The babies are already 2 months old!

Hello everyone! They had their 2-month check-up on Monday (and they turned 10 weeks on Tuesday). They're very healthy and have gained so much weight! Thomas is now 13 lbs and 24 inches. Matthew is 12 lbs, 6 oz, and 24 1/4 inches. They had two vaccines--I wanted to spread them out to one per visit, but the doctor talked us into two--so we went with the recommendation of the Dr. Sears Vaccine book, which was rotavirus and DTaP vaccines at 2 months. The rotavirus was oral, and the DTaP was a shot. The boys only cried briefly with the shot, and they seem to be fine. I saw on the news this week that an autism gene has been found. The gene is still there in autistic kids, it's just "idle." That is why behavior therapy has been successful--it can turn the gene back on. So, the story went on to say that now the challenge is to create a medication that turns the gene back on instead of using the behavior therapy. Hmmm, more medication! Perhaps it's the vaccines that are turning the gene off!! There was no mention of even trying to discover why the gene is idle in the first place.

Here are some more pictures.

* "Let me in the picture!"
* "Matt and Mommy"
* "Matt on Tummy Time"
* "Thomas on Tummy Time . . ."

Bye for now! Love, j&c and babies