2-6 Months Old (8-12/2005)

We were all still living in the quaint and tiny garret apartment, way on top of the village of Cold Spring, with the magnificent view of the rounded Storm King mountains and mighty Hudson River. Ahh... and we lived happily ever after... for four blissful years... until (drum roll please) them! We quickly realized that we needed much, much more space for our new little family.

Above is 2 month old Anakai enjoying a lovely August picnic with Uncle James.

Below: Kacia feeds herself for the very first time!! (Now all she needs is a decent job, and she's good to go! :) 9/2005


First Halloween! (Papa's favorite holiday) Twin baby polar bears!! 10/2005


Here they are in their crib cooing away at the under-the-sea mobile. 11/2005


Kacia turns herself over for the first time!! 12/2005


This is Anakai complete with hiccups and smiles :)



They look like life size wiggly gummy bears.



After an unbearably hot succession of heat waves and protracted summer of 2005, novice parents that we are, trying to keep not 1 but 2 babies, teeny tiny ones too, alive and somewhat happy, tandem nursing (yikes!!), 2 air-conditioners running full on all day and night with it hardly ever getting cold, the three floor walk up apartment became seriously inconvenient.

...Did I mention the problem with the bees? After some weeks of noticing bees (?!) in the apartment, Christopher and I decided to search for their source. We found their hive, and small gap in the picture window sill serving as their porthole to our newborns. We opted for the quick poisonous remedy to blast them away with some ill spray. This resulted in (and I kid you not) about two hundred bees fleeing from the poison by rushing into the safety of our home within the next 60 seconds. It was disgusting! I dropped to the floor WITH Kacia and Anakai and covered them under blankets in horror! Christopher took care of the problem with mighty kung-fu action packed fly swatter techniques, and saved the day!! Not a single sting! Incredible!

Below is a Frankie sliding Kacia down his legs. He, along with Matthew and Christopher are about to start working on getting our new house all ready for the twins!!