the kids at play...

i can't tell how good it feels to say that. "the kids"... sigh. i love our little family.

here are some random shots of the kids at play. hana and bailey are still tight, tight, tight. my folks asked me if bailey takes as much interest in kai as he did hana... well, the answer is sort of. you see, bailey doesn't care too much about newborns, he just cares about their stuff. when they start playing with their stuff, well, that's when he sort of sees them as playmates. so he's not so into kai yet, but i think that will come. maceo, on the other had, has always been more interested in babies. that is, until they start moving around. he was very protective of hana as an infant, standing over her as she slept, and alerting us when she stirs. he continues his baby sentry role with kai. while he won't go so far as to hang out in the living room with us, because hana still is a bit much for him, he will stay close to him if he's in our bed. and whenever he cries, he comes to check on him no matter where he is in the house.

here's kai "playing" for the first time... i think he's 3-4 weeks old in this picture. he's especially taken with the mirror. he thinks that other baby is handsome... and i agree!

bailey's not the only one taken with all of the baby stuff. hana was helping her baby "go to sleep" in the swing.

hana's fake smile... this is the precurser to hana's camera strike. after several hundred thousand pictures, she's finally becoming disenchanted with posing for pictures... you will see more evidence of this in later posts...

and this, my friends, is what happens when your child leaves her dolls unattended around a sleep-deprived, but pretty-silly-anyway parent.

but seriously, it sort of lends perspective to his size, since close up pictures don't really do him justice. he's big for a newborn, but still pretty small.