Shout out to our blog followers

Hey, Great Uncle Larry! We're glad to see that you are following our blog! We miss you and can't wait to see you at Christmas!

We also want to say hello to our other faithful followers, little Miss Ruth and her mom, Natalie, and Christy! Thank you for being interested in us and following our blog. Bye for now!

Happy Halloween!

Okay, first let me make a disclaimer that neither Aaron or I are real huge supporters of Halloween. His family didn't celebrate Halloween, and though mine did...it was made very clear that we would never be allowed to dress up as anything ghostly, goulish, devilish, satanic, or otherwise anti-Christian. Often we went to church sponsored Hallelujah events instead...but we were allowed to get candy and for my sister and I, that's all it was about...getting candy. Aaron didn't miss out on the candy part though. His mom would buy them candy...they just wouldn't dress up and go around the neighborhood to get it. Anyway, all this to say...we are dressing the babies up for fun and to take pictures, and because all of Aaron's team at Wal-Mart really wants us to bring them by for festivities today. Alec is going to be a football and Emma is going to be a peapod. It's really just an excuse to make them look cute...which they always do anyway, but I digress. I will post pictures as soon as we have them. We will not be feeding the babies candy, duh! But we will accept candy and eat it for them. Whether you choose to endorse, enjoy, or ignore this holiday...have a great day and a great weekend!

Catching Up

Below I've posted pictures of the twins from when they were newborns through every month up until now. I thought it would be nice to catch everyone up. They have changed so much over the past 6 1/2 months! I can hardly believe it's been that long. It really seems like we were just at the hospital, but I'm so grateful to be right where we are with two healthy and happy babies.

Newborn

This was the day that forever changed our lives. And the two became four! I came out of recovery pretty quickly after the c-section and was being wheeled down the hall when they brought me Alec. I didn't get to hold my baby girl until a day later! This was the first time Emma and I met in the NICU. Luckily, Daddy had been able to visit her and take pictures and check up on her for me. You'd never know she was a NICU baby now...she's my little spitfire! The top photo is when Alec and Emma got together for the first time outside of me. Alec had this look on his face as if to say, "oh, there you are...I've been wondering where you went!"

One Month

At one month old, neither of the twins was very thrilled at the prospect of bathtime...but now they are all for it!

Two Months

When the babies were about 10 weeks old, we went down to Bandera, Texas to Dixie Dude Ranch for the annual Davis Family Reunion. It was our first big trip with them. It took us about 12 hours to get to San Antonio. Luckily, we had Aaron's mom, Wanda, with us on the trip down. She sat in the back with the babies. I'd pump every three hours, hand her the bottles of milk, she'd feed them for 15 minutes, we'd stop and burp them, change them, feed them the rest of their bottles, burp them again, and do whatever we needed to do at the pit stop. Thank God for grandmas. My mom and grandma stayed with us for 2 weeks after they were born, and G'ma Wanda stayed with us for 8 weeks after that...so this momma had lots of much needed and appreciated help! As you can see above, Aaron's family is quite large. Two of his cousins and his brother's girlfriend are all pregnant in that picture. Cousin Celina gave birth to a baby boy not long after the reunion. Cousin Tracy just had her twin boys, Collin and Cooper on October 17th. Aric's girlfriend, Bobi Jo, gave birth to Cira Jo on September 23rd. We are a rapidly growing family. The other photos were taken at our cabin during some down time. You need down time when it's 105 degrees in the Texas Hill Country. Thanks again to the matriarch of the family, Great Grandma (GG'ma) Davis...for making it all possible again!

Three Months

Alec and Emma turned three months old on the 4th of July. My parents, grandma, and neice, Kylie, came over to celebrate. Here they are in their Independence Day pajamas that Mimi (my mom) brought them. It seems at though Alec is cautioning someone against setting off a firecracker, and Emma is just having a fine time at the party. Alec is the worry-wart and Emma quite the daredevil!!!

Four Months

You should all know that Daddy takes 99% of the pictures around here, and he does a really good job. He took this one of Alec, and I believe that our friend, Anna, from church, took this one of Emma one day when she was over here helping me out. Aaron did the editing, though, and I love these shots. They really capture Alec's HUGE eyes and Emma's sweetness.

Five Months

These were taken at the end of August, about a week shy of their 5-month birthday. Alec is in his favorite rainforest jumperoo toy, and Emma is in her Winnie-the-Pooh walker. It doesn't matter that I don't have the walker on the tile here. She was too short to touch the floor back then anyway. But she loves playing with the toys. Gotta love those bright smiling faces!

Six Months

We took these "baby in a basket" pictures after church a few weekends ago. The babies had their formal 6-month photo shoot at our house this last Saturday. When we get those prints, and with permission from our good friend/photographer who took the photos, we'll try to post a few of those as well.

Let's get this party started!

Okay, everyone... this momma has finally started a blog for her kiddos. I did the myspace thing so quite a few people could keep up, but realized that this is necessary so that everyone who would like to may sneek a peek into the lives of our little ones. I will try to post often, and with lots of pics so you can see them growing. I realize I'm a little slow on the uptake, considering they are almost seven months old. Here's a little something, though, to get you started.