Ella and Zoë: Girls Will Be Girls

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Girls Will Be Girls

Look what Ella and Zoe found ....

..... they liked holding him too.

Zoe thought he was great ....

.... and Ella did too!

Girls will be Girls, you know!!

7 comments:

The Mommy said...: :) cute little critter!; June 16, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...: What a cute little frog! Or toad! Whatever - it's cute :-); June 16, 2010 at 11:25 AM
beingzaraandzidan said...: so so soooo cute!! How gently they are handling it. U bet girls will be girls. I am sure Zara wud be happy to join them.; June 16, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Jaime Leigh said...: Reminds me of my childhood. My brother and I would spend ours looking for critters on the farm. Good old days! Your girls are making some life time memories here even in the small things like holding a toad!; June 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM
SouthernDogwoods said...: Too fun! Sweet pictures!; June 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Annie said...: Cute frog but believe I don't touch it, never!!; June 16, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Taylor said...: Too cute! I loved finding all of the baby toads when I was little.; June 17, 2010 at 9:10 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 : )