Miracle Times Three

Friday, June 6, 2008

Shots...

Poor Marcus had his 6 month shots today. He was great at the doctor's office; his usual charming self. Unfortunately it had to end with the shots and he really didn't like that so well. He is now 17 lbs 10.5 oz (50%) and 26.5 inches (also 50%). He does have a little pin-head though coming in at only the 10th percentile there...but the doctor said he is growing well and looking good.

Visitors

This is Noah. He came all the way from Sweeden to visit us. He is 2 months younger than Marcus...perfect for future play dates!

This is Isabella, Noah's sister. They will be here for about 1 month. These are Jack's sister's (Lisa) kids. Jack's Mom is from Sweeden and his sister lives there with her family now. It's so fun to watch these girls interact. Isabella does not speak English so it's fun to see how they communicate. Tonight Emma followed her around the house and repeated everything she said. Now, I'm going to have to call Jack and his Mom frequently to figure out what she is saying. We'll all be getting toether again soon, so there will be more pictures and stories to tell.

We also had a visit from a beautiful rainbow tonight. It lasted for hours. It was so bright and pretty. The kids were amazed. My pictures do not do it justice for sure.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

6 Months Old

Marcus is 6 months old today...1/2 way to a year! He's doing all sorts of things lately. He claps on a regular basis. He rolls a lot. He even sits up pretty well on his own. He's eating baby food now too. He is waking every 2 hours during the night though. I'm not sure how we are going to change that habit. He's still as sweet and lovable as ever though!

These three love each other so much...I sure hope that continues on throughout their lives. It's so amazing to me how different they are from each other. It's a lot of fun to watch them interact though.

Monday, June 2, 2008

2 Years Old!!!

Emma and Olivia are officially 2 years old today! We celebrated with a little sushi (the cooked kind)...they ended up wanting PB&J in the end though :-) We had some left over cake from Saturday so we had that too...yummy! The girls sang Happy Birthday to each other all night long...it was so dang cute!

They got one last present...guess who bought them these outfits...aren't they so cute!

Even Marcus joined in the camo fun.

What an exhausing few days. I just had to take this picture of Emma tonight. Emma wanted to sleep with Annie tonight and this is how I found them. It still doesn't seem real that the twins are already 2. So Crazy!

Memory Lane

I thought since I started this blog when the twins were 18 months old...I'd take the opportunity to walk down memory lane today, their 2nd birthday...

Emma a couple of days old. She weighed 5lbs 9oz and was 18 inches long. Born at 4:44am.

Olivia a couple of days old. She weighed 5lbs 4oz and was 18 inches long. She was born at 4:42am.

Finally home together...Emma was in NICU for 7 days, Olivia was in for 10.

Emma and Olivia...2 months old

Almost 3 months here

1st Halloween

1st Christmas...6 months old

9 months old, Emma in green, Olivia in pink.

16 months old. This is just before their world changed and little brother arrived :-) It's still hard to believe we did it...twins are tough, but these two are such a joy! I can't believe they are 2 already...the time flies way to fast!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Motorcross

One of Marc's highschool friends, Robert Gehrke, was in town with his son racing motorcycles this weekend. His other friend, Casey Stancil, was also there with his son (opps...forgot to get a picture with Casey).

We took all the kids to watch this afternoon...they had a blast. Even Olivia did great (she usually has breakdowns around things like this). Olivia actually cheered and laughted the whole time.

This is Robert's son on the racetrack. He is 8 years old...can you believe this! He was pretty good too...he took 2nd in one of the races we watched.

Here he is again at one of the jumps.

This is one of the pros. It was fun to watch them too. The kids loved it.

Even Marcus seemed to have a blast. He copied all the noises and clapped his hands and everything. Possibly a future motorcross racer here???

More Birthday Fun

We wanted to share some of the cool toys the girls got...Nana and Papa gave them this cool water station. It spits out water and does all sorts of fun stuff! The girls get absolutely soaked playing with this. It will be a fun summer toy to have for sure!

And they finally got their kitchen. This was a gift from Grami and Poppi. It even matches Grami's stove with the red knobs...cool! The girls love it!

Auntie Kimmie got them twin baby dolls with lots of stuff to go with (i.e. stroller, swing, bed). Emma decided to try out the twin baby doll stroller this morning. It worked well for her...unfortunatley, the twin bed did not so we had to explain that these are for baby dolls only :-)

The girls had fun hanging out with Papa this weekend too. Papa also did a lot of work for the party. Thanks again everyone!

Princess Party!

We had a Princess Party for the twins yesterday. My Mom (aka Nana) put a lot of work into this party. She made all of these cakes! The little dolls are cakes too...one for Emma and one for Olivia. The girls were really into it this year...so fun to see!

Special thanks to Abbie for all of her help. She cleaned up after everyone, helped with the gift list, watched all the little ones...you name it, she did it! Thanks Abbie!