Londyn Paige and Livia Grace

1/5/10

Lunch with the Ladies & Daddy!

We had an awesome last weekend!!! Allen took a day and a half off work so he was with us for 4 1/2 days straight - can you say YEAH!!! We were pretty laid back - went to the mall, grocery store, played lots of games, watched lots of movies at home, and Mommy & Daddy went to the movies (double feature)! We had a great weekend. Our weekend started off with Daddy meeting all of the ladies for lunch at ND Foods up north, one of our favorites. Here are a few pics!

Livy Grace

Londyn

This is a pretty common face these days!

Livy & Memaw

Londyn & Trudy

Livy & Mimi

Livy

I love this sweet little smile!

Londyn

And I love this sweet little smile!

Daddy & Lulu

Mommy & Lulu

Mommy & Livy Grace

I had to post this one...

Daddy doing some work &

Londyn seems pretty interested!

Look at those lashes - she is so lucky!

What a wonderful lunch

and great way to start the weekend!

Over this weekend Keely came to visit

(the pics are on her camera)

We had a great time! We always love when

Keek comes, the girls love it and so do

Allen & I! We love you Keely, we always enjoy your

company and appreciate all your help. LOVE!!!!

Keely got the girls these outfits!

We are starting them early because we all know...

They were born to be Pi Phi's!!!

I know go ahead and start rush crushing on them now!!!

HAHAHAHA!!! Look at those smiles ~

Shoot for that Pi Phi Arrow!!!

Here are just a few of us and our lazy weekend!!!

Livy & her bumbo...

Londyn... getting her jump on...

Like I said, She is a SWEETIE!!!

Like I said, she is a HAM!!!

Playing with Mommy!!!!

Livia Grace Photoshoot!!!

Londyn Paige Photoshoot!!!

These are my girls!!!

How blessed and lucky am I???

VERY!!!

A Little off Topic...

So I have quite a few 2010 goals. One of them is to cook more and in turn that will cause me to eat healthier and then I will loose weight. Knocking out 3 goals in 1! If you know me, you know I am NOT a cook - I secretly want to be one so I have decided to take baby steps... I downloaded this application on my iphone that has healthy recipes, made a menu, & went shopping! Here are some pictures of what I have made so far! I doubt that you will want my recipes but if you do - leave me a comment!

Enchilada Casserole

Can you believe this is low fat???

Chicken & Dumplings - this was AWESOME!!!!

and low fat....

I deserve bragging rights for this one!!!

Happy Eating & Loosing Weight!!!

12/31/09

~A Glimpse of 2009~

2009 has been a life changing year for me. This is the year I became a mother. I have always known that I was born to be a mother, but I never imagined what it would be like. It is unbelievable how you can love someone so deeply and unselfishly. I have learned so much about my self this year. I have learned that I am strong, weak, patient, impatient, flexible, routined, and many other things. Most importantly, I have learned how to be a mother and a wife (because when you have a baby - this role changes). Thank you for being on this journey with our family.

As you all know, Londyn & Livia came into this world a little early and a little differently than most babies. They did not begin their life in my arms or in our home. We spent 27 days in the NICU. Londyn came home four days before Livia. This experience is the hardest thing we have ever endured. Unless you have gone through this, you can't imagine not bringing your children home with you and learning the daily routines and trials and tribulations of late night feedings and crying. Instead, you worry about why they are hooked up to so many tubes, why do they need to do x-ray on their intestines, you are informed that she may need a blood transfusion before she leaves, they just aren't feeding well, they keep loosing weight, she is having lots of bradys or apnea episodes. You have an hour with your baby, then she needs to rest, find something to do for 2 hours and then come back. You are told that we are just "watching her" what does that mean? Taking one step forward two steps back. At the end of the day, you ride the elevator down to the first floor walk to your car and drive home -in tears. Praying so hard, please let them be okay, please. Then there are days when they take a full feeding, are taken off oxygen, have poops, moved into the same room with each other, then the same bed, they are regulating their own body heat, they get to take a bath, no apnea episodes, we are taking the feeding tubes out, we are removing the pic line, get their room ready - it's time to prepare for their checkout. Finally getting to take those horrible hospital pictures - 25 days after they were born, car seat checks, and then the checkout meeting. It is an emotional rolled coaster and something I never thought I would experience. When I look back at our time their, I can honestly say I was numb - going through each motion just to get to the next day. So as 2009 has been the absolute BEST year of my life, it was also very challenging and emotional. We are so thankful for our babies and they have amazed us, they are strong! I love them so much and I know they love me too.

Thank you God for this year, for these babies, and for the new person that I am. I am forever blessed because of you and your gifts!

That my heart may sing to You and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give You thanks forever.

~Psalm 30:12

It all began in the belly...

Londyn Paige

Livia Grace

tubes..

tubes...

more cords....

Look how little....

~sweet little finger~

Londyn - first bath...

I can't believe how small she is...

Look at the skin on her knees

Livy Grace first bath - not liking it!

Hanging with the family!

Livy on oxygen

Always so alert!!!

First time together since my belly!

Londyn - left Livy - right

Feeding tubes in the mouth and nose...

Cobedding!!!

Soon time to leave...

First Photoshoot

Just laying the same way... we are twins!

Boppy - there favorites!!!

laying the same again...

Playing!!!

I love your ear Livy!

Hello Mom!!!

Shake it!

1 of 2

2 of 2

Loving on each other!!!

So Fancy!!!

GO OU!!!

Happy Halloween!

Meeeoooowww!!!

Ear Piercing

Child Dedications

Christmas 2009

~Goodbye 2009~

Every good and perfect gift is from above...

James 1:17

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12/30/09

Hanging with Mommy!

Luckily, I am off work until February - I got a long term sub position in a kindergarten classroom, I am extremely excited about it!!! But, in the mean time, I am hanging out everyday with my girls! I love it - and they love it! We are having soooo much fun together. Every morning when they wake up I bring them to my bed and we snuggle for a bit. Then, we go to the living room, play, sing (I sing - they watch), read books, eat baby food, jump in the jumper, swing, watch baby einstein, scoot around & anything else that looks fun. Around 11:00 the girls head off for a nap for about an hour and then we either do more playing or we hit the streets. I am so glad I am getting to spend extra mommy time with them, I am LOVING it!!!

Seriously Mom?