Yes,
it’s August and yes, those are his (mismatched) pyjamas and
rain boots. And yes, he chose his outfit for the day :) He’s
got my old cell phone in his hand because he’s “just gonna make
a call real quick.”

Lex gave us a real scare today. He was
standing on his box of blocks, as he is inclined to do, and it
tipped over and he tumbled backwards onto the edge of the
hearth. At first I saw just a little blood on his forehead and
figured he must have scrapped it a bit, but then I saw a trail
of blood flowing (yes, flowing!) out from the top of his head,
through his hair. I was sooo scared! I got him calmed down (he
kept saying, “mommy kiss it and feel make it better”) and got
his head somewhat cleaned up and the bleeding stopped, while at
the same time called Alan and left him a message that got him
home REAL quick. The little guy has a big goose egg on his head
and I think there will be a scab there too. Poor boy!! I have
been planning on getting some babyproofing on that hearth since
I’m going to have other peoples babies in my house, so I guess
he wanted to get his knocks in real quick before I safetied it
up :)

T and I are regularly taken aback at how
long Eve appears to be compared to what we remember of Lex. In
case any one is keeping track, here is the break down:
according to the blog from Lex’s 4mo checkup, Lex was 16lbs
5oz, which is the 78th percentile, and 24 1/2 long. As said in
the last post, Eve is 15lbs and 25 1/2. So, she’s a bit longer,
but weighs less. So, as Tessa puts it, “she’s not that big of a
baby.”

I think it is the proportions
that get us. She is 4% longer and 6% lighter which implies a
similar amount thinner, so the appearance is probably something
closer to 10% different (very rough math). I always thought Lex
was thicker and she just looked longer because he was thicker.
It is neat to see the numbers say both. She has less meat on
her than I remember Lex having and definitely smaller
bones.

I love our babies!

I have also been taken aback recently by Lex’s
muscle tone. It has always been good, but his recent calmness
that Tessa has mentioned allows for more chances to notice it
again: hard to notice anything when he runs by in a blur all
the time. =) Anyway, this kid is going to be one beastly super
stud.

Lex has this weird new “thing” he does with his
books. He’ll sit in front of his bookshelf for hours “reading”
every single book on the shelf and then stacking, piling, or
lining them up. The photos show a few configurations. I don’t
think he’s ever done the same one twice. One day they were in
front of the bookshelf, one day on the toybox, one day across
the floor, etc. It takes him awhile because he flips through
every page of every book and it’s very difficult to get him to
stop. It was funny the first time, now it’s just a little
weird. Toddlers are weird. I was talking to Julie this weekend about how
when you’re pregnant every weird feeling or behavior you have
can just be chalked up to the pregnancy. With toddlers it’s
pretty much the same thing — every weird thing they do can
just be chalked up to toddlerhood.

She is so sweet and tiny.

Since Alan put Ubuntu on my computer I’ve
been a little slow to get photos off the camera. New software,
particularly a new operating system, always comes with a bit a
of learning curve. Anyway, here a few random photos from the
past few weeks.

We got
two similar boxes in the mail one day so we made the empty
boxes into a train. Lex was the conductor, Eve the
passenger.

Eve is a
very happy passenger.

Lex
reads a story to Grandpa Tom and Uncle Barney as they build us
a front porch.

Playing
together one morning. Lex was showing Eve each of the animals
from the ark.

Mema and
Eve

Lex and
Ellie at the playground. I tried to get them both looking a
time, but there was a motorcycle going by and apparently it was
far more interesting than me.

Lex on
the bleachers. He climbed right up to the top and made himself
comfortable.

Eve
sleeping.

We went to Old Navy this weekend and I got this
off the sale rack. I love it and I think she does too :) We
actually went down to visit Jim and Julie, and did some
shopping while we were there. Oddly enough it didn’t take much
convincing to get them to come to Babies R Us and the kid
section of Old Navy with me ;)

Eve slept from 10:00 last night to 8:30
this morning! She is such a good sleeper! I hope, hope, hope
this lasts through her toddler years :) Now if I could just get
my body to adjust to her less frequent nursing… which will
probably happen right about the time she hits a growth spurt
and starts nursing like mad. So hard to coordinate :) But I’ll
take my sleeping baby any day, or any night, to be more
precise!!

How
did that take me 24hrs to find?? (It's his blanket, if
you can't tell.)