Monday, May 22, 2006

Lots of fun!

We've had a fun and busy week! We had a wonderful Mother's Day. The girls went to church for the first time. Our church has baby dedication every year on Mother's Day. Baby dedication is where parents stand up in front of the church and promise to teach their children about God and raise them in a Godly home. It was so awesome to stand up in front of our family and friends and show them our little miracles! We've learned so much about trusting the Lord with our children and it is so fitting to publicly dedicate them to the Lord on Mother's Day!
Last week was our first week without anyone spending the night!! Aunt Courtney, Nana, Gramma and Caroline came to visit during the week but nobody spent the night. We only woke Daddy up two nights (or maybe three!). I took the girls to the mall all by myself Friday. I never thought I'd have the courage for that! We were in and out in under 15 minutes. It was amazing! Abby slept, Caroline stayed very happy and Mommy bought what she needed to buy!
On Saturday, we took our first day trip to Lake Hartwell to see Tom and Caroline. Michael got to ski with Tom, Michael and I played on the jet ski some and the girls were awesome tubing!! Just kidding! The girls hung out inside all day and entertained everyone with great big smiles!! They were so happy and smiled all day. They hardly took any naps because they were too busy smiling! They were exhausted when we got home and actually both slept from 9:30 that night until 5:00 Sunday morning. I haven't gotten that much sleep in 6 months!! Michael and I both woke up at 4:45 and ran to the nursery to check on them! They were our little sleeping beauties all night!!
Yesterday, we went to the NICU preemie reunion where we got to see our nurses and friends we made in the hospital. It was very fun and the girls were so sweet. Everyone was so happy to see how big they are and how much they've grown.
Abby and Caroline are both rolling over! They go from their tummies to their backs and it is so cute to watch them! They are smiling and talking to us all the time and are very happy babies! Until they both want to eat at the same time..which is what is happening right now so I better run! Just wanted to let you know what we've been up to!