Our Village

Everyone has heard the expression "it takes a village" to raise children.  William and Lexi (and their parents) are fortunate to have a wonderful village of family and friends who are already sharing many life lessons (and helping hands to feed/burp/change).  Grandma Dev was live-in help for four wonderful weeks and Grandpa Bill was here for some of the time as well.  As we posted earlier, it is great whenever possible to have two people to feed two babies.  Grandma Dev and Grandpa Bill took that to heart and even got up for the 3 am feeding when Dad was working at the hospital overnight.  THANK YOU!!

On that note, the babies made a big move last week.  Rather than feeding them twice overnight (midnight and 4 am), they now sleep two stretches of 5-6 hours.  This means we now feed them at 9 pm, 3 am, and then 8 am--we are thrilled with this new schedule!

Last week, we had a photographer come take newborn pictures of William and Lexi.  The adorable owl hats are a gift handcrafted by Aunt Liz!  The great pictures above are a few from the shoot--more to come!

Now, lots of pictures since we haven't posted in awhile:

Tummy time with Dad ("meeting of the minds").  Both babies lift their heads and turn from side to side.

Experimenting with a new strategy for feeding two babies with one person!

Our good friends Pete and Sarah's son, Knox (4 mo old.) visiting William and Lexi.

Grandma Dev is popular with Lexi and Holter!

Grandpa Tom and William cheering for the Broncos (more to come next year).

Grandma Dev strolling!

It was 60 degrees over the weekend--perfect weather for an outing/picnic!

Grandpa Tom feeding Lexi.

Strolling with Pete and Knox.

Aunt Liz and Uncle John!

Enjoying ceiling fan "mobile".

Lele and William.

The gang's (almost) all here!