Adventures of Home Life

The girls turned 3 months this week! I can't believe how fast the time is going by. One lady who had twins told me that the first year is just a blur, and I can attest that it is true. I have had my hands full with my two little angels/devils and life has been a crazy busy blur. Luckily I have been taking a lot of pictures. I tried to narrow down the number of pictures to post, but they are all so darn cute I had a hard time.

This was their first time going to church. I love dressing them up and showing them off to all the people in my ward. Twins are a magnet and everyone wants to see, its a lot of fun.

Adelyn all ready for church 

Emma all ready for church. She slept the whole time. 

Funny side note about Emma in this car seat on this particular outing to church. Like I said it was our first time. We got there early so we could get a bench that had enough room for for the car seats and all of us. Well, Andrew found a bench and set Emma down on it and the next thing he knew the car seat flipped upside down with Emma still strapped inside it and fell between the benches! I don't know how this happened becuase when we tried to get the car seat out from between the benches it didn't fit! It was quit the show with Andrew tugging on the car seat wiggling it side to side (still upside down) trying to get it back. When we finally freed the car seat and looked inside Emma was still peacefully sleeping. Ha Ha Ha Funniest moment at church ever! The people around us thought it was pretty funny too. From that point on I stopped any and all judgements when it comes to other peoples parenting. I can't say much considering what we've put our kids threw. All I have to say is there is no judgement here so please don't judge us :)

Emma pulling one of her famous crazy faces.

Adelyn hanging out after church

Some bath time pictures. These girls LOVE their bath!

Addie

Addie

Emma

Emma

My little red head! I prayed so hard for a red head and I am so happy I got one! Emma's hair is starting to look a little red too. I think little red headed girls are so cute!

Look at that red hair!

2 Month Pictures

They are such good friends

I just love these girls!

Adelyn

Emma

Napping together

 Ok, remember when I said no judging? Twins are A LOT of work. At first I felt guilty not holding and cuddling my babies while I fed them, but when they were both screaming I didn't know what else to do. 

This is how we do it.
Efficiency is the key to my sanity.  

Play time 

Monkey bums!

All ready to go shopping! It's a lot of work to get out of the house and I find it a HUGE accomplishment anytime I get out of the house with them not screaming.

Andrew and Addie cuddling/napping

Cuddling my babies!

Dressed up in their cupcake shirts for daddy's birthday.

Birthday Cake I made for Andrew. It's suppose to be a golf course in case you couldn't tell. Andrew thought it was a soccer field? 

Happy Birthday Dad!

Look at those big blue eyes.

Emma has some of the funniest faces! These strip of pictures were taken in sequence one after another in about a total of 5 seconds. I was laughing so hard. She just kept changing her face. I wish I knew what she was thinking!

HAHA I still can't stop laughing at this funny girl! I love being her mom!

 Addie is such a little sweetie! I just love her!

Don't you just want to squeeze those cute little cheeks?

The Nursery

I have slowly been finishing the girls' nursery. When I was unexpectedly put on  bedrest I wasn't finished with the nursery so I had to wait until they were born to finish and it seems like everything takes 10 times longer to finish with two little girls. But, I am done! I love it. I kept it simple because we are just renting and I didn't want to put a lot of effort into a nursery I have to pack up in 7 months. Here are some picture.

I got a cricket for Christmas so I did most of the decorations myself. I love my Cricket! I also spruced up these frames and did a little butterfly craft I saw on pinterest.  I also love pinterest, I got a lot of my ideas from there. I wish I was creative enough to come up with these ideas, but since I'm not I'm glad I have pinterest. 

I begged my mom to make crib skirts for me and I am so glad she did! I did the easy picking out the material and cutting, and she did the hard sewing. It was quite the project, but I love how they turned out!

I covered these frames with some fabric I had left over from the bed skirts.

Getting ready to make butterfly feet. They loved it! Anytime they don't have to wear clothes they are happy.

Finished with the butterfly feet. 

All ready to hang up in the nursery.

Butterfly chandelier 

One Crib

Two cribs!

I love this quote

This brown rocking chair is SO comfortable! I love it.

 I had fun putting the nursery together, but I am glad it is done!

NICU Part 2

Life has gotten a little busy since we brought the kiddos home so this post is a month late, but better late than never... right? Besides these picture are so cute I couldn't help but share them. The second part of our NICU stay seemed to last forever. When the girls were 5 days old they were doing well enough to get transfered to NICU 2. They stayed in NICU 2 for 25 days. I didn't think it was ever going to end and Andrew didn't think the hospital was ever going to let us take our babies home, but they eventually did. Once the girls learned how to eat on their own they were cleared for discharge. Eating on your own seems like such a simple task especially when the only thing you eat is milk, but it's quite the task when your only 34 weeks gestation. The girls hadn't learned the skill eat suck swallow before they were born so they had to learn it outside the womb in the NICU. This simple task took us 4 weeks to master. 4 weeks of going to the hospital 25 min away from home every day at least once. I got very familiar with the drive from home to the hospital. All I have to say is I am glad this part of our lives is over and we finally have our beautiful girls home!
Enjoy the pictures!

Family Picture - The girls were 1 week old

Adelyn 1 week old - Notice the hair color? I think I got my red head!

Emmalyn 1 week old

Twins, but definitely not identical 

Grandma came to visit!

After a few weeks I got tired of the boring hospital atire and I decided to spice it up a little with a bow for the girls' hats.
Adelyn 2 weeks old

Emma 2 weeks old with her bow

This smile fills my heart with joy!

Adelyns first bath

Andrew giving Adelyn her first bath

The girls got tired of lying on their backs in their cribs looking up at the boring hospital ceiling after a few weeks. They really enjoyed their bouncers! 
P.S. I love Adelyns face in this picture!

Andrew being a good dad holding Emma. He's such an amazing dad.

The girls sure are daddy's girls
Andrew and Adelyn

After 2 weeks the girls made it out of their incubators and into open air cribs
Adelyn in her crib

Andrew filing Adelyns nails

Grandma came to visit again!
Grandma and Emma

This time Grandma brought Aunt Kristine to visit as well.
Aunt Kristine and Adelyn

Peek-a-boo... guess who!
This is how I found this little girl one day. Emma loves her face covered

Both of Adelyn's ears are like this...  not sure what happened. I think she ran out of room inside me when her ears were developing so they are both smashed down.

Cute little Adelyn - 3 weeks old. I just love her!

Sweet Emmalyn - 3 weeks old. Look at those big blue eyes!

The nurse said they were crying and she didn't have time to hold both of them and give them the attention they wanted so she faced them towards each other and let them entertain each other. It must have worked because when I got there they were as happy as could be.

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit

Grandpa and Adelyn

Grandma and Emma

Emmalyn
I gor anxious to dress up these cute little girls

Adelyn

Emma
Thanks Izzy for the bouncer, it was a life saver! The girls spent  hours every day hanging out in these when we weren't able to be there to hold them.

It's time to go home!!!! Car seat test to make sure they continue to breath while in their car seats. They sat in there hooked up to their monitors for 90 min. They actually enjoyed it.

Waiting to be discharged. No more monitors and wires hooked up to the girls!

Emma - All ready to go home!

Adelyn - Ready to go! Andrew made their shirts (He bought tiny white onsies and ironed on the ctrl c, ctrl v) and I made their skirts. Finding cute clothes small enough to fit them was a challenge so we took the task upon ourselves. 

Headed home all buckled in. Now the real adventure begins!
We had no clue what was in store for us at this point. Had we know we may not have left the hospital.