happy halloween!

(Crew and McKay - 1 month old)

neighborhood halloween party

our little "Woody"

(with his friend Buzz Lightyear)

(the cowboy vest that Beck is wearing was my brother Drew's when he was little - so fun)

DJ Lance (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) and Woody

(DJ Lance was quite a hit with all the kiddos at the party!)

We live in a great neighborhood that has lots of kids

and always has fun activities for them.

Beckley loved the Halloween "pardy" (and his candy, of course)!

Me, Woody, Brecken & Kelly

Beckley is catching onto the whole "trick or treat" thing...

and has been practicing all week...

so, it will be fun to see him on Halloween night!

crazy boy!

love this silly boy.

here he is waiting in a long line 

with his dad at Lagoon yesterday.

so silly!

such a sweet big brother

HOME!

these sweet boys are finally home!

(Crew on left and McKay on right...

 this is the first time they have been together since they were born!)

and, we are LOVING it!

sibling rivalry?

 is the rivalry already beginning between these two brothers?

the nurses have fun dressing the NICU babies up for a Halloween photo shoot...

and, these are the costumes they chose for our little guys.

too funny!

take a look at Crew's face though... 

you can see how he feels about wearing U red!

pretty sure both these boys will be Y fans!

our tough little guys

this picture was taken today in the NICU.

(Adrian has McKay & I have Crew.)

i can't believe how different the boys look

compared to when they were born 16 days ago.

they have both been such fighters and have progressed so much.

luckily, our boys have had very few setbacks while in the NICU

& have mostly taken steps forward each day.

this forward progression has made the experience so much easier for us all.

there are a few criteria that need to be met for babies to be released from the NICU:

1.  need to breathe on their own

2.  need to hold their own temperature

3.  need to take all of their meals through their mouth (rather then feeding tube)

4.  parents need to be comfortable taking baby home

5.  home needs to be ready to care for baby.

as of today, the only one we are still working on is #3...

they are well on their way though!

 in the last 24 hours the boys have both taken multiple bottles successfully

and have been able to nurse full feeds as well.

now we just need to keep this up for a few days...

then they will remove the feeding tubes.

(yeah!  i can't wait to see my babies without tubes on their faces!)

and, if all goes well the next few days,

the twins should be home soon!

i'll post more pics of how they have progressed while in the NICU soon.

these sweet little boys have accomplished so much already!

we love you McKay & Crew!

THE TWINS ARE HERE!!!

We are proud

(although a bit late) 

to announce the arrival of...

McKay Adrian

and

Crew Anders

 on Thursday, September 29th.

McKay was born first at 8:55 PM

and weighed 4 lbs 5 oz.

Crew followed at 9:11 PM

weighing 3 lbs 15 oz.

The boys came 6 weeks early and
both boys are still in the NICU at the University of Utah,

but are doing better and better each day.

We love these boys!

We so appreciate all your thoughts and prayers on their behalf.

I was released from the hospital on Saturday, October 1st...

so it is tough to have the boys away from us

but, we know they are in the best place for now...

Hopefully they will be home with us soon!

We love you McKay and Crew!!!