3 month old babies!

On June 19th, Hope and Ezra turned 3 months old! Here are some adorable pictures:

I had to go back and look at their 1 month photos when I attempted to sit them up in a chair. Too funny! They've gotten quite a bit better at it in 2 months!

I just love these personalized blankets. They were gifts from my boss and the administrative team at work.

Me and Ian with the babies and Ian's parents. They kind of love being grandparents! (A lot)

Aren't Ezra and Hope so cute?!? And growing so fast! We love our darling little darlings!

Looking back - Pregnancy Progress Pictures!

I recently got together with some college friends that I hadn't seen in awhile. They got to meet the babies, rock them to sleep, and we had a great time playing games. I also showed them some photos of me while pregnant, since we had intentionally kept our pregnancy off facebook, and I hadn't seen these friends while I was pregnant.

It was so fun looking back at these photos! I showed Ian the ones from the night before the babies were born, and neither of us could believe that I had been SO PREGNANT! So, for your entertainment, here is me and my growing belly.

Christmas Eve - 23 weeks

Pregnant friends! My dear friend Ali and I. Now our babies are 2 months apart!

26 weeks

Jill and I had the exact same due date. How fun! 

34 weeks

35 weeks - Tomorrow is the day!

Ahhh! Can you believe it?!?

O.o.O!!!

Hooray! We are so excited!

Checked into the hospital the morning of March 19, 2014 at 35 weeks + 2 days for our induction! Thanks Meghan and Dennis for my awesome shirt!

THE BELLY

and then out came...

Babies! Two of 'em!

Hope

Ezra

Same babies, 10 weeks later - How did that happen so fast?!?

Hope

Ezra

Those last 3 photos were taken by my parents' dear neighbor Lisa, who has twins herself! Thanks so much, Lisa. The pictures are wonderful!

I hope you enjoyed that little look back. It's fun to remember how we got here, to this wonderful place with our little family and darling darlings. 

Growing babies!

The babies are already 10 weeks old! In light of how fast they are growing, here are some pictures from 1 month, 2 months, and a few more for good measure. They also started smiling a few weeks ago, and I think that has been the most fun development yet!

Some 1 month photos (disregard the "s" on the block):

And look how much they grew from 1 to 2 months!

A family picture from Easter:

And one of my favorites. At one month old, they fell asleep on the couch cuddled next to each other, and slept until their next feeding.

We love our sweet babies, and it is so fun to cherish this time! I love that they are growing, but still our little babies.

I want to remember

This is such a sweet season of life. 

I am the mother of seven week old twins! And today is Mother's Day!

As I cuddle and cherish our tiny babies, I want to soak it all in. I want to remember as much of this time as I can, while they are little, because I know that they will grow up all too fast. I think keeping up with this blog, and posting thoughts and photos here, will help me to do just that.

I want to remember the day they were born.

Holding Hope for the first time. (Ezra needed a little help with his lungs, so I met him for the first time in recovery.)

Their very proud daddy on the day they were born. He is the best husband and dad!

 Cuddles in the hospital those first few days. I didn't want to put them down.

I love our little family so much!

So, posts won't be in order. That's ok.  I want to go back and write about pregnancy, our birth story, and of course put in lots of pictures. Thoughts, memories, and moments will be here - of our little darlings. My little man/Mr. Ezra/Weeblo, and my baby girl/Hopelet/honey bunches/darling darling.

Here they at one week old:

And today, thanks to my wonderful husband and babies, I had a very happy first Mother's Day:

Oh, the babies! Love them.