Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Happy Six Months!

Nuala has this kinda scrunched-up-nose grin and laugh -- reminds me a bit of how my brother Gary used to "smile," but this is actually a smile, not a weird mouth pucker...he has since learned to smile, thank goodness, because while the weird mouth pucker was cute on a little tyke, it would be creepy on a 24 year-old.

Bran exersaucerizing...exersaucering...in the exersaucer

Bran is a huge lip sucker, just loves that bottom lip!

Ready...set...

This time six months ago I was lying sliced open on a skinny table under a big light. Zac was wearing a cute blue hat and gigantic paper shoes. The babies were being rudely awakened by a couple of rather large hands reaching in and yanking them out into a noisy, bright, kinda chilly world. Nuala was so not happy! Bran complained half-heartedly, then went back to sleep.

Now, a mere 182-ish days later, we have rolling, sitting up, scootching, laughing babies! They've ballooned from a dinky 6+ pounds to about 16 or 17, the only time they can almost triple their weight in six months and no one will bat an eye! They're amazing :)

8 comments:

Oliver said...

I love the look Nuala is giving Bran in the last photo. It's as if she is cautioning him against some act of boyishness she knows he is contemplating.

Carolyn said...

I wish I could send you the picture on my phone of Maylee laughing with her nose all puckered up. She loves to "fake' laugh and to copy us when we "fake" laugh.

foculbrown said...

Wow! 6 months. Happy Half Birthday, you two.

JnR said...

Happy 6 months! They are so adorable and cute! I too love the look Nuala is giving Bran in the last picture it looks like she is ready to go pounce on him if he tries anything funny! And I love Nuala's smile too:)

Anonymous said...

Hi there! those are GREAT pictures... yes, that pucker-ish smile looks familiar! Now, Bran is the one looking more relaxed about everything...I seem to remember Nuala having that role earlier on, while he smiled and squirmed mischievously. She has a great big smile. I can't imagine how she manages to get up on that little foot like that! It seems like it'd just take a little ooomph and she'd be up on both feet!!! She is also sitting up nice and straight. Bran does that too, only not in these pics. They are so cute together. Thanks for sharing. Love, Mom (and Dad too)

Gary Patrick Ricker said...

Hey, it was the best I could manage at the time...Luckily, I have developed a much more charming smile with age! They are very cute though. I look forward to meeting them in a few weeks.

Aislinn said...

Oh my goodness! They are sooo cute, Fiona! Maybe they can motivate Rowan into sitting up by himself when we see them in a few weeks. He manages it for a minute or so and then....neeeeerooomph....over he flops. LOL.

Twinkies said...

It looks like she's just going to stand up and walk away. It would be funny if bran decided he was going to crawl first.