Congratulations Natascha!!!!

A few weeks ago my dear friend Natascha came all the way from San Francisco to visit us and meet Luke and Emily! It was a wonderful visit; we had so much fun visiting, laughing, and of course eating :) But the best news came the next week when we found out Natascha passed the California BAR exam!!!!! Congratulations to the newest hot shot attorney in the Bay Area, we are SO proud of you!!!!!!

Wonderful Wedding Weekend

Last weekend (hmmm...I guess it was two weekends ago now) we were able to travel to Portland to see one of my very, very dearest friends get married. How were we able to do it? My mom. She came with us. And fed babies. And got up in the night. And watched them while we were at the wedding, dancing away. It was wonderful. She is wonderful. Anyway, we had a fabulous time. I was able to spend a lot of time with Angela--at the rehearsal dinner, in the morning while she was getting hair and make-up done, at the wedding...it was an amazing wedding celebrating two of the most beautiful people I know. And I am SO glad we were able to be a part of it. (For the record, the babies did great in the car. Although I don't think we will be attempting a weekend-long road trip for awhile :) )

All the girls at the reception...the traditional AXO picture :)

Emily Jane holding Emily Jane

Scott and Luke in their dress-up wedding clothes :)

The beautiful bride!

For the record, I tried to put these pictures up in reverse order. Three times I tried. Apparently, blogger doesn't realize that I have two babies that need attention.

Sweet Babies

My mom caught them holding hands in their sleep...awwww!!! So cute. I love that my job is to look at and hold them all day long. We've been busy (can you be anything other than busy at this point?) and I'm trying to be better at updating...I'm sure I'll get the hang of this eventually!

Sick

Sorry I've been so bad about updating lately...things have been so busy around here! You wouldn't think two people who are so tiny could add so much extra work, but they sure do! To top it off, I got a nasty case of Mastitis...resulting in an ER visit and a VERY tired mom who is doing her best just to keep her head above water! I'm definitely on the mend, and we have lots of pictures, so I will try to be better about putting them up! Here's a little something just to keep you coming back for more :)

Before and After

Before... On my birthday, just 5 days before the babies were born!

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...and after!!!

Just one week later! I can't believe they ever fit in me!

Emily left, and Luke right

Two miracles in two minutes!

Emily (left) and Luke (right)

Our babies are finally here! They arrived Friday, October 10th.

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Emily Jane

7:59 am

5 lbs, 12.5 oz

17.5 inches long

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Luke Allen

8:00 am

5 lbs, 13 oz

18 inches long

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We are completely exhausted but are so in love with our little babies! It has been a crazy but wonderful week. Many more updates and pictures to follow!

Friday it is!!!

We had our appointment Monday, and the C-section is scheduled for this Friday, October 10, at 7:30 am!!!! We are very excited, and busy getting all the last minute things done around the house. I think we're pretty much set!