A walk in the park

The fall weather today was at its finest. Knowing that the rain will soon be here, the crisp blue sky is something we don't take for granted this time of year.

Kari loaded the stroller, babies, and all the baby gear downtown. She also brought me a change of clothes. Nolan and Mila were suited up in their walking clothes - warm coats, boots and pants. We started at Venti's and strolled through downtown up Cottage Street, through a few fun paths in the Pringle Park area and then made it to Bush park.

We made the loop and passed Leslie (my aunt) running with Drake (her Siberian running partner) twice. The colors this time of year are absolutely breath taking. After making the loop we took the stroll back downtown and ended with a delightful dinner at Venti's.

I will have to admit that this was probably the best fall days of my life. There have been a lot of good fall football days, but walking with the family on a beautiful day can't be beat!

First Apology

As I was sitting at my sewing machine I heard muffled Nolan screams. I walked a few steps over to their play area and found Mila on top of him and trying to crawl over him to get to a toy. I immediately hopped over the fence and pulled her off of him and sat them both on my lap. I put them facing each other and told Mila to say sorry (which she can't obviously do, but we are practicing). I kissed him to show her what to do. Neither party was interested. I tried to have them give each other hugs. Again, not interested. Then Nolan summed up his feelings by angerly doing one of his rumbly lip zerbert things (which are usually one of his happy sounds).

They are normally very loving towards each other. They can play together for about an hour if fed and happy. I often see them migrate to the same spots within their play area. After they have been apart for awhile they are so excited to see each other. They will wiggle and squirm to get to the other one and open their mouths and just kiss on each others faces. They even sometimes hug. When they are sleepy or are lying next to each other they often hold hands. They are so precious together. Nolan is especially loving towards Mila, although lately Mila has been giving some intense kisses and loves.

They are so precious and I love caring for them everyday.

Brown Rice Cereal!!!

Nolan and Mila experienced their first brown rice cereal meal a couple of weeks ago and we realized we didn't post the pictures. Nolan loved it pretty much from the first bite. He would get so into it that when you feed him a bite he slurps it in and ends up spattering it everywhere. Mila liked it too but was more interested in smiling for the pictures. We would feed her a bite and she knew what to do with it but then after a bit she would spit half of it out and let it run down her face. She would let us put the spoon in her mouth and would keep it in there and look at Conrad with the camera like she was making sure that he was capturing the moment. She is such a ham!

First meal ready to go.

Mila making sure we were capturing the moment.

Still watching the camera...

Loving it.

Thinking this is much easier.