Zen and the Art of Parenting

The last couple of days have been pretty good, but Sharon and I have been going to bed around 8:00 PM so that we're not such zombies the next day. A friend from work made Sharon and I a delicious Cesar salad and pasta dinner on Monday night (thanks Beth!) that was a life saver the last two days because of our early bed time (but I'm up with Gavin right now around 2AM).

Poor little Gavin has been quite fussy lately because he's so gassy. He's on his special formula, but it's hard to say whether it's working or not. I picked up a gadget for mixing formula in the pitcher. Sharon thinks it's "just one more thing to wash," but how can you argue with superior technology? Plus, I've discovered several other creative uses for gadget that the manufacture never dreamed of.

Other than that, the twins are both eating well, despite the occasional fussiness with the bottle (described last post). Gavin will sometimes take up to 4 oz, and Evie will occasionally take 3.5 oz, and there haven't been any major spit up marathon evenings like there were last week. They'll also sleep for 3-4 hour stretches at a time, which makes Sharon and I hopeful that they'll transition to sleeping through the night well. Gavin's godmother, Robin Flory, turned us onto this book and we're trying follow it closely, as she had success with it and her second child.

The full set of photos from the weekend and the last few days is here.

Here, Gavin is meditating in his Zen/Buddha pose (while being held by Grandma Cordes). He needs to keep his cool when he has his cranky sister around. Check out the video below to see the Zen master in action.



Aww yeah... cool like Lando.



Here's Gavin getting ready for the neo-featherweight championship. I can hear Mick (from Rocky) now, yelling at Gav that he's gotta "Eat lightning' and crap thunder!" Well, Gavin's got half of that down pat. I think he got his training inspiration from this baby. (watch the trailer that comes up at that site; hilarious!).



The real story behind this photo is that it's 8:30AM and Gavin has just peed all over one of his outfits (again), and Sharon had to find something for him to wear so she placed him in the pack 'n play for a while. Evie has her "frog" bean bag on here too.

Here's Mommy and babies, in a remarkably calm state. We took this photograph as evidence, otherwise no one would believe us.



See Evie, it's not so bad here! Much better than the hospital!



Evie and I are having a very important conversation here. Of course, her rebuttal to my position was to spit up on me (notice the double layer of protection I have on there... it wasn't enough).



Gavin will often get this look on his face as if he's saying, "Who the hell are you?"



Aww, holding hands (kinda).



The full set of photos from the last few days is here, including more of Gavin in his baby boxing gear!