Mid-Week Report
The cobble stone patio is in and a nice redwood border has been built around the spot that will contain the redwood play set (and all those woodchips). The contractors built the border about six inches off the ground and put a little ledge on it where the boys can sit when they are tired. The play set is scheduled to arrive on Saturday and the rest of the work (the front porch and filling in the area with wood chips) will be completed early next week. Simon is thrilled. Adlai is thrilled too - he just doesn't know why he is thrilled.
Adlai has been working on "targeted" rolling - a combination of rolling and scooting toward the most interesting toy. He's very good at grasping and manipulating objects - grabbing and putting the pacifier in right-side-up, reaching for and pulling big Elmo's eyeballs right into his mouth. Everything goes right into his mouth but, so far, no signs of teeth. He still eats like a horse and, I assume, looks normal sized in photos but I imagine that, at his six month appointment, we're going to find out that he is still very thin. He has just started to grow out of the newborn hats and more than a few people have recently asked if he is three months old to which we protest: "JUST LOOK AT HOW TALL HE IS!" I suspect he's burning all those calories moving. The kid never stops moving (except while asleep - thank goodness).