At this time last year...

My belly was gigantic. My back was hurting. The nursery was ready. And I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of my baby boys! On Janurary 20th, I was admitted to the hospital the first time and then began my long 18 days of bedrest. Now, that 18 days feels like it was nothing! I can not believe we are less than 3 weeks away from Nathan and Jordan's first birthday. Oh, how our lives have changed in the past year. Praise the Lord for these little miracles that wake up in the bedroom next to ours every morning.

Nathan is all smiles all the time. :) He is everyone's buddy. He doesn't meet a stranger. He's not scared of being dropped off at the nursery. And he thinks everything is hilarious!

Jordan loves this little elephant. Elephant came from Vivi's stash of stuffed animals and Jordan has become quite attached. He sleeps with Elephant every night and every naptime. In fact, the other night I decided Elephant needed a bath. Since Elephant has plastic beads in his belly, I had to hand wash him and I couldn't put him in the dryer. I snuck him out of Jordan's crib after Jordy fell asleep. BUT, Jordan woke up twice that night disturbed because he did not have Elephant in his bed. That's when Bryan and I decided it was time to get on EBay and look for an Elephant "look alike." Would you believe that we found this little guy?! He was originally from Old Navy like 3 years ago. And, now there were two of them listed on Ebay..one for $13 and one for $20! We bought the one for $13 and still couldn't believe we paid $13 for a little bitty elephant! He should be arriving soon. And, he will be made available for the next hand washing of Elephant. Whew!