Shawn, Sarah, Mac, and The Flowers

Monday, January 12, 2009

My New Years GOAL...

I am going to try to blog every other day to keep you all in the loop as Shawn does an evening feeding.

Today the girls and I did the usual...nursing, napping, nursing, napping, tummy time, a walk outside in the 80degree weather, nursing, napping, than Daddy came home and we visited for a while. The girls are babbling a lot and Rosie is nearly rolling over on her own, while Lily just wants to work on her sitting in a seat skill. They are so different already. Rosie talks a lot more, Lily fusses a lot more. Rosie hates being burped, Lily doesn't really mind. They are so cute.

Lily

Sleepy Daddy

Sleepy Rose

Rosie, sucking her thumb

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Christmas with Uncle Spencer and Grandma Karen

Grandma Karen and uncle Spencer flew down from MN for 2 weeks over Christmas and New Years. We had a great time seeing them again. We are growing so much and are very excited about everything lately. We are learning to hold hands, scream, kick, smile, coo, sit up, sleep for 3 hours straight...mom is happy about that, but wishes it was a little longer at night. We took many trips to the grocery store and to Target while Uncle and Grandma visited. It was a lot of fun!

Mommy even colored Spencer's hair!

Mommy and Daddy went away for a night to a 50's style Bed n Breakfast
while Grandma and Uncle watched us...

Grandma was sleepy too...

Uncle Spencer and Daddy took Mac for a hike...

Rosie loves her dolly...

Lily loves her dolly...

Here we are with Mommy and Daddy on Christmas...

Grandma Karen is so much fun...

Sleepy Girl...

We really enjoyed Santa and his scratchy beard...

Kick Kick Kick

Grandma, Uncle, Mom, Dad, and the 2 of us went to Christmas Eve Candlelight service...

We went on a walk to give all our favorite neighbors cookie trays on Christmas Eve...

We were so excited to see what Santa brought for us...

Mac is a great brother...he protects us as we gaze out the window...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Grandma & Grandpa Norton Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Norton were here from December 1 - 14th, and got to meet and help take care of their first grandbabies! They were a big help and spoiled Sarah rotten. It's been tough retraining her since they left! Here's some pics...

Grandma and Grandpa meeting their new grandkids for the 1st time! Rose on the left, Lily on the right.

Grandma was like catnip for babies - they loved sleeping on her.

Grandpa discovered babies LOVE the bouncy ball! It is now our best soothing method.

Scenery shot

Grandpa with Lily and Grandma with Rose

Family photo

Being spoiled is exhausting!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Outtakes...

You may be getting a Christmas card from us soon. It was not easy picking a picture, and Sarah was very sad to leave Mac out. But he was more interested in eating grass than being in a picture. It's a lot harder to make a dog sit still when you're also trying to hold a baby. Here's some pictures that didn't make the cut...

The name tags on the stockings didn't last long!

A baby riot...

Trying to make Mac sit still...

Mac is part grass-hound...

Finally! A good pose from the dog! But it looks like Lily is about to take a header onto the grass...

Many thanks to Rachel, our patient photographer! More of her work is available at whiteowl.com....just kidding...don't go there...fake website...

Monday, November 24, 2008

Cardiologist Visit

Lily and Rose visited the pediatric cardiologist today to get a heart murmur checked out. Their doctor had heard a murmur at their last visit on Nov. 8th.

Turns out they do have a small hole between two chambers of their heart. However, it is completely normal and should go away with time. In fact, all babies have the hole while in the womb but it usually closes by the time they are born. The cardiologist just wants us to check back in 6 months, and we do not have to do anything special in the meantime.

They are both growing fast - Lily is now 9 lbs 10 oz, and Rose is 10 lbs 1 oz.

Another relieving day!