The Happy Delk Christmas

We celebrated Christmas on Saturday with the Delk clan. Isaac entertained everyone with his impressive screaming skills and said, "Grammy," and "Papa" for the first time! The twins couldn't have cared less- they slept most of the day. I had every intention of putting Isaac in another Christmas sweater, but it was not to be. The twins got to wear their Christmas sleepers that they got from Aunt Kayla. (our next door neighbor)

We put the hat on Abby so everyone would be able to tell them apart.

Here is Cousin HA with Andy.

Here is Aunt Beth with Abby. Abby is being her usual 'Diva' self- refusing to show her face to the camera.

Here is Uncle JD with Andy. JD also got Isaac some new additions to his train set. Isaac decided to sleep with his Gordon train (which he got from Uncle JD) that night.

Here is Grammy and Papa with the twins. (Andy is now wearing the hat)

Since the Delk clan was all here, I made sure to get pictures of everyone to go into the kids' "Who Loves Baby" book. It was looking pretty pathetic with only a picture of Aunt Boo in it.

Uncle JD

Uncle Craig and Aunt Beth with their bundles of joy. (Starbucks coffee)

Joe and I

The Delk boys

It was a very successful Christmas for all those under the age of 2. Isaac and the twins made out like bandits with toys, clothes and diapers. I think Isaac had the best time because he got to go around and help people open presents when he was done opening his. :)

Christmas

We had a very small Christmas on Thursday. We decided to put the tree up Wednesday night so Isaac would be surprised by it in the morning.

Here is Isaac walking to the living room in his festive Christmas sweater. (Thanks Aunt Jenny!)

"Wow!!" exclaimed Isaac. He was very impressed.

Here he is with Percy. He played with Percy for a while until we showed him that he had more presents.

Here he is unwrapping his track set. It came with a Thomas train- which he loved.

He started playing immediately. He didn't get up until it was time for lunch. (Chinese food- it is our new holiday tradition.)

After lunch Isaac had to change his clothes because his sweater was covered in rice. Isaac was content to play with his trains the rest of the afternoon. Joe and I were content to let him. :)

The Gang's All Here

Last weekend the Delk house was bombarded with relatives to see the twins and Isaac. We had Grammy Pat and Grandpa Joe, Aunt Jenny, and Aunt Boo and Uncle Kevin. Fun was had by all, and we have pictures to prove it! (Aunt Jenny- I need some pictures from you to prove that you were here!)

Isaac loved helping Grandpa Joe on the computer! Grandpa Joe was nice enough to find a Thomas the Train website for them to browse.

Aunt Boo and Uncle Kevin held the babies- as long as they weren't crying or dirty. The highlight of my day was when Abby pooped (in her diaper) while being held by Joanna. Joanna's face was priceless!

After a while, Joanna decided that babies were no longer entertaining so she decided to look throught the Christmas catalogs.

Isaac enjoyed having everyone come to visit him! Here he is with Grammy Pat.

The twins had so much fun they could hardly stand it.

Good times

The twins seem to enjoy being on the outside- where they can move to their hearts' content. Both of them will be early rollers, since they already know how to roll themselves to their sides.

Here they are singing during one of their sun trestments. They actually know how to scream in harmony. :)

Here they are during one of their naps. They just love being close.

This is the greatest picture! They were awake at the same time, and they were looking at each other! I think it looks like Andy just told Abby a joke and she thought it was hilarious.

Everyone has been wondering how Isaac is doing with the babies. Honestly, he doesn't give them much thought. He says, "Hi!" to them and will give them a high-five, but other than that, he ignores them. I think he feels secure that mommy and daddy still love him. Here is Joe holding Isaac and Andy.

Coming Home

I finally figured out how to download pictures from Joe's camera! So, now I can finally show everyone how cute the twins were when they came home from the hospital. We can thank Aunt Jenny for the cute outfits!

Here is the Diva wearing her pink jogging suit. Too cute! Who knew they made jogging suits so small?

Here is Hoss wearing a nice two piece outfit. It is size premie, and he already fills it out. I figure premie size will fit him for about another week.

One week old

Since Joe has been negligent in posting pictures of the twins, the task falls to me.

The twins are officially a weeks old! They are both happy and healthy. We were a little worried about Andy and his possibly having jaundice, but everything came out OK.

Here they are taking their morning nap. Abby is on the left, and Andy on the right. They like to be swaddled. Isaac would scream when we tried to swaddle him, so this is a nice change.

Here is Abigail "Diva" Grace. She lives up to her nickname. She is a total priss. (kind of like her Aunt Boo, but smaller) She can't stand to be in a diaper that is even a hint wet or dirty. She must be held if she is awake, so she can make sure she is getting attention. She is a doll, and we love her lots!

This is Andrew Joseph, "The Hoss". He was 7 pounds 2 ounces when he was born, and he impressed the doctors. I heard one say, "Wow, he's a big one!" He is completely laid back. He likes to sleep; much like his mama, and he takes his time when it comes to eating; much like his Grammy Pat. He can throw a tantrum if necessary, but his are few and far between. We love him lots too!

We'll post more pictures soon!

We're home!!

Well it turns out I was more wrong than right when it came to posting some more pictures. We had a bit of a scare with Andy that delayed us some and we had more thoughts on that than getting more pictures out there.

Andy had 2 "blue-spells." The doctors were worried that he might have pneumonia or under-developed lungs. They told us last night that they were going to monitor him and if he had anymore that he was going to be admitted to NICU. Praise God he did not and we got to come home today.

Just to remain on the cautious side, Andy is going to wear a monitor for the first 2 weeks he is home. We think it will not be a big deal but we will see.

Thanks to Aunt Jenny for the cute little outfits they got to ride home in.

We are now home and they are asleep so we will have some pictures tomorrow.

Joe

Abby and Andy update

Hello everyone out there. Just a quick update. Andy and Abby are doing well. Andy is having a little more issues than Abby with fluid still in his stomach and a blocked tear duct. Not mention that he got a little cut off the top today.

I will give out some pictures here in a little bit once I sort through them and shrink them down a bit.

Joe

They are here!!!!

Hello everyone out there. I just wanted to introduce the next additions to the Delk household: Abigail Grace and Andrew Joseph were born on December 3, 2008. Abby came first and Andy is the baby.

Enjoy!!

Andy weighed 7 lbs 1.8 oz

Abby weighed 5lbs 15.1 oz.

Here is Andy and Abby taking a nap after all the fun.