Lucas and Sam - 6 months old

Our two beautiful boys reached 6 months old today. We were hoping to go and have a picnic but the weather conspired against us. Instead we had some inside fun.

We weighed the boys today as well. Lucas (on the left above) was 8.9kg and Sam (on the right) was 8.4kg. This means that in 6 months Sam has closed the gap by about 200g since their birth.

Copycat

Not to be outdone by his bigger brother, Sam has caught up by having a little tooth pop out of his gums this evening.

First tooth!

Just less than a week shy of 6 months Lucas has got his first tooth poking through. Still no teeth for Sam though. It is only tiny at this stage so not really photo possible yet!

Mitch's first love is?

Hot chips apparently. We were in Westfield the other day having a milkshake and hot chips as a snack. Mitch had already drank most of my caramel milkshake and had moved on to the hot chips. He was chowing them down and turned to Meeks and said, "Mummy! I love chips". He's never expressed his love for anything else before!

Mitch has picked up a few other sayings recently too. One of them is "of course". It's very cute. He says it in a very matter of fact tone. We were in the park yesterday and I was pushing him and said, "Do you want me to get on the other swing?" and his reply, "Of course". After his lunch, Meeks asked him to put his plate on the kitchen bench. His reply? "Of course".

One of Mitch's favourite games at the moment is "Chase You". Basically you chase Mitchy down to his room and he buries his face in the chair so he can't see you. You tap him on the back and run away and he chases you down to the lounge room and you bury your face in the sofa and he runs up and taps you on the back and then runs back to his room and you chase him and ... it goes back and forth and back and forth. If you try to do anything like actually hide from him properly he calls out quite annoyed that you have ruined his game!

One last piece of news is that last Tuesday, Mitchy did his first wee on the potty. We were very excited and hoped it would be the beginning of the end for nappies. Unfortunately not much has happened since then. He sits on the potty reluctantly and sometimes stubbornly refuses, event when offered treats. Oh well, we can be patient!