4-Months-Old

We are finally starting to find a routine and rhythm to life yet the days seem to fly right by. Life is crazy but amazing! I'm about to photo bomb your computer, beware! :)

4-Months-Old! (Andrew on L, Lucas on R)

In our church clothes, tennis shoes and all! (Lucas)

This last month Matt went back to China and my mom came and stayed. She got up for every night feeding, went grocery shopping, cleaned, cooked, and kept me company. My mom is the best!!! Here she is reading them a book while I got to grab a shower! (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

These boys love to read! (Andrew) 

They also love the bath with bubble hats and even bubble beards! (Lucas)

(Andrew)

Guess who has found one another?? So cute! (Andrew on L, Lucas on R)

We also love our toys (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

And dressing up in costumes! These Monster's Inc Disney outfits are all the way from our friend Phil in Hong Kong (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

(Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

To give you a size reference: the boys posing for the first time next to Hunter, our 20 lb wiener dog. (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

We like to bake cookies for our friends (Lucas)

We like to match sometimes. We are wearing 3-6 month sized clothes! (Lucas on L, Andrew on R)

Sometimes people say Andrew doesn't smile as much but really he does. He just gets too focused on the camera usually. :) Andrew smiles with his whole little body and Lucas tends to look bashful when he smiles. Too cute! (Andrew)

Lucas as a newborn versus 4-months-old (posing on the same pillow). He weighs 14 lbs and has grown 7 inches. 

Andrew as a newborn versus 4-months-old. He weighs 12 lbs and has grown 6 inches. (Lucas was accidentally getting all the hind milk for about a month...oops! We've fixed that so we'll see if their weights even out.)

We are soooo in love!!! This next weekend we will be making out first road trip down to SoCal and plan to have my family meet them. I can't wait to introduce them to their great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and baby cousins!

Quiet Moments

The room is calm and the only sounds are the gentle humming of the sound machine and the peaceful piano notes drifting out of my iPod as the Pandora station plays. I'm slowly rocking back in forth in the rocking chair handed down to me from my grandma, and in the crook of my arm is tucked the sweetest little baby boy. With my eyes I drink in his smooth skin, soft hair, and little lips. His beautiful face peeps out from the folds of a soft, blue blanket and there is a lovey tucked under his arm and snuggled up to his cheek. I cannot believe this little baby is mine. And his brother is sleeping soundly in the crib beside us. These are the moments that I cannot stop the tears from crawling down my face as I try to absorb the miracles I've been given. I stare at their little fingers, fingernails, eyelashes, noses, ears...every tiny bit of them...and I can't imagine having only one of them- or worse, neither.

A year ago I was devastated as I heard of yet another person I knew getting pregnant. "Why not me?!?!" I wanted to shout. I was still mourning my miscarriage and I was gearing up for another torturous round of IVF, unsure if it would even work. Then everyday of my pregnancy I felt as if I was waiting for something to go wrong. After the longest, hardest two years of my life I finally heard the sound I had dreamed of for so, so very long- the sound of Baby A's first cry. I didn't know it was coming but then all of the sudden it was there and the strong wail struck my heart and I knew that was MY son. I asked Matt to wipe the tears off of my face as we eagerly awaited the sound of Baby B's cry, and then that glorious sound filled the room too. His was softer and it took a moment for it to strengthen, in which time I could've sworn my heart stopped beating if it weren't for the monitor overhead beeping and telling me all was well.

Today when I hear those cries I celebrate a little inside because I am their mom. I'm a mom. That truth still struggles to sink in. But in these moments, in my rocking chair, it hits me. And all I can do is weep with joy. Then I grab a tissue from beside me, tuck my sweet baby into bed, and move on to my million other mom duties with a big smile on my face.

I am blessed indeed.

Top: Andrew waking up from nap today but I couldn't capture his smiles on camera
Bottom: Lucas still snoozing away

3-Months-Old!

Yikes!!! Can you tell I've been busy? My last post was for their two-month birthday! Maybe someday life will get into a routine and I'll be able to post more often but for now life is beautifully crazy.

The boys still don't sleep through the night but we're working hard on getting them there, as well as getting them on a schedule of some kind. While they are 3-months-old according to their birthday, it's really more like they are 2-months-old because they were born a month prematurely. Eventually they will catch up but for now they are a little developmentally behind. They recently started acknowledging us with smiles and wiggles which is SO fun and sweet!

Here are some photos from our last month! (You can click on any picture to see it larger)

Family Photos

Lucas

Our "Chunky Cheeks"

Lucas has found this little bear and has fallen in love with snuggling it for naps... he's certainly a child of mine! 

Andrew

Our "Little Andrew" aka "Squishy Cheeks"

This child definitely gets his pouty face from his momma! 

Friends

Good morning! We're in our matching wiener dog jammies!

We go together like peanut butter & jelly!

Middle of the Night Smiles!  

Lucas & Andrew

Family Visitors!

Matt's family and grandparents came to visit in February!

My mom and sister came to visit in March! 

My mom came to stay while Matt was in China and I cannot thank her enough! She got up for every night feeding and helped me get the boys on a schedule for working towards sleeping through the night! I love you mom!!! 

First time seeing Auntie Melissa since they were born!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy 2 Months!

An Overview of Our Last Month!

Lucas: 5.8 pounds and 19.5 inches at birth,
10.8 pounds and 23 inches now

Andrew: 5 pounds and 18.5 inches at birth,
9 pounds and 22 inches now

(Click on any picture for a larger image)

Look how we've grown from 1 to 2 months!

What a difference a few weeks can make! At Christmas we didn't fit into these jammies but now we do! (Andrew at Christmas on left, together now in middle, Lucas at Christmas on right)

We like to sleep, although not often at the same time:

Andrew sleeping with his Wubba Nub paci

Andrew sleeping

Lucas sleeping with his Wubba Nub paci

Lucas sleeping

Sometimes we give mom a break and sleep at the same time so she can do the dishes or get a bite to eat

At almost 7-weeks-old we started sleeping in our crib instead of the cradle in mom and dad's room. We got too big to share it!

We sometimes think it's fun to coordinate our outfits:

Rockstar outfits from our friend Miss Erica

I Love Mommy & Daddy outfits from our cousin Holly

We like to eat our milk:

Sometimes we ask mom to feed us at the same time but other times we eat on our own for some one-on-one time with her

We like to play during floor time and tummy time:

Playing with our puppy, Hunter

We like this new toy. It has lights and music and fun toys. Our favorite is when dad lays on the ground and plays with us too!

Family Outing:

We took Hunter to the dog park!

We like bedtime: warm baths, cozy jammies, eating milk, reading a story, listening to music, and lots of snuggles 

Birth Announcement & Newborn Photos

Our birth announcement

After taking my maternity photos at 30 weeks, it was so fun to have Paper Owl Studios come meet our Littles and take their newborn pictures when they were two weeks old. It was pretty much impossible to choose our favorites but here are a few! (You can click on any picture for a bigger image)

Andrew Jaydon Scott (Baby B)

Lucas Alan Scott (Baby A)

Brothers... best friends forever!