Santa came for a visit!

Here we are on our first Christmas Eve with Rush and Sydney Frances. My parents, Ivy, and Tony came over to spend a little time and have some dinner. We got the babies ready for bed so that Santa could come for his first visit.

The big present that Santa brought for Rush and Sydney Frances to share was a Rainforest Jumparoo that they can use in the next couple of months. All they need to be able to do is hold their heads up by themselves consistently. They are almost there, but their necks still tend to get a little tired and droopy here and there. Of course, Rush is trying to hold up some pretty hefty cheeks, so he has a bit more work to do.

This is Rush holding his new keys on Christmas

morning. I think he was pretty darn excited about these keys! He is not as eager to give us a smile as Sydney Frances is, so Santa really made a good choice with the keys that light up.

Here is Sydney Frances with her new book that I gave her. For those of you with little girls, this book, Someday by Alison McGhee, is a great keepsake book. I found this copy at Target. It is one of those sappy books that was written to make you cry, but I bought it anyway. And cried.

I found this little pop up toy box at Walmart,

and I bought it since we needed a place to keep all of the little toys and stuff that tend to accumulate to keep the babies entertained. So, we had the bright idea to put the babies in the box to take their picture. Doesn't everyone put their children in toy boxes on Christmas morning? We took several pictures but this is my favorite because while Rush looks like a willing participant in our crazy idea, Sydney Frances has a look on her face like she is saying, "What are you crazy people doing now?? I am going to cry AGAIN." Love it!

And CRY she did!!!

The babies got to spend some time with Gigi and Papa and Gram and Granddaddy. They love being spoiled by their grandparents. Sydney Frances was all Christmased out as you can tell as Gram tries to comfort her. Again, Rush just goes with the flow. Although, he had decided he was tired of looking cute and asked to be put in his pajamas.

Sydney Frances and Rush got to have some fun times with Aunt Ivy and Uncle Tony and Aunt Courtney and Uncle Chris!!!!

And a little Christmas present for Mama... they held hands! Awwww!!!!

P.S. I am still learning about this whole blogging thing. I am having a little trouble with lining up the text with the photo I want it to go with, but I have spent all the time I can on this post. I'm done, so hopefully, like most things, I will improve with time. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Fun

I had some fun dressing up the babies in all of their Christmas gear. There is a slight chance they did not enjoy it as much as I did. I thought they looked so cute, but they were only game for a few pictures before things began to take an ugly turn. I think Sydney Frances got really hot from all of the posing and crying, so she really fell apart. This, in turn, made Rush feel a little anxious, and he began to fret as well. These are few pics from our photo session.

The elusive hand-hold

All Mamas of twins are on a quest to see their two little ones hold hands for the first time. Not the kind where you put them together and snap a picture really quickly, but the kind where they have discovered that the other exists and decided to love each other for life. They have almost gotten there a few times, but it never quite works out like I want it to! I am pretty convinced that the other has no clue that there is a second infant in the next bed even though they do snuggle and look pretty cute together from time to time. This is the latest in my efforts to capture them on camera. It was more of an arm link than a hand hold. I am sure they probably join hands and laugh at me every time I exit the room. This will probably not be the last time they won't do what I say when I say to do it. Do you think?

Picture post

I thought it might be fun to post some pictures and videos since I need some practice learning how to do all of this blogging stuff. We had a good time this year trying to get a picture for our Christmas card. Try getting two babies to do the same thing at the same time.. smile, cry-- anything- yeah, right! My Mama (Gigi) took a bunch of pictures one day while she was here with them. I took another set on another day. We ended up using two individual pictures that Mama took and one of them together that I took. Here are some of the ones that did not make the cut! They make me laugh.

I also ran across these pictures of them from Thanksgiving Day.

These healthy, chubby babies made me remember these pictures from when they were 3 days old.

What a long way they have come in just three short months!!!

I will have to try some videos later. I am tired! I have babies that are sleeping all night long, so I need to do the same. :-)

Giving it a whirl

Well, I have officially decided to give blogging a try. I got a little hooked on keeping everyone informed on every little detail of my babies' lives when they were in the NICU back in August and September. My sister, Ivy, and several others have encouraged me to start a blog, so here I am! I hope I won't bore you all too much with the little details of our lives. I think it will be fun to have a document of the every day happenings with these two little ones!