Doug & Andy

On this day four years ago I went to the hospital late in the day for a C-section because I had twins where one was laying transverse. Both boys were good size at a day short of 36 weeks gestation, but we did end up in the NICU for 3-4 days. When we finally got in the car and went to drive home, Jim and I looked at each other and collectively said "oh my, what do we do now...."

On this day three years ago I had a college class to go to...however the NEXT day we had a birthday party that had a Hungry Caterpillar theme. We had a caterpillar cake and a butterfly cake. We ate some of the foods mentioned in the books. Doug & Andy were more interested in the wrapping paper then unwrapping their gifts. It was one of the first few times that Andy & Doug had ever had cake so Andy got into it but Doug had eaten enough that he was not that interested in it.

On this day two years ago we stopped by the pediatrician's office for a heel prick to check for jaundice on our 4 day old baby daughter. We did this on the way to a friend's house who was hosting a birthday party for Doug & Andy. There was a cake with a train on it and each of the boys selected a train car to eat. They still wanted to play with each gift as they opened it.

On this day one year ago we had some friends over including a little boy from church who is exactly one year older than Doug & Andy. They were excited about the cake and enthusiastic about blowing out the candles. They were into ripping off the wrapping paper from their gifts.

This year Doug & Andy have learned to recognize the letter that begins their names, they are now potty trained, they can (mostly) get dressed and undressed by themselves, they can bath themselves in the shower with guidance, they mostly color in the lines, they now occasionally draw pictures that you can distinguish, and they are beginning to be able to reason.