I just can't resist! I finally got my scanner to cooperate, and I just had to share a few more photos from Erin and Elisabeth's early baby days! I think 'Sweet 16' is a good excuse to revisit those sweet and memorable firsts....
3 days old and still wearing the cute little 'hospital issue' caps. This was during one of the room visits, but they were still staying in the incubators for the most part. The pacifiers were about as big as they were, so the nurses let them suck on preemie nipples between feeding/nursing times.
All dressed up to come home from the hospital! When Erin came home several days before Elisabeth, we got her all 'prettied' up...and when Elisabeth got to come home we took Erin back over to the hospital and did it all over again! I imagine she's one of the few babies who ever got to get all dressed up and fixed up to come home from the hospital...twice! LOL They are both wearing their little rings, necklaces and bracelets, and in front are tiny little pink corsages that were given to us by a dear friend for the occasion. You can't really tell from the photo how tiny they are, but they are both lying in one baby carrier covered with a white blanket...with room to spare! Please overlook the faded part of the photo at the bottom...it IS getting old, you know! LOL
Welcome home, Erin and Elisabeth! The whole family is together at last!
Itty bitty babies in the itty bitty baby bed! Usually they were both hooked up to apnea monitors to sleep in different beds, so this must've been during a quick 'put the babies down together while we grab a bite to eat' moment! They always did settle down and fall asleep when they were put next to each other. In fact, at the hospital when they wouldn't quit crying, the nurses put them together in one incubator and they immediately hushed and fell asleep! Even now, they like to be together just about all the time...a special bond, for sure!
Erin and Elisabeth at 17 days old with their daddy!
Being a new daddy is hard work!
Our Family Then...in 1991
Erin and Elisabeth at 3 months old with Mama and Daddy! We look like babies holding babies, but I was 24 and Chad was 27. We don't have that 'problem' anymore! LOL In fact, I can prove it with the recent snapshot (below) that was taken in my parent's backyard in April. LOL I think we look just a 'wee' bit different, and oh yes, our family is just a 'wee' bit larger as well! LOL Sort of a 'then' and 'now' thing!
Our family now...April 2007
Oh, why not? Here's just one more...for the 'road'! LOL
Hurry, Sissy! We better get in some driving practice time...we'll be 16 before you know it! (And it really did pass just that quickly)!
I could go on and on adding photos and the stories behind them, but I guess I must stop somewhere! Thank you for allowing me to travel down memory lane today...it's been a sweet trip!
I came over from your grandmother's place to wish you a Happy Sixteenth. Your grandmother and mother have really celebrated you well today. I am sure they feel blessed to have you in their lives. Enjoy your day!
Thank you for sharing such a sweet birthday post and pictures with us, Amy!!!! What a blessing that your girls are such wonderful friends! Happy Birthday Erin and Elisabeth!!!
E and E, we thank God for you! You are a blessing to our family. I have watched you grow into wonderful, sweet, intelligent, talented, beautiful, unselfish ladies. I could go on and on with the adjectives, but the one thing I admire the most is your unselfish natures. When I see someone who is unselfish- always thinking and doing for others, and putting others ahead of themselves- I see someone who is serving God. We are blessed to be in your lives and thanks for everything you both do!!!! I love you!!!!!
Sister Lori
LOVELY! I especially loved the one with the girls all dolled up...RINGS? I wonder how small THEY must have been! I can't even imagine!
I also loved the one with Daddy and the girls-too sweet.
But my MOST favorite was the family picture! When I saw the picture you posted just of the kids I thought "What a pity-the 'grown-ups' aren't in that too! You must have read my mind! :-)
I'm a very happily married pastor's wife, former schoolteacher-turned-homeschool mom of six wonderful blessings, and freelance writer--and we live in the great state of Georgia! I'm a southern girl through and through...but most importantly, I'm a child of the King! We have just finished up our twelfth year of homeschooling, and our two oldest have now graduated! This is my place to record thoughts about homemaking, Classical-Charlotte Mason based homeschooling, writing around the fringes of family life, and more...so welcome to my little corner of the world!
Our Family Then...in 1991
Our family now...April 2007
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