Well, we leave Tuesday for our first trip home with the babies. I don't think I've ever been so excited to go back. Since I was on bedrest for a good portion of my pregnancy and unable to travel, I haven't seen my brother and his family in well over a year. Needless to say, I can't wait to see everyone.
This will be the first time that Grandma & Grandpa Rollins meet the girls. We will be heading out to the Rollins farm on Tuesday. I'm sure the twins will have a great time playing with Grandma & Grandpa and also meeting Uncle Kenny. I'm sure Kenny will have them as farm hands by the end of the week.
Later in the week, we will be heading to Lyons to see my side of the family. I think my mom has pretty much invited the whole town to come see the babies on Saturday. It should be a great weekend there!! My Aunt Paula will also be coming to meet the twins. OH, what a big week Ellie & Audrie have in store!!
We are of course a little apprehensive on how the flight will go, but I'm sure they will behave themselves. However, I can't imagine trying to fly home without Justin. Maybe someday!! More about the trip we get back.. ( if we survive,HAHA!!)
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Uncle Bret & Aunt Chelle's Visit
This past weekend Ellie & Audrie's Uncle Bret & Aunt Chelle came to visit with their 2 girls Madison & Molly. This was the first time they have met and we were so excited to have them in town. We had a great time...spent most of the time in the pool. The babies didn't of course. Madison & Molly were soo helpful with the girls. However I do think that Ellie & Audrie may have gotten a little spoiled. Now that we are back to normal they expect to be held ALOT more!!
The one thing that we did figure out is that twins would be much easier if we were closer to family. For the first time, Justin and I got some alone time. We dropped the girls off with them frequently just to go home and get a shower. Plus, we had them baby sit on Sunday for a couple of hours and we went to RA for lunch and at sushi.. I hadn't had sushi since I got pregnant..YUM!!! Since I'm nursing we couldn't be gone long, but the short break was much needed. We can't thank them enough.
We will be seeing them again in just a couple of short weeks when we take our first trip to KS with the girls. That should be an adventure and I'm sure I'll blog all about it.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Girls are 2 months old!!
So I've decided to start blogging primarily to update our families and friends who live many miles away. Also, I think it will be a really fun way to document the lives of our beautiful twin girls.
So first a little bit about how Justin & I have arrived at this point in our lives. I met Justin in 2003 in Wichita, Kansas. Just a few short months later I moved to Arizona to go to graduate school. We survived a long distance relationship for about a year, before Justin moved to Phoenix. We married in March 2008 and in November of 2008 we were pregnant!!!!
In December we received quite possibly the biggest shock of our lives...we would be having twins!!! It totally took us by suprise, especially since we found out the news in Kansas while visiting our families. Strangely enough our Dr. in Phoenix had told us that there was only 1 baby. Once we got over the initial shock, we couldn't have been more excited. We knew it would be a lot of work, but we felt extremely blessed....We welcomed our little baby girls, Ellie Grace & Audrie Lee on June 16th, 2009. More on their entrance into the world in later posts.
The girls are now 8 weeks old. It has been a bit of a blur...much harder than I imagined but we have our shining moments. They both have already rolled over. In fact, Ellie rolled over the first week home from the hospital. She is tiny, but feisty. The doctor always comments on how strong she is. They are sleeping 4-5 hours at night, which is pretty good considering technically they are 2 weeks old adjusted, since they were born at 34 weeks. We are trying to enjoy every moment as times goes by so quickly. They are certainly giving us a run for our money...but it's worth every minute.
So first a little bit about how Justin & I have arrived at this point in our lives. I met Justin in 2003 in Wichita, Kansas. Just a few short months later I moved to Arizona to go to graduate school. We survived a long distance relationship for about a year, before Justin moved to Phoenix. We married in March 2008 and in November of 2008 we were pregnant!!!!
In December we received quite possibly the biggest shock of our lives...we would be having twins!!! It totally took us by suprise, especially since we found out the news in Kansas while visiting our families. Strangely enough our Dr. in Phoenix had told us that there was only 1 baby. Once we got over the initial shock, we couldn't have been more excited. We knew it would be a lot of work, but we felt extremely blessed....We welcomed our little baby girls, Ellie Grace & Audrie Lee on June 16th, 2009. More on their entrance into the world in later posts.
The girls are now 8 weeks old. It has been a bit of a blur...much harder than I imagined but we have our shining moments. They both have already rolled over. In fact, Ellie rolled over the first week home from the hospital. She is tiny, but feisty. The doctor always comments on how strong she is. They are sleeping 4-5 hours at night, which is pretty good considering technically they are 2 weeks old adjusted, since they were born at 34 weeks. We are trying to enjoy every moment as times goes by so quickly. They are certainly giving us a run for our money...but it's worth every minute.
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