More of the twins in their second day of life

Wesley, Luka. Are they the cutest little guys ever?

I love you my brother. I was thrilled to get to stick around for their photo shoot today. Look how sweet those faces are. They really seem to love each other.

Little Luka.

Luka loves to be snuggled as well. Especially in these warm and soft blankets.

Daddy getting in on the snuggle time with little Wesley. Wesley reached up and grabbed his nose at one point.

Wesley sleeping for this shot:)

Poor little guy. He does NOT like to be undressed or uncovered. He was waiting on me to change his diaper. Just after this shot was taken he let loose with his cries:)

Wesley is so sleepy, he is not waking up enough to eat, so the lactation consultant was trying to make him a little mad so he might eat:)

Leah snuggling with Luka after he ate.

Wesley quietly sleeping in my arms.

Luka with his bright eyes. What an absolute doll:)

Christmas Decorations, Crazy Outfit, Twins

Elli saw me wearing this white sweater today and she said she wanted to be twins with me. So, we went to her closet and got her white sweater too. This happened the morning the twins were born:)

Our new mantel decorations. Brent's idea, our shopping, my arranging. Looks pretty good.

We wanted all the Christmas decorations up so we wouldn't have to worry about it when the twins got here. Elli was very excited to help put the ornaments on.

Elli ran up to her room while we were decorating to change her clothes. She came down in this stretched out swimsuit and tutu and began dancing to Christmas music.

Yes, a different outfit still while decorating the other tree. Again, she was a lot of help and had fun choosing where to hang her special ornaments.

Meet the Twins!!!

This is sweet Luka.

Leah is holding the most precious little guys you have ever met! She is very proud as she should be.

Great grandma so proud.

Auntie Cheryl with her new great nephews:)

This is Wesley. So adorable.

These sweet boys love each other and seem to like being near each other. In this picture they had just finished getting a bath. Matt placed them next to each other when they were crying and they both stopped. I love them!

The proud Aunt Heather and Uncle Gary!

Gonga and Papa with their new grandbabies and their sweet granddaughter:)

Family picture with these babies:)

Elli is showing Wesley the new sock monkey he wanted her to have. She only hit him twice!

This is a very happy family. Leah is very tired since she didn't get much sleep, but so excited to have her new baby boys. She is holding Wesley, Matt is holding Luka.

Wesley weighed 5 lbs 14 oz, born at 11:47 am and Luka weighed 6 lbs 4 oz, born at 12:11pm. They were both 19 1/2 in long. So sweet.

Elli and Fergi

Elli wants a sister or brother very badly. For now, Fergi has filled the role. Fergi barely puts up with Elli and sometimes yips or snips, but Elli is not easily stopped. Elli puts sweaters on Fergi, pushes her in the stroller, walks and runs her around the house, puts her down for naps, feeds her, and countless other things. This is a picture of Fergi waiting patiently for Elli to finish breakfast so they can continue playing:) I was feeling sad for Fergi becasuse she often has her tail between her legs and looks at me with this look you see here which says, "Please rescue me," but yesterday Elli ran an errand with Brent and Fergi layed down by the garage door waiting for them to get back.

Any room for me in there?

Elli sleeps in her toddler bed which is her crib converted into a bed. I am not sure how she does it, but last night when I put her in bed, she joined 17 stuffed animals! She is the sweetest little girl who loves animals, including her stuffed ones. My Aunt Cheryl made the point that she loves to be surrounded by people when she is awake, so why not be surrounded when she sleeps:)

Bounce U, Nov. 1

Elli on the big slide.

We had so much fun going down this slide with Elli. We also had fun going down by ourselves, with other kids and just watching the kids squeal as they went down.

Look at that smile. She squealed nearly every time she went down. It was fun to watch her and Madilynn go down together. They were having so much fun!

The children's program at church rented out Bounce U. It was so much fun. I think the adults were playing as much as the kids:) We truly had a great time playing not only with Elli but with a lot of the sweet kids we go to church with.

How many takes?

Happy Seth, Nana not looking.

Everyone happy, fingers in Seth's mouth.

Not bad, except the thumb. Sweet though.

I wanted to get a picture of Nana with her grandkids (two of them at least, Liam was not there) since they were all wearing the same colors:) We tried many takes, much more than what is shown here, but at least you see how adorable they are.

Trick or Treat and raking leaves, Oct 31, Michigan

Elli waiting patiently for someone to come to the door with candy:)

" The gang" hopping out of the van and heading to the doors for candy.

We got the days wrong and headed out for candy on Saturday instead of Sunday. Elli is waiting for someone to answer the door. Fortunately, it was the house of a friend of Linda so she was able to explain our mistake. The guy did however, give the kids some candy. We found out there was a town close by that was having trick or treat that night, so we headed out and got some candy afterall.

Nana and Grandpa with the grandkids in the piles of leaves ready to be burned.

I love this picture. She was posing for the camera with the leaves in her hair.

Seth was a little unsure of the whole, "have fun in the leaf pile" thing:)

Elli loved it this year!

Grandpa with his little helper. Actually Elli was following him back to the leaves so she could get another ride on the tarp!

Brent got a little more exercise than the rest of us. He was chopping some wood from a fallen tree so his parents could have some manageable firewood.

Elli is actually in there somewhere, riding in the leaves. She had a lot of fun.

There she is:)

Is she helping or playing? Oh wait, that is a result of Brent raking the leaves onto the tarp Elli is holding:)

Lots of smiles before the work begins.

This is Elli's preschool class going trick-or-treating downtown Cedarville. It is a lot of fun for the kids. They get to go to all the businesses and get treats. Elli was excited to do it again this year.

Our Time with Seth

The little cow and precious fairy at Trick-or-treat.

Elli was helping Seth jump on the trampoline. So sweet to watch her with him.

Seth sitting in his big booster seat for lunch at our house. Elli never far behind when Seth is around. She loves to take care of him.

Trunk or Treat and Pumpkins

Our annual picture with the Jack-o-lantern, Elli and Fergi:)

Carving the pumpkin.

My little lambs from Cubbies. I co-lead these munchkins with Deanna and Steven. Such fun we had. Since we were going to be out of town for trick or treat, we decided to beg at Heather's house. She gave Elli a piece of candy and some money. Elli got a generous streak though and gave it back:) She was sharing.

We also stopped at mom's for some candy. This little fairy knows how to coax the candy out of anyone.