3 Months Old

How can these girls have changed so much in the last 13 weeks, and yet, also stayed just the same? Margaret was always a sweet and sleepy girl in the NICU. And now, she continues to sleep a lot... or play possum, one of the two. Especially when she's in new environments and with new people - something that we've had a lot of over Christmas. Nora is still that inquisitive little professor that she was in the NICU. She doesn't miss a thing. Always looking around, Nosy Nora. And their cries, while more pronounced now, are the same cries that they each had when they were born. Beet red Nora with a loud and active cry and Margaret with a gentle, sad wimper and a quivering bottom lip.

Melissa gave us these hats and flower clips as a shower gift.  Aren't they precious?  ...I don't know why, but these pictures remind me of Daisy from The Great Gatsby???

Here are our fav tights from Nana :)  Remember this?

We had an awesome Christmas, full of good times with family, lots of good food, so many presents, and even a nap or two. It was very special for the four of us to go to church on Christmas morning. (Church, by the way, is the one place that Margaret won't sleep.) Pastor Scott made a special visit to our pew during the sermon and called attention to "the newest members". I felt a little guilty ... all those songs about the newborn Savior... all I could think about was our girls. Wouldn't they be cute in swaddling clothes? in a manger? But really, that's what Christmas is about. God's gift to mankind. And these girls are His gift to us. What a perfect Christmas.

And here, Nolie's got a hold of both babies.  Remember this?  They're sure a lot bigger now!!!

Well, not quite sure why this is sideways...  but I'm awefully happy about this picture.  We tried to get pics with Santa on THREE separate occasions and it never worked out.  So I was delighted with Santa's visit to Freeburg on Christmas Eve. Nolan suited up for his granddaughters and it was one of the sweetest moments of the holiday. I never really thought I'd see him in a Santa suit, but he loves those girls so I'm sure it was no big deal to him at all. 

This is so sweet. <3

Daddy and Lucas Jr, aka Lucy, on New Years Eve.

New Years Eve with Violet!  We went to Nathan and Melissa's, had homemade soft pretzels, worked on putting Theresa into labor, and the ball dropped at 11!  It was perfect!

Vi loves her babies so much.  And see that little smile that Margaret has??