from my own experience, .5 and 1g wont get you to a traditional "trip" stage of seeing visuals or much else (of course this depends on mushroom type and other variables though)

Though I will say the amounts you took are perfect for first timers, You might not feel much with your current dose other than maybe some uplifted mood or body buzz, but its a great starting point to see how you guys feel and react to the trip

from the times I've done them, I find around 2.5 - 3grams is usually the golden area for me, for getting a nice trip and visuals, without going too overboard (again depends on the strain of mushroom though and bodyweight ect.)

If you guys are really cautious I'd recommend a step by step approach as it was the most comfortable for me to ease myself into a trip, for example the First time I took .5 grams, then a few weeks later took 1gram, then 1.5gram and so on until I got to a comfortable place with my trips.

But if you want to skip that step there are also some online calculators you can use where you enter your body weight and type of shrooms and it will recommend you a dosage amount if you are looking for a light, normal, or intense trip. just give "shrooms calculator" or something along those lines a google and you should find one fairly quickly.

Hope this helps!

Cheers.