Today, I'm sitting here in Philadelphia in a Nursing training session (I teach Nursing), watching videos on, get this, "infant status". I'm forced to remember that "the boys", as we fondly refer to them, never experienced what is technically termed the "Quiet Alert State", which, surprisingly, is when an infant is quiet and alert. Seth and Isaac were either sleeping or screaming at the top of their lungs. Which may come as no surprise to those who can always hear their voices among the crowds on all the wedding videos. (BTW, who do you think will get married first? Isaac or Seth…email me with answers)

Wow!, the instructional video continues, "The more organized the 'Sleep Wake Cycle', the more neurologically intact an infant is…" I'm just wondering if their completely disorganized sleep wake cycle (Boys: "Mom, when's bedtime?" Me: "Whenever") has led to their unique creative processes or the present state of all the Galena's amazing organizational abilities.(Where are my KEYS??)

Wow again! The video just related that the 'sleep wake cycle' gives way to maturation: another clue to "the boys" ability to act as if they are not remotely close to losing touch with that inner child. (ie. Bang the Rabbi?) As a person who just recently went from being described as "immature" to "acting young for her age," I certainly am not critical, just insightful.

As many of you know from my last missile on this web site, Isaac was born seven minutes before Seth and, more or less, forged the way for Seth's entrance into this world. As a result, Isaac was quite bruised while Seth was perfectly formed. Isaac had to stay in the hospital an extra day while Seth came home. As if to prove his discontent with the situation, Isaac did not smile for the first year. Seth cried as much as Isaac, but he was able to smile once in a while (or was it gas?)…
"Oh," people point out, "They weren't crying in every single picture."


"Oh," I reply, "That's because I put my fingers in their mouths and then we had the photographer count 1,2… in-between 2 and 3, I abruptly withdrew my fingers- so instead of crying, they have a look of shock or surprise, as to say, "What the hell happened to my pacifier!" in every picture.

Click here for a perfect example.(Coming Soon, missing the pic, along with my keys)

Well that's all for now, stay tuned…for next time: "How can we tell them apart?"

 

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PS. Does anyone remember the Bayonne Highschool Marching Song?

PPS. How great was Arye's Standup night?