Comprehension!

We are very excited at the latest development. A couple of days ago I said to Ronan "where's your bib?" (I say this at least 10 times every day since he keeps losing it) and he looked down at his chest and pulled at his top. This may seem insignificant for others but it is HUGE for us!

We natter to the babies and they natter back but this is the first sign of understanding. Since then Ronan has responded correctly to "where's your belly" and "where's daddy's belly". He can't do mammy's belly...he must think there isn't one! On the downside, this new development does mean we'll have to stop swearing at them!

Snail trail

The entire family has yet another head cold...the 5th since the babies were born. There's a pattern emerging where Lucy catches it first, then me, then Ronan and then (for some strange reason) the cold mutates into a flu and Sean gets it.

Lucy in particular absolutely resists having her nose wiped with a tissue, she much prefers Mammy's shoulder, leg, face, thigh. For the next fortnight I'll have a perpetual snail trail all over my clothes. Whats worse is that she has started giving us open mouth kisses which stopped being cute when the cold came along. Gross, gross, gross.

First birthday

We made it to 1...hoorah! We had a BBQ with Clo and Sean's family. The babies' first birthday presents were swings (which we actually got 2 months ago, but I justified the big purchase as birthday presents). The weather was lovely and we had 2 cakes (very important for twins).

Apart from the first excruciating 3 months, the rest of it flew. Will the next 17 years go as fast as the first? They'll be leaving home before we know it.