not so bad after all

i am sure i will regret this statement in the very near future, but for right now, i feel like this might not be so hard...

these guys will have to keep up this 20+ hours a day of sleep and

matty will have to keep on loving the little ones.

this is not first bath time, but first with photos.

our first pedi visit is today. on monday "big" ben weighed 6 pounds even and jack weighed 5 and a half pounds. they are eating great so anticipate a great report!

harassed

a certain sister harassed me into sending pictures during the ten minutes i have to myself while laundry is drying, matty is at school, mom is at whole foods and babes are snoozing...

matty has turned into a giant.

gigi has it under control
on saturday we took matty to his favorite playground to show the babes...

...had a nice lunch, including wine, while babes slept!

this is daddy managing his new guys. (even though mom put them to sleep...)

and right now, jack is doing this:

and ben is doing this:

and mom and gigi are about to sit down for lunch!

until next time...

...which after our first 20 hours at home seems like it may be in a few months.

mama managing to put two to sleep at same time. just can't figure out how to put them down now.

after an exhausting playground trip with gigi. this bed was so comfortable!

no one told mom that i would look like a giant after all this! i am really BIG brother nowmama's guys waiting for check-out. i can not wait to take baby brothers home!
resting before discharge. so lucky to be going home as a family!
our ride home. a five minute walk.
jack sleeping it out.
ben getting his snooze on.

it may look like all they have done at home is sleep but once the sun went down...

thankfully mama has her mama to help out. we may not send her home until may...2014

in love..

our guys look nothing alike..jack is blonde and ben is dark. both are beautiful and mama is in love!

introducing...

..my new little bros, ben and jack

born on tuesday, march 23rd at 5:00 and 5:02pm and weighing in at a whopping 6 lb. 13 oz and 6 lb. 5 oz.

benjamin and jonathan made it to 37 weeks and 4 days and this was them just before heading into delivery...

and resting with mama immediately after...jack on left.

i was really excited to meet them and already love them to pieces. this was my first ben snuggle
and one with mama and her guys wednesday morning.
daddy and his new boys - ben on left
after conquering very minor health issues, both boys were declared completely healthy a mere 12 hours after birth. we feel very grateful and fortunate that both guys came home on friday with mom.

thank you for all the well wishes and congratulations.

*will likely be much, much later before we post again :)

enjoying our threesome

a beautiful spring weekend with the Ham in boston

a chillier monday running around the great lawn and running
and running

poor guy doesn't seem to realize he is going to have to share the spotlight very soon!

more spring pictures

throwing sticks and stones into the charles

playing on the tree stumps
driving my hair around the neighborhood
this is why it took us 45 minutes to get home, dad.
and also why i slept for 12 hours again last night :)thank you meema and cheeta for the bath paints. mom would have had a harder time getting me in the bath on this day without them.
my ear is still blue on the inside.

in babies watcher news..we are now officially full term at 37 weeks. and with the two little piggies estimated to be over 6 lbs. each, we are hoping these little guys will come home when mama does!

ahhhh

spring came a few days early...and boy is it nice. mommy even stopped doing jumping jacks so we can enjoy the next few days.

yesterday we went trike-riding...

..until i could not pedal anymore

i seem to have officially moved on to the big-boy swings...at least when the big boys play with me

"i can't walk any more mama" (after 4 hours on the esplanade this morning)

digging for bugs

showing my friend hannah the worm i dug up.

goofing off with my buddy

tonight i fell asleep on mama's "fat pillow" at 7:15 after a HUGE dinner.

(i call the belly my fat pillow because i like to snuggle up against it)

sleeping in...

now that we have the sleeping issue worked out, he's sleeping much later! and he will not get out of bed until his clock says it is time...best $30 ever spent (even though he seems slightly afraid of it)!

and thank goodness it stopped raining:

it has been a wreck for three straight days! now we are heading outside to run off some energy.

congrats!

congratulations to our dear friend aanya (and mama richa) on the addition of her baby brother! we can not wait to meet your little guy.

spring training

besides diapering my dog rocky this week...i practiced my baseball skills in advance of this summer's sports camps.

videos of the action... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ltm1Sk69NQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GdtNyWAnc

boo*.

new birth date: 3/31.

in better news, looks like matty has a promising career in engineering. here he is helping fix the dishwasher. (underwear showing and all.) they gave him a donut because he was so "helpful".

*thankfully that was the only bad news, and only bad for this large mama whose swollen feet only fit in old sneakers now. babies S and B are looking good.

8 days

matty just predicted he will be a brother in 8 days. sounds a whole lot better than 23 to mom.

franklin park zoo playground

and some of my favorite friends