The Second "First" Bath

Well, Kelly and I got a video camera for Christmas, and this is my first attempt at editing and uploading a video. It seems to be taking forever to upload, so I am not sure if it is going to work or not. Anyway, this is video from the second real bath we gave the kids. I took pictures of the first bath, but my memory card was corrupt or something and I couldn't access the pictures, so here is a little video montage.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Well, we sure did have a good Christmas. The babies weren't too into it, but that was to be expected. They got lots of cool stuff, including their stockings from Grandma G.

Here they are surrounded by some fo the stuff they received.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

With a little snow on the ground and only a week and a half to go until Christmas is here it's not only starting to look like Christmas, but feel like Christmas too. Our children are now just about 3 weeks old and so last night we did what any normal parents of 3 week old twins does and we went to the
mall to get pictures taken for Christmas. Here is just a preview of the shots that we got. We were at the photo studio for a couple of hours, but the kids did great. Plus, it was like our first big outing, and it felt good to be out doing something a as family. Enjoy the pictures.

The Twins at Home

SO, after ten days in the NICU our son got to come home. The twins were reunited, and as you can tell from this first picture Rachel wasn't too impressed. We have had our moments with the two of them, but for the most part they are very well behaved, and they let us sleep which is very nice.

Here they are at our first family dinner. My mom, Lynn, and Mark brought Chinese food over for all of us, Kelly and I and the Kimballs. It was a great time, and the kids just sat in their bouncers and hung out.

Here they are sleeping, or at least they are supposed to be sleeping. You can see Rachel was awake and staring at Caleb, but she didn't wake him up. They are just too cute. We just want to say thank you to everyone who has been praying for us, we really appreciate it.

Finally...the kids are here

I thought everyone might like to see Kelly at 37 weeks pregnant. This picture was taken just two weeks before the birth of our kids.

So, here they are. They just seemed to stare at each other that first night.

Caleb Paul Biggins was born at 8:56 pm on November 23. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20.4" long. He did make it out first, so he will always be a big brother.

He may be the big brother, but his sister, Rachel Lynn Biggins, who was born just a minute later was definitely bigger than him. She weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20.5" long.

It's been a long week. We got to take Rachel home on Thanksgiving, but Caleb had to stay at the hospital. If all goes well December 5th will be the day that he gets to come home, so only 4 more days. If you can't tell, I was kind of a wreck in the NICU, it's just hard to be separated from our son and watch him go through all that he has been through this week.