This & That: Twin Time

I know you've all be waiting with bated breath for me to reappear after spending time with my daughter and her newborn twin boys. I've been playing catch-up at home as well as preparing for their arrival this weekend. They'll be spending some time here while new dad gets some school work done and returns to work.

Speaking of new dad, here he is all decked out for the delivery. It was a bit of a surprise thing. My daughter's blood pressure was running a little higher than they wanted, and when she went in for her weekly appointment, she'd developed full-blown preeclampsia and it was time for those babies to be born.

You can see the red hair here. Both grandmas have (past tense in my case) red hair, along with my daughter. Her husband also has red in his beard, so we thought there might be a chance the boys might show up with some red.

They were a month early, but still a good weight for twins. Both of them were over 6 pounds and it's hard for me to believe she was carrying all that inside her.

A lot of the pictures make it seem like they're quite good sized, but in the car seats you can see how small they really are.

My daughter is taking a lot of pictures, of course. We wanted to get them in these hats, crocheted by Aunt Rachelle.

That's Jack on the left and Leo on the right. Jack is older by about 2 minutes.

Every little stretch is so cute.

There are only a few things that really fit them right now, but I imagine it won't be long before they're busting out of their clothes and ready to move on to the next size.

We kept the "A" and "B" hats on them initially, as well as their hospital bands so we could tell them apart, but it got easier the longer they were home. They are due to arrive this weekend with my daughter and will stay for a bit while my son-in-law starts back to work and gets some more school done. It will be interesting to see if I can still tell them apart.

They lost a chunk of weight in the hospital, so for the first few days we had to wake them up every 2 hours to feed them. My daughter is nursing them both right now and doing a fantastic job.

While I'm waxing rhapsodic about new babies, there's nothing quite like those tiny ones cuddled right in to you.

And the sweet sounds they make....AND the baby neck smells. Gaaaaaaahhhh.

Grandpa is very hands on.

And he's all in for the naps.

Bryce and Sarah were the first uncle and aunt from our side to hold them. We took the picture and then he sent a nanny-boo text to the rest of his brothers, who are anxiously waiting for their turn.

And finally, here's the little mama herself. She is sleep deprived, and still recovering from the C-section, and still she's doing an awesome job taking care of these boys. I'm so proud of her, and grateful that I got to enjoy those first few days with the boys. I'm looking forward to seeing them soon!