Guus Bosman

Since about a week the boys have been sleeping really well at night. They go to bed around 11.00 pm and don't wake up until at least 8.00 am. Before last week, they'd wake up around 5.30 am for a feeding and immediately fall asleep, but they've been skipping that recently.

During the day they nap pretty well too. Adrian in particular sleeps easily and long. A month ago Adrian started sucking on his thumb and he is able to soothe himself to sleep, usually. Leo sucks on his fingers during the day sometimes but doesn't quite connect his hand with his mouth when he's angry and tired. They boys are now about the same ago as when I met Jasper for the first time. I remember that Jasper was very interested in his feet. Adrian too, he keeps grabbing them.

They enjoy tummy time more and more. They can hold their heads up well and start to wiggle around. Leo in particular knows very well how to roll over, from back to front and front to back. Sometimes he moves his legs around in a Pilates-like "swimming" move.

The boys adore Sasha and keep her in their sights throughout the room. They started babbling too, very cute. Since a few days Leo started making the same sound that Nora used to make: "maamamamamamam".

The other day we received a thick envelop from the Netherlands that contained quite a surprise.

My uncle Gerrit finished writing his book Bastonisto and has dedicated the book to "all twins in [our] family, and in particular to the latest duo, Leo and Adrian". Two characters in the book are named after them as well, very cool.

The book is a young adult novel with a futuristic theme. A wonderful gift and I look forward to reading it.

We slept in this morning and when we woke up it was raining a lot. But at 10.15 pm the rain stopped -- and we decided to go to the Fourth of July Parade after all. The Parade was cut short because of the rain but we had a nice time in the Lyon Village playground. Hopefully next year the weather will be better.

Afterwards we went for a long walk. We walked to our old apartment building and explored the new development on the Bergman's site -- it looks great. The MOM's grocery store will probably open in a few months; several of the townhouses were already occupied.

We grilled some delicious burgers for lunch.

Yesterday morning we spent with the boys and we took care of some long-overdue chores. It was raining all day. In the afternoon Ginny came over for a very nice visit.

Then in the evening we spent some time cooking together.

The boys slept amazing last night. We put them to bed at 10.30 pm and they didn't wake up until 6.45 am. We fell asleep again afterwords and I woke up very late. A great start of the day.

The boys went for their four month check-up and everything looks good. They didn't cry this time when doctor Kim examined them, but of course there were a lot of tears when the vaccinations came. Adrian couldn't get the rotavirus vaccine because he had an upset stomach, so we'll go back with him next week.

Adrian was 15 lbs 9 ounces (7.0 kg), Leo was 15 lbs exactly (6.8 kg). Length Adrian 25 3/4" (65 cm), Leo 25 1/4 (64 cm).

The babies slept for a long time after they came home and had a warm bath to lessen the pain on their legs. It took longer than normal for them to fall asleep, clearly the injections hurt.