Alex and Olivia are getting so big!!!

The other day I was starting to realize how big Alex and Olivia are getting - - especially Alex. We were looking at pictures from when they were born and it is so hard to believe that they were ever as small as they once were.

I specifically noticed how big Alex had gotten when a couple of weeks ago we put him in the swing which he had not been in at last during the last couple of months. He was really tired from day care and was too worked up to go to sleep so we put him in the swing to calm him down. That is when I realized how much he has grown.

Check out the pictures for the comparison.....it is not the same swing (which would have been the perfect comparison) but you will get the point.

Here is Alex a few days shy of a month old (look at all that dark hair!!!).....

And here he is just a few days shy of 5 months old - - look how big he is!!!

Olivia is getting big too, but she is still our little peanut. And as I always tell Ben, if one of our children were to be a peanut, I would rather it be her than Alex. Even when they were only a half a pound apart in weight, she still seemed so much lighter - - - picking her up is like picking up a feather!!!

Here are some recent pictures that we took of Alex and Olivia on their bellies. Olivia loves being on her belly, Alex is more open to the idea, but is still not a huge fan. Olivia can last a long time on her belly while 5 minutes is enough for Alex.

We've got another roller!

Yep, that is right, Alex rolled over yesterday from his back to his belly for the first time!!! But nobody saw it! After day care, Alex was on the floor playing on his back. Ben left the room and when he came back Alex was on his belly! Ben rolled him back over to try to get him to do it again but no luck! This is exactly the same thing that happened when Olivia rolled over for the first time - - she did it while Ben had left the room and when he tried to get her to do it again, she would not do it. So far today, he has yet to do it again but gets really close.

For the past several weeks, he had been getting really close and we kept saying "he is going to do it any day now", but it never was happening. His shoulder was always the culprit in preventing his ability to finish the roll.

Here are some pictures from last weekend as Alex was attempting to roll over.....

The Exersaucer

Alex and Olivia have been going to day care full time for about the last week and a half. At day care, they have a couple of exersaucers for the kids to play in and Alex seemed to really enjoy it. So we decided to finally go out and purchase one - - we had been planning on it but just wanted to wait until their head control got really good.

We went out last Saturday and purchased one only to get home, unpack it and find that it had been used and returned - - there was dog hair on it and no instructions. So after the kids went to bed I went back to return it and get a new one and spent the rest of the night putting it together.

So far the kids love playing in it. We have also found out that the most comfortable position for them to poop in is standing up. The first day they both christened the exersuacer by pooping in it. We washed the seat cover close to three times in the first 24 hours we had the exersaucer since Olivia has been having a tough time keeping her poop in her diaper lately!

Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying the exersaucer...

Payback is a........

Alex got sick of getting beat up and picked on by Olivia (previously labeled as the dominant twin) so he decided to take matters into his own hands.....He decided he needed to pay back Olivia when she got in his way.

This is the only time that he has been found beating up Olivia, but I am sure it will continue in the future, especially as they get older and he realizes what Olivia is doing to him.