Another eventful month done, spring coming soon, Ivers family happy. These boys are hilarious and keeping us on our toes. During month five, Oliver and Liam have become experts at rolling over, hanging out on their tummies, making interesting and new noises and charming strangers while strolling through the rough streets of Geneseo. The boys roll over differently; Liam immediately flops over and startles himself, while O
liver takes his time and hangs out on his side kicking and smiling before (or if) he decides to actually roll. On their tummies, both boys grab at toys so they can be shoved in mouths. Liam keeps up a relatively consistent monologue during waking hours. He has a lot to say and says it pretty insistently. Oliver has figured out how to say "B" and squeals at the top and bottom of his range. He has screamed himself hoarse a couple of times- funny especially because he already has a raspy, Tom Waits-esque voice. In fact, most days he wakes up sounding like he smoked way too much the night before. Liam has started to enjoy sucking on his fingers rather tha
n a pacifier. Oliver shoves both fists in his mouth. It is shocking how much like his father Oliver is.We are all eagerly awaiting the spring and its kinder temps so we can spend more time outside.
The boys are now enjoying their Johnny-Jump-Up (which we call the Oliver or Liam-Jump-Up thanks to Cousin Johnny Scherer) and the exersaucer.
Dad got a really fun toupee!
Liam and Oliver were busy as usual this month and were able to do many new activities. We started going to the local library for Library Club. This sounds cute but was a little overwhelming for me for many reasons. First of all, managing two squirmy boys while singing and clapping your hands is awkward at best. Second, the amount of chaos in the room around rivals the Scherer house at Christmas time (for those of you unfamiliar with this event, picture a circus tent in which the animals have gotten loose). Third, Oliver generally feels that Library Club is the appropriate time to puke repeatedly on the floor, on Godzuki and on other peoples' babies. Yum. Obviously, we are a very popular threesome. Thankfully, Babcia Ivers came with us once so each baby got one adult.
We had some exciting visitors this month, including Uncle Jonathan, Rachel and Tony, Lauren and Erik and of course the Grandparents who all came to help out. One weekend, we had our new friends Tania, Scott and Dominick over for dinner. Luckily, the boys thought this was a great time for a screaming fit. As you can see, Dominick was stressed out. He hit the bottle pretty hard that night. This picture will hopefully find its way to social services so the proper authorities can see what Dominick is doing to his parents.
We had another adventure with Tanya and Dominick this month too called "The Ill-conceived Idea to get Professional Photographs Taken with Twins." All I'll say about this adventure is that:
1. Sometimes I overestimate my abilities.
2. Tania is a VERY good friend.
3. Dominick is a VERY well behaved baby.
4. Oliver LOVES to puke in public places.
5. My babies enjoy screaming sometimes.
6. The reader will not get copies of the photos taken.
We were able to see Chris and Cat Brent twice this month- once at a Superbowl party where we got to see J.R., pregnant Marta and their darling Kaitlynn- shown holding Liam. We also got to see Steve and Paige Brent, and Paige loved the boys up too.The other time we saw Cat and Chris is when the boys went on their first retail trip. Cat and I traipsed through the Greece Mall as I gave the boys a lecture on the evils of rampant consumerism and then bought a bunch of stuff. Thank goodness Cat was there because I totally forgot that normal people are not accustomed to babies crying.
Some other news for this month:
- Dina and Harry Marenstein are expecting their first babe in August! Hearty congrats to them.
- I started doing something other than child rearing- I subbed for a couple of Yoga classes at Sweetbriar. It was great to teach something other than rolling over and grabbing rattles.
- The boys tried their first rice cereal and it did not go so well. We'll try again next month.
- The boys finally made it into their 3-6 month clothes! Please note the exciting Che, Bruce Lee and skater-punk onsies. And in case you can't tell Oliver and Liam apart, I generally dress Liam in blue and Oliver in red.
- Poppy turned 3, Sarah turned 26 and Lauren turned almost 30. Happy Birthday!
- Chris and Tony's Beer Making cottage industry is going very well. Hopefully, this will turn into a full time gig for both of them and Rachel and I can quit our jobs to taste test the product. Chris keeps trying to assure me that making his own beer is cheaper in the long run, which seems in direct contradiction to the steady stream of beer making equipment streaming into both of our households. Interestingly, if you ask Tony, Chris bought the new stuff. If you ask Chris, Tony bought it.
- A shout out to Vixie B for making it through eleven weeks with her Ayla- keep up the good work.
- Another shout out to Katie Scherer for doing a wonderful job through NINE months with Andy- WOWZERS!
- A last shout out to Meggie Scherer for staying alive for another whole month. Nice work.
