Watch us Grow

The girls have officially hit their growth spurt again. I can't believe how fast the time goes by.
I have never known so much love for anything, and am constantly amazed at their progress.
Lately the girls have started hitting several milestones. They are now sitting up and playing with
each other and toys, as well as eating their own jars of baby food with each meal. They also love to scream and laugh. I cannot choose one thing that is more adorable than any other, but I love it all.

Being a mom is such a blessing, and I am thankful to have this opportunity!

Learning to Crawl

The girls are learning to crawl. They haven't gotten up and really moved anywhere yet, but they definitely try. Here are some pictures. 

Addison smiling proudly

Addison working on crawling. 
Emma 
Emma trying to crawl

Its so cute to watch them struggle and try and crawl. I love these girls soooo much!!!!

Life has been super crazy with my new job and trying to manage school and everything else in my life. However, we now have internet and so I can keep up with my blogging.

Halloween and the fall season so far have been a blast. The girls are getting so big. I have no idea where the time has gone.

The girls dressed up as little kitties for Halloween. We went Trick or Treating to a few houses around our block. The girls were a hit. I cannot believe how cute they are getting.
We are learning expressions. Mommy is very strange taking all these pictures.
We carved pumpkins at Grandma Hovey's house. It was alot of fun. Mommy made us a princess pumpkin. The girls love looking at lights especially coming out of the plastic pumpkin.
Emma is our little super cutie. She always smiles and makes faces.
This is the girls Fall picture. The are so photogenic. I love how they are both smiling in this picture. I am so blessed to have two beautiful daughters. Everyone will be getting a pic in the mail.

Baby Update

Our lives over the last few months have been very hectic and blurred. The girls are growing so much though and so fast, I can barely keep up. They are so adorable though. They are now sleeping almost through the night. We put them to bed at 8:30 and then they sleep until 2:30. One night feeding is wonderful. They are such good babies. 

I apologize for not updating sooner, but we are still working on getting internet in our house at this time and thus I am limited to either Scott's parents house or the library. I will do my best to keep everyone updated though. Below are some pictures of us and the kids. 

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit

The girls while lucky to have one set of Grandparents who live only 5 minutes away, got to visit with their other Grandparents this weekend. My parents came to visit us, and meet the girls for the first time.
It was great to see my parents interact with the girls and have a good time.

Life as a parent

My life has changed so much over the last four weeks. I cannot believe that Emma and Addison are already almost a month old. This last month has gone by so quickly and the girls have grown so much as well.



As I have gotten older my life has seemed to go by more and more quickly. However I know now, that it will continue to go by even quicker as I watch my little girls sprout up before my very eyes every day.



Life in the Hovey household has adjusted to a schedule of feeding, wake time, and sleeping, with the ever present need to change diapers. I am pretty sure we have calculated that we go through at least 36-40 diapers a day between the two of the girls. Overall though the girls are great. They sleep well most of the time and wake up only once or twice during the night, at which point Scott and I rotate to take the feedings. We have it pretty much down pat at this point. I have people tell me that they don't know how I handle two, since they always had problems with just one. In response, I think that I have just adjusted to the two and since I have never known any different, it just comes naturally for me. You do what you have to do, and when you can't figure it out, you do the best you can.

All of Scott's family have been so helpful and wonderful with the girls. It has been nice to be able to get out and do my errands when I need to, and to have help when the girls have their doctor visits.



I want to thank everyone for their gifts and congratulations, and all the love and support we have received from our family and friends. We love you all.

Its been Forever and a Day!

To all my friends who read my blog. I apologize for not posting any pictures or updates in the last couple of months. Life seemed to get very hectic once I started to feel my pregnancy woes, and then deliver the girls. Its even crazier now that they are staying awake more and growing bigger every day.

So for the specifics on the girls. Addison and Emma Hovey were born on July 7th, 2009 at 5:24am and 5:41am. They were 5lbs 9oz, and 5lbs 6oz, and each were 19 inches long. There were no complications, and both girls were born healthy and happy.

I was successful in carrying the girls to week 37, which is really good for a twin pregnancy. I was ready to have them out though, so they came at the perfect time. I gave birth vaginally, and from the time my water broke till delivery it was about 12 hours. I pushed for 30 minutes and they were out. Funny thing was though the placenta weighed more than the girls at a whopping 6 1/2 lbs. Insane if you ask me. Overall though I was blessed as far as pregnancy and delivery are concerned and had a fairly easy time of it. Thanks to all for your prayers thoughout.

The girls and I are home now and are doing well. We are all adjusting to our schedules and Scott and I are getting used to our lives as parents. It amazes me how much your life can change in just a few days. I couldn't ask for a bigger blessing.

I will do my best to be better about blogging and posting pictures from here on out.