Ella and Zoë: Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

From McZoe and McElla!!

I'm off to get Ella and Zoe's last treat from Lucky the Leprechaun ready -- so far their clever little leprechaun played with many of their green toys (and didn't have time to put them away), played in green paint and left miniature pointy bootprints, left a couple of art projects, left potatoes for us to make potato prints with as well and bake for lunch, and left some magic leprechaun powder that turned green when we added milk -- and the girls painted with it. What a guy!

4 comments:

Taylor said...: Love those headbands, too cute!; March 17, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Annie said...: Busy day but it sounds like they are going to enjoy every minute.; March 17, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Taylor said...: I used food colouring for the bath, some blue and yellow and it didn't turn her green... I made sure to check it out on myself first LOL!; March 17, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Heather said...: I love these pictures. Adorable!!; March 19, 2010 at 8:58 AM

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 : )