Awareness

We know what you were thinking. No postings since Patrick was home alone with the kids. Well rest assured that all is fine!

Stella and Maggie are more and more aware of each other, and of the rest of the goings on in the house. They respond to Patrick, Patti and Will's voices and their eyes and heads track everyone else passing by them. They check each other out after feedings and they have begun to smile at each other and at Will (Patrick is still convinced that they are telepathic and smiling at each other's mental comments).

Patti is getting better at taking self-portraits. Check out these two winning pictures. The girls think they're pretty fantastic.

And here is Will. He wanted to bring some of his toys in his backpack when he went out with Mimi and Pop yesterday. He ended up wearing it every time he went outside.

ps: That smile says "I'm getting away from the girls. Hooray!"

Solo

Tonight was Patti's second night back at work, but Patrick's first night completely alone with Will, Maggie and Stella. Patrick is too burnt out to offer anything witty at this point so here's some pictures.

We went for a walk. Will likes the front seat now that we can carry either one of the girls in the Bjorn.

Here's proof for Patti in case she checks this at work that the girls are fine. Not sure why Maggie (left) looks so shocked. This was right after their first feeding when Patrick fed each of them independently because Stella was sort of napping.

One bottle for everyone.

Here are the girls during the second feeding when they were very much awake and very much hungry at the same time. Patrick will definitely be looking into other ways to feed them at the same time because this didn't work well for anyone...

Here's today's update on Will's pole beans. They've really grown since they were planted on Sunday and Will get pretty fired up when he sees how they've grown.

How does our garden grow?

Last year on Mother's Day, Patrick and Bill made Patti a raised bed garden behind our patio. This year, Bonnie and Patti have maximized the space. They've planted tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, peppers, zucchinis, and plenty of herbs. Between the rains of two weeks ago and the crazy hot sun lately, everything took off.

Will LOVES helping with the garden, especially watering. There's still a lot of water on his feet, but more and more of it finds its way into the garden every day. Will even helped Patti plant the radishes that he's watering below and the pole beans in the very last picture. He waters them with pride and the first sprouts appeared today. Keep checking in for bean (and Will) updates.