Playdate with Oliver and Elliott

On June 6th the twins had their second playdate. This one was hosted by Rachel and Ryan, parents of 10 1/2 month old Oliver, whose head circumference is only rivaled by James's massive noggin. We hadn't seen them since joining them for lunch at The Cheesecake Factory the day I had my first pre-term labor scare. Thankfully nothing bad happened later in the day this time after seeing them. We were also joined by Alison and Tim, parents of 3 year old Zack and 11 month old Elliott. (Oliver and Elliott were last seen in this blog when they were newborns.) Julia was the only girl there so she was popular. (It helped that she was also in a better mood than James when we arrived.) You may recognize the twins' outfits from my last post.


Alison tries to hypnotize Julia...


...Julia would now think she was a chicken, if she knew what that was


Zack holds Julia and everything seems fine...


...until Julia suddenly turns rabid!


Rachel holds Julia


Oliver makes it over the obstacle course that is Rachel's legs


Rachel and Julia appraise each other


Zack


Ryan holds Julia while she checks out his library


Alison holds Elliott


James is very fond of Rachel


Mark shows off Julia's jean diapers. (Yes, you've seen it here before.)


Anderson Cooper, er... Ryan, and Oliver

Ryan, er... Anderson Cooper without Oliver

When it comes to Number Two, I Look Like Number One

A few weeks ago I got the following ad in my e-mail and realized the second coming was nigh.

I immediately forwarded it to Mark with the message "I can't decide if they're terrible or awesome." To our delight we stumbled upon the diapers the following weekend while at CVS and couldn't resist buying a box. I still can't decide if jean cut-offs for babies are terrible or awesome, but here are some pictures of the twins sporting their own Daisy Dukes.

But before you see them you have to see the commercial. It's awesome. (Arrested Development fans out there, we're debating whether the voice over is by Will Arnett-- especially the bit at the end.)

I love James' cute little pose. It's like there's an imaginary Coppertone dog tugging at his diaper


Check out the "sewn" pocket detail

Daisy James Duke

Julia and James, baby sumo wrestlers


"James, you're a tiger! Julia, you're a lion!"

James is entranced by Julia's back fat


You can really see the difference in the twins' hair color here

Mark shows off Julia's diaper to our friends. The diapers could be part of her outfit: