McKinley Jane and Grant Alan

Grant had to have surgery this past week for a hydrocele repair (fluid on the testicle) and circumcision. We weren't able to get him circumcised when he was a baby b/c he was premature so we waited to do it all at once. He was back to his normal self that very next morning! Poor boy... Grant post-surgery Grant pre-surgery. Isn't that a cute little outfit?!?

Some more pics from Hawaii that we got from Ted and Julie:

As I look back on how far we've come in the last 8 1/2 months I'm humbled by how blessed we've been. Getting pregnant was an emotional roller coaster, followed by a stressful pregnancy and then a stressful 2 months waiting to get to bring our beautiful babies home. But in the end, our result was that we were able to bring home 2 healthy babies. For a couple of months now I've been following a blog of a little girl that was born at 1 lb. 1 oz after a roller coaster of a pregnancy. Things seemed to be progressing to the point that they had hoped to soon bring her home. At around 10 months of age she was having a routine GI surgery, one surgery among MANY, when she had difficulty breathing which caused permanent brain damage. The family had hoped to be able to get her home so they could spend some time with her before they withdrew life support but unfortunately she never made it there and went to her forever home on May 11th at 11 months of age. The reason I'm sharin...

We are back from Kauai, Hawaii and we had such a good trip. I was prepared for some rough spots and meltdowns traveling with two 8 month olds, but to be honest, there was not one meltdown on the whole trip. The closest we got was McKinley throwing a fit when I had to change her diaper on the plane! Chad's parents, Ted and Julie, went with us to help out with the babies and give us a little alone time to enjoy the beach/dinner every once in awhile and it was great to have the extra hands. These two are total water babies! The first time we put them in the pool they didn't even make a peep or seem at all uncomfortable with the new situation. They just started laughing and splashing away! Even in the ocean, which was a little chilly for my AZ blood they just sat there and played in the water. We found a great little cove that is only a few inches deep with no waves so it was perfect for them. McKinley did decide after a bit that dealing with all the sand and wind was for t...

These videos make me look like a dork...but you do what you gotta do to get the video, right?!?