belated st. patrick's day smiles

ok, so really just keegan is smiling. but i promise you max can smile too. still working on capturing the moment.

a smile that will melt your heart...

max and keegan are both smiling (on purpose) now. what a treat! i have said this before, but God really gives you what you need when you need it. these endless months of less than restful nights are starting to take a toll on me and this week having these two creatures smile up at me was just what i needed. i will work on capturing it on film this week to share with all.

on another (less smiley) note, we have just about finalized all the insurance bills. this has taken numerous phone calls just to get people to actually bill things the way they are supposed to bill them. all totaled the bills are in the ballpark of $200,000.00 for my two hospital stays and the nicu stays for the boys combined. thankfully we have great insurance coverage and are not responsible for much more than $100 copay for each hospital stay. i really feel for those people who are not fortunate enough to have insurance - a life event like we went through could totally ruin a family financially.

tomorrow is the first st. patricks day for max and keegan. we are going to celebrate with corned beef and cabbage and maybe even some green beer!

let's see if this works

fin is a music lover at heart. check this sweet song out...

3 months old!

one day recently i was holding max and when i looked down at his head i had this flashback of the times when he had an IV in his head - poor guy. both keegan and max had a hard time keeping the IVs in one spot. their little veins could only take the IV for a day or so, then they had to move it to a new spot. the worst spot was the head - supposedly it didnt hurt them, but it just looked soo uncomfortable and made it hard to snuggle up with them. it is weird how these memories get triggered. but as i sit here on their 3 month birthday i am just soo grateful that they are such happy and healthy boys. we are truly blessed to have them in our lives. just look how they have grown.

this is keegan on dec 6th















and this is keegan today















this is max on dec 6th















and this is max today















HAPPY 3 MONTH BIRTHDAY MAX & KEEGAN!!!