2 month check up

evan is cruising through his checkups. i'm starting to sound like a broken record with my commentary about time flying by. he was 23.25 inches (64 percentile) and 13 lbs and 6 oz (86 percentile). just this week his cradle cap has become a little bit more extreme. i couldn't find the special shampoo we bought for dylan, so i bought a new bottle from amazon prime. it is scary amazing and dangerous how easy online shopping is these days.... evan is cooing now, smiling a lot, and has just about the sweetest, snuggly disposition.

firsts (evan)

i mentioned a few firsts, but he too, also made his first trip. it was carmel at the sanctuaryee, just like dylan. we went nov 15-17 to get away for the weekend and to take dylan to the aquarium. dylan is very much into fish right now, particularly after watching finding nemo. he's already wearing 3-6 month clothes, easily, and is also wearing 6-12 months clothes. it's startling how quickly he's outgrown some of dylan's old clothes. he blew through the newborn diapers within a few weeks, size 1 diapers within a few weeks, and has been wearing size 2 diapers for the past ~3 weeks. i'm pretty sure he has 2 dimples on one side of his face. he has double everything! there are a few instances when he reminds me of dylan, and most of them are when he's sleeping on the boob. they have the same milk drunk face. evan had his first halloween, and he was a japanese sumo wrestler. it was difficult to get the wig/hair right, but i went with the subtle approach. we also had a family costume, inspired by brian's suggestion of star wars. hopefully next year will have some fodder to inspire another family costume.

firsts (dylan)

i'm also fascinated by the way dylan's mind works. he's chinese improved significantly when my mom was here, but now i'm noticing that he's speaking a lot more english (to my dismay). one day we were taking a bath, and i was talking to him about washing his butt, and he told me in chinese to wash my own butt. i was a proud mama. there's a lot of pretend play and he uses his imagination and makes a lot of connections which also makes me very happy. he saw a picture of sponges on a toy at kindergym, and he told me that it looks like pasta, and there was a treasure chest of jewels and he said that it was necklace, like tutus. his memory is amazing. we're playing with the monkey rattle that my mom bought dylan, and when i asked him who got that for him, he said "puo puo". he's adjusting well to preschool and has started going 2 days a week in november. it's this strange dichotomy of happiness and wistful sadness to see my boys grow up so quickly.

first (me)
the first time i was alone all day with the boys was nov 1 (tutu and yeh-yeh were in NY). evan was a dream, and dylan had a meltdown because he was so hungry in the morning. even though i wanted to watch finding nemo, we ended up watching some of madagascar instead. i feel a little guilty that i need to resort to electronic devices, but it is what it is. the following week, annie was super sick, so i took care of the kids again by myself on the following thursday. as long as i have access to electricity, i'm fine.