Our Holiday Card.......

Waking up from his nap....Alden LOVES his blankie that Laura gave to him :)

Carson and Alden in their cute Baby's First Christmas pjs that Grandma Kathy and Pops gave them - how cute!!!!

As most of you know, this year we decided not to send a holiday card since we just did baby announcements a few months ago. However, we may still do a new years card if we get a great picture during Christmas. To tide you over......here is our electronic holiday card, from our entire family, including our dog, Maggie.

Hope you get a giggle out of it :) http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/b7X37jZlz6Jd3xcpS4wM

I must share my brother, Scott and his wife Logan's (and their dog Bandit) holiday card too - they inspired me - how funny are these!!!! http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/6X3XkcPXAmr3NOriyNvG

The Holidays Begin!

Carson is so happy - this is the first time he rolled over in front of us - on the island in the kitchen at bathtime! We were so happy to have the camera ready and check out this grin!!

Alden - getting happier and happier at tummy time - he was making conversation with his octopus :)

Auntie LA and Uncle Mike at the Tharpe Family Christmas party this weekend - who are those debonair gentlemen with them???? LA and Mike have not seen the babies since they were 6 weeks old!!!!

Uncle Mike, Auntie LA, Carson and Grandpa during the White Elephant gift exchange

Uncle Mike was so happy to see the boys too - he and Alden are just chillin' by the tree at cousin Todd and Dawn's house.

Alden and Carson at Tummy Time - getting so much easier for them (and for Mommy too!!)

Flip Flop!

Last night, Carson starting fussing around 2:30 am, I saw on the monitor that he had shimmied himself to one far side of the crib. So, I went in there to move him back and realized that he was on his tummy! He turned over for the first time last night - how exciting!!! We have been watching him for a few weeks now and he has been so close.
Carson on his tummy :)

It is amazing to see this mantle full of stockings this year! Yes, you see 5 of them - we cannot forget our first baby, Maggie - our puggle. She is right in the middle. Santa will have his hands full this year! Thank you to Uncle Leon and Aunt Ellie for these fabulous stockings for the boys!!!

Naked babies!!! After a fresh change, they decided to chill a bit in their diapers and played with their bunnies :)

We went to see the lights again at Dorothy Oven park, this time with Mimi and Grandpa. I got this cute shot of the boys checking out the fully lit Gazebo - they were entranced!

Grandpa and Mimi walking through the park with the boys in their fab new stroller.

Playgroup was hosted by Alden and Carson this week at our house - check out all these babies!!! Clockwise from the top, starting with Carson in blue, Camille, Colson, Reagan, Jackson, Pearl, Dawson, Alden, Aiden, Grayson. Woo! What a bundle - 10 babies!!! Auntie LA is from Denver too, which has been great. More pics to come of LA and the boys soon :)

That's How We Roll.......

Thank you so much to Howard and Judy for this fabulous new double jogging stroller!!!! Check out Carson and Alden enjoying their first trip in it.

Carson and Alden mesmerized by the lights at Dorothy Oven Park.

Our Little Family......

Alden has found his thumb.....uh-oh!!!!

5 Months!!!

Today, Alden and Carson are 5 months old! Needless to say, we cannot believe it has already been 5 months! In the past month, we have had more activity than in the previous 4 months combined! Since they got the OK to meet new people, they have met many new friends and many long-awaiting family members on Thanksgiving Day.

As of today, Alden weighs 12 lbs and Carson weighs 11.7 lbs so they're still growing very well! We do not go back to the Doctor until they are 6 months old but we weighed them at home today.

Alden and Carson getting ready to start the 5K Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning.

Mimi, Mom, Dad, the boys and Maggie - the caboose of the turkey trot - we were not setting any records. Grandpa was taking the picture ahead of us!

Grandpa, Mommy, Carson, Daddy, Alden and Mimi heading back home. Check out the cute "I love NY" onesies from CLC.

Enjoying family time on Thanksgiving - Mommy, Carson, Grandmommy, Alden, Mimi and cousin Jesse.

David, James and the boys.....

John, Peyton and Leah came for a visit! We will miss them at Christmas!!!

Daddy and his boys watching the UFvFSU game :)

Carson - 5 months old!!!

Alden - 5 months old!!!

Mommy and her boys - can't believe where the 3 of us were 5 months ago!!!! what a journey!

Aunt Logan and Uncle Scott came to visit Alden and Carson on their 5 month birthday!!!

The Coolest!

Here are the coolest Gator babies - gearing up for the big game this weekend!!!

Swearing In

I am finally posting these pics from David's swearing in by a retired Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, Chief Justice Harding. Here are a few pics from the day The official swearing in ceremony. David takes his oath.

Mr. Hart and Justice Harding with David.

The Weiss Family excited for this occasion.

Alden and Carson were there too - Daddy with his boys.....

The Tharpes and the Weiss' all together.

Enjoying a celebratory lunch afterwards - our little family :) also our first trip to a restaurant with the boys - good thing we had lots of hands to help hold!!!

Mommy and Alden enjoying the beautiful weather at FGF.

Mr. Hart looking like a natural with Carson.

Grandma Kathy and Carson :)

More new Friends and Family

I thought I should document our storage of milk - when Alden and Carson were in the NICU and were still on IV, the milk I was able to pump was stored until they needed it. When they did begin to eat it by feeding tube, they started at 3 cc of milk - there are 30 cc in an ounce - so you can know what a small amount that was. In the mean time, I was pumping away so that I would be ready to feed them when they were ready. So, now we have months of breastmilk stored in a deep freeze here at our house. Wow - when I look at this I can't belive it was 4.5 months ago that we started this process!!!!

Milk stored from July through today.

Lainey and Alden. Lainey is having a baby girl in January and we had her shower this weekend!!! She's practicing for her new role as mommy!

Kathy and Carson. Kathy is Lainey's mom and is so excited to be a grandmother!

Aunt Ellie was in town from Cleveland to meet the boys - here she is with Alden.

We are now a member of a summer babies playgroup. Here is a shot from our first day: All of the boys - from Left to Right: Colson, Alden, Carson, Jackson and Dawson - all born in July!

New Friends and Family

Now that the boys have had their 4 month checkup, Alden and Carson are now allowed to meet more people! Dr. K said as long as people are healthy, they can meet the boys. So, we did a little bit of meet and greet over the past few days. We still haven't ventured out to a restaurant or anything (Mommy and Daddy DO want to enjoy ourselves when we actually go out!).

As of their appointment on Friday, Alden weighs 11 pounds and Carson weighs 10.5 pounds. They are continuing to stay about a half a pound apart as they have pretty much the entire 4 months. Their growth curve is just fine too. So, we are all happy they're doing so well. The Pediatrician does want us to wait until they are six months old (which is like a full term 4 month old) to start rice cereal, and I have to admit we're thankful - not sure we're quite ready for that!

In addition, the boys are now sleeping about 11 hours at night - we are SO thankful and Mommy feels like a new person!!!


Cousin Gabriel holding Carson - how cute is this!!!

Cousin Talise holding Alden - she looks like a natural!

Carson and Alden getting ready to go see Dr. K

Carson and his "girlfriend" Carson - she is 6 months old and lives down the street

Carson is a triplet - here she is with her sister Hadley, her brother Reese and Alden and Carson.

4 Months Old Today!!!

We cannot believe that Alden and Carson are 4 months old!!! They go to the pediatrician for their 4 month checkup on Friday so we'll post weights then but we think they are somewhere between 10 and 11 pounds. Here is a shot of them today on their 4 month birthday :)
in case you can't see what it says on their shirts.