...some old...some new

The porker and the peanut...

I've been meaning to post this one for a while...it really captures what it is to be 'Gabe'.

We had a big storm and it filled part of our backyard with lots of water.

He ADORES his sisters. Whenever they start to cry, he comes over to console them and pat them on the head or the leg.

Kathryn thought it looked like Sophia had her arm around Anna.

I thought I'd save the best for last...

Some more pictures

Sophia

Anna

Gabe and Anna

Matt and Anna

Matt and Anna

Arrival of Anna and Sophia

Anna on the left and Sophia on the right.

This is Anna Elizabeth, weighing in at 5 lbs 14oz, and 20 in long. She was born at 5:57 pm 4/15/07

This is Sophia Ruth, Anna's younger twin: 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 in. long. She was born at 6:04 pm. Her delivery was a little more difficult than Anna's - you'll see some bruising on her forehead and nose. The doctors had to use a suction cup with an extension on it (they call it a vacuum) to get her out. Her heartrate was dropping so it was imperitive they got her out quickly or else Kathryn would have had to have a C-Section.

The pregnancy that wouldn't end is over!

Anna sleeping.

I will post more soon, I just wanted to get these up sooner than later. I hope this is sufficient for now---Ben

Why don't kids learn?

Matthew's new obsession is Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al". He wants to listen to it constantly. Last night the kids and I were dancing to it and there's a part where they play the trumpet, so foolishly I took a wooden spoon and pretended it was a trumpet. So, today Matthew did the same thing -- only he took it a few steps further. He got up on Gabe's dresser with the spoon in his mouth and jumped off it onto the bed. He lost his balance and landed on the spoon. It cut up the roof of his mouth and bruised it very bad. (Although he was happy he got to have a popsicle so early in the morning it really hurt.) After this happened I remembered another similar incident .... when we first moved to St. Louis he did something very similar. But, instead of using a spoon he had a metal pants hanger. He had the hanger in his mouth (this hanger didn't have the rubber end, it was just the metal) and was jumping in the play pen ... somehow he fell or plopped on his bum and the hanger cut up the roof of his mouth. Hopefully those two events will make him realize it's not smart to run, jump or play with anything in his mouth!

The girls are still hanging out in the mother ship. The docs are very happy with how far I've come and say that I could have them anytime now and they'd be fine. So, we're hoping for this weekend! :) Thankfully all the back pain and ripping muscle pain near my ribs has gone away for the most part and now I'm just plain old big.

The other night I was laying in bed with Matthew while Ben told him a story and the girls kicked his leg. He looked over at me with this big smile and said, "Mom, was that my sisters? I love my sisters." Awww! He's really excited about them coming. We'll see how he reacts to them once they've come out and reality with twins sets in.

Good night for now!