"Saxon Ezekiel was born first, a few minutes after 4 p.m. on Friday, July 18. His sister, Ella Mae followed moments later. Both of them cried and started breathing "room air" right away, although Ella stopped and had to have assistance for the first 12 hours or so. Saxon tipped the scales at 3 pounds 7 ounces and was 16.5 inches long. Ella was the bigger of the two, weighing in at 4 pounds 15 ounces and measuring 18.75 inches long."
That's a quote from my first post in this blog, added to the World Wide Web on July 24, 2008. Here we are one year later and it's time to say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWINFANTS!
My life has changed in such profound and indescribable ways. Because I came into parenthood kind of sideways, I had the pleasure of taking a child to their first day of kindergarten and seeing another graduate high school before I knew the joy of holding your baby for the first time.
And now that the twinfants are older and able to show their emotions, there is no feeling on Earth like that compares to the love I see in Ella's face when she looks at me or in Saxon's entire body when he gives me a full-force hug. It's intoxicating.
(Saxon has a go at his personal birthday cake.)
For their special day we loaded up two cars and headed south to see the family in Buckhorn, bringing along the family from Milwaukee as well. It was nice to visit with folks we hadn't seen in a while and to give some of them their first chance to meet Ella and Saxon.
(Ella shows everyone how cake is supposed to be eaten.)
To say that Ella and Saxon made out like Christmas in July would be an understatement and a special thank you goes out to everyone who contributed gifts for the babies. Our house has been a chorus of beeps, whistles, chirps and other assorted noises. The noise can be a bit distracting, but the twinfants are happy as can be.
(Better than the presents, Ella and Saxon spent their birthday surrounded by family.)
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