Titi Molly and Craig

Here we are with Titi Molly and our future Uncle Craig. Titi Molly loved just holding us and cuddling, but Craig was a little nervous.

Posing for Grandma

RYAN

We learned today that Grandma Williams likes to take A LOT of pictures. So here are some pictures of us posing for grandma trying our best to look cute. We think we did pretty good!


LILY

T-Shirts from Daddy

Check out our cool matching t-shirts that daddy bought us. He thought they were too cute to pass up. We think he has pretty good taste.

First doctor's appointment

We had our first visit with Dr. Mike today in the outer space room and everything checked out okay. Lily was back up to her birth weight - 5 lbs. 2 oz. and Ryan gained a few ounces and was now up to 5 lbs. 15 oz. (only 2 1/2 oz. shy of his birth weight). Ryan also grew 1 1/4 inches putting him at 19 3/4 inches, and Lily was holding steady at 18 inches long. Dr. Mike said everything else looked great, and for twins we were doing perfect!

Look how BIG we are!

Grandma brought out some of mom's Cabbage Patch Dolls from when she was little, and grandma wanted to see if we were as big as the dolls. Even though we are getting bigger, we think the dolls won.

Grandma Williams

Grandma Williams (mom's mom) has been staying at our house for awhile helping out mom and dad. She is staying until mid December so we will get to spend lots of time with her. This will be nice since she lives far away in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Mommy got Busted!

Mommy thought she was being so cute when she found daddy sleeping with us. Little did she know that daddy would get her back, and quick. We played a key role in getting mommy in trouble too since we were up almost the entire night on Friday and Saturday, and we kind of require a lot of her attention during the day too. We think we wore her out, because mommy isn't known for napping. We think we may have gotten the best of Wrigley too...GO US!

Days of our Lives

Mommy told us that a big part of our lives would be spent napping with daddy. She said we could ask anyone who knows daddy, and they would agree, that he is often caught napping while watching some sporting event on TV or his favorite show, SportsCenter. We are starting to believe her considering we have been home less than 24 hours and daddy was already caught napping with both of us in two completely different spots in the house during two different TV shows (and one of them was SportsCenter).

First Bath

RYAN









We took our first baths at home tonight with mom and dad. Luckily it was only a quick spounge bath of our upper bodies and hair because it was freezing...at least we thought so. Mom bought some cute towels to keep us warm though.


As you can see we both loved our baths so much...hence all the loud screaming. We did enjoy having our hair combed afterwards though and we smelled pretty good if you asked us!

LILY

Coming Home!

We were discharged from the hospital today with a fairly clean bill of health. The pediatrician said we had a mild case of jaundice, but nothing to be too concerned about. Mom and dad just need to keep an eye on us. We were able to wear our cool Chicago Cubs blankets home...thanks Betty!
We also took our first ride in mom's car today. We were very comfortable and slept the entire way home. Our carseats are still kind of big for us, but we're sure we'll grow fast and fit into them soon.


Grandma Williams and Wrigley decorated our house for our homecoming, and Wrigley sat outside and waited until we got home. I think Wrigley is going to take good care of us. He is a little scared when we cry, but he is very gentle and he is always checking in on us when we sleep.

We Have Arrived!!

Hello world, here we come. We finally arrived on October 30,2007. We came into the world at 9:00 and 9:01 A.M. Since I arrived first I will speak for both of us. My name is Ryan Wayne and I weighed in at 6 lbs 1.5 oz and 18.5 inches long. My little sister, Lily Marie, weighed in at 5 lbs 2 oz and 18 inches long. Mom and Dad are both very excited and very tired so we'll try to be extra good today. We can't wait to meet everyone!!! Also, a BIG congratulations to the 12 people who voted 36 weeks...we made it!

We're getting BIG!!!

We shocked mom and dad once again. Mom had an ultrasound today, and although we didn't cooperate well enough to get pictures, they were able to estimate our weights. Mom and dad were hoping for around 4 1/2 pounds. Well, baby A (boy) came in at 5 pounds 4 ounces and baby B (girl) came in at 4 pounds 11 ounces. That means mom is carrying almost 10 pounds of baby. That must explain all of mom's pains and her new swelling in the legs and feet. The doctor measured mom's belly too, and she is measuring at 45 weeks if she were having just one baby...YIKES! We think mom is still in shock by how big we are, and we're sure she is ready to have us now. Hopefully soon, because we are getting pretty cramped in here.

Mommy's Belly

Check out mommy's growing belly. People keep saying that she is small for twins, but at 31 weeks she was measuring at over 40 weeks if she was only carrying one baby. We'll add pictures as she keeps growing.

At 34 weeks we will add pictures weekly since mommy is growing so fast. Her belly grew 3 inches in one week - between 33.1 and 34.1 weeks. We must be getting big!

At 35 weeks mommy was measuring at 45 weeks if she was carrying one baby. Mom and dad think that is huge, but we are running out of room in here.

19.1 weeks (7/3/07)

21.4 weeks (7/20/07)
28.6 weeks (9/9/07)
31.1 weeks (9/25/07)
33.1 weeks (10/9/07) 34.1 weeks (10/16/07)

35.1 weeks (10/23/07)

35 Weeks!

Can you believe that we are still in mommy's belly?!? I know she is having a hard time believing it. Dad keeps joking that we will be in there for three more weeks, but we don't think mom finds that very funny. We also want to apologize to all of you who voted for 33 or 34 weeks...sorry, you lost!

We made it all the way to 35 weeks, and mom was officially discharged from her terbutaline pump today (that is the medication that helps control the pre-term contractions). She wore her monitor for the last time this morning and only had one contraction in an hour which is great. For one more week she will take the oral form of terbutaline, but then she is done with all medication. Yeah!!!

Tomorrow mom gets to go to the doctor for an ultrasound and non-stress test. Sounds like fun! We actually will get to find out our approximate weights which is always exciting, and I'm sure they'll take pictures. You'll have to check back tomorrow because knowing mom she'll make sure to post them so that everyone can see us.