hazel walking

More good times...

It has been a busy few weeks here at the Powell home.  Nothing spectacularly amazing, we put in sod in our backyard, got into 2 car accidents, Zeke got a haircut (boo-hoo!) and Jake got a new job.  So yeah, been a little busy.  Here is a photo update of the last few weeks of the life of Zeke and Hazel.

Pure Zeke cuteness at the beach

Pretty much most of my time is spent preventing Hazel from eating sand and sticking rocks in her mouth...Awesome.

So, I begrudgingly gave Zeke a haircut.  I didn't want to, but after the last round of people thinking Zeke was a girl, I caved.  Here is a pic that is a few weeks old, showing the before a bit.  Notice the longer beautiful baby locks of hair and slight curl...

And now he's a little boy.  No more baby hair.  I actually cried a little.  We didn't mean to cut it so short, we started out trying for "just a trim," and it worked out well for the back and sides.  However, when we tried to cut the front, he jerked his head.  Which gave him a baby mullet.  Not cute.  Not cute at all.  Which meant we had to bust out the clippers.  Trying to to cut a baby's hair is like herding cats.  I don't know how any of you do it.

Playing on our newly sodded (is that a word?) backyard.  Like our ghetto fence?

Clearly, Zeke is excited.

Zeke Drumming.mp4

Hazel's hat in pictures...

Is it on?

Nope, its off!

Hooray!

Just gonna grab this here hat...

A little closer...

I got it!

~Squeals of delight while Hazel eats grass...

And I'm bored.

Toddlers. Yep.

Zeke and Hazel have passed the 10 month mark.  They have now been out in the cruel world for longer than they were in utero.  It has been a very busy, but extremely enjoyable 10 months.  Random people often ask me how it is having twins, how hard it is, etc.  I really do love it.  I mean, I don't think I want ANOTHER set of twins, but I wouldn't want it any other way.  I honestly can't imagine life without both these crazy babies.  They are always go go go.  Especially Zeke.  He often won't even stop for a nap and just plays until he passes out.  Hazel on the other had, loves a good nap.  She also is just a lot more intense and focused.  Zeke just wants to throw everything or bang on things.  Its really cute how different they are.  They love to play together now too.  They will wrestle around and giggle until someone gets pinned (usually Hazel).  He loves to pick on his sister.  I think it may be a sign of what's to come.  Lots of "Zeke stop hitting your sister!  No biting!  She's a lot littler than you!"  etc, etc.  That all sounds familiar though...I'm pretty sure my mom said the same things to Jessica when she was picking on me.  Good times, man, good times.   There are lots of pictures to follow.  You're welcome.

Ahoy matey!

She is showing off her standing skills.  She kind of freaks people out with her standing cause she's so tiny.

 

Getting so big!

Classic Zeke face.

10 month old babies!