Genetics: Aren't They Great!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Two of a Kind

We've always known that our little ones have looked alike, grown at fairly the same rate (extremely small), and have some of the same habits. Everyone can tell that they are brother and sister, even though they have slight color differences in their hair and eyes. When I say slight, I mean that his blue eyes are a little light than her blue eyes and his hair is platinum and hers is progressively getting blonder, but her hair hasn't grown out too much yet to see how blond she will be. Well, as I was holding her yesterday during church, she fell asleep on me because it was nap time and the only time she will snuggle me or anyone else. I had looked down once to see if I could pull her fingers out of her mouth, but thankfully, they had slowly fallen out and her hand rested on her chest. It was at that moment that I saw it! She looked EXACTLY the same as her brother! If I had dressed her in his clothes or had put a dress on him at this age, it would have been like a weird time travelling story. If they were ever to be twins the only way I would have known at that point who was who, would be by checking their gender. As amazed as I will ever be, that moment seemed to last quite a long time and will forever be etched into my memory.

Monday, February 16, 2009

New Milestones

My little dude is now 4 and he is crazy active like usual. He can successfully count and read to 39. He loves his numbers. He reads his abcs. He still knows his numbers 1-10 in French and Spanish. He's learning to fine tune his drawing and willingly starting to write. While still scrawny, he has moved up to 4T only because of length. I don't think he'll ever fit into clothing properly. Not only does he tell us that he's hungry now, but he surprises us with asking for things like tacos! For one of the pickiest eaters, that's a huge step. He very much loves his sister.

My baby doll is almost 8 months and it has gone by too fast. I'm happy that she's not trying to crawl right now. She started rolling at around 3 1/2 months. Now she's spinning on her stomach and rolling to get to where she wants to be. She has quite the attitude. She loves to grab at things, especially hair, which she doesn't have much of still. She will sit up willingly after only a few weeks of fighting against. She's learning to fine tune her pincer grasp. She has been finding the smallest pieces of lint on the carpet. I don't know why the lint is more exciting than toys that surround her, but it is. She's just as small as ever. I'm trying to giver her high calorie foods...or at least extra formula, but those don't seem to be working too well. We'll see in a month what she really is. I have one more month to get her up another pound and a half. That was the goal the doctor set for us. However, everyone is in agreement that we just have genetically small children, and now I don't need to worry about how skinny they are.