The Miracle Men Arrive!

Baby A = John | Baby B = Luke

Born Thursday, May 1, 2008

John Christian
5 lbs, 4.5 oz / 17 in

Luke Christian
5 lbs, 6.8 oz / 17.5 in

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Going in for a simple check-up...


These guys had a different idea!


Recovery room team


They're getting cuter by the minute.

...And another new due date

Julie just returned from the Dr's office and...as we thought might happen...D-day will be delayed. The requisite C-section delivery is now scheduled to occur not tomorrow, but on Monday, May 5. **

The reason: Julie's been clobbered by a cold, and although it seems to have peaked, it's had her feeling pretty miserable with coughing/sniffling/sneezing/heat-chills. Not a good way to go into birthing or surgery if we have any say in the matter. In addition, Miriam and I have joined in the fun. So May 5 was the next available procedure date, barring labor. A few more days to rest up before the fun!

** Any of you like me and wondered what the heck Cinco de Mayo is really about? Per Wikipedia:
It is primarily a regional (not national) holiday celebrated in the state of Puebla and virtually ignored elsewhere in Mexico. The date is observed in the US (esp. California) and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. For the most part the celebrations combine food, music and dancing.

A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day; Mexico's Independence Day is actually September 16 (yo Mom!!!), which is the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico. Cinco de Mayo commemorates an initial victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

Of course, as you might expect we've thrown Ignacio and Zaragozo into the finalist hat for the boys' names.

***UPDATE: By now you've seen that our boys were born on May Day...that's good, we didn't really want our boys to associate their birthday with Corona Cerveja ads anyway. pc

New Due Date

C-section is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29!

Happy Easter 2008

We had a very fun Easter celebration on Saturday, at Aunt Joan's house. Many of her considerable talents were put to use for the Easter Egg/Treasure hunts. Amy and Jason / Jennie and Jeff and their kids were all there. Lots of good food and laughter.

On Sunday, Julie sang a duet in sacrament meeting ("Beautiful Savior"). Pete lip-synched in the choir. It was fun because during Julie's song, as often occurs, a cute little girl popped up and started waving at her - this time it was Summer Young, Steve and Barb's 15 month year old. Fun to see them there.

After church, we made BLTs and went for a drive, just us (a nice quiet Sunday for a change). We went up into the foothills between Palo Alto and the Pacific and had a picnic in the golden sunlight, as you'll see in the pics. Julie read some of her Peter Rabbit books.





Afterwards, we drove the famed Skyline Road with its famous twists and turns...Pete was deliriously happy with the Beemer's road-hugging performance and Julie somehow kept her lunch and the twins in her tummy.

We missed all of you fams but look forward to next year, when we'll have a couple of lil' hoppers to bring along!

Twins update

Ultrasound results: Both the little guys are 3 lbs, 3 oz. - nearly the exact same size, although they are fraternal. This is good news - they may just meet that due date shown at right >>