Our first Cold....:-(

Unfortunately, today's report is not very good. The twins and I have a summer cold. Yes, I know, its horrible!! And I have been so cautious not to take them places with lots of people and germs...we haven't even made it to church with them yet. So either the kids brought home something from one of their fun outings or one of our visitors brought it over...either way, we feel awful!! When I took the girls to the pediatrician today we were advised that we were doing everything we should be doing and just to keep it up. Fortunately, it is not in their chests and they have no breathing trouble. They have a yucky cough and stuffy noses that I am flushing, constantly. The good news from our visit is that Phoebe now weighs 6 lb. 3oz and Piper weighs 6 lb. 6oz. So they are growing at an incredible rate! Now we just have to continue to have them checked out this week to make sure that they Win the "cold battle" and it doesn't settle in their chests. I will keep you posted on their progress! Say prayers for us please!!

Gabi melts Daddy's heart...

Gabi melted Hank's heart a few days ago. He had taken Gabi & Kennedy to the store and while driving Gabi says, "Daddy, you're my best boy. Brother, you're my best boy too, give me five." Boy does Gabi have Daddy wrapped around her little finger! It truly can be such joy with children!

Hank is now back from DEFCON and he had a wonderful time. He saw many of his long distance friends and even made a few new friends....not sure where he found the time, considering his business with the CTF competition. His team ended up in third place this year after winning the last two years. But not to worry his team is now pumped to get things organized for next year's Capture the Flag competition! I am sure Hank could give you a weeks worth of chatting about his trip, so if you feel the need for that much info, be sure to call him or take him out for coffee.

Bonding with the babes

Hank is at DEfcon, Kennedy is with my parents and Gabi is with Aunt Christy....and I am here alone with the girls. It is definitely still busy with just the twins, but the nice part is that after I have tended to their needs I am able to just hold them and stare at their precious faces for the first time. What a joy!
During their fussy time today, they shared the bouncy seat for the first time. it was so adorable to see them both cuddled up together in the little seat.

Gabi & isabelle play dress-up

Gabi and her best friend, Isabelle, play dress-up! Christy saved me by picking up Gabi last night and having a sleepover with the girls. THey had a BLAST! They swam, ran around naked and watched a movie with popcorn. Then this morning, Christy took them to Sun Country to play and spent the afternoon playing dress-up, getting their nails painted and almost baking cookies(mostly just ate the dough and made a mess with the flour). But they had a blast and it was just what Gabi needed...some time away from the her new sisters! She has realized that these tiny sisters are not leaving and the novelty has worn off! Thsnk Goodness, for friends like Christy!


Gabi the Princess










Isabelle the Princess

Twins & more

Mirror Images

Lunch with Uncle Kyle

Dr. Kennedy & Gabi giving Mommy a check up

"Daddy's lil Hackers"- These shirts were a gift on a set of bears from Derrius.

Big Kennedy news!

If you are reading this you are close to us and won't be offended by this announcement. Kennedy "pee-peed" on the potty tonight. He has been taking his diaper off for days and saying that he needed to go and sitting on the potty with no luck. But tonight he got out of the tub where he and Gabi were painting and actually pee-peed on the potty(not over the potty, but IN the potty). Success!!! He was so proud! Now if we could only get Gabi to follow in her little brother's footsteps.

Friday Fun

The joys of riding in the car with tired children.












Gabi off to the pool!

3 Week Check up for the twins

Phoebe & Piper cute and tiny!











Gabi & Kennedy, Bath time fun!



Today was an extremely busy day!! Hank took Gabi and Kennedy to their last day of Summer Time Fun. They have been having such a blast going to "school" this summer. I certainly hope they are not too bored the rest of the summer while we have no planned activities for the next 3 weeks. Then Piper & Phoebe had their 3 week Check-up. It was AWESOME!! The girls are doing so well that they told us we didn't need to come back until they were 2 months old. Piper weighs 5 lb 6 oz. and Phoebe weighs 5b. 1 oz. They made it onto the growth chart, that is a BIG accomplishment for preemies! Wahoo!!

When we picked the kids up from Summer Time Fun there was an Ice Cream Social that was out of this world! Okay, there was Ice Cream, but the highlights were the Bounce Houses and Carnival Style games that were there for the kids to play. They had such a Blast and were pretty well exhausted when we left!!!

Michele & Rick, Izzi and Lexi were also here visiting before they leave for Knoxville. Since last night Gabi & Izzi have been fighting over the Mermaid toy, so we went to Walmart and bought Izzi a new mermaid of her own. Of course, after Gabi so graciously gave the gift to Izzi, she traded with her and proceeded to show her how it works by taking over and brushing her mermaid's hair for an hour with the special mermaid comb.

Then Gail, Kloe and Jackson came over with dinner from the children's Ministries. Our dinner was wonderful, but the visit with the Brill's was most enjoyable. The kids had a great time playing together and Gail loved holding the babies.

We managed to sneak the Jewell crew out by putting Gabi & Kennedy in the tub while they packed up and headed out to the car. Farewell Jewell's!!

Twins WIsh list

Hank says I never remember what we need unless I make a list and that I should create a "wish list" on our website of things we need for the girls. So here goes:
- A Bottle Scrubber
- Milk Storage Bags
- Dreft
- Pampers Swaddler Diapers- Preemie Size(they are still drowning in Newborn size)

Its Pool Time!!

More pool time photos here.

So far so good.....

Gabi the world's smallest stunt woman!

Kennedy's all about the skateboard.

Daddy with 2 of his girls.

2 weeks old! Lots of love around here!

Gabi with her sisters!!

Sarah & her 3 sleeping girls! See the babies...they are tiny.

2 weeks old!

Kennedy with his skateboard!

Gabi as Tinkerbell!

finally blogging..

So we have been getting some flack about not updating our site...We are home and trying to find the rhythm of our new life with 6. We are still at the stage where we have some help on most days, so we have only had a glance of the complete reality of our situation.

Piper and Phoebe are doing well and seem to be thriving and getting bigger. They are still eating every 3 hours and sleeping in between their feedings. It is really adorable to see them together and they definitely get fussy when one is left alone in the bassinet. My parents are King & Queen of holding and feeding them. I think my Mom's favorite phrase is, "Give me a baby".

Gabi loves to show off her sisters to people, saying, "These are my new baby sisters". Kennedy loves to help feed them bottles, saying, "Want to help you"(in his deep man voice). Their other favorite past time is climbing up the side of the changing table and holding on to watch the girls get their diapers changed...ooohhh sounds fun right?? Kids are weird!!

Hank and I are doing well, we think...not sure how we are supposed to feel besides tired....of course, we are very Happy to have the girls home and out of my belly!

Gabi & Kennedy so glad to have us home!!

Momma & Twins

Photos from the first 24 hours

Here are some fabulous photos from the twins first 24 hours!

Here are photos from the first week in the Special Care Nursery!

We are home with the girls!!!!

Piper & Phoebe



















We are so excited & exhausted to announce that we are home with Piper & Phoebe!! The girls were discharged from the special care nursery yesterday. They have been maintaining their temp and gained a bit of weight, Piper weighs 4lb 6 oz and Phoebe weighs 4lb 4oz. We will have a check-up with the pediatrician tomorrow. We will keep you updated!!

We may be coming home soon....

Even Phoebe is smiling!!

Guess what??? The pediatrician has given us permission to let the girls stay in our room for the next 24 hours! If they do well, we should be coming home soon...possibly tomorrow! We will keep you posted. 

Double Time....

They still sleep in the same little crib and often sleep nose to nose.

Baby's first ipod a.k.a. first Hearing test!

It has been 24 hours since the girls have been taken out of the Isolette "Condo" and they are now keeping their temps above the required number!! Wahoo!! Piper and Phoebe also had their hearing screening today and passed with 100%in each ear! The test is really neat they hook the up with "baby's first ipod"  as you can see in the pic the kids didn't think it was as cute as we did. They still sleep in the small little crib and often sleep nose to nose.  "Oh, they are just sooooo cute"!

 Today I began nursing both babies at the same time which helped to make feedings a bit quicker. Our trips to feed the babies include; nursing, bottle feeding, diaper changing, swaddling, and pumping. We do this every 2-3 hours and usually takes about an hour and a half to finish everything.  Which leaves us a very short rest period in between. 

 I have quite a few adorable photos to post. I am not really able to post "gallery " pics yet, but I will let you know when I have those up but for now here are a few on the main page. 

Stats: Piper & Phoebe both weigh just over 4lbs. Most importantly they both gained from last nights measurements. I am looking forward to what the Pediatrician says in the morning..hopefully we will be going home by Tuesday.