Rafz Blog

bikies

2007-04-24T21:19:00.000+12:00

the boyz latest interest is riding their bikesValentino is ready for his full license:

cupid

2007-03-09T21:13:00.000+13:00

In march we went to Waikato for their cousin Joseph's wedding.

Valentino was the cutest sailor ever:
which made his Nanny very proud:

water babies

2007-03-01T21:31:00.000+13:00

The boyz love being by the seaside, and enjoy the warm waters of Coromandel peninsula:as well as the cooler wellington seas:
there's always something new to discover by the seaside:

best buddies

2007-01-20T21:24:00.000+13:00

now that Valentino is older, the boyz are all the best of buddies:
Valentino always wants to try everything:
Even if its scary:

geeks

2006-11-24T21:09:00.000+13:00

we got the boyz their own computer to destroy as they wish.

now they know more than me.

self portrait of a three year old

2006-10-24T20:56:00.000+13:00

these are funny:

Leonardo, with an arm coming out his head

and Antonio

where I only saw the resemblance when I looked at his mouth!

identical sick

2006-07-10T20:34:00.000+12:00

It's funny how our twinz even get sick together.

at the start of June, Leonardo had a bit of a cold...then a few days later he woke with a fever of 40 degrees, but Pamol brought it down, and at Playcenter became very lathargic. We took him doctor, and they sent him to hospital, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia, put on a drip with antibiotics, and he spent the night.
It was scary how quickly it all happened, and we have no idea why it turned so bad.

At the hospital, I asked if it was likely that Antonio would get it also. The doctor said its unlikely, but with identical twins anything is possible.

Well, after about 3 weeks, Antonio started getting a fever of 40 degrees also, we took him doctor and they said it was just a virus. Ater a few days of fever we took him hospital, where they prescribed oral antibiotics and sent him home.

But the next day his lips started turning blue, and we went back to Hospital. They couldnt figure out what was wrong and the high continual fever made them think it was Kawasaki Disease, where you need a full blood transfusion!

They observed him for 4 days at hospital, he was on oxygen and getting sicker all the time, but eventually they said it was also pneumonia and they put him on an antibiotic drip like leonardo and he recovered really fast after that. In total he spent 6 nights in hospital where it should have really been only one!
I ended up having a bad flu at the same time, so we guess it must have been the flu virus that caused them to get so sick.

Valentino

2006-04-20T13:13:00.000+12:00

Valentino is growing up very fast and he is starting to look more like a little boy than a baby.

he's always very smilie, and hardly ever cries (except in the middle of the night when he was teething...he's already got 2 teeth)he's been sitting for a while and is already nearly crawling, so it wont be too long until we have to safety proof the house again!

Holidays

2006-03-31T12:54:00.000+12:00

In March, we travelled north to visit family and show the boyz some new things.

They seemed to love every minute of it...starting from leaving home at 5:00am and "mama driving in the dark!!"

despite the boys now being toilet trained, so not wearing nappies, the whole trip went really smooth!

here's some snapshots:

1) lots of outdoor walks

2) new playgrounds to explore
3) swimming in the pool, and sea.
4) lots of things to ride on, tractors, boats, mowers etc4) lots of new things to see and do

Christmas 2005

2005-12-27T12:09:00.000+13:00

December always goes by so fast...So many Xmas parties and shopping to get done!
It can get a bit bewildering when you're tiny, as you can see by the expression on Valentino's face.

This Xmas, Santa was helped by some new elves:

check out those ears!

smiles

2005-11-21T20:07:00.000+13:00

Valentino is very similar in nature to the twinz.
he hardly ever cries, and even at six weeks he smiles a lot.

we've taken the side of antonio's cot away again, and he's finally learnt to stay in bed and not jump on Leonardo.
for the last 3 nights theyve both stayed in their cots and fallen asleep before 10minutes (after mama reads them a santa story)

so its smiles all 'round
:-)

too much energy

2005-11-14T15:58:00.000+13:00

whatever we do with the kidz is lots of fun, but they particularly like it when we do things outside...like going to playgrounds, the beach etc

they love to walk as much as we do too, which is great, cos last weekend they walked about two hours with us around town to visit cool places like toyworld, kircaldies Xmas display, the park, etc etc,
... and then still had enough energy to go to a school gala.

new stuff

2005-11-11T16:08:00.000+13:00

if its new its fun

having beds was too much fun for antonio, so he's back to a cot for a few days...
leonardo didnt enjoy being jumped on when he was falling asleep. :-)

so now theyre back to falling asleep in 5 minutes...leonardo on a bed and antonio learning hes got to learn to stay there too.

a few days ago they flew their first kite,which was so exciting they still talk about it. :-)

progress

2005-11-06T14:53:00.000+13:00

last night the twinz took one and a half hour to get to sleep in their new beds, compared to 5 minutes in the old cot. luckily they only took 20 minutes for their afternoon nap today, so i think they're learning.

toilet training is still a bit random, but Antonio did his first number 2 in the big toilet so he got three stickers which apparently is a lot better than the single sticker Leonardo got for doing a number 1 :-)

Valentino just likes to eat, sleep, and look cute.

big boyz

2005-11-04T21:11:00.000+13:00

for the last couple of days we have been leaving the twinz in undies instead of nappies during the afternoon. yes, they have begun toilet training!

they know they are supposed to go wees in the "big boy" toilet because they tell us...
but they still choose to wet their undies instead :-)

hopefully they'll get the hang of it soon.

tonight we have also converted the twinz cots into beds, so it will be interesting to see how long it takes them to work out they can now get up anytime they want to.

they grow up so fast!

disappearing twins...

2005-11-03T13:30:00.000+13:00

yesterday we went to the warehouse in lyall bay..which is huge.

Valentino in the pram, and the twinz walking as usual since they have preferred to walk rather than sit in the pram for as long as I can remember.

they are usually very good at listening and staying close to us in case they get lost, and today was no different.

until all of a sudden they did one of those telephatic twin things, and simultaneously decided to run off at full speed... in opposite directions!

so off we run trying to catch them before they destroy the shop.

after 30 seconds we get Antonio, but we have no idea where Leonardo got to.
I think hes bound to be hiding, as thats his favourite new game.
so we keep looking but after a couple of minutes he still hasnt shown up.

i start to worry maybe he ran outside, so go have a look, but the guard says he didnt see him, but he'll check the video camera for us anyway.
we keep looking, and about 10 minutes have gone by by now. Carole is very worried and i start to think maybe someone has grabbed him or something. we look through the whole shop but cant find him!

then out of a door by the checkouts, an employee has him by the hand coming towards us. Leonardo looks very guilty and avoids eye contact.

Turns out he had gone up a flight of concrete steps to the first floor where the workers had found him and he had been painting pictures with them because they had thought it was too dangerous to send him back down the stairs.

next time we go out hes wearing a leash!

da boyz

2005-11-01T09:06:00.000+13:00

well, to start this off here's the latest pictures of da boyz:

Valentino
a few hours after he was born

Leonardo the tiger,
and Antonio the bear
on their second birthday.

I'm back

2005-11-01T08:48:00.000+13:00

Hi, welcome back :-)

I ran out of space a while ago on my original site, so I've decided to start this blog to put up pictures of the boyz, and whatever else comes into my mind.
(or should that be out of my mind?)

...hmmm Im confused already and I've only just begun!