First Photo Shoot

My sweet friend Hailey came over on March 25th and took some sweet pictures of our girls for their birth announcement. Hailey is a great photographer, and graphic designer and offered to help me out by taking the photo's and making an announcement.

The pictures turned out GREAT. They were taken in the bassinet that was Will's when he was a baby. Fran cleaned it up and got it from Mama Jan for us to use. It was the perfect place to put the girls for the pictures. Thanks to Hailey for taking some sweet pictures. Addison was a little more cooperative than Emma. I snapped a few another day for her shot. The birth announcement turned out so great! Thank you Hailey for blessing us! Not sure why it turned out purple and green :) the original announcement was aqua and pink!

Cabo Wabo

Soo, I left my sweet girls for the first time over night.... well 4 nights to be exact... it felt like ALOT longer than that! Breastfeeding and leaving your babies can be a little tricky, let me tell you. I pumped in places I never thought I would! But, it was really worth it. It was also intimidating getting into a bathing suit only a few months after the girls came!

We had a chance to go to Cabo with our friends Jeff and Teddy, and we couldn't pass it up! Let me tell you, that place it beautiful! Our resort was so nice. We spent every day pool side soaking in the sun, and some much needed relaxation. It was strange not waking to a baby crying! It was great to have some time with just Will. We went out into town one night, but the other nights we would hang out on the 3rd floor patio and play cards. Listen to the waves, and music from the 2nd floor. It was really a relaxing trip. I was ready to come home probably by Sunday, but... it was still a really fun trip!

Cousin Kate

Our next trip to Houston was to celebrate my grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. My sister Mere came from New Braunfels and we just had a baby fest at my parent's house. Mere and shared a room and would help each with the babies at night. It was quite an arrangement. I hadn't seen Katelyn since the girls were a few weeks old. She is just about a month older than the girls. She is quite a character. She loved playing the girls. Addison acutally smiled for one of the first times at Katelyn. It was too cute to see her look at her cousin. My prayer is that these three girls will be as close as me and my sisters are. I was never that close to any of my cousins, but these girls are so close in age, I don't see how they won't be! It is sill crazy to me that we were pregnant at the same time! Now here we are with three babies to show for it :) Will came to pick us up a week later and went to the party with us. It was the girls first official outing besides the doctor's office. They wore polka dots in honor of Grandma D. She loves red, and polka dots :) They were good and slept right thru :) I think they enjoyed the Frank Sinatra that was playing thru lunch. It was a fun day and I am thankful that we were able to be there to celerate.

To Grandmother's House We Go

The girls made there first road trip when they were a little over 2 months old. Will met my parents half way to Houston and they picked me and the girls up and we spent a week at home. My grandparents had not met the girls yet, and my Dad and Amanda hadn't seen them since they were born. It was such a fun trip. We laid low and just hung around the house. They got to meet Meemaw, Grandma D. and Grandpa D. for the first time. It was awesome seeing the girls with my grandparents. Mom kept the girls in her room at night and I got some much needed sleep! It was a blessing to be at home and be able to relax and not worry about doing laundry, dishes ect and feeling like I could rest when the girls were resting. Let me tell you, twins are amazing.... but they are alot of work. At first you just don't know what to do with your time. Because there is soo much to do. Do you pump, shower, eat, rest, do the TONS of baby clothes that need to be washed. Being home was such a blessing. I loved sharing the girls with my family. Thanks to Will for letting his girls go on a road trip!

2 months old

Here are the girls at 2 months old. Getting a little bigger :)

1 Month Old

Our sweet girls at 1 lmonth. They were still so tiny. Our friend Valerie gave us these cute onesies with their names on them, and Mom found these cute preemie capris! So sweet. I think in these pictures they were a little over 6 lbs.

Thankful

Can't go without thanking the Eubanks :) After Mom went home Fran stepped in for her shift with the girls. She got a little more than she bargained for when I had a cyst on my tailbone flair up that had to be lanced. Her studies as a nurse paid off, and we got closer than we had ever been before! HA. It was an emotional and painful time and she was a constant source of encouragement and care. I know it was hard on my Mom not being here to take care of me, but she was thankful that Fran could be there to take care of her girls. Thanks to Bill, Fran, Helen and Janette for helping us thru those first few crazy weeks! Love you guys!