Believe it or not, our precious baby girls are now one year old! It has certainly been quite an amazing year. Carolyn and Elizabeth bring such joy and delight into our lives. Their pediatrician appointment isn’t scheduled until next week, but my best guess says they are now somewhere around quadruple their birth weight. And remember those little pink and blue hats they were so big while they were guests in the Intensive Care Nursery? Those hats won’t fit on their heads at all any more. In the past weeks they’ve gone from fairly immobile little blobs who could sometimes roll over when they wanted to nearly toddling. They can sit up with ease and they speed crawl across the floor. They can pull to a standing position and are beginning to cruise along while holding on to things. They have even begun trying to let go. They promptly fall down again, but the delay between letting go and falling is increasing. It might almost be measurable now. They looked so fragile and delicate when they were born. Now they fall and bump their heads on the floor. I know we’re entering that phase of constant scrapes and bruises. But the girls have also managed to stay healthy for this entire year, and that’s a tremendous blessing for which we’re all very thankful.
We had a very busy weekend! On Saturday we celebrated birthdays for Carolyn, Elizabeth, and Janet. (Janet’s birthday isn’t actually until the 19th, but we made the decision to have her celebration a bit early and combine it with the girls because the next couple weekends are also going to be enormously busy, thanks to the production of Twelve Angry Men that Dan is in.) Then on Sunday we all got together again with Dan’s family here in Livermore to celebrate Mother’s Day. Last year on Mother’s Day we had no idea that our girls were so close to being born. This year was special for us all because it was the first time our daughters were really there to celebrate with us. Here are a few fun pictures from the weekend’s festivities. Enjoy!
That was a fun song! Let's sing it again!
Janet had to really huff and puff to blow out the sparkly hurricane-proof candles!
There's something stuck on my head...
What do you mean, we can't have any cake?
Happy Mother's Day!
Hanging out with Mommy on Mother's Day
This is fun, but partying two days in a row can get tiring...
Mother's Day Blessings
Carolyn is learning to be quite a little snuggle bug
It's so much fun to watch them play and explore together!
These are such great photos and I can’t believe the girls are a year old already! What a year it’s been for all of you. Congratulations all around.
God’s precious blessings to you – Carolyn and Elizabeth.
Beautiful pictures of Carolyn, Elizabeth, Mommy and Daddy.
What a beautiful family!!! I can’t believe they are a year old already!! Congrats on your first Mommy’s Day!!!