The Big Day!

Photo shoot.

Four generations of hands! My grandmother, mother, me, and the twins!

Thank You!

So today, after three months of sitting home on Sunday listening to church music with the girls, we took the girls to Sacrament meeting! They were angels! Just sat in their car seats sleeping! It was so nice to be back. I have to admit I felt like a celebrity being back! After being gone so long everyone wanted to talk to us and see the babies! We were surrounded! Maybe I should have long absences more often! Just kidding! I feel so blessed to belong to such a great ward. Everyone has gone out of their way to check on us, bring us meals, and come see us! Thank you! Your support, love, and friendship means the world to us!

sweet times.

The following is a short list of sweet things that I never want to forget! I love being a mom!

1. Watching the girls sleep. They will not sleep unless they are touching heads and holding hands. It is the most precious thing I have ever witnessed! I will start them separate in their crib, and they will move until they are touching.
2. The smell of clean babies fresh from the bath!
3. The first time Camden found my hair and pulled it! It hurt but the look on her face was priceless! She looked like she just won the lottery!
4. Watching the girls hold their heads up during tummy time. They are so proud of themselves, they are usually smiling from ear to ear.
5. Emma's sweet dimples.
6. The fact that the girls wait until Rob gets home from work to have poopy diapers! They get so excited that it just all comes out! (Sorry, that is a little gross!) Makes me laugh everyday!
7. The first time Camden slept through the night! (I am happy to report that she has slept through the night 6 days in a row!) The first time it scared me to death! I checked on her so many times. Emma is only waking up once, and last night she slept from 9:30-5:00am! We are so happy!
8. The first time Emma put her hands around my neck and snuggled in under my chin. I cried it was so sweet.

I know there are more things, but those moments have been on my mind. I needed to write them down before they were forgotten! Please check out the new pictures below! They are growing up to fast! They are starting to grow out of their newborn clothes....so sad!

my sweet babies

Paralyzed

So I woke up this morning at 2:30am to feed Emma a bottle and my face felt wierd. So I looked in the mirror and the right side of my face is paralyzed!! I thought I was just sleeping on that side of my face and that it would be gone in the morning. It is not gone. Its like I went to the dentist to have some work done and the numbness will never go away! So I called my doctor, Dr. Melinda Cave, and she says she has seen this many times in patients. In 85% of patients it goes away! She has started me on steroids and antiviral medicine to cure the problem. In the meantime, I am very annoyed! I can't smile, close my right eye, pucker my lips...nothing! The real horrible thing is that I can't keep my right eye closed enough to keep my eye lubricated. So I have to keep putting in no tear drops, and I have to wear a patch over my eye at night! My daughters are going to think that I am a pirate when I get up to feed them! Seriously...this is horrible and very strange! The medicine better work fast!

By the way, Emma rolled over last week! Yeah Emma! And this morning at the doctor Emma weighed 8lbs 4 oz and Camden is 9lbs! They are getting so big!

Milestone

Last night during a family photo shoot with Megan Sagers, Camden Finlinson rolled over! We couldn't believe that she was strong enough to do that! It was so amazing! These little girls are growing up so fast! I am sure Emma will be rolling over within the week!

Lots of pictures of the twins!

Happy New Year!

After a 5 and 1/2 weeks in the hospital, Emma finally came home! Just in time to celebrate the new year with her parents and sister! We are so thrilled to finally have both of them home! It might be lots of work with no sleep for the next few months, but these cute babies are totally worth every minute! We could not ask for two better babies, and spend all our time looking at them and dressing them up! We could not think of a better way to start off a new year then with these two little miracle babies home with us! We hope that you all had a great Christmas and are as excited for the new year as we are! 2008 is going be grrreaat!

I hope you enjoy all of the pictures! It is amazing how fast they change and grow! I love that they are starting to get double chins...even though they have long skinny bodies!

The girls are finally home!!

Leaving the hospital with Emma! Isn't she cute!

Emma in her car seat!

Leaving the hospital with Camden! Scared to death...even though I am smiling!

First family picture! (Amanda, Camden, Rob, and Emma)

Camden in her car seat!