Fun Playtime

What can we cay? Our life is 24/7 babies right now. Every day they get more interactive and funny.

Twinkies: Now with more interactive play!

Just had to share this little video. Having struggled four months now with two girls who spend most of their time sleeping, eating, pooping and screaming (definitely not in that order!), it is fun to see them reaching even the smallest milestones. Being about two months developmentaly (having been born two months premature), they are just starting to interact with their world. In the last week or so this has included smiles, coos and even a few laughs. Of course they still do plenty of the other stuff (they are having a full-scale meltdown as I write this) but it is nice to see them happy for a change.

First Contact

Most of you know that we at the Deem household are big animal lovers (duh!) but you may not know that we are a full-contact pet home. Our labs, Murphy and Lilian, have full access to the twins and this has made for a very smooth transition as we integrate our dog children with the human ones. Many people had warned us that the dogs would likely feel very jealous when the babies came home, and that they may lash out at them from being deprived of our attention. Well, we are proud to say that we had no problems on the jealousy front, and both Lily and Murphy have accepted the twins as part of the pack. Murphy is very interested in the twins and checks on them often with a nose poke or kiss on the face (yes, we said FACE!). Lilian is more indifferent but she has started sleeping by their portable crib so we think she is getting used to the idea. We really feel that keeping the dogs as included as possible has helped keep them from feeling left out or unloved. Of course, it doesn't hurt that they are good natured dogs to begin with :)

We took this video on the day the day that Denali came home from the hospital. We wanted the dogs to "find" the baby, that way they would hopefully be the ones to adopt them into the pack. Did it work out as planned? Well, take a look at the hilarity that ensued when the dogs made first contact!

Team Deem Playtime!

The twinkies are finally enjoying some playtime. Up till now they mostly just eat, poop, sleep and scream. It is fun having them awake and actually showin interest in the oustide world. Enjoy.

The Gift that almost never arrived...

Got a little package in the mail today from Amazon.com that was originally sent to a place we haven't lived in over 8 years. Karen V. Stefanini from our Li'l Smokey family sent us some lovely blankets for the girls but they were sent to my old apartment instead of our home. Thankfully the lady who lives there now was honest with the delivery people and the Fedex folks went the extra mile to look uo our number, which is now only for faxes. So the other day I see a single sheet of paper in the fax tray wiith a scanned Fedex label and a hand written note reading "Please call Fedex at ..." Once I spoke with them over the phone they were more than happy to send it on saying that it was "for the guy who rescued the bear". I told them it was me, although I had no idea what the package could contain. Well it arrived today, much later than it was supposed to, and I am really glad we got it. Karen has sent the girls two beautiful blankets to keep them warm Blankets come in real handy around the Deem house because we keep it very cool in the summer and they stay bundled up all the time. Thanks again Karen, we love the new blankets!