Blessing Day!

What a day for these two sweet baby boys!

Aaron Scott on the left, Brandon Alan on the right.

Our family traveled from Utah and Idaho to be with us!

(notice Clara's tights are missing a leg) : )

Uncle Aaron with Baby Aaron

Adam and Grandpa with Baby Brandon.

Fun fact about this day: We recorded both of the Blessings that Adam gave to the boys. They were both 5minutes 41seconds! Exactly on the dot. It's a wonderful thing to have the Priesthood on this earth to perform such special blessings. I'm thankful for the many worthy Priesthood holders in my life. Especially my amazing husband and father to my sweet children!

halloween for 3

This picture by Tammy at the Pumpkin Patch. Clara was pulling the crooked-mouth face a lot during this time. It was so cute! Always when she was troubled, confussed or figuring something out! I love it!

Cinderella!

On Halloween day, we toughed it out in the rain for a 5k with other brave souls from our ward. Yeah, it was cold, and yeah, it was wet!!

Halloween crafts!

Clara the Pirate and Dad waiting for trick-or-treaters to come to the door. When the doorbell would ring, she would jump down, put on her pirate hat, grab the bowl of candy and wait for Adam to open the door. She would dump handfuls of candy into their buckets and say things like 'Here you go buddy-boy!' or 'Cool costume!'

special visitors

Big Shister

That's what she says: "I'm the big Shister" Too cute!! She really has been so patient and loving through all of this. Her little world changing overnight. We love her so much and are so proud of the big girl she's becoming. Here are some other cute things she's been doing.

One afternoon, after her 'quiet time' (really Mommy's quiet time!) I walked in to find this! Every single one of her books out and piled on her bed!

One day after lunch, before 'quiet time', she tells me, "Mom, I'm just going to lay down for just one minute, then I'll go do my quiet time." A few minutes later, I find her sound asleep on the floor. She had gotten the blanket and pillow and layed down 'for just one minute'.

All dressed up!!

in the swing of things

Our two boys!

by Tammy Bennett

by Andrea Pasion

Little Clara has been such a great helper! She helps by getting and changing diapers, getting bibs, burpcloths, just about anything. She'll even feed them too! (for about 5 seconds!) It's been so cute to see the 'little mother' in her.

We have a little feeding station that consists of a pillow, something to prop the pillow up and extra blanket to catch the spills, bibs, burpcloths, diapers, wipes, butt paste, WHEW!! And it goes all over the house with us!

On average, these little guys would take just about an hour to finish a bottle, then with burping, and changing diapers, we were in for hour and a half feedings. Then we would have do it again in another hour and a half. It was CRAZY!!!

With all the hard work and sleepless nights, comes that first eye contact, the snuggling, and watching these sweet babies sleep.

Welcome Home!

A few pictures of the first few days....

With Dr. Kovacs

Our favorites- Bridget and Sharla!!

(these girls are a tremendous help!!)

Paul and Aubrey Peterson

Our wonderful neighbor Lars

and Clara is with his little guy, Gregory.

The Amazing Help!

My mom came over when the boys were a week old. She was such big help! She took charge of Clara right from the get-go, and quickly became Clara's best buddy. They made cookies, went for walks, and played all day. Not to mention the cooking and cleaning Mom did!! And doing all of this while she wasn't feeling 100%.

I appreciated her help so much.

I don't know how we would have survived those first few weeks without her.

My mom is an amazing person! So many wonderful qualities that I want to emulate. It makes me realize as mothers what impacts we have on our daughters. I strive to be a good example for my little Clara.

Two New Babies

They're finally here! Happy and healthy!

They arrived on Sept. 02, 2010.

Brandon Alan (left) weighed 5 lbs 13 oz. (went home 5.3)

and Aaron Scott (right)weighed 5 lbs 8 oz. (went home 5.5)

Big sister Clara was such a trooper through all of this!

They were so tiny! We had to 'finger feed' them with formula coming through a tube attached to our fingers. Little Brandon was first, but before we left, Aaron was eating like this also.

What a good little helper!

Brandon had to go under the jaundice lights for one night.

Baby Aaron.

Ready to go home! I had no clue how tiny these babies were going to be.

These little outfits were NB, and way too big!

Hitchin a ride to the car!

First night in their crib. They love to snuggle with eachother!

We are so happy that they are finally here!

Expecting TWO??

We are so excited to welcome two new baby boys into our family!

Yep, TWINS!! Imagine the shock we felt when it came up on the ultrasound! Believe it or not, we are due to deliver them at 38 weeks in 10 days from now.

10 more days!!

With expecting twins, we had an ultrasound scheduled every month until 30 weeks, then every week after that. We loved seeing each image of these boys and saved every picture. These profile shots were from early on, but the best view out of them all. I love their foreheads, noses and chins. It's funny how a little image like this can be so cute!

Baby B is on the left side of my tummy and up a little higher than his brother. He was ALWAYS scrunched up and we never knew from one week to the next whether he was head up or head down. It wasn't until 32 weeks that he settled into the head down position.

Here is Baby A. He's on the right side of my tummy and sprawled WAY out! I tease that he stretches his hands down my leg and his feet up in my ribs at the same time. He has been a mover since the first day I could feel them move. Much more active than his brother.

I wonder if this will ring true throughout their lives?

Two little heads.

Four little feet.

33 weeks.

This has been an amazing experience. I have absolutely loved being pregnant. Of course there were rough spots, but to have wanted and waited for so long, I have tried to enjoy every moment. I love feeling them move and try to imagine their personalities already, just like every expecting momma. Adam and Clara have been so supportive, patient and helpful throughout. I know I will miss being pregnant, but we are so excited to have them here with us. Life is going to be pretty hectic around here, but we couldn't imagine it any other way!