Neratwins in 2014

I haven't posted in about 7 months! That's insane. So much has changed, not even sure where to begin. First off, I am now back to freelancing. Right now I am on an MTV gig with a producer I worked with when I was a PA on cribs, Erika. She's amazing. I should be on this for another 2 weeks. Lisa is still going strong on Dora and the spin-off they're working on now got a 2nd season pickup already which is great news. So she'll be on it for at least another 2 years. Hopefully longer! We have been thinking of what she/us will do after Dora finally wraps up. We both want to start up our own show one day with 2 of our friends who are also in the biz. Hopefully that can come to fruition soon…

The boys are now 20 months old! Here's a quick recap:

1. No more pacifiers! Took them away at maybe 16 months and haven't looked back

2. They are both running and climbing everywhere. They just learned how to climb onto our dining room table! So yeah, gotta somehow make that childproof

3. They push around their highchairs to different parts of our living room/dining room

4. They dance on cue, can point to many different body parts, love singing The Wheels on the Bus and Happy Birthday

5. Since they were around 16 months, they became obsessed with the movie Pitch Perfect. I tried to get them into normal kid movies like Toy Story but…prognosis negative. They don't give a shit about Woody and Buzz LightYear. On a brighter note, they're finally starting to get over it but Jericho is now obsessed with a Music Video that was part of the iTunes Extras from the movie. Honestly, its pretty sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYtYCNkR1Yo

6. Whenever we turn on any light in a room they both yell out in unison "Liiiiigggghhhhhttt!"

7. They started to play a game of running with each other. Jericho would stand on one side of the room, Gray would yell "Go!" and Jericho would run to him. And then they would change it up. Its the cutest thing ever.

8. They speak to each other in their baby talk a whole lot. I often wonder if they're talking about us hahahaha "this guy keeps asking me where my nose is, what the fuck is his problem?!"

Since I am now freelancing, I often have a few days off in between gigs and its great that I get to spend time with them at home. It can get frustrating at times because they still aren't fully comprehending what we say and they are constantly testing their limits. I try to remain calm and be stern with them but sometimes, I can't keep a straight face and end up laughing. They are quite comedic when they're being naughty.

I just realized I have a draft that i never finished from back in October! I gotta try to write more...

Neratwins Update!

I haven't posted in many moons! Been pretty busy obviously. But just wanted to write a quick update on the boys. Every time I try to think back before they turned 1 to something specific like the first time we gave them baby food, I can't ever seem to remember the exact month (I think it was around 6-7 months). So I thought blogging about what they're up to would be a good way to keep track of some fun stuff. Here we go:

1) They love walking around our living room and LOVE trying to get into the kitchen [if they get past our gate!]. They started playing with our water dispenser and of course that makes a mess. We had to childproof the kitchen the most because they would get into all the cupboards and also play with the oven knobs. So we got that all covered. The cupboard locks are a bitch to open and close...guess thats why its childproof haha. When in the kitchen, they love playing with our recycling...old cardboard milk cartons and stuff.

2) Their vocabulary is slowly improving. They can say: up, car, dada, mama, hi and bye, uh-oh. They also started shaking their heads "No" which is frustrating and hilarious.

3) Lisa just started this little game with them. She yells "ready? set? go!!!" and they both take off running...even during a tantrum they're having or if they're fighting with each other. Its pretty hilarious

4) We are starting to ween them off bottles. We stopped giving them bottles of milk during the day and only give it to them through a straw in a cup. And the biggest hurdle so far was not giving a bottle during bedtime. So we had to establish a new routine with them that has been working...it just takes longer to get them to wind down. We bring them in their room