Hiatus

Thank you all my faithful readers (or reader?) for periodically downloading my bloviations. I do appreciate that you're reading this little blog of mine.

Now I'm going to take a short break from blogging. I will spend my oh-so-precious free time on some other projects for a while. Don't worry though, the Adventures of Adam and Tessa will be back soon, perhaps even redesigned and updated a little. And I'll finally get around to posting some more pictures.

Clapping

Both little punksters are clapping now. I would not have thought that it would be such a cool thing, but it is.

Tessa is quite a talker. She doesn't speak English, but she is incredibly fluent in her own language. The Missus and I are unable to translate most of it, yet the meaning usually comes through.

Adam fancies blondes. He's quite taken with the little blonde girls that appear on the Baby Mozart and Baby Bach videos. He giggles every time he sees them. One of the US Olympic Snowboard chicks is another favorite of his. Daddy thinks he has good taste.

I have some pictures but haven't had a chance to upload them. Stay tuned.

Snow Day

Sunday was a snow day. It was a good feeling, since we had no obligations to drag us out of the house. Besides shoveling, that is. I hauled myself outside to clear out our driveway and sidewalks. We got nine and a half inches on the driveway. It wasn't too bad to shovel though. Nice and light.

The kids are getting more and more active. We're not so sure this is a good thing. They are starting to entertain each other now. When they're not annoying each other, that is.

Here's a picture of Adam playing with or annoying Tessa. Your call. Also a picture of some of our bushes out front with a snow blanket.

Teeth

We fed the kids some Cheerios last night. Tessa picked one up and bit into it with her teeth. It was pretty cool to hear her chew something for the first time! Alright, it was pretty cool to me.

Adam sort of just gummed his, since, contrary to a previously published report, he has not gotten his first tooth. We thought we saw a little white spot poking through on the bottom, but we were mistaken. The doctor reports his top gums are looking swollen, so he might be getting his top teeth first. That's not the usual pattern, but a bit weird nonetheless.

Both kids are, according to the medical staff, doing very well. Their current weight report:

Adam: 21 lbs., 7 oz.
Tessa: 20 lbs., 4 oz.

Madman and Thumper

Adam is a madman.

He's feeling much better by the way; back to what passes for normal for him. Now we have to protect him from himself. He crawls around or over anything in his path. We have some "bouncy seats" in the family room. To Adam, they are jungle gyms. He likes to grab onto the seat and raise himself up into a standing, yes, a standing position. Then he crawls onto the seat, apparently in an attempt to chew on the top of the seatback. If we don't catch him in time, he usually tumbles over.

We pick him up, but as soon as he's put down, off he goes again.

He's a madman.

Tessa thumps her legs when she's mad. We can see she already has a little temper, even a year or more before her "terrible twos". If we put her to bed before she's ready to sleep, thump, thump. We can even hear it downstairs. It may also be due to the fact that her fourth tooth is coming in.

So that's it. Everyone is fine: Me, the Missus, Madman and the Thumper.

Finally a tooth!

Looks like Adam has finally cut his first tooth: a little point has broken through his bottom gum. It has only been adding to his misery. The poor little guy has an ear infection, rampant diarrhea, a bright-red butt, a helmet on his head and he's teething. No wonder he has started saying "Mama" or, more accurately, "mamamamamamama".

We think he's finally starting to feel better. He is now able to pull himself into a kneeling position (while he's hanging onto something, of course.)

As in this blog entry, Tessa is being somewhat neglected in real life. She's doing fine for now. Last night, the Missus said that she was sure that Tessa was looking for me. Every once in a while, the Missus said, Tessa would look over her shoulder toward the door as if she knew I'd be home soon. Awww.