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Samantha and Elizabeth
14 Months Old

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We're One!

The girls celebrated their first birthday, a month ago now! They seem to be growing up so fast! We are having so much fun learning new tricks and playing with all our new toys. We went to the beach with Grammy and G-pa, Aunt Amy, Uncle Todd and James. We had a great time! It was so nice to get away and enjoy the beach. It wasn't the typical beach trip, it was a little too cool to really get into the water. The girls loved the beach, as long as Samantha wasn't touching the sand! We are working on our walking skills. They can both stand up on their own, but haven't taken those first steps ...yet! We went to Boone for ASU's Homecoming. The girls loved the mountains and said they would love to live there too one day! They had the best time playing in the beautiful fall leaves. We will have to get some leaves from Grammy and Gpa's house for them to play with, since we don't have any at our house!

11 Months Old

Samantha and Elizabeth are 11 months old now and quickly approaching their first birthday! I can't believe how the year has flown by. The girls are getting so big, where did my little babies go? We are on the go all day long moving from one activity to the next. We gave the girls swings for their birthday and Daddy, Grandpa and G-pa worked really hard to build them an awesome swing set! We cheated and gave it to them early. They are both crawling and standing up, not walking...yet. They say Dada and Dog (minus the -g sound). They can also wave bye bye and give you 5. They are great eaters and feed themselves almost all the time now. Mommy is having fun planning their first birthday! She is making their cake from a recipe that was the girls' great great grandmother's pound cake! We will update with those first cake photos in a few weeks. We will be taking the girls to the beach for the first time after their birthday. We can't wait to go on vacation!

We love our new Swings!

Twins Update

8 Months
9 Months
10 Months Samantha
10 Months Elizabeth

So it has been over a month since our last post. The girls are growing every day! They are 10 months old now. Samantha has 9 teeth, Elizabeth has 7 going on 8. Samantha is officially crawling now and Elizabeth is on her way! They are both trying to pull up and can sit up and lay down on their own. They were born to play basketball like their Momma! They have a Fisher Price Goal and they can both make a basket. They enjoy clapping for each other after they score! They are feeding themselves finger foods now. I would say their favorite thing to eat is toast. They choose that over all the other food on their plates first. Aunt Amy, Uncle Todd, and their cousin James just came down for a visit. It was so nice having the kids all together. They all went swimming for the first time. They all loved it, but we think Elizabeth did the most. She took right to the water and started kicking and splashing. We have bath time in their baby pool on the front porch. This is lots of fun! It is so neat to watch them play, grow, and learn each day. I never know what new trick they will learn today!

Swimming in our Baby Pool!

Twins Go Camping!

We took the girls on their first camping trip a couple weeks ago. Jeremiah and I love to camp and were excited about taking the girls. We even got them their own little PeaPod tents to put in our tent so they wouldn't roll around all night! We went with Erin's Parents to Grayson Highlands State Park. We had a great time and the girls did wonderful, but I think we underestimated how much extra work it would be camping with two eight month olds. We have decided until they are a little older we will be sticking to backyard camping for a while!! We took them on a couple of hikes in their new backpack carriers, which we love! We even saw some wild ponies!

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Happy Mother's Day and Father's Day

We are so excited and blessed to be parents! We thank God for our parents and the wonderful examples they have been for us.

Learning to Read

I guess my Masters Degree in Reading Education is paying off! My 8 month olds love to read!!

Seven Months Old

Hiking at Hanging Rock

We took the girls on their first hike at Hanging Rock last weekend. We had a great trip and beautiful weather. We just did a few short hikes to Window falls and some other waterfall. We had a picnic lunch where we all rested. We look forward to taking the girls on more fun hikes in the future.

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Visit with the Adkins

Hanging out in Uncle Todd's office after church

Mom and I went to visit Amy, Todd and James last weekend. We talked Amy and James into coming home with us for a week while Todd was going to be out of town. It is so fun to have all the babies together. They are really starting to notice and interact with each other. They pull each others' hair, and try to chew on each other! So cute. They are all such great babies!!

Twins Update!

Six Month and Easter Pictures

We have had a few requests to update our blog. Trust me, I wish we could more often, but Samantha and Elizabeth keep me busy. So here are some recent photos.

The girls are 7 months old now and doing marvelous! Every day is full of new discoveries! Samantha found her toes yesterday, and of course they went straight in her mouth! Elizabeth continues to find new ways to laugh, she keeps me rolling with her latest squish up her nose and show me her gums laugh! They are both rolling over from front to back and very close the opposite way. They can sit up on their own for a little while, but we have to pay attention or they will fling themselves backwards! They each have two teeth, that came in a day apart from each other. Samantha's was first, then Elizabeth's was the next day! They are eating big girl food made by Mommy! They have had green beans, peas, carrots, broccoli, apples, sweet potatoes, rice cereal and oatmeal! They also are learning to drink from their new sippy cups! What big girls we have! Time really does fly! We know they will be walking and talking before we know it!

Playing before naptime!

Helmet Update: The girls had to get helmets in February for their plagiocephaly (flat heads). This is common in premies and multiples, but any baby can have it. More and more babies are getting this now that babies sleep on their backs. They are doing great! they wear their helmets all the time except for when nothing is touching their heads (bed, floor, car seat, bouncy seat). We went back to the plastic surgeon in March and she said they had made more progress than most babies in 2 months! praise God! They have to wear them for 2 more months and then hopefully only at night after that until their soft spot hardens. So it is really no big deal. They don't mind them at all, in fact they like playing with thier sister's! We are so used to them in their helmets, we think it looks funny without them on!

Don't you love our pink tierras?

Happy Easter!

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the GIFT of God is ETERNAL LIFE through JESUS CHRIST our Lord and SAVIOR!"

We all deserve to die for our sins, thank you God for giving us your son so that we could live forever with you! Thank you Jesus for taking the punishment for all we have done!


Let us always remember the true gift of Easter, Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!

What a reason to celebrate! We can never repay Christ for what he did for us, but we sure can live in a way that shows him how much we appreciate what he did for us!

These are some thoughts I had as I reflected on the meaning of Easter this year. Thought I would share.

We had a great day celebrating Christ's resurrection with our family!

Cupid Came to Visit!

I wanted to include this adorable pic of my nephew James "Cupid" Adkins! They all came down to visit last week. It was great to spend time with the whole family. James turned 3 months old on the 18th and the girls turned 5 months old on the 14th!

My lovebugs!

This had to be one of my favorite Valentine's Days. Jeremiah and I took the girls to Reynolda Manor to go for a walk and get outside. We took a blanket and played with the girls on the lawn. The girls had their first "airplane" ride! So cute!! That evening we watched the movie Fireproof while enjoying our Valentine's tradition, chocolate fondue!! Great movie, great food, great family and great day! There is so much love in this family we might just explode!!

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Elizabeth and Samantha's First Christmas

What a wonderful Christmas this was. We received the two best presents we could ever ask for this year. We had our Christmas with the girls starting at 6 AM. Then it was off to Grammy and G-pa's house for our country ham breakfast tradition. After having Christmas with them we headed to Clemmons for Christmas with the Stutts family. After a quick lunch we traveled to Pfafftown to have Christmas with the Wright family at Jeremiah's parents house. Then we did our Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa and headed to Memaw Gregory's house for dinner and our last Christmas day gathering! What a day! The girls did so well, but were definately worn out by the end, as were we! But we enjoyed getting to see all of our family. We will be celebrating Christmas with Amy, Todd, and James at the end of February.

Celebrating the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ was so special this year as we continue to celebrate the birth of our daughters Elizabeth and Samantha.

Thanksgiving at the Adkins!

Sisters and Cousins
Erin and Amy
Elizabeth, Samantha and James

James Baldwin Adkins
Born November 18, 2008

Resting after Cousin Tummy Time!

Thanksgiving Dinner

We went to visit Amy, Todd and Baby James for Thanksgiving in Falls Church, Virginia. The girls did great on the trip. It was so fun to be around all the new babies and have the cousins meet each other. We had a great Thanksgiving meal prepared by Amy and Cynthia, (Erin's Mom).