The Dojo is proud to welcome it's 2 newest members - Kate & Elle Burns. Tyler and I are the proud parents of these 2 little girls, born early in the morning on September 3rd. Aren't they lovely??
I started having contractions around 8pm on Wednesday and after a call to the doctor, reported to the hospital, thinking I'd most likely get sent home. Wrong! When they told us they'd scheduled me for a C-Section, I think both our mouths dropped open. And so Ellerson Anne came into the world at 12:16am weighing 5lbs 9oz and measuring 18 3/4" long, followed by Kathryn Madison at 12:17am, weighing 5 lbs 15 oz and measuring 19" long. It was all so surreal and hard to believe that the 2 little ones I'd been carrying for 37 weeks were finally here! Elle was able to come with me right away, but Kate had to go to the transition nursery for just a little while, as her little lungs adjusted. But she was quickly released and our family of two suddenly became a family of 4. Plus Lily, who we cannot leave out, even if she's not getting much attention these days!
I can hardly believe they are already 1 month old. The first several weeks were tough, but worth it. We continue to fall in love with our two sweet girls each day. And they really are such good babies. They are noisy sleepers, which took this mom some getting used to, but they sleep and eat well and don't cry much at all (hopefully I didn't just jinx us). They are starting to get little personalities already - Miss Kate looks just like her daddy and is already exhibiting his crazy sense of humor. And sweet Elle looks more like me and seems quite introspective and focused like her mom. It's kind of amazing to see already - we'll see if they stay that way!
They have their one month checkup tomorrow - hopefully they will get an excellent report. They've been eating like champs, so here's hoping their weight is up!
As we adjust to this new, crazy life of raising twins, we are so thankful that God chose us to be their parents. And we are exceedingly thankful for our families, who have been SO wonderful and supportive. Here's to the craziness of daily life with twins, hopefully not a crazy mom, and a dad who loves all 3 of his girls so well.
As many faces as she makes, Kate would not make a different one when I was trying to take her picture. She smiles so much!
Elle is voguing.
Dad and Kate
Mom and Elle
Kate & Elle LOVE bath time. And it's been HUGE in getting them to adjust to daytime/nightime and sleeping through the night. They also love it because they get to spend some quality time with their Dad. He gets in the tub with them - we like to call it "Spa Daddy". We don't have any pictures of the actual bath - Tyler might kill me if I put pictures of him in a bathtub up, but here are a few post-bath pictures. I especially like how Kate looks like the Flying Nun. Except she's way cuter than Sally Field.
