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).

Twin Update!

Well the girls are almost 10 weeks old! Time flies when you are having fun and feeding twins!! The girls are doing great! They have both doubled in size since birth. Samantha is about 9 lbs and Elizabeth is about 10. They are happy smiling babies. They had their first Halloween and dressed as two peas in a pod!! We visited grandparents to show off our costumes. Other than that we have been hanging around the house, getting our first shots :(, venturing out a couple of times, and just lovin' on each other. They are starting to sleep a little better at night, if we stick to our bedtime routine, praise the Lord! Our most recent exciting news is now the girls have a cousin. Erin's sister Amy just gave birth to a beautiful almost 10 lb baby boy named James Baldwin! We are all so excited to meet him. We will be taking our first road trip over Thanksgiving to DC to see Amy, Todd, and James. It blows us away to when we stop and think of all God has blessed our family with, just this year. We have so much to be thankful for!!

The Twins Are Here!

Well it has been a month now since the girls were born! If you know what it is like to have a newborn at home, multiply that by two, and you will understand why I have not posted anything yet. We have taken plenty of pics, so has Grandpa and G-pa, but just haven't had time to do anything with them yet. Before the next feeding starts I will fill you in a bit.

For a quick update on the first month of our girls life, let me start of by praising God for these sweet angels and for blessing us more than we could ever imagine. We feel so honored to be the parents of two beautiful girls. We can see how God has truly been in control from day one of their lives in the womb. And even before he created them! It is amazing to see how perfectly they were created. It is a wonder to think that people don't believe in God after having a child of their own. Life, is a precious, miraculous gift. The girls were born 30 minutes shy of 36 weeks into my pregnancy. I had a C-section because Samantha decided she wanted to hang out sideways inside of me. We arrived at the hospital at about 9:30pm on Sunday, September 14th and the girls arrived at 11:33 and 11:35 that night. Everything happened so quickly. Elizabeth was first, coming in at 19 inches and 5.8lbs and Samantha came 2 minutes later at 19 inches and 4.13lbs. They did not have to go to NICU, which was a huge blessing. They were given a clean bill of health. We have been working hard to help them gain weight. At their one month check up Elizabeth was up to 7.15 and Samantha was 6.11! They are wonderful babies who are always happy unless they are hungry, which is an easy fix. Right now they sleep most of the time, we can't wait until they sleep most of the night! We thank the Lord for our wonderful families, we couldn't make it without them. Grandma and Grammy are here throughout the week to help Erin during the day and G-pa helps with some midnight feedings. We are so glad to live only 2 miles away! So far the only places the girls have been is the doctor and to get their pictures taken. The Dr. doesn't want them to be out in public or around young children until they are at least 6 weeks old. After that we hope their weights will be up and they will be stronger against germs and infections. We don't want to go back to the hospital!

I have to wrap this up for now, Elizabeth is hungry! I will try to update more later. Overall we couldn't be happier, more rested, yes, but the sacrifice is well worth it!! We love our girls more than anything and can't wait for them to meet you all.

Thanks to everyone for your love and support, prayers, phone calls, cards, and FOOD!

I will include a few pics today, more to come when I get some more time!

Here are a few pictures of the girls room. We are ready!