Wow...

Our twins are five months old today. In some ways, the time has gone by slow, but for the most part, it has flown by. As hard as this has been, believe it or not, it does seem like yesterday when we brought them home from the hospital. The first few months were just insane, but we could not have gotten through it without putting God first in our lives. I bumped into someone at the grocery store yesterday who had twin girls and a toddler with her and I asked her about them and told her how old my girls are and she mentioned that we are just pass the hardest part and mentioned how the first four months are just crazy. Oh she was so right!  Thank you Lord that this is slowly getting easier. I am sure there are many challenges to come! We do enjoy spending every moment with them even if it is a hard job!

The girls are growing so fast. Bryant comes home from being out of town for a week and tells me how different they look and how much their hair has grown. They are both so active. Both girls can roll over and love to be on their belly's. They are noticing each other  more but notice their big brother, Bryson, more. They just love watching Bryson. Both girls are getting so vocal and can be loud, especially Avery and that is in a cute way of course! We pretty much have them on the same sleeping schedule. They both take their one hour morning nap around 9am and then their two hour afternoon nap around 1:30. They sleep when Bryson takes his nap and that gives me a nice break. Sometimes I find myself taking a well needed nap because they still wake me up at night!

Our girls are so different. Gracie is our little miss charmer and Avery is our little miss sweet pea. Avery is a little calmer than Gracie but she can be strong willed. Gracie will let you know when she gets mad or tired. When Gracie gets tired we just simply have to lay her down in her crib right then because nothing else works except for holding her! As far as we can tell, Avery is a little more patient. When Avery cries, she has big real tears! It breaks mommy's heart!

As far as looks, Avery is still a little bigger than Gracie and she has dimples when she smiles which we just adore! Gracie's hair is so fuzzy and sticks straight up and Avery's hair is very straight and slick.

Avery is doing much better with her PT for her Torticollis, thanks to mommy who has been working so hard with her!

Both are so adorable and we just can't get enough of them! Before we know it, they will be crawling!

As you can tell in these pictures, Gracie is our little droller!

Gracie's morning nap

Avery's morning nap

A Glance Back...

Just thought I would share this. I look back at when I got pregnant and we were going to the doctor's office expecting to see our (one) baby's heartbeat on the ultrasound...and to our surprise, ohhhhhh there were two! I think my jaw just about hit the floor. We were mind blown for days. I was a frantic mess. My pregnancy was so emotional and I was so scared. It was nothing like my first pregnancy with Bryson. Now, the reality has soaked in and it is just a wonderful  blessing to have these two healthy twin girls. They brighten our day and God has blessed us with our Gracie Jo and Avery Anne for a reason...and that reason is to live for HIM. We could not get by without putting God first. Thank you Lord! We are looking so forward to the days to come and seeing our girls, and boys grow up into great kids and then great teenagers living for God and serving Him. Life is good!

Wonderful Smiles...

New Stuff....

The girls got some new baby stuff this weekend, thanks to GG Ellen and G-ma! They keep coming out with the neatest baby things. We got the girls the E-Z Bundle. This is a baby chair, swing, high chair and toddler chair all in one. No picture of the swing yet, but they love it. Grandma Travis got them a Bumbo seat which they love...especially Gracie. Bryson has decided that he likes the chair....good thing it can fit up to 50 pounds because he is already at 35! And, if you can tell...Avery is our little gymnast!

Sorry about all these links on here. I can't figure out how to get rid of them! If anyone knows...please tell me how!

Update on Avery's Torticollis

Avery saw her PT yesterday and as far as her Torticollis is going...she sees no improvement. Ugh. I kind of feel like a failure because I am really trying to work on her stretches and doing all I can do, give her tummy time and her massages. So, I need to work harder. The good thing is that she showed me a new stretch to do which Avery loves. She also showed me a couple other things to do which Avery can handle. When Avery starts to sit up on her own, she will be doing a lot of the stretching on her own and, by then, hopefully she will start to improve faster. Right now, we are doing the stretching for her. She normally hates her stretches and the PT said we have to stretch her even if she cries which makes it harder to do. I am so thankful that I can stay home now and work more with Avery and just be home with the kids. Although it is not easy, it really is a blessing as I feel my heart belongs here at home with them.

Here are some updated pictures of our sweet peas...

Science Museum Trip

We took Bryson to the Science Museum last week with some friends. Our little boy is so adventurous! He loved every part of the museum. His favorite exhibit was the butterfly exhibit. The butterflies were so pretty and he tried to catch them. They also had turtles in the butterfly exhibit and the turtles were eating. Bryson kept telling the turtles, "time to eat"! He also enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit with the huge dinosaur. He said the dinosaur had a boo boo on his leg. So cute!