat and so does Vladimir. Usually we wake up staggered so that she spends about an hour and a quarter changing and feeding us and then she gets us to go back to sleep. Last night she cleaned the bathroom too, at 2am. Last Wednesday she made cranberry sauce at 3 in the morning. And usually she spends at least 25 minutes pumping breast milk after one of our feedings. What's to be so tired about?

It's not like she is tiring herself out by doing any physical activity. She hasn't exercised in months. Where would she find the time?

Well, no time for her to nap now - Waylon is hungry - and mommy is working too.

She asks me if she already fed me - but how can I tell her yes or no? She knows she wrote it down but she "...can't find that darn notebook". Ah well, might as well feed me again. How do you think I have more than doubled my weight already?

She keeps murmuring something about a Fellini movie and commenting on how she needs to get her eyebrows waxed. We have no idea what she is talking about. Every once in a while she straps on a little drum (what did you think I was going to say?? Dirty, dirty) and marches around the house saying "ZAM-Pa-No, ZAM-Pa-No" dum, dum, dum, dum-ditty, dum.

She just realized, after hearing it a bazillion times, that the song the little cow on our bouncy seats plays is "Old MacDonald" and now she can't stop singing along. She wonders how she could have never gotten that before now. The entire chair is a farm animal theme, it should have been so obvious...

So mommy is tired. Very tired. As a matter of fact it looks like she can't hold her eyes opened any longer. She might be drifting off into dreamland any moment....but not until she gets rid of my hiccups and changes my brother's diaper and makes some tea for daddy because he is sick. I think she also said something about putting up the Christmas tree.

We might start sleeping through the night soon, but I think I feel some sharp little things starting to poke through my gums and that makes me cry so I just don't know. I will have to consult with my brother and get back to you all on that....

In the meantime, if you see our mom, or if you speak with her on the phone, and she acts like she doesn't know you or she is unable to focus for more than a moment on the conversation please don't blame her. She is tired.

Three Month Old Update

2006-11-28T15:35:00.000-05:00

Three months old. Wow we are getting so big!

At our doctor's appointment this month we had our first Polio vaccine. We did very well; not much crying at all.

Vladimir was 12lbs 8ozs and was 24 inches long. Waylon was 12lbs 3ozs and was 23 1/4 inches long. The big brother is finally the BIG brother! We have pretty big heads too. Both of our heads measure within the 50th percentile. As far as height and weight go we fall between the 25th and 50th percentile each, with Vladi being just under 50. Mommy and daddy are so glad that we have caught up to our peers and are on the growth charts. We are no longer playing catch-up!

We started taking yucky medicine called Zantac on the day before Thanksgiving. It has helped us to spit-up less. We are sleeping better now too, probably because of the medicine making our tummies feel better. Especially Waylon who never liked to nap during the day. Since we started taking the Zantac he is catching up on lots of ZZZzzzzzzzzs. Neither of us likes the taste of the syrup, Waylon especially hates it, but mommy manages to get it down our throats anyway. She is pretty good at tricking us into swallowing it when we are very hungry.

On Sunday we moved out of the Bachelor Pad in mommy and daddy's room and into our own room. Not only did we move into our own room but we each now have our own crib. No more nighttime dancing. Mommy was very sad about this. She slept on the pullout couch in our room for the past few nights just in case we needed her in the night. We still wake up two or three times in the night to eat. She and daddy are trying to get us on a better schedule but we are very hungry guys and just don't want to go that long without a meal.

Now that we each have our own crib we are more interested in each other during the day. I guess since we don't play with each other at night we sort of miss one another. We never looked at each other during the day until we were seperated at night. Neither of us seem to mind being in our own cribs though. We were out of room when we were sharing. We're just too big!
Our hair is growing in and it looks like we have a buzz cut. Everyone likes to rub our peach fuzz. Daddy likes to rub his face on the top of our heads. In some lights it looks like we might be red heads, in others it looks blonde. I guess only time will tell!

We went to the Thanksgiving Parade in Stamford and saw all of the giant balloons. We rode in our Baby Bjorns and slept part of the time. Afterwards the Baranellos came over and Jack and Ryan played with us for a while. They are big boys and we like them! Their mom, Jennifer, got us to take naps too. She is a baby professional.On Thanksgiving morning we sat in bed with mommy and daddy and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. We liked it. Then we had baths and went to the McFarlands for dinner. Granma and Grandpa Wood were there too. The turkey was bigger than we were! We sat in the swing and the vibrate-y chair while the big people ate dinner. We were very good boys all day long.On Saturday mommy and daddy took us in Grandpa's minivan to the farm in Pennsylvania. It is called Adzentoivich Woods. Daddy cut down a Christmas Tree and we got to meet Rose and Frank, our neighbors. They are very nice. They gave us our first Christmas presents!
After visiting the neighbors we went to meet Diane Walsh. She is Grandma Adzentoivich's good friend. She and her husband keep an eye on the farm for mommy and daddy when they are not there. She thought we were pretty cool. We couldn't visit for too long because mommy had to drive us back home that same day and it was getting late.

We also met our Great Aunt Francie and our cousins Anne and Mark. Wow. They are so neat! Anne played on the floor with Waylon and Aunt Francie held Vladi. We had a nice time there. Aunt Francie is also a baby expert because she is our cousin Jonathan's Grandma! The baby wipes were still in the livingroom from his visit on Thanksgiving. This made diaper changing much easier for mommy.

Three Months Old, First Thanksgiving, etc. In Pictures

2006-11-28T13:29:00.000-05:00

Vladi and daddy hang in the studio...
Waylon and cousin Anne in PA...
Daddy, Vladi and Great Aunt Francie in PA...
Thanksgiving at the McFarlands with Grandma and Grandpa Wood...
With the McFarlands on Thanksgiving...
With mommy and daddy - 1st Thanksgiving...
Vladi chilling punk rock style...
Vladi and Waylon doing the dance...

Waylon in his hat made by Grandma Wood...
Vladi in his hat made by Grandma Wood...
Three months old, Vladi and Waylon...
Preparing the morning bottles...
Waylon gets first bass lesson from daddy...
Waylon and daddy...

Here Comes Trouble - Vladimir 10 1/2 Weeks Old

2006-11-05T14:29:00.001-05:00

Here Comes Trouble - Waylon 10 1/2 Weeks Old

2006-11-05T14:12:00.000-05:00

Waylon in his new big boy outfit from Grandma Wood.

Ten Weeks Old - 1st Halloween

2006-11-02T21:10:00.000-05:00

Vladimir Joseph

Waylon Bram

We are ten weeks old.

We are not babies anymore! Soon we will be giggling and trying to crawl. We weigh a lot and have double (maybe even triple!) chins. We make lots of "talking" sounds and smile more and more. We talk the most when we get into our cribs in the evening. Mommy thinks we are talking to each other, but we won't tell her what we're saying!

We are eating up a storm! Luckily for mommy we are eating more formula now so she is being spared. She is doing lots of pumping so that we can have rice cereal at every meal in a bottle. This has helped to slow down the vomitorium of a few weeks ago.

We have been spending more time in our Baby Bjorns and have gotten used to the idea. We can take a very nice nap while riding in them now. Much better than the first time we tried them at the Pumpkin Patch. Mommy and daddy wear us in them while they do work, wash dishes, eat breakfast, etc. It keeps us close at hand, keeps us upright after eating, and lets them use both of their hands. Don't tell them we told you this, but they can even use the bathroom while we are strapped into them!

We have finally begun to outgrow our Newborn sized clothes and are starting to wear the 0-3 month outfits. We can't wait to wear our jeans!

On Halloween we went with mommy to her office to meet all of her co-workers during their Halloween breakfast party. That was fun! We wore our Old Navy Halloween Onesies. Vladi pooped on his by the time we got home and that was the end of our Halloween outfits. Next year we will dress up for real!

At night we handed out candy with mommy and daddy until they ran out at 7:00. There were lots and lots of kids trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Then we went out to visit all of the neighbors in their colorful costumes. It was quite an evening. We stayed out past our bedtime - but we had to make our adoring fans happy. What's a popular pair of babies to do?

This week we also met our Great Aunt Noreen who is visiting from Colorado. She is so cool!

Here are some pictures of us this week. Including some with Daddy on Halloween.

Visiting Grandpa Germano

2006-10-27T14:29:00.000-04:00

On Grandma Wood's 60th Birthday we went to meet our Great Grandpa Germano.
We wore our new fall hats.

We also hung out with Grandma at her house. Joan came for a visit and to have birthday cake.
Cheryl and Erica came to say hello, too.

Spit-up A-thon

2006-10-22T14:04:00.000-04:00

...or Vomitorium, as our cousin Stephanie would say.

We like to spit-up. All the time. Dr says it is reflux or GERD. Mommy was so freaked out on Wednesday night when Vladi had a spit-up fit that she called the doctor. Vladi couldn't breathe because he was choking on the spit-up. He was shaking his head back and forth and flailing his arms and legs. When he finally expelled the puke from him mouth and nose he took a few seconds before he could catch his breath - then when he did he began to scream. He was scared too.

Doctor Levine said to begin to give us rice cereal in our bottles. So now mommy mixes a teaspoon or two of rice cereal in bottles when she feeds us formula or pumped breast milk. We did this for the first time on Thursday. We seem to like it. The first night I think we both spit-up more, but it seems to be helping now. Today is Sunday and the vomitorium seems to have quelled for the moment. Phew! Choking on spit-up is not fun. It made mommy afraid to feed us before bedtime because she didn't want us to lay down after we ate.

If the rice cereal doesn't help cure us we have to go see a GI doctor. I guess they like to send babies to specialists these days - we have already been to the Cardiologist! What did they do for babies with GERD in the old days before Zantac? Mommy and daddy don't want to givce us drugs or to have to take us to anonther specialist. Hopefully the rice cereal will do the trick.

I don't think we mentioned it, but we have started to do more stuff, like make noises other than crying. Vladi has started to use the consonant "M", and now when he cries sometimes he says "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!" which is great developmentally, but makes mommy feel sad because it sounds like he is crying out to her.

Lots of our clothes fit us now and we got some new pants. Grandma Wood bought us a pair of Calvins. Nice.

Godzilla, our cat, has become our guardian. He watches over us all the time. Daddy likes to call him "Child Services". He waits outside the bedroom door every morning and when we cry he wants to know why. He is a good guy and hasn't tried to get into our crib again since that one time in the first week.Vladimir decided that he would pray over his bottle the other day. Grandma Wood was feeding him and he began to pray "Please don't take my bottle away! Please don't let the bottle run dry..."

Swingtown

2006-10-22T11:43:00.000-04:00

"...We've been working so hard,
we've been working so hard,
come on baby, come on baby let's dance (or sleep...)

Bud, duh, bum, bum, bum...... "

Yes folks, we have found Swingtown right here in our bedroom. And it is a very good place. Very good indeed.

Babies love swings.
Babies sleep in swings.
Swings are good.

Here is our swing set:

Our blue vibrating chairs are on the outs. Babies are bored with vibrating chairs. The swing is the thing man. Oh yeah.

Photos - Two Months Old

2006-10-19T21:22:00.000-04:00

We went to Eden Farms in Stamford to see the pumpkins. We each got one. Mommy and Daddy carried us in our Baby Bjorns for the first time and neither one of us liked them very much.

Two Months Old

2006-10-19T14:12:00.000-04:00

Wow. We are two months old. We can't believe it! Time sure flies when you are busy sleeping, eating, pooping and crying. We are so much bigger than we were just two months ago. Each of us was 8lbs 2oz last time we checked (Tuesday). That is a far cry from 5lbs 11oz and 6lbs 7.5oz!! We also have grown from 19 and 19.5 inches long to 21 and 21.25 inches long. We are now officially big enough to ride in our Baby Bjorn! How exciting.

We spend lots more time awake these days. Mommy and Daddy are trying to figure out what they are supposed to do with us during the awake hours. Quite the challenge as we want to be stimulated all the time.

Woops! Brother is crying now. Must go see what's up.

All Clear

2006-10-17T16:52:00.000-04:00

We saw the Pediatric Cardiologist today. He did an ultrasound of our hearts. Besides our hearts being identical, there is nothing really out of the ordinary wrong with us. Phew! Mommy and daddy were very relieved to hear this news. Seems we each have a very small hole in the top of one of our chambers, which should close on it's own in no time. He also said we have some noise in one of the vessels that goes from the heart to the right lung, and that should go away as our vessels grow and expand. Seems these are pretty common problems in preemies.

The big news is that the doctor weighed us and we are both now 8lbs 2oz!! We finally broke the 8lb mark - yay! We aren't such little munchkins anymore. We actually look like we have a little bit of meat on our bones. We are starting to go for longer periods between meals. Mommy is very happy about that. We guess that since we are getting bigger our tummies can hold more food and we stay full longer.

Stay tuned for our next update which will be tomorrow - when we turn two months old!

Hi - this is my Uncle Bryan - Waylon

2006-10-11T20:08:00.000-04:00

Hi - this is my Uncle Bryan - Waylon
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This is How You Hold a Baby

2006-10-11T20:07:00.001-04:00

This is How You Hold a Baby
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Vladimir and Waylon 6.5 Weeks Old

2006-10-11T20:07:00.000-04:00

Vladimir and Waylon 6.5 Weeks Old
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Aunt Dee and Vlad play piano

2006-10-11T20:03:00.000-04:00

Aunt Dee and Vlad play piano
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Grandma Adzentoivich and Waylon 6.5 Weeks Old

2006-10-11T20:02:00.000-04:00

Grandma Adzentoivich and Waylon 6.5 Weeks Old
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7 Weeks Old

2006-10-11T18:30:00.000-04:00

We had a doctor's appointment today. We got shots. They hurt. We both cried but Waylon had it much worse. He cried for a long time. Then we went home and ate and fell asleep for a while on mommy's lap.

We both weigh the same, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Vladimir caught up to Waylon. Waylon is .25 inches longer than Vladi, but our heads are the same circumference. We are basically the same size. No wonder it is so difficult for daddy to tell us apart! Mommy painted two of Vladimir's toe nails purple so that daddy and the grandparents can tell us apart. It is pretty funny.

Grandma Adzentoivich was here staying with us for the past two weeks. We also had visits from Auntie Dee and Uncle Bryan, Allen and Liz, Jennifer and Ryan and Stephanie. We feel very popular.

The doctor heard heart murmurs in both of us so we have to go get those checked out. Nobody seems to be worried about them though. Mommy has one too, and so does grandma Adzentoivich.

We both smile more now, and we roll over from tummy to back. Dr Klenk says it is because we are so "wirey" and that mommy and daddy need to watch us closely because we might roll off the changing table at any time. We are definitely little guys on the go!

Brothers 5 Weeks Old

2006-10-03T14:49:00.001-04:00

Brothers 5 Weeks Old
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Gaze into my eyes - Waylon 5 Weeks Old

2006-10-03T14:49:00.000-04:00

Gaze into my eyes - Waylon 5 Weeks Old
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With Mommy and Grandma at Cove Island

2006-10-03T12:35:00.000-04:00

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First outing to Cove Island with mommy, daddy and grandma.

Cove Island Outing

2006-10-03T12:33:00.000-04:00

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Mommy parks the bus to give Vladi a bottle at the beach.

If You Only Knew How Much I Loved You - Waylon 5 Weeks Old

2006-10-03T12:31:00.000-04:00

If You Only Knew How Much I Loved You - Waylon 5 Weeks Old
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5 Weeks Old.

Extreme Close-up - Vladimir

2006-10-03T12:30:00.000-04:00

Extreme Close-up - Vladimir
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5 Weeks Old.

5 1/2 Weeks Old

2006-10-02T17:42:00.000-04:00

We are 5 1/2 weeks old and cuter than ever! Our Grandma Adzentoivich is here this week to help take care of us. She is mostly just holding us and talking to us and giving us a bottle every once in a while. She is funny and we like to smile at her. She takes us into the nursery in the morning so mommy can sleep longer. Mommy likes that very much because we still don't let her sleep much during the night. We are growing very fast and are always hungry! Mommy feeds us at least every 2 1/2 hours. Sometimes we need her to feed us every hour and we let her know by screaming at the top of our lungs.

Waylon is still pooping every three days or so, but Vladimir is back to pooping a few times a day. So the poopy diapers have increased but are still fewer than they were a few weeks ago. Mommy and daddy still have it pretty easy in that department.

We both rolled over from our tummies to our backs last week. We are so advanced! It was scarey and we both cried when we did it, so we haven't done it again since. We don't want mommy and daddy to get their expectations up too high, so we figure we'll make them wait a bit before we do it again.

Our eyes are getting lighter every day and seem to be blue. Boy, we are good looking. Did we happen to mention that? You can judge for yourself. Mommy will post some recent pictures of us for your viewing pleasure.

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

2006-09-22T14:56:00.000-04:00

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting
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One month old! Happy Birthday Boys!!!

This is my Big Brother

2006-09-22T14:49:00.000-04:00

This is my Big Brother
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Hello? Anybody Home?

2006-09-22T14:48:00.000-04:00

Hello? Anybody Home?
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Some Milestones

2006-09-15T19:13:00.000-04:00

We brothers have been very busy developing these past 3 weeks.

Today, Vladimir watched the mobile for the first time. He also sat on Daddy's lap and watched the psychedelic Mac screen-saver while listening to the family iTunes catalogue. He liked Frank Zappa but not Captain Beefheart. He was very engaged and aware for the first time with both sound and visual stimuli.

Today, Waylon found his fingers and promptly inserted them into his mouth. He has begun to suck his thumb like his Mommy used to do. He also enjoyed the majority of Daddy's music collection, especially anything with a funky bass line.

Waylon and Vladi on New Bumpers

2006-09-13T20:18:00.000-04:00

Waylon and Vladi on New Bumpers
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

3 weeks old today.

We went to the doctors office today.

Vladi has surpassed his birth weight. He is now 5 lbs 15 ounces! That's three ounces greater than when he was born. Nice job bro'!

Waylon is still struggling to get back up to where he began. He did gain 4 more ounces and is now 6 lbs 3 ounces. Nice job getting above 6 lbs brother!

We are progressing well and next week will surely both be comfortably gaining weight at a nice clip. Mommy has us on a strict feeding schedule now. No more sleeping through feedings, and she even got the green light to supplement with more than one ounce of formula per feeding if she wants to. Maybe that will give her some time to pump so we have some of the good stuff when she's not around to give it to us one on one.

We are starting to be more efficient in our pooping schedule. Now we save it up and do it only a few times per day (but when we do it we do it BIG), instead of making mommy and daddy change us 12 times per day.

OK - brother Waylon is crying now. I think he needs a new diaper.

P.S. The bumpers are to keep us from rolling over while we sleep. We like to lay on our sides and our Dr said that is a no-no for a few more months. We don't mind them. They make us feel all cuddly.

Baby Dance 1

2006-09-13T20:12:00.001-04:00

Baby Dance 1
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Thus begins the nightly dance routine as only twins can perform it.

Baby Dance 2

2006-09-13T20:12:00.000-04:00

Baby Dance 2
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Baby Dance 3

2006-09-13T20:11:00.001-04:00

Baby Dance 3
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Baby Dance 4

2006-09-13T20:11:00.000-04:00

IMGP0281
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Baby Dance 5

2006-09-13T20:10:00.000-04:00

IMGP0281
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Waylon Sleeps with Daddy

2006-09-13T20:09:00.001-04:00

Waylon Sleeps with Daddy
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Daddy on Baby Crack

2006-09-13T20:09:00.000-04:00

Daddy on Baby Crack
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

We can't decide who puts who to sleep faster - daddy or baby.

First Outing

2006-09-10T12:41:00.000-04:00

This afternoon we are going to Grandma and Grandpa Wood's house for a few hours while mommy and daddy go out for some grown-up time. This will be our first time out of the house for more than a trip to the doctor's or the post office. Grandma and Grandpa are all ready for us (at least they THINK they are). And being that it is Grandparent's Day it is pretty appropriate.

Mommy and Daddy are going to the Oyster Festival to have a beer and see ASIA in concert. Don't understand the appeal in that, but who can figure parents anyway?

Maybe Mommy will have some pictures of our day to post tomorrow. Until then - Happy Grandparent's Day!

No More Stumps!

2006-09-08T12:07:00.000-04:00

Vladi's cord stump fell off today (Waylon's fell off earlier this week). Now both brothers can wear their many cute onesies without fear of ripping off their little stump. Horray! We have passed another milestone in baby development. It feels good to be making progress as babies.

Daddy, Waylon and Vladi 2 weeks old

2006-09-06T18:32:00.000-04:00

Daddy, Waylon and Vladi 2 weeks old
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Protective Big Brother - 2 weeks old

2006-09-06T18:31:00.001-04:00

Protective Big Brother - 2 weeks old
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Waylon 2 weeks old

2006-09-06T18:31:00.000-04:00

Waylon 2 weeks old
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Vladimir 2 weeks old

2006-09-06T18:30:00.001-04:00

Vladimir 2 weeks old
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Vladimir & Waylon 2 weeks old

2006-09-06T18:30:00.000-04:00

Vladimir & Waylon 2 weeks old
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Two Weeks Old

2006-09-06T17:24:00.000-04:00

Today we are two weeks old. We had our first real Pediatricians appointment. They measured our heads - Waylon's is bigger by an inch - our bodies - we each grew one inch since we were born! - and weighed us.

Vladi gained 7 ounces in the past week, 5lbs 10 ounces, bringing him to two ounces shy of his birth weight. Waylon gained 3 ounces in the past week, 5 lbs 15 ounces, bringing him to 8.5 shy of his birth weight.

Vladi is catching up to his little brother!

Mom and Dad will continue to supplement our feeding with formula a few times per day until we get past our birth weight and even then may have to continue. Breast feeding two growing boys isn't an easy task - though mommy is doing her best every day.

Two weeks have flown by and at the same time seem like one continuous day. Night and day do not exist for us yet and we have sucked mommy into our timeless world. She is awake most hours of the day and what should be considered night. Daddy can sleep through the loudest screams - so far.

We have proved our dominance over Mrs. Jinx and Godzilla and they cower from us every chance they get. They are seldom in the same room as us, and when they are they approach us tentatively. Ha ha!! We rule!

We are getting better at opening our eyes and being cute. There are times throughout the day when we keep our eyes open for more than an hour at a time. Very big deal.

We are looking forward to meeting our Grandmother Adzentoivich who will be here in a few weeks to meet us for the first time. We got to hear Grandfather when he was here a few weeks ago but we were still inside mommy at the time. I guess we will have to wait until the holidays to meet him in person. We hear he is quite a character.

That's it from us today. Maybe mommy will put up some new pictures later this evening. Right now I think we will let her take a nap.

Hating Bath Time

2006-09-03T11:32:00.000-04:00

Hating Bath Time
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

I don't mind a little spit-up on my chin or even a little bit of poop on my tushy - but momy thinks she needs to bathe me anyway. What's a baby to do?

Wake Up Little Brother!

2006-09-03T11:31:00.000-04:00

Wake Up Little Brother!
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

21st Century Dad and Vladi

2006-09-03T11:30:00.000-04:00

21st Century Dad and Vladi
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

We love the laptop ever since Mommy was obsessed with the pregnancy chat rooms when we were clusters of cells in her tummy. There's nothing like the heat of the battery or the whir of the hard drive...now that's the way to sooth me.

Mrs. Jinx and Waylon

2006-09-03T11:28:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Jinx and Waylon
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Mrs. Jinx might think she is great just because she weighs 7 pounds...but I'll catch up to her before she knows what hit her!

Godzilla and Waylon

2006-09-03T11:27:00.000-04:00

Godzilla and Waylon
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Yes, the cats are bigger than us now...but give us a year and we'll show them a thing or two!

Vladimir

2006-08-31T17:43:00.000-04:00

Vladimir
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Waylon

2006-08-31T17:42:00.001-04:00

Waylon
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Sleeping Babies

2006-08-31T17:42:00.000-04:00

Sleeping Babies
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Sleepy Daddy

2006-08-31T17:41:00.000-04:00

Sleepy Daddy
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

We Love Our Crib

2006-08-31T17:34:00.000-04:00

We Love Our Crib
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Waylon Ready to go Home

2006-08-31T17:33:00.001-04:00

Waylon Ready to go Home
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Ready to go Home!

2006-08-31T17:33:00.000-04:00

Ready to go Home!
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Daddy Teaching Babies About Music with his iPod

2006-08-31T17:31:00.000-04:00

Daddy Teaching Babies About Music with his iPod
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Ernie, Carleen and Jeff

2006-08-31T17:30:00.000-04:00

Ernie, Carleen and Jeff
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Carleen, Jeff and Mackenzie

2006-08-31T17:16:00.000-04:00

Carleen, Jeff and Mackenzie
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

We had lots of visitors while we were in the hospital. Jennifer, Jack and Ryan Baranello were our first visitors on our first day. Cheryl O'Neill came to visit on day 2. Carleen, Megan and Mackenzie Rafferty and Jeff came to visit on day 3. Joan and Rick McFarland came twice!

Leaving for Hospital to Have Babies 8/22/06

2006-08-31T16:05:00.000-04:00

Leaving for Hospital to Have Babies 8/22/06
Originally uploaded by nadzent.

Mommy could barely fit into the car. Luckily the hospital is only across the street so daddy didn't have to drive very far.