what could be better?

i cant think of a better way to spend my birthday. check out my boys...
















daddy reading to the boys

















keegan and max hanging in their room






















fin and daddy making me a cake
















isnt it beautiful?

4 months plus

well, i was hoping to do a better job posting here, but the days get away from me (as you can imagine). max and keegan are now 4 months old and doing all sorts of cool tricks. my personal favorite is sleeping through the night! max is a chatterbox and loves to mimic "agoos" and such. he is doing much better with his relflux issues, but still doesnt weigh as much as keegan. i can feel the difference when i hold them. keegan continues to be an excellent eater and has gotten soo big, i hardly remember the days when he was in the 3 pound range. they go next week for their 4 month check up and i cant wait to see how much they weigh. they both look soo healthy and the preemies days are beginning to fade away. at the same time, it is nice to reflect on that time and count our blessings. we are soo lucky.

fin has been a great big brother. he loves his "little guys" dearly. he has been a great help (for the most part). a few times now when we were driving by the hospital he told me he is soo happy that we dont have to go back there anymore. i concur!

here are some pics of the little guys...
















keegan hanging in the bjorn
















max in the bumbo

happy (belated) easter

i guess i need to get used to being late! max and keegan are sleeping through the night now - i am beginning to feel human again. here we are on easter day at granny and pops house.

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!!!