weekly pic

Here are some pics taken this week.

Patrick sleeping with daddy

Peter playing

What is the best thing about being a parent???

Gotta tell you. Being a parent is pretty amazing.
One moment you did not even know this new person, a person
you helped create and the next you can't stop loving
them enough.

So many good things like seeing them cry and whine, drink their bottle, etc..
But the best??? Hmm, right now I would have to say the best is that you have a better perspective of God. God always wants us to call him Father. And before being a parent, you don't know what it is like to be a father. And now being a parent you have a sense and idea of what it is like be God. Now you have a sense to only want to love this little someone and take care of them in every way possible.

sleeping with Patrick

Early this morning we brought Patrick to sleep with us in his mommy and daddy's room because he wasn't sleeping so well. Normally Patrick and Peter sleep in the nanny room. It is so amazing to sleep next to your baby who is the size of arm from your elbow down. You just want to put your arm around and cuddle him. You listen to him breathe and make his funny baby noises. You smell his sweet baby scent.

Ahhh, now I know why we know why they sleep in the nanny room -- if they slept with us we wouldn't get any sleep because we would be admiring them too much!

double pee pee + double poo poo

Today Peter went to their second doctor's appoitnment to get weighed. They are gaining weight nicely, Patrick is gaining an average of 40 grams a day while Peter is gaining an average of 36 grams a day.

This doctor's appointment went much better than the first one where both cried when they had take off their clothes to get weighed. And then when butt naked on the scale, both did their best fountain imitation with a double pee pee. And then when in the doctor's office to get examined, they both did a double poo poo too.

No longer newborns

Notice anything different with the milk bottle the twins are suckling on?
-- In the first pic, the bottle is smaller and the second one the bottle is bigger.
After two weeks Peter and Patrick have outgrown the bottles that they were using at at the hospital.
Peter and Patrick are no longer newborns. Babies they are now.

Patrick

Peter

Peter and Patrick playing with each other

Peter and Patrick don't get to spend much time together. Either one is feeding and the other is sleeping or vice versa.

But before bed, we try to get them to play to make them tired and so hopefully they both sleep very well and make the night nice and relaxing for the poor parents.

Daddy and Patrick

Mommy and Patrick playing

Peter playing

Playing playing with J&S gift squeaky toy

Patrick practicing his crawling

View from above

Peter

Godfather M

Future godfather M bonding with Patrick.

Weekends is Visitor Days

On weekends Peter and Patrick get to host a lot of visitors.

tim T with Patrick

L with Peter

A and Peter

Who is who?

From the image who is Peter and who is Patrick???
Answer at the bottom.


























Mommy holding Patrick. Peter drinking from the bottle.

Celebrating Grandpa 65th birthday

Today Grandpa is 65 years old and Peter and Patrick are 6 days old.Peter and Patrick think the number 5 candle should be removed from the cake and so we would be celebrating Peter and Patrick's 6 day birthday!

Grandpa holding Patrick and Grandma holding Peter

Family portrait -- minus Peter

Here is the almost the first picture with the whole entire family. Just forgot Peter.
Reminder: must get the pic with Peter from Blair's camera.

Patrick eating

Here's Patrick eating with mom. In the first two weeks, Patrick has been the fussier eater, taking longer than Peter to drink his bottle.

Eyes open

Looks like the first pictures of Patrick with his eyes open.

First pictures at home

Peter and Patrick are home!

Peter

Patrick

Going home from the hospital

After 3 nights in the hospital, it is time to go home!

Patrick in his car seat

Mommy with her two boys

Finally a picture of mommy and her two boys.
Note: Patrick is wearing the yellow hat.

Mommy with her two boys

Finally a picture of mommy and her two boys.
Note: Patrick is wearing the yellow hat.

Patrick's first bath

The nurse is bathing Patrick for the first time.

Twins reunited

After being monitored for the night in NICU, Patrick is back with mom and Patrick. They say twins like to be together (reminisce on the good old days in the womb?). But from these pictures of their first time together, they look kinda annoyed with each other.

Note: Peter wrapped in white.

Proud grandparents

The grandparents get their first sight of the twins.

With Peter

With Patrick