Jackson Hole and Yellowstone

Jase, me and the girls went to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone with his family this past weekend.  We left Friday for Jackson Hole and after a very long day (car problems) we finally made it.  The girls were amazing the whole time they were in the car.  We did some shopping in Jackson, went down the alpine slides and took an old fashioned family picture.  We left for Yellowstone and Bear World on Sunday.  We saw quite a few animals and of course what would a trip to Yellowstone be like without seeing Old Faithful.  We started to head home on Monday and stopped at Bear World.  The whole trip was really fun but traveling with two 3 month old babies is a chore.  Thankfully, we had lots of family to help us out.

3 Months Old

Isabelle and Olivia turned 3 months yesterday.  The time has flown by.  They are still in newborn clothes and diapers but thet are growing fast.  Olivia rolls from her belly to back when I put her on tummy time and Isabelle usually just falls asleep.  She will lift her head occasionally but she mostly just sleeps.  They will sleep 4-5 hours a night which has been really nice for me.   Olivia loves to look and smile at her dad.  She just smiled at me for the first time yesterday.   Isabelle smiled at me about a week ago and then started smiling at her grandparents and aunt Julie on Friday. 

Olivia and her bear



Isabelle and her bear



Happy Anniversary!

 Jase and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Saturday.  What a year it's been!  I don't think a lot of people can say they spent 3 months of their first year of marriage at the hospital but we sure can.  It's been an amazing/interesting year and it's gone by so so fast.  We dropped Isabelle and Olivia off at the Osborne's so we could go to dinner and to the Anniversary Inn.  It was so nice to get away and just spend time together. (although I was rather anxious to get home the next morning to pick the girls up)  We stayed in the Treasure Island room which we loved.  Here are a couple goofy pics from there.

Jase swabbing the deck.

Jumping on the bed



Steering the boat



We're Home!

Isabelle came home Monday, June 27th and Olivia came home Sunday July 3rd.  It has been so good to have them home.  We took them to the pediatrician and Isabelle weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and Olivia weighed 7 lbs. even.  They are good little eaters and we have tried to stay on the schedule that the NICU nurses had them on.  We have had a couple rough days (due to getting shots I think) but for the most part they are great little babies.  Here are a couple pics of them being home.

This is Olivia's first day home and our first picture together post NICU.



Here is a picture of my parents new grandkids that were born this year.



Here we are on the 4th of July in our cute dresses.



Isabelle, Jase and Olivia watching TV



Trying to hold hands.

Sleeping in our bouncers.

Introducing......Isabelle and Oliva Osborne!

Isabelle and Olivia decided to give me the best mother's day present ever....being a mom.  They were born May 8, 2011 at 31 weeks.  Isabelle weighed 3 pounds 11 ounces and Olivia 3 pounds 4 ounces.  They were on a ventilator for a day and then on oxygen for a couple weeks.  They graduated a couple weeks ago and had their feeding tubes taken out.  They now take all their feedings by bottle and they LOVE to eat.  Once they get their suck swallow breath coordination down they can come home.  Jase and I are very anxious to get them home.  It has been a very long 7 weeks.  Here are a couple pictures of them.  Enjoy!

This is Olivia a couple days after she was born.

Isabelle a couple days after she was born.

Isabelle taking one of her first bottles.

Olivia taking one of her first bottles.

Olivia looking at Mom and Dad.

Isabelle and her binky.