HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA & HARRISON

Today the twins turn 3. How did that happen so fast? I feel like they were jut born and we went from a family of three to a family of five overnight.

Ella is officially one minute older. It sure didn't feel like there was a minute between when they were each born but someone has to be born first. They were both big, healthy babies, each weighing over 6 pounds which for twins is BIG. And yes that means I was carrying over 12 pounds of baby at one point. They seemed tiny to my husband and I since our first son weighed over 9 pounds when he was born.

Here is a little photographic timeline for you guys.

Ella when she was first born.

And here she is at her first birthday.

And last year at her second birthday.

Now for Harrison.

Here he is right after he was born.

Here is John David meeting Harrison for the first time. Harrison did a short stint in the NICU after he was born. He was tachypneic, or breathing too fast, so they ran some tests and monitored him in the NICU for a few hours to make sure his lungs were OK. Turned out he was fine. He just had "wimpy, white male" syndrome. It turns out white males have the hardest time being born early and he just needed some extra time to adjust to breathing on his own. He was perfectly healthy and went home with me a few days later.

And here is Harrison enjoying his first birthday cake.

This is last year when he turned two. You can see he also has his big brother's love of rodeo.

Here is daddy doing the double hold for the first time.

And here they are a few days later when we were home from the hospital. This is one of my favorite pictures. I love how they are all cuddled up on each other to sleep.

Here they are together at age 1.

And at age 2.

And now today. Boy have they gotten big.

Since April is birthday month at our house and John David's birthday is in two weeks we combine parties and do one big party for all three. The birthday party is coming up in a couple of weeks so we will do more celebrating then but tonight we had a birthday dessert with Grandma, PaPa, and Gigi to celebrate.

I also made chocolate chunk cookies for the twins to take to their preschool tomorrow as their birthday treat. They turned out beautifully.

Yummy!

I also want to say a big happy birthday to Jessica as she shares the twin's birthday. Or more accurately, the twins share her birthday. Hope you have a great birthday and don't work too hard.