PHOTO UPDATE

Some funny pictures of my kids and all they have been up to in recent times. they have been engaging in many creative activities, many sounds and songs. They have perfected making faces.

Here they were sucking rather chewing on the entire orange and the bulb, i gave them some oranges while squeezing out the juice into their mouth they got carried a way and decided to eat up the entire thing. 

 David was determined to help out in cleaning the floor with a mop, they have quite become the best home keeper. Daniel also doesn't want to be left behind., they are so cute to watch.

Dancing is also one of their hubbies, they can not do without dancing whenever they hear music they will start moving their legs in a matching form.

DANIEL MAKING FACES

SUCH HUGE RESEMBLANCE

DAVID and DAD

DAD AND HIS BOYS

TEETHING REACTIONS

Teething had always been easy for my boys but the molars came with multiple boil especially around the head, face and eyes.

This reaction was not peculiar to anyone of them, first was David then two weeks later Daniel had a similar reaction around the same area.

It is sometime shocking how similar their reactions are, they are such blessing and i sometime feel guilty about the fact that i have not been updating this blog which i had set up to document their growth.

I feel so blessed.

Daniel

Daniel

David

David

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DANIEL

DANIEL

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DAVID

DAVID

SLEEPING DANIEL

DANIEL

DANCING DAVID

Back when they were 9months

11 Months Update

I can not believe how long i have gone without a post, not even picture update and all this while my boys have been growing in leaps.

DEVELOPMENTS: We have moved from fast CRAWLERS  to stumbling WALKERS who can not stand on their own to professional WALKING yet no standing and now they can STAND UP all on their own and run around the entire house on their TWO FEET.

VOCABULARY: Our  vocabulary is still a bit slow, only few works like "take", "mamamama" "dada" and replying to the " David is a good boys - they say "heya heya " and refuse to add the oooo.

I find all this so cute.

BEHAVIOUR: 

Jealousy is so high and its not cute at all, i have to carry both together or else i will spend the next hour pacifying the other.

Tantrum as increased and i have no idea how to deal with it.  In the case of anger or dis-pleasure maybe a toy was taken from him or in recent times Daniel wants to play with my phone and i refuse him that pleasure. He will conscious fall and hit his head on the floor, this is not a random act but they deliberately hits their head on floor when they are angry.

GOOD NEWS: 

Daniel has stopped sucking his finger Yeepee! now he is master at being cranky. Incessant and un-necessary crying, its like he looks for every opportunity to start. I keep wondering if this is something all children go through at this stage 11 months but David is not doing the same so i am wondering and pondering what else i can attribute it to and how to handle this situation.

DIET: Our food has improved richly we are entering our first year with a variety of new meals. Custard, Rice crispy, bread soaked in milk and local swallowed dishes - wheat,semo and amala.

Am happily looking forward to switching to PEAK 123 brand and leave behind "Mulipa APTAMIL" this will give 40% reduction in the cost of milk monthly.

NANNY: I got a nanny finally and she is an elderly woman with great relationship and calming influence on the boys. Such a welcome relieve, we are still ironing out some issues about handling the cooking for the boys when am at work but am pleased with her. Really a God sent.

Daniel smile is priceless here so please ignore the rumpled bed

NEW JOB: I will do a full post on this soon but as you might already know i have been a freelance make-up artist for over six years. In between my 3th and 5th year i owned a make up studio and a nail bar but i closed it down after marriage due to relocation.

 I now have a new job as the supervisor for make-up and wardrobe in a television station, hence my need for a nanny. Its been a wonderful and challenging experience but am happy i took it.

david

I am grateful for all my blessings and especially my boys. Joyful and Stress full but i wont have it any other way these boys are my answer to a long time prayer. Almost a year now when my nuclear family of 2 suddenly became a family of 4. Once again i bless God for the past 1 year.

Till my next post remain blessed.

PHOTO SHOOT PALAVA AND MORE

 My kids, M and I went for a photo shoot December last year, am sure you are wondering why i havent posted pictures or discussed it till now. when we got to the studio we were given all the available plan so we choose the cheapest because that was all we could afford. 

david

daniel

The female photographer who also doubled as receptionist and triples as accountant rushed us through the picture stating how short our time is and our uncooperative the boys are (i have never heard of a babies particularly twin boys cooperating for a photo shoot)

daniel

At the end we got some fairly good shoots and fewer great ones but who are we to complain she kept throwing our cheap plan into our face. if they didn't want people to go for the cheap photo package why put it there as an option.

david

When i asked for soft copy in order to use it on the blog, i was flat out refused. She told me it wouldn't be released until i "settle them" if you are a Nigerian you know what i mean. when i asked how much settlement - she called out a ridiculous price M got angry and told her eat up the pictures. After calming both of them down i confirmed the date we will pick up the hard copies.

David

Daniel

When M got there that day someone else was on duty and the person also wanted "settlement" but his price was more reasonable so we finally have the picture. When M got home and show me i was sooo happy and he got a rewarding kiss but when i opened the file i discovered we were given the unedited picture. What can i say beggars have little choice. 

Daniel

Moving on to other things happening, i have been complaining about lack of toys. Thinking that could be why my kids play with other - seemingly harmful - objects around.

 I have now confirmed it has nothing to do with presence of toys or lack of it. when i placed a water bottle and a rattle before them you will expect them to go for the colourful rattle - no way - they started fighting over the bottle ignoring the poor rattle. So its economical right ? i don't have to worry about buying toys my boys are good with improvising.

David, he likes to see things from all perspective  like when am dressing up in-front of him (i don't know if that is right or wrong but i feel they are too small anyway) he notices that am no longer naked he will turn his head like he wants to see under my dress - weird right?

david

 And other times he picks an object on the floor, stares at it intently and does a 360 degree around looking at it from all sides. When h\is done he looks away to other things. But i always find the 360 degrees turn comical, be it a picture on their play mat or a toy on the floor. He is so intelligent.

Daniel, the official mummy's boy. He just loves being with me, likes falling asleep on my chest. He has taken to climbing and there is no surface he wont attempt to climb. 

Daniel

Getting down on his own use to be a challenge but now he has mastered it, never the same way but always safely landing with no injuries or crying, sooo intelligent. 

MEAN FACE BY DANIEL TIERED  

Daniel

He also does that intense stare like David and he turns his head too but he doesn't do the 360 degrees around an object.

They both listen and try to mimic sounds M or myself make. They sooo adorable and i bless God for them each day.