Three Months Old

It is amazing how fast time goes by. I know that people have told me that over the years but it still amazes me how fast my boys are changing and growing. Today they are three months old. I can't believe that three months ago they were newborns and so small! Now James is about 10.5 pounds and Marc is about 12 pounds. Marc has almost tripled his birth weight! They are entering in the stage where they are smiling more and more and they have started to play with each other! I love it! They are so cute when I put them on the floor and they stare at each other, grab one another and even nicely hit each other. The other morning I went in to get them up from a nap and they were looking at each other through the cribs, just staring at each other. It was so cute! They are already becoming friends and I hope they continue to be bestfriends throughout their lives.

Here is a picture of them (James on the left, Marc on the right) playing with each other. Their arms are blurry because they are moving them around and bumping each other.

Blessing Sunday

On Sunday we blessed our boys in church. We had a lot of support from our family and friends. Thank you to all who came and we missed those who couldn't come, but we understand! Billy did an amazing job and our boys looked adorable in their matching white outfits. Right before the blessings started (during the opening song) James pooped and it started to come out. I rushed to the bathroom and quickly changed the diaper and made it back just in time to hear the beginning of Marc's blessing.

After church we came to our house and had lunch. Not everyone could make it to our house, so we don't have pictures of everyone who was there, but here is what we have...

He we are with our friends Josh and Heather and Chris and Kristen

Here is my family...We missed you Kelly!

Here we are with my Grandma and Grandpa

Here is our little family...aren't we so cute!

James was named after my dad and Marc is named after Billy's dad...here they are holding the boy that is named after them...plus Billy.

It was a wonderful and special Mother's Day with my family in town, but to also have the boys blessed on that day as well made it extra special. I think this Mother's Day will be really hard to beat...ever! Thanks to everyone who made it special! :)

Graduation

On Saturday I participated in the graduation ceremony for University of Phoenix. I was so happy that my Grandma and Grandpa Hill could come out for it from California. They are so supportive of my education and have been to all my graduations...high school, from BYU and now from UOP. It is amazing that my 88 year old grandpa and 86 year old grandma could make the trip. I am grateful for their support and health! I am also grateful that my mom, dad and sister Christi were here as well as Billy. Billy had to work on Saturday morning and I was afraid he was going to miss it, but he was there! I love him so much!!!

Here I am with Marc and James after the ceremony. Marc is the one not looking at the camera.

Here is our cute little Cunningham family! I love my family so much!

Here is everyone that came to the graduation! Thank you to my grandma for the flowers, thanks to my mom and dad for the bracelet and to Billy and the boys for the beautiful picture of the temple that is now hanging in our house!

Big Weekend

We had a great weekend last weekend. It was busy and fun. On Friday night, Billy and I went on our first date without our boys. We played it low key and just went to Rubios and then went shopping for the boys to buy some new clothes (they are just about out of the newborn size and we needed some more 0-3 clothes). We had a good time just the two of us, but it was different going on a date after having children. We plan to go out regularly without the boys to keep our marriage strong! :)

Here Billy and I are at Rubios.

Here is one of the outfits we bought for the boys. They say eligible bachelor on it. They showed up to Grandpa Marc's wedding with them on in honor of Grandpa Marc. He is no longer a bachelor and we are so happy for him!

(James is on the left and Marc on the right)

Here Karen is with Marc before the wedding began!

Here is cousin Page with James

Here were the actual wedding outfits for the boys. I wanted them to be able to wear them on Easter but they weren't big enough for them. The pants are extra big still on James but we made it work. I can't wait to dress the boys up all cute for church in the coming weeks.

(James is on the left and Marc on the right)

Easter 2010

This year for Easter we spent the day at Uncle Bob's and Aunt Shelley's house. It was obviously the boys first Easter, and I bought cute Easter outfits for them but they were too big still so they just wore normal clothes... :(

There was a lot of family at the Cunningham's and the boys loved being held and got plenty of attention that day. It was also nice to have others helping out and to kind of have the day off.

Paige and Aunt Shelley bathed the boys before we left. James loves the big sink, but Marc was definitely not a fan...I just don't think he likes baths all that much right now.

Here is James getting his bath. The picture I took of Marc getting his bath showed his package so that's where it's not posted.

Grandpa Marc with the boys. He loves his grandsons and they love him

This is the only family picture we took on Easter. I am holding Marc and Billy his holding James. We had a wonderful Easter with lots of good family, but of course we missed my side of the family. Thanks to Grandma Hill for getting the boys Easter baskets with diapers (always a necessity) and chocolate bunnies to share with their parents!

So I know that no one gets out too much with a newborn...and it always takes a lot longer to get out the door than you expect. This is definitely more true as a mother of twins. I went to church on Sunday and it took almost two hours for me to feed, burp, change, pack up and throw some clothes on me (no shower, I had taken one the night before...I planned that!) without any help. Billy gets to church early for meetings and my mom was in D.C. for my cousin's wedding so it was just Christi, myself and the boys going to church together. Needless to say, we don't really go anywhere and so this is how we fill our days...

My mom was feeding James and he arches his back and has this funny face...he does it almost every feeding and it is priceless.

Here is a close up of that cute face he makes!

This morning I was feeding Marc and his shorts were low riding and when I looked closer, I noticed that his diaper was also riding a little low...This is a true mark of a Cunningham! Just after my mom took the picture...Marc had a huge blow out. Gotta love it!

Marc had his cute little feet crossed during feeding time this morning...so adorable, I couldn't resist a picture.

This week we took our first walk around the neighborhood! This is something I will be able to do once my mom leaves to get out of the house. The boys enjoyed it...cause they were sleeping!

In the evenings, I love holding both boys and having them sleep on me before I eat dinner. We were all so toasty and warm under the blanket. I am so lucky to have such sweet boys.

Aunt Christi helped out when my mom left this last weekend. She tickled the boys...that is her specialty!

She also helped feed...although that didn't last too long, it was nice to have her help for a minute.

So here are the little things that make my day, each and every day. Nothing too exciting or extraordinary to most people, but I love all these little moments. It makes the night feedings and sometimes cranky boys all worth it!

5 Week Stats

Since my boys were in the NICU for two weeks, we are about two weeks behind in their pediatrician appointments. This means I won't have their monthly stats for about another week or so. However, we are part of a program the state of Arizona has for premies that tracks their development and provides assistance if they fall behind at any time. a nurse came out on Thursday and measured the boys. Here is how they measured:

Marc

21 inches long
weighs 7 lbs 4 ounces
head is 35 inches

James

20.5 inches long
weighs 7 lbs
head is 34 inches

Both boys are growing fast and eating lots! They eat about 3 ounces every 3-4 hours and the nurse said most premies eat about 2 ounces at a time. Our boys are going to be solid boys!