A typical day at our summer cottage.

A chilly morning.

The days quickly warm up so it's quickly fun in the sun. Boys tire quickly, girls love it!

Play time before bed time!

We were all cheering the American and the Polish teams during The Olympic games. Yeah - I know kids aren't supposed to watch TV until they are at least 2 years old, but it's THE OLYMPICS! For those of you who don't know, Poland got 10 medals this year - maybe not so great compared to the States, but not so bad either.

Daddy's girl.

Father and son.

Kids finally got the TV to themselves.

There's some serious stuff going on in those little brains.. they are going to be geniouses, I just know it!!

These were supposed to uplode with the last picture of 'thinking Jr'. They are just cute pictures. We are back home from the summer cottage, so I hope to get lots more pics up today and tomorrow.

Junior thinking

Going for a walk with the dog in our new stroller with big tires. The area around our house is foresty with lots of sand, so we had to get another strolly for these tougher grounds!

how they looked

Now can you tell which one is which?



Tula

Junior

my new shorter yet hairdo

Our new couch...

Our new kitchen table...

Our new dining room table...

Just cute...

Before the driving lesson

After the driving lesson

driving

learnign to drive again

We spent last Sunday learning to drive again. Our bank gave us a present in the form of a two hour lesson with a race car driver using the guy's race car. We practiced on old airport landing strip. Very fun! And very fast! Dad also got to take part. We all got some helpful hints about driving safely on the streets in dangerous conditions with the help of some racing manuvers. It turns out we all have some very bad habits that could cause some trouble in a sticky situation. Jacek was the only person that didn't let the excitement get the best of him and so he took a couple of pics while Dad and I just drove! And of course Tula and Junior came along for the ride!

Dad & Me

Tula and Junior - their first lesson

Tula practicing sitting up with Mommy.

Tula talking with Daddy.

films

Tula in her new stroller - playtime

time at the dzialka

.. continued..

We spent a few days at the summer cottage with Dziadzius (Grandpa) and the in laws. Everyone had a good time and had plenty of yummy food (my mother in law is a great cook! and she takes care of the twins while she's at it!)

Here the twins new stroller for the dzialka - the roads are really sandy, so my father in law got this used stroller for a great bargain. Now Babcia (Grandma) has a much easier time showing of the babies to all the neighbors and everyone is happy.

A funny tomato from the local market:

Tata relaxing at the dzialka:

Jacek with his babies:

new pics and videos

Hi all,

We're back in Warsaw for a couple of days to see Tata off. He's just left about an hour ago and we are all very sad :(

We had a great time and I think Dziadius had lots of fun with the twins as you will see in the pics (see flickr).

New things the kids are doing:

- they both found their hands and are chomping away

- Tula found her feet a couple of days ago and was mighty excited

- Tula has also started to giggle out laud just like Junior and she has started to roll over onto her back and back

- Junior is working on belly time and finally starting to enjoy it a bit - see picture

- both Junior and Tula started reaching for me when I go to pick them up -- joy!!!

- neither one has anymore tummy problems (not so in my case :)

- just like a typical guy, Junior won't let go of the booby - the nights are getting tougher as Junior wants the booby all to himself

More to come in a moment if the kids stay asleep :)

My Dad is here!! A fun lunch on our patio with the twins.

our new dog

Did I tell you we got a new dog? I think I did. He came with the house. He's wonderful, very well behabed, gentle, but will 'get em' when they come to get us!

Of course he's not allowed in the house...

fun

I didn't know they'd be sooo much fun!!!

Tula!

Tula has found her voice! She's gibbering away and having loads of fun!

Both twins have also seen each other, but no real interaction has happened yet.

Both kids are practicing daily with belly time and arm lifts. Today Tula even looked like she was trying to sit up! Lots of giggles going on in the meanwhile. Both are also playing with their toys for 15-20 minutes at a time. And they are having a great time with their Dziadzio (Grandad)!

Check out Flickr for new photos!

playing on the swing at Babcia's (Grandma's)

Junior trying to sleep

i know, finally something new...

Well, we're all moved in. Actually we've still got half of our stuff in boxes, but the most important - the baby's room is all finished. And we're still waiting on some furniture. I know this is late coming, but I was by myself all week, so the twins had all attention. They would hear nothing on synchronization, so as you can imagine, there just was no time. I got up at 7 or 8 am, then all of the sudden.... it was 7 pm! So this is my first time at the computer and I'm so tired I don't even know what to write to you. I'll just blog some pics and videos and call it quits for the night. I though it was 7pm now (that's when I put the kids down), but it's already 9:15 pm (that's when they fall asleep).
:)
xoxo

Junior

Our babies

Aren't they cute!!!!

Junior sees Tula

Junior sees Tula for the first time

Forgot to tell you all that we're moving this weekend. Very exciting. The next blog will be from our new home - if we can get internet hooked up :)
And here's Junior seeing his bouncy seat toys for the first time - I think he likes them. Tula sees them too but bateries ran out.... :(

So.. babies and I are at the dzialka (lake house) and we have no Internet access - ergo the delay in blogs. But a few more pictures via Flickr - take a look-see, and a couple of movies for your sheer enjoyment.

New things:

- both babies are starting to get a little bit of control over their appendages

- Junior saw Tula for the first time, he was a bit surprised

- major out loud giggles all day long

- I've started to sing songs for my babies (who would have though) but have run into a minor problem - the only songs I remember the words to are Jingle Bells, You Are My Sunshine and 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. Good thing they don't understand yet, but will have to remedy this sometime soon.

xoxo,

mags

growing happy babies

Binkies galore

Binkies galore!

Tula

At long last a big grin from Tula!

Junior in his new outfit.

Tula waiting her turn for a bath.

Inka watching the twins.

Inka getting cosy.

And this is the best thing since sliced bread!!!! I can do almost anything :)

I didn't realize I would have postpartum munchies for weird food - I just had THREE strawberry sandwiches. Had to have them. With butter on the bread and nicely sliced juicy strawberries.


Anyways... a couple of cute videos, this time we got Tula smiling. I don't know if she was happy to be punching away at Junior, but I'm sure he'll get her back for it someday. And some new pictures through the Flickr link.


Other news

- both kids are growing out of their clothes faster than I can pull out the bigger stuff,

- Tula has a birthmark on her tush (is she going to kill me for posting this?) and

- they've both found their fists and are actively shoving them in their mouths
- cute little smiles are slowly changing into full blown giggles!

xoxo to all

vaccinations

Tula and Junior had their first vaccinations yesterday. They were very brave and cried only briefly. The doctor and nurse were very surprised when I asked that they allow me to breastfeed while they give the injection but afterwords admitted that the kids cried much shorter than usual.
Today we're off to the summer cottage for the long weekend where we will have tons of help from the in laws.

There is actually a little smile in there, but she just loves to yawn.

This smile is especially for my aunt Agi - I miss her!!!

first flight

Last night we returned from our first long trip - the twins and I flew to Stockholm for a vet cardiology conference. My mother in law came to help me out with the babies. Needless to say I was a little worried how this would all work. But all went well. Junior and Tula are the bestest!! No hysterical crying, no troubles, they didn't even poop until we got to the hotel (he he, just kidding). We were all tired when we got home and couldn't be happier to be here, but very satisfied with the whole trip. Couldn't have done it without the institution of 'Grandma'. She was great and the babies loved her. Here's a couple of pics of the two traveling buddies and later, when relaxing while mommy is listening to smart people talking about smart things.

smiles

Hi all,

Agi just left :( - sooo sad. I didn't cry until I got into the car. We had a great cry, the three of us, Junior was the loudest. He was probably upset that Agi left right before he gave her a big smile.
Both Junior and Tula have been smiling for about a week now, but in the last two days the smiles were a response to my babbling - it was really exciting! Bet you're wondering where Tula came from. It's short for Agata -> Agatula -> Tula.
Gotta finish, somebody is calling for food...