Father's Day/Trip to Clayton

For Father’s Day this year, we made the trek to the small town of Clayton, Alabama where Kendall grew up! The girls were greeted with precious signs welcoming them. (they are so loved!) We had a wonderful time spending time with family, introducing the girls to the Henderson side of the family, eating at Huggin Molly’s, one of our favorite places, and celebrating the fact that Kendall is now a dad, an incredible one at that! We are so thankful for both of our dads and the way they sacrificed and loved us through the years. Now it is our turn to do the same, Lord willing, for our children!

2 Month Update/Letter

Dear sweet Maddie Grace and spunky little Makenzie,

We can hardly believe our eyes that you are 2 months old already!!! Wow, time sure flies by! We are loving every minute with you girls, despite you both keeping us awake quite a bit =) We know it won’t last forever so we are cherishing our time snuggling and holding you both in our arms while we can. You both are just beyond precious to us and we are loving seeing your personalities unfold. Maddie Grace, you are still a super laid back baby and you only cry when you are really hungry or when you get cold-ie diaper changed or getting out of your bath. You make the most adorable faces and have started smiling all the time, esp once you are done eating. You are so patient already in letting your little sis get held first, fed first, etc. We love seeing you grow and that you are-you are a BIG eater and are getting rather cubby. Your face and chubby cheeks are just the cutest! Makenzie, you have grown tremendously this month and we find it hard to fathom just how much, but when we look at pictures it’s unbelievable the change and we praise God for your growth! You have quite the little personality. You have a fussy temperament but you can also be very calm and content when you are fed and your tummy doesn’t hurt. You still love being held and you sleep best when wrapped up in a big fluffy blanket in the corner of someone’s arms! You also scream on impulse the minute you wake up-it’s never a slow stretching wake up time where you realize you are hungry. You just go ahead and scream right away, even if it’s just one squeal! You become quite frantic at eating time which doesn’t help your reflux and spitting up issues, but it’s hard to slow you down! Your face has filled out so much and we know you are growing like a weed! We know we will miss holding you close as you get older and more mobile so for now we will enjoy looking into your precious eyes and holding your tiny body close to us! You both have been so much fun to take out and this month we took you on your first beach trip! You girls did fantastic on both car rides and we loved taking you out to eat with Mommy and Daddy! You were little troupers and slept like babies  the entire time we ate and then we would feed you and continue enjoying our evening! What a fun first trip we had! Right now, you both usually eat around 4 oz (120ml) at least when you take a bottle you do. Never quite sure how much you get nursing which makes for a good guessing game. But you both continue to thrive and gain weight so we are so thankful! If we had to say, we think you Maddie Grace look more like your daddy and Makenzie you have more of Mommy’s traits, but we know that might change as you get bigger! Maddie Grace, you have become a great sleeper a lot of nights, but we wake you up when sister gets hungry. You probably would sleep longer if we let you! Makenzie, you dictate our schedule for this time in our lives  You are not the best sleeper so when you are ready to eat, we all wake up for you! We hope you become a better sleeper because right now you aren’t making it very long before you need tending to! You both have such strong necks and can arch your back and pull your heads up when you are on our shoulders. You also can turn your heads from one side to another. After you girls eat, you start smiling a lot, not at us yet we don’t think but hopefully it won’t be long! MG, you still LOVE to have your hands up by your head. We think it’s precious and wonder how long it will last. Makenzie you usually hold on super tight to whatever is within your little reach and you have a very tight grip! You girls can focus your eyes so well and are much more alert and aware of your surroundings, esp you Maddie Grace. You look around a lot when we take you new places. You both still like your paci’s but Maddie Grace loves it a lot more! Hard to fathom you both have just about doubled your weight and have outgrown preemie clothes and are totally filling out newborn clothes! Seems like just yesterday you were being born! Our love for you both grows more and more everyday and we are striving to learn each of your unique personalities and meet your needs accordingly! We can’t wait to see what you learn this next month and how big you will be! We will always love you and we can’t wait to teach you about Jesus! We pray for you girls so much and can’t wait until you both can participate in our family prayer time! We desire to live life to the fullest with you girls for as long as the Lord entrusts you to us! Stay just as small and precious as you are please =) We love you both so, so much!!!

First Family Beach Trip

Perfectly crazy of us but perfectly fun memories! We had the BEST time taking the girls on their first trip to Destin! We headed down for a long Memorial Day weekend. (May 26-30) On Thursday afternoon, we loaded down our car with all the baby essentials, which is a lot these days! We got the girls fed and then immediately hit the road packed to the gills! Thankfully we only had to stop once to feed the girls which still put us arriving there just after 2am! Of course once you arrive, it's time to eat again-it comes around pretty frequently! We barely survived that feeding and then fell fast asleep-all 4 of us (we think at least!) We took our time Friday just relaxing and getting the girls ready. Around 4pm, we took a drive to Seaside. The girls were absolute dolls throughout our dinner and Kendall and I felt so "normal" finally getting out of the house and enjoying a semi-date together! We ate at the Great Southern Company and I'm still not sure which we enjoyed more: our Mahi Mahi sandwiches or just being out as a family! Then we headed to the green lawn and fed you girls on a park bench! Like clock work you ate, you burped, and we headed around town for a stroller ride-it was such a nice night! After we left Seaside, we were ambitious and headed to Baytown Wharf and walked around that area. We came home just in time to feed yall again! We have been so impressed with how well you girls have done going out and we have soaked up every minute of taking you out! Late that night, the rest of the family arrived: Uncle Nathan, Aunt Kim, Granddad and Nana. On Saturday, we made our annual trip to the outlets but left the girls with the grandparents. Then that night all 8 of us enjoyed dinner at the Back Porch! We are fully aware at any minute things could go terribly, but we embrace the adventure and figure the worst that happens is we leave. Once again though, the girls did great and slept straight through dinner! We are enjoying this phase as we know it won't be like this for long! We are so grateful for extra hands to help hold and help with the night feedings! It has blessed us to have so many serve us in times where we really need it. Sunday morning rolled around and we had the girls first family church service thanks to Nathan leading us! It was a special time together as family and we thank God for family who loves the Lord and seeks to live lives that are honoring to Christ! That afternoon, we met a friend of Kendall's from back home and his wife for lunch in Rosemary Beach-what an ADORABLE little place! Lunch was fabulous and then the highlight that day was walking around town with our two little girls. Once again, feeling like a family has been such a breath of fresh air! We wrapped up the day with dinner at Pompano Joe's and again the girls did great, despite the more rowdy atmosphere. I guess when you arrive at dinner at 10:30, the crowd's a little different =) Life with newborns, what can we say? Last but not least, we hit up the Donut Hole on our way out of town Monday morning! Kendall and I LOVE donuts and have so many special memories from eating there. Hopefully one day the girls will share this same love! All in all, it was an incredible trip, the girls did great both ways in the car, many memories were made, and we impressed ourselves by taking 8 week twins out of town! Starting off traveling at an early age...

Beach Photoshoot

In an attempt to not wake up the whole house at the beach, Kendall decided to snap a few pictures of our girls! There have been few and far between moments where we feel like we have had the time to just take pictures of them. There are not enough minutes in the day and that certainly doesn't usually make it to the top of the never-ending to do list at home! I think he's a pretty talented photographer if I might say so myself!

Sweet Maddie Grace and Little Makenzie (and she's content! =)

Bright eyed and happy!

Classic Maddie Grace face

Our spunky, spirited Makenzie!

precious feet...