Our first FOOD

Abe: Today we turned 6 months old, and mom and dad gave us two things we never had before: FOOD and our own email account. What fun this was, although a bit scary. We'll be sending email out soon... but there are so many keys compared to the phone or the piano. For FOOOOOOD we got to eat in the big people dining room and today a 2-course meal: the usual momma latte then some of this slimy goopy stuff they said was rice cereal. Neither of us knew how to work our tongue on this sort-of-solid food, but I for one ate very much very fast; I could see that we were sharing the bowl, and I wanted to eat lots before my tubby bro Koh got too much. Surf here to see our day: http://picasaweb.google.com/markseker/Twins12YearBirthdayParty

Bouldering at Smith

Abraham: We had a really fun weekend. We went to Sunriver with our friends the Zupancics. In Daddy's "crowded day" fashion, we did a lot of things outdoors to show Jeff, Sue and Patrick how great central Oregon is. We hiked up Tumalo mountain, drove up to Paulina Peak, walked on an obsidian lava flow and went to Smith Rock state park. There I got to try my first rock climbing. Okay, it was really bouldering. Oh alright, I really just touched a big rock. But I liked it and Mommy said she and Daddy will teach me someday.

College Fundraising

Koh: Daddy has a creative way to help build my and Abe's college funds, while teaching us a fun game called Rock Paper Scissors. Session brand beer bottle caps have either a rock, a paper or a scissors printed on the inside. If you want a beer at our house you have to ante up and try your luck with your beer cap against Daddy's. Daddy is very lucky and his friend Jeff Z. is not. Jeff says we're going to Stanford.

Sleeping Through the Night

Abraham: For the last eight nights in a row (and counting), bro' and I have slept through the entire night. Mommy and Daddy think that is very cool. I'm a little anxious about it though because I must be missing out on some fun stuff by sleeping so much.

Mommy wanted me to tell everyone to not freak out about this picture - both Koh and I like putting our little blankies on our faces when we go to sleep, and yes, we can still breathe.

Our 1st Father's Day

Koh: For Daddy's first Father's Day, we did what he loves best - spent the day hiking together as a family. Grandma was even there. In fact, she led the hike for her hiking club, the Chemeketans. It was our longest hike yet, about 8 miles and we were all pretty tired when we finished.

Every morning Daddy leaves to go to work on his bike (this is the saddest part of the day for us). He needed a backpack to carry his work clothes and stuff, so Mommy helped us get one for him as a gift. We also picked out a book called The Dangerous Book for Boys. It has all kinds of fun stuff inside, like; how to make a bow and arrow, making crystals, cloud formations, secret inks, skipping stones, insects, fossils, building a go-cart, timers and tripwires, the Declaration of Independence, how to play stickball and lots more. We can't wait for Daddy to teach us everything, especially the chapter on girls!

Baby Bach

Koh: Grandma visited us again this week. We love it when she does. She brought a piano music book with great kids' songs and let us play while sitting on her lap. Abraham wasn't that interested. He likes to "sing", or at least that what Grandma calls it - Mommy calls it squealing and it can get really loud. But me, I liked playing the piano, especially Three Blind Mice.

You lookin' at you?

Koh: Mom and Dad think we only smile at them. But we smile at everyone! Look here... we even smile at these little twin babies that came over to visit today. Boy we hope to see them again sometime!

Telling us apart

Koh: Since we're fraternal twins, we don't look alike. But sometimes it can be hard to tell us apart and we know people get embarassed to have to ask who is who. So Abe and I worked up this list of things you can use to help figure it out. Can you tell who is who in the pictures?

Koh = Mellow. Zen boy. Heavier. Thunder thighs. Budda belly. Had dark hair at birth, lost it and new stuff looks dark blonde. Brilliant blue eyes. Mom's short toes. 17 lbs, 26"

Abraham = Often fussy. Squirmer. Arching back. Quick to smile. Eyes light up. Laughs out loud. Had blonde hair at birth, but now it looks reddish. Darker blue eyes, tending towards hazel lately. Slightly upturned nose. Daddy's longer toes. 15 lbs, 25.5"

guess who?

Here Doggie Doggie

Koh: Another weekend, another hike. Actually Mommy and Daddy wanted to sleep in and lounge around the house, but Abraham and I dragged them outside, to the Columbia River Gorge, for another glorious hike. This time it was Dog Mountain in Washington. It is prime wildflower time there, so we got to see lots of pretty colors. We took a couple breaks so bro' and I could rest our rear-ends (they get tired of sitting in those front packs for five hours) and we all got to eat lunch. We saw our first snake too. It was a rattlesnake and it was right in the middle of the trail. Daddy wanted to get close to take a picture, but Mommy wouldn't let him since I was hanging on the front of him. There were lots of other people hiking too and Mommy said she felt like she was in a freak show the way people kept oohing and ahhing over twins on a big hike. She's just going to have to get used to it, because Abraham and I are sooo adorable and people want to look at and touch us. Surf to the whole photo journal of the day: http://picasaweb.google.com/markseker/DogMountainJune07

G Wiz

Abraham: If you've noticed the diaper count at the top of the blog, you know that my brother and I go a lot. Mom and Dad do not like adding all those diapers to our landfills since they can take up to 500 years to disintegrate, so they've been testing out these g diapers. They are environmentally-friendly and flushable. Dad says we have old pipes so we can't flush them but we can compost the wet-only ones. And it takes up to 120 days for the more-than-wet-only ones to completely disappear in the landfill. Pretty nice for the planet, I think.


How's it going? Koh and I are pretty good at blowouts and Mom and Dad aren't very good yet with installing these new diapers. Mom bought a big supply so they are still trying. At least they are really cute on us!

Memorial Day...Seker 4 go camping

Abe: Koh and I told Mom and Dad that it doesn't matter where we sleep cause we're gonna wake up whenever we want anyway and make a racket until we are fed and held and diapers changed. So the next thing we know it's a bright sunny day and we're stuck in this cage they call a pack-n-play but it was so windy that they had to wrap a tarp around it. But it was pretty fun cause we hiked and strolled in this cool river valley where 2 rivers meet and did stuff like we never saw before.... a real hot campfire, sleeping in a sleeping bag right in the same room as mom and dad, and dad even showed us how to skinny dip.... but mom said it was too cold for us to swim this time. We want to do more camping like this!! We even went to Burgerville on the way home. See all our fun fotos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29192024@N00/sets/72157600081194722/detail/

15% Bigger

Koh: I don't know what is up with Abraham. We eat the same thing, at the same time. He just can't keep up with me when it comes to weight. Daddy weighed us this morning and I'm 15% heavier than my big brother. I now weigh 17 pounds and Abraham is only 14.8. There's more of me for Mommy and Daddy to love!

We're drooling a lot (especially Abe) these days, and my extra chins makes it harder for Mommy to keep me dry and clean under there. She keeps checking in our mouths to see if we have teeth, but nothing has popped up...yet.

Abraham rolls

Koh: So Abraham finally rolled over today. It took him 2 weeks longer to do it for the first time than me. And I'm sure it has nothing to do with my rotund shape compared to his. I'm just more advanced than my brother. I can even grab for things with both hands and Abe can't do that yet. He does laugh more than me though.

Go Fast or Go Home

Abraham: Today was a really BIG day because Mommy took us running in the jogging stroller for the first time. It was fun to see things go by really fast. Okay, not really fast, but faster than they've been going by for the last few months in that stroller. Bro Koh and I liked it so much we didn't fuss at all or even go to sleep like we often do. Mommy was soooo excited to run with us that she gave us milkshakes when we got home.

New heights, new viewpoints

Koh: Today was the best hike ever 'cause Dad turned me around in the pack so I would FACE OUT and get to see the world instead of smashing my nose into his chest all the time. Wow... this way is WAY better.... to smile and wave at other hikers, look up at the sky and trees, feel the cool breeze on my cheeks, help Mom and Dad choose which path to walk... and more. I can't wait for Abe to get his neck strong enough to go this way, too, so we can play and slap each other around mo betta. Today's hike was 5+ hours, so we got to sleep and poop and eat in between all the nice viewpoints, waterfalls, wildflowers and rocks and trees we saw. Mom + Dad were proud of us for today's Hamilton Mountain (2488') adventure - our first "mountain top."