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.