A five-minute recap of the past two weeks:

Ree is no longer taking naps.  We tried to give her quiet time each afternoon where she laid on her bed and read books.  Unfortunately, she kept falling asleep and waking up ANGRY.  It would take us 30-45 minutes to calm her back down.  So that plan went out the window.  So now she is up all afternoon just when the boys were getting back to napping on the same schedule!

Leon is now sleeping in his room in his own crib all the time.  This doesn't mean he is actually sleeping through the night, although he did do really well over the weekend.  This also means our bedroom is now baby furniture free!  (The poor garage, however, is another story...)

I wouldn't have pegged him as the chatty one, but Michael now knows 9 different words that I can think of.  His favorite word is definitely "dog" followed closely by "book."  Unlike most kids who truncate words, Michael overenunciates, so when he sees Pru or Max he exclaims, "Dah-Guh!"  Jeff and I still laugh a little every time. 

I'm not quite sure why, but strangers are obsessed with asking us if the boys can walk.  And, no, they can't.  (Well, Leon can, and has taken steps on a few occassions, but he just doesn't know it yet.)  And we are okay with them not walking yet.  So is there doctor whom we saw for their one-year check up on Friday.  Michael is still an inch taller than Leon, but Leon has almost caught up weight wise.  Michael weighed 19.1 pounds, and Leon weighed 18.8 pounds.  However, Michael still looks massively heavier than Leon since Leon apparently carries all his weight in his head.  (It's still 3-4 cm bigger than Michael's.)  Both boys dutifully crawled and climbed and played for the doctor's benefit, with Michael also excitedly telling the doctor "dog" repeatedly when we discussed his vocabulary.  All was well!