Babies' 6-wk hump

Sonja and Michael aren't tiny helpless babies anymore--they've gotten so much bigger and stronger. They now observe us from a distance, consciously smile at us, purse their mouths as about to coo and lift their heads during belly-time. Just before they turned 6 weeks they had a couple of episodes of inconsolable crying in the evening, 9pm-1am. It looked like it was caused by gas although I've been extremely careful what I ate for their sake. Then, all of a sudden, they started sleeping a bit better (they didn't have to be held most of the night, or they would fall asleep on me or Robb and stay asleep for 2-3 hours at a time). It seems like around 6 weeks they had undergone through a growth spurt, which now I vaguely remember was the case with Nikolas too, that started with fussiness and was followed by better sleep habits and growth.

Here is Nikolas burping the babies:
Michael, holding his sister's hand even in sleep (his cheeks have filled in by now too):
Michael patiently and curiously watches his sister as she probably grunts and cycles with her legs while the picture is taken:

Nikolas's language

Nikolas's vocabulary and grammar are improving quickly these days. All of a sudden he speaks sentences. Besides reciting poems and songs, he now expresses himself in daily speech using full sentences, such as 'Mama, pusti bebu tu, dodji u sobu/Mommy, put the baby down and come to the room'. There are some funny constructs, of course, such as 'nece moze' (won't can), etc. He says 'ima/nema mlijeka itd.' when he wants/doesn't want to eat something on his tray. Also, when he doesn't want something on his tray, he'll send it back to the fridge, 'Ne, brokoli u frizider!' It's pretty funny the way he uses the demanding, matter-of-fact tone, and points to the fridge without even looking at it. He properly says 'thank you' and 'please'. We haven't yet taught him to use pronouns.
He can count to 20 (10-20 numbers are not necessarily in the right order, but he knows there is life beyond 10!)

A list of poems that he knows by heart (it's been a few months that he's known some of them):
Ala j' lep ovaj svet
Leptiricu sarenicu
Ima dete u selu, ime mu je Laza
Zima, zima e pa sta je
Eci, peci, pec
Sedi zaba sama na listu lokvanja
ABC song
Itsy, bitsy spider (he is working on that one now)
...

Nikolas and his 3-week old siblings

Nikolas is avoiding his daily naps. Maybe it's from too much excitement around babies and visitors at home or he is growing out of the need for extra sleep, anyway, he finds ways to entertain himself closed in his room for a couple of hours. When someone walks in to check on him, he just freezes where he is and pretends to be asleep with his eyes closed--be in spread on the floor or standing against a shelf of his toy cabinet, or wherever.... Here he is on his way down from the bed as baka caught him (on the cushion around his bed):
Sonja and Michael had their 2-week doctor's appointment: they gained a pound each compared to their birth weight and Sonja is only half a pound heavier although it feels like it's more than that! They are 20" long each.

The babies are already lifting their heads, Sonja especially. She looks like a parachuter when she lifts both her head and her legs at the same time. Also, she holds hers pretty still when she is carried upright too, it almost feels like she doesn't need neck support at all.
Here is mommy taking Sonja for her first walk outside (we are having the most beautiful weather here at the moment):
Michael must have been mad at me for not taking him first, so this is what I get:
Michael:
Sonja:

Nikolas's first haircut

Someone is in a desperate need for a haircut:

Mommy cut off the curls while Nikolas was distracted with food in his high chair, and here is the result (here is Nikolas blowing soap bubbles for the first time):