Happy Thanksgiving

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving last year, I received a surprising phone call...Addie and Will were ready to come home. I quickly abandoned the grad school final I was working on (I worked on that thing 10 minutes at a time for weeks!), and Derek and I went to get our babies! We didn't think that we would have babies home for Thanksgiving, so we were delighted and scared. They were so small. That night as they cried and cried, we wondered, "are these the same babies that slept to peacefully in the NICU?" As happy as we were to have Addie and Will home, our hearts were still not whole. Our little Lila was alone in the hospital. The next day, I rushed to the hospital (apparently too fast for the heartless state trooper who wrote my spending ticket) to be with my little girl. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, little Lila did get to come home. Our family was complete.

A year after their miraculous entrance into this world, I am no less thankful. Late last night, I just stood in the nursery, listening to them breathe. What a beautiful sound. The Lord has blessed us.

Earlier this month, we had our one-year wellness exam. The kids had the following stats:

Lila: 16 lbs 8 oz. (<3rd percentile) 28"
Addie: 17 lbs 7 oz. (3rd percentile) 28.5" (25th percentile)
Will: 17 lbs 7 oz. (<3rd percentile) 29" (25th percentile)

No one walks yet. Will has the best balance, but has decided it's effective to just bear crawl with only his hands and feet touching the ground. Addie takes a few steps before launching herself into your arms. And, Miss Lila is great at crawling, and I think that will work for her for a while longer. I will keep you all posted.

Happy Thanksgiving!