Ella and Zoë: Men's Night

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Men's Night

Daddy, Grampa and Preschool -- it doesn't get much better than that.

FUN times!!

4 comments:

Taylor said...: Yay for men's night!; February 17, 2010 at 10:10 PM
SouthernDogwoods said...: So cute! You can see how excited they are (the men and your girls) :); February 18, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Grama Dianne said...: Although the girls will never find two men who love them more, I do hope, when the time comes, that they might have more fun if they date men closer to their own age:); February 18, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Annie said...: Awesome. But I have a question, who took the pictures?; February 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM

The Beginning of the Adventure . . .

After trying and waiting for a long time, June 26th 2006 was the estimated due date of Baby A and Baby B. We were thrilled. But a little over 10 weeks early our doctor decided it was time for us to meet the babies. On Wednesday, April 19th at 6:49 pm, Ella Marie was born. We named her after Tom’s mom, Della Marie, and her name means 'Light'. She weighed 2 pounds 14 ounces, was 16 inches long and was perfect. At 6:51 pm, Zoë Dianne was born. We named her after my mom, Dianne, and her name means ‘Life’. She weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces, was also 16 inches long and was perfect too.

Both girls stayed in the NICU for almost 2 months and did really well, especially considering all of the 'what could have/should have beens'. It was a 'one step forward two steps backwards' type of dance those first few weeks, but after 47 days we brought Zoe home and 10 days later brought Ella home. FINALLY, we were all four under the same roof, and were ready to start the next exciting chapter in our lives . . .

Ella and Zoe turned FIVE this April and are THRIVING. They are fun, funny, naughty and sweet. The joy they bring to our lives is immeasurable. They are also really fun to take pictures of : )