Is this what life is like with twins?

Eddie has taken to pointing at our eyes by poking us in the eye, pointing to our noses (sometimes sticking his finger up our noses), and our mouths, but trying to stick his fingers in our mouth--hopefully not in that order. Yet, when we tell him to point to his own facial features, no dice. Maybe he's smart enough not to poke himself in the eye.

We were in Atlanta late last week, visiting Eddie's new cousin, Patrick. Patrick is less than 2 weeks younger than Eddie. Because he is not legally their's, I can't post pictures of him.

Below are a couple highlights of the trip:

Get home to Aunt Lore' and Patrick's house and the first thing the kids do is fight so hard over every toy that even Eddie uncharacteristically bursts into crocidille tears. There could be a coralation between them each only napping 30 minutes that day and their temperment.

We then tried to put them down for naps--in the same room. They each typically need to fuss/cry a bit to get to sleep. Well, after nearly 20 or 30 minutes of the three adults sitting in the family room, picking out our respective children's cries over the monitor, Den and I decided that Eddie was likely keeping Patrick awake. As soon as we got Eddie, Patrick fell asleep.

I'm honestly not sure how we got both of them down for bed each night. What I do know is that the first night, Eddie woke Patrick in the middle of the night and on the second night, Patrick returned the favor, waking Eddie. Seriously, how do people with twins get their kids to sleep and to stay asleep?

We all went to the new acquarium in Atlanta. I was surprised at how engaged Eddie was this time (especially given that a mere 1 or 2 months ago, he wasn't as into the acquarium we visited (granted it was during naptime). I had to laugh when the list of prohibited items included fishing poles. So I'm guessing there aren't any fish cleaning stations nearby.

Kudos to my brother in law for getting the above picture in between swarms of people walking by. And I don't think he fell off the curb behind him, either.

There was this wide open part where as Den kept commenting, the acoustics sucked, but the lighted panels behind us kept changing color. We found an out of the way place and let Eddie run wild for a while. He really enjoyed throwing his car and then chasing after it. Then throwing it and chasing it. You get the picture.
Check this beast out. Hard to say how big it really was because of the glass, but the sign said this variety of crab (can't remember--maybe Asian) gets a large as a car!! Just what kind of car are they talking about? There were several of them in here. It was actually kind of freaky, but I couldn't stop looking. This guy just sat there, while the rest of them hung out in the back of the tank.
These are Beluga whales. Apparently it's a big deal that they can bend their necks. They were so graceful and I'm surprised my photos turned out. Enjoyed watching them.
This is Eddie pre-meltdown on the first day.