Christening

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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!