five + two

We had a wonderful, peaceful Christmas Eve. It started at church, followed by a meal with a couple friends and Maz and Papa, with some White Christmas mixed in and ending with a gift for each kid (new Christmas Pj's).

(Somehow) We made it out- all 7 of us to get Santa Photos. Our friends at Evantide Photography (Meg and Aaron), take santa pics for free, how could we pass it up? And, on top of that, our friend/nanny/awesome person, Nicole (Nikki to most), bought matching outfits for all the kiddos. I'm pretty impressed by the picture, no cryers, everyone looking in the general correct direction and more than half of the group smiling... success! And by the way, don't ask how long it took us to all get ready and out the door. Don't ask.

Somehow we are managing to do some Christmassy things. We have a tree up (I was afraid this wasn't going to happen,), our mantel is decorated, and we have decorated cookies.

I made it to the pediatrician with these two with the help of my friend Nicole. The babies are doing quite well. Henry's growing like a champ and Molly is doing just fine as well. She had shrunk a few ounces when we went to the pediatricians, but since then she has been gaining and is pretty close to birth weight.

I finally did it, I took more pics. My fear was that I would blink and I wouldn't have taken many newborn pics of the twins- this stage is so precious. My friend, who is a photographer, is actually coming up from Seattle to take pics of them on Monday, so that will be fun too. But for now, here are some I took today.

Let's get real for a moment, to ensure that one might not be deceived into thinking that our house always looks like this:

Why not just tack on a little ER trip? Poor Ada. She was walking and slipped and boom, lip open. We got a call from Edie about an hour before we were planning on leaving the hospital that they thought Ada needed stiches. I was actually quite relieved that it was just stitches after watching Nate's face while he was talking to his mom. Poor Ada. Nate ended up going to get Ada and spent the next 5 hours with her trying to get her in with the plastic surgeon. Nate was with her during the surgery and almost fainted. It was harder for him to watch Ada get stitched up than it was to watch me get cut open- a loving father (a loving husband too, but for some reason the sheet they put between my face and where the cutting is happening actually makes him think it is not me they're cutting into.) Anyways, Ada is doing well and doesn't seem phased. We are all at home now which is nice. At first it was a bit overwhelming because Lucy was catching me up on all that I missed while Will was doing so in the other ear, and then there were the twins and Ada... but this was a good overwhelming, filled with a lot of joy and excitement.

So glad we weren't in the hospital on Ada's birthday. We had a little celebration for a girl who is worth a giant celebration. We sang happy birthday to her 3 times because she liked it so much. We love you Ada!

Things are going really well here at the hospital. We will be going home tomorrow. I am really excited to see the kiddos, Nate has been able to see them a bit here and there, but I haven't seen them for four days now. I just breastfed the twins at the same time for the first time and it went really well (Nate took a picture, but I'll spare you and not post it). We actually have been getting a decent amount of sleep- surprised us! These two are utterly spectacular.

This might be getting a bit much, but I feel almost guilty enjoying such sweetness without sharing some.

Molly was 6 lbs. 8 oz and Henry was a healthy 7 lbs. 9 oz. Molly is 1 minute older. They are both absolutely beautiful and doing well.