One Month Photo Shoot

Last Sunday the girls turned one month old. We celebrated with a photo shoot on a soft white blanket in our living room. We took over a hundred pictures, here are some of the favorites. :)

Emily

Addison

Sisters

Hands with Direction

A couple of exciting things happened today. The girls were baptized and had lots of visitors! All of Chris's family is in town, including his brother Eric and his wife, Cathy, who are currently living in Turkey.

Also, we noticed Addison using her hands much more purposefully. She started reaching for things and touching them instead of seeming to randomly move her arms. She reached out and touched CeeCee's necklace, and she rubbed her eye twice. We're thinking it won't be long before she finds her fingers for sucking.

Precious Faces

The girls turned one month old today. In these first weeks of life, we have already taken hundreds of pictures. Of course, I'd like to put them all up on the blog, but time is short in a house with twins! So today I'd like to just post some of my favorites. We did have a one month photo shoot today, and I promise to get those shots up soon!

Here's Emily, shortly after being born. Is this a yoga pose?

Addison, enjoying my finger

Emily, enjoying Chris's finger

Alright Emily, we know you like the passi, but that's the wrong hole!

Addison is all ready to head home from the hospital!

And so is Emily!

Sweet sleeping Addison

She loves to stretch!

Oooo! That's exciting!

All dressed up

Precious Emily

Precious Addison

Sisters

Emily discovers her new toy

Addison enjoys some fresh air in the front yard

who done it ?!?

This morning I changed Emily and Addision, swaddled them back up, and set them in their crib together. They were kinda awake so I decided to put them 6" apart (Addison on left, Emily on right) so they could 'talk and hang out'.

I came back 3 min later to check on them, and Emily had the ENTIRE left side of her head/face covered in vomit, from top to chin, white curd chunks streaking her hair and all, along with a 1" halo of barf backlighting half of her head. She was wide eyed with a very surprised look on her face. WHA!? I couldn't believe how much she had thrown up!

AHHH, then I realized the indifferent, semi-guilty look on Addison's face, and very subtle almost indiscernible tiny tiny puke trail coming from her side and towards her sister. Immediately I was impressed with the accuracy and distance displayed by her newest skill (projectile vomiting) and the absolute ease at which she pulled it off and almost managed to make it look like it was Emily's fault instead.

Emily often likes to swat at Addison when laying next to each other, and I think she learned her lesson about paybacks today... :)

(chris)

Grandparents and Great Grandparents

Addison and Emily are lucky enough to have 5 Grandparents and 3 Great Grandparents to love them!

Great Grandma Hicks with Emily

Great Grandma Nicoll with Addison

Grandparents and Great Grandparents

Grandma Dee Dee

Pop Pop and Cee Cee

Bonus Grandma (BG) with Addison

Grandpa Hicks

Pop Pop with Addison

Cee Cee with Emily

Holding Hands

They might not even know they're holding hands, but they love to do it.

Bubblegum Cigars

Chris bought pink bubblegum cigars to give out when the babies were born. Here he is with Emily and Addison sporting two cigars for his two little girls.

One wrap, two babies

The Moby baby carrier allows for twins! :)

Addison and Emily peek out to say hello!

First Sponge Bath!

Addison and Emily had their first sponge baths last Tuesday. Dad did all the major work while Mom, CeeCee (Grandma Sue), and DeeDee (Grandma Debbie) took pictures.

Addison got to go first for this experience. Here she is looking at her tub, she's ready to go!

Is that bath for me?

A nice hair wash with scalp massage.

Scrub a dub dub

There was an audience for this show!

Bath's done, all bundled up in my cute monster towel! Nice work Dad!

Getting dressed up after the bath.
All dressed and ready to go!
Now it's Emily's turn!

Washing your hair...
Getting all clean! This is fun!
Scrub scrub!
And here's Emily's cute monster towel!

Emily gets a new outfit too.

Precious girl!
Here's a family shot...
And here we are...Emily and Addison all fresh and clean!