Our Niece, Crystal arrived today. Last night as I was going to bed, I thought I'd better double check her flight details. It's a good think I did, as we actually thought she was arriving tomorrow. So luckily we were able to ask our driver to come in to work today even though it was his day off, to meet her at the airport. She's had her first massage, and more importantly, met the kids. Crystal is the last relative we saw when leaving Canada way back in January (it's been a long time), and she's the first we've seen again. She's also the first to meet the kids in person. Speaking of kids, wo quick clips to show you today. The first is short clip of Cai as she laughs up a storm with Mommy. Cai is now capable of spinning on the spot 360 degrees, but she's not yet capable of crawling forward. She's starting to jump more and more as she develops her leg muscles.
The next video shows Tri as he plays peek a boo. He loves to crawl into the kitchen area behind the curtains, then turn right around as we call out for him. This video was the first day that he did this, and since then, he's only enjoying it more.
Just a quck post. Virginia is in a singing group that meets after school. Today, rather than meet at school, they met at our house to practice some Christmas carols for an upcoming Christmas gig. So Cai and Tri got a private performance. Here they are singing a verse of Deck the Halls. I'll add a few other video snapshots of the evening later.
Well, Grandma has headed to the United States to partake in her second Thanksgiving of the year. We tried to call but I think we were too late. So Cai and Tri thought they'd send their wishes in the form of a video and song. Here it is Grandma. We wish we could be there to help you celebrate and we can't wait to see you in December.
Well Cai continues to be disinterested in her night time bottle. Tonight I was milking the bottle, as she just doesn't suck. I got her to take 90 ml and then decided to just let her sleep. We think that we may not even bother doing that in the future. If she doesn't want it, maybe she doesn't need it.
Today I took a couple of short clips of Cai and Tri playing. The first shows how adept Cai is getting at sitting on her own. She now rarely falls backwards (though we still keep pillows behind her).
The second video shows us that Tri is understanding words. We will clap your hand if you ask him to. If you ask him to touch his head, or "where is Tri's head", he will frequently put his hand on his head. I think it's pretty amazing that he now understands these things.
I'm on night time duty and it's now past 11pm so I gotta get some sleep.
Cai turned 8 months today, and she celebrated by not imbibing at all. We’re having great difficulty getting her take her evening (just before bedtime) bottle. Tonight Virginia is very stressed as a result (possibly related to the fact that she is the one on call tonight ~ funny how I seem not to be bothered by it…tonight at least). Here is a video of Cai and Tri as they watch “The Big Blue House”. Every evening the kids get from 10 – 30 min of a video. And while the kids may not yet understand the meaning of “no” they do seem to know that when the television comes on, they should stop whatever it is they are doing. In the video Tri has a warm hand for his 8 month old sister. It’s really not that exciting, but gives you a glimpse at what they look like today.
In the second video, we catch a glimpse of Tri in the bathtub. Over the last week he has started pulling himself up to a standing position providing he has something of low height to prop himself up with (a pillow, my leg while sitting, etc). Well today this happened for the first time in the bathtub. Bath time suddenly became a little more challenging. I couldn’t quite get him to replicate the initial act (I tried, but you might hear a few thoughts from Virginia on my attempts to capture the footage versus sitting ready to catch him if/when he falls). But I think this short series of clips will give you a bit of an idea. Pay careful attention to the last few frames of the video! OUCH!
