The Twins

Baby Blessings and a Birthday

Today was a special day not only was it my sister's Birthday but it was also the day we decided to bless Brooke and Rhead. We kind of decided last minute to do it today because we realized that both grandparents would be in town and so we did it. They are only two weeks old and I was a little nervous taking them to church but hopefully they will stay healthy.

They were so good during the blessing. Justin brought the spirit to the meeting with such beautiful prayers for each baby. Brooke was blessed first and for the past few weeks I felt that we needed to give her the middle name of Irene. This is my Grandma's name and she is an amazing lady. She is so strong, determined, and talented that I felt that Brooke needed this as part of her name. Brooke is such a strong girl and she was able to push her way into this world being so small. I was really nervous delivering her first but she was able to do it all by herself! Some things that really touched me as I listened to Justin's blessing was that Brooke would live a healthy long life and that she would use her talents to be a good mother and wife. I know that all of us have talents and sometimes we neglect using them especially in our families. For instance, I love to teach dance and I know that I should start using dance to have fun family recreational activities!

Rhead was then blessed second since he came second into this world. Rhead was quite the gentleman letting Brooke go first and being patient enough to hang out while she came into the world. I thought he would have stress as he waited so patiently but he was calm and didn't have any heart problems. Rhead is so sensitive and calm and I am really glad that we named him after his Grandma's. I finally feel good about the names we gave them as Justin blessed them today in church. It was such a good feeling. We are so grateful for the blessings we have received this month and for the past nine months with how smooth everything has been. Thank you to all that came to the blessing and for making the drive up here. We love you all.

We also got to eat a YUMMY lunch with the Glenn family as we celebrated Kierstin's Birthday. Then we ate this AMAZING pumpkin cake! Wow, it was a great day. We also headed to the church to see all the beautiful nativity sets.

40 Week Mark

Today is the TWINS 40 week mark. It is crazy to think that they would have been born today. They are still so small and hopefully will be at their birth weight at their next check up. Nursing is SOOOOOOO HARD! Ohhhh my goodness. I really don't know how any one can NURSE twins. I still don't know what I am doing with nursing, formula, bottles. So far I have tried just doing all nursing, but when 2 am rolls around and both babies nurse at the same time for AN HOUR and still want to nurse that is when I say NO MORE. I need to supplement somewhere! Now I just don't know if I want to have two supplement feedings or just one. I just really hate having to worry about weight gain and milk supply. Why can't I just let everything go and let the babies decide when they want to eat and how much!!!! Well I have to go try nursing Brooke. They are just sooo sleepy and it seriously takes an hour to feed one!

Just a couple more videos to re-live Saturday

BYU vs UofU from James B Ellison on Vimeo.