when daddy was a baby :)

Granny and grandad found some photos of daddy and kindly scanned them
in for all to see. Judging by the similarity to me and how beautiful
their mother is I can already see I am going to have to buy a shotgun :)

Just had my first bath

...... And then had a nice sleep with daddy whilst my sister had her
bath

Auntie andrea got first high five

Auntie andrea came to visit and was doing such a good babysitting job
that she got the first high five from jessica

Morning feed time

Well, mommy is doing really well and i am so proud of her. She is
making lots of milk from her "jungle juice". daddy had a great sleep
( translation means longer than an hour) as we finally starting to get
a half decent routine going yaaaay.

What everyone has been waiting for.......

Drumroll pleeeeease........................

We have named our daughters...Jessica Mikayla Hemphill and Sarah Grace Hemphill

Lots of Love
Brad, Linda, Jessica, Sarah
xxxx

Move over Daddy it's Mommy's turn :)

Hey hey hey!

I'm back in the land of the movers and shakers with a handsome Daddy and two little angels at my side. Oh yes...and let me just tell you if I need him in the night, he's up in a flash and changing nappies or bringing through the next crying baby for a feed...then taking the one that's finished for a little cat-nap on his chest or in the crook of his arm (till she wakes up in 20 minutes for another feed) where they both fall asleep "Pa en sy kind" whilst I carry on feeding the other darling. It's quite an experience and one that I wouldn't miss for the world! How lucky can a girl get?

I can't believe that the pregnancy is over already....it seemed like it would be forever, and that my new place in the world was being seated almost permanently on the loo with a pea-sized bladder...ha ha ha! My tummy is shrinking by the day so I can almost see my feet again :) Brad say's I still look pregnant, but hey, there was ALOT of stretching that happened there ;)

All is going really well...and feel like an old pro already, but again we have really easy daughters that burp themselves...not a wind to speak of!

Honestly, there are ONLY two things that get to me:

1. the crying that gets more and more frantic/unhappy (shakes me up quite a bit, but I do try to remain calm and not get frazzled).....when....
2. I have to battle with a million press-studs on a babygrow to undress them to change a soiled nappy and then battle my arse off redressing them and putting all those press-studs back together whilst there's this little person telling me in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS how unhappy they are with their fumble-fingered Mommy by kicking and squirming all over the place ;)

They are growing bigger by the day - and you can see it happening!!!!! and wiggle-worming their way all around their bed....and rolling over onto their backs or their tummies! Amazing!!!!

Anyway at the mo life is full of half-finished jobs - a half-typed email to friends.....this blog that should've been posted on Wednesday and it's now Friday!!!! So apologies for the delay, but here it is all the same.

Chat soon and lots of Love
Linda, Brad, Jessica, Sarah and kitty cat
one big happy family in an extra-length queen bed at 6am in the mornings ;)

A working dad

So dad went home at 15:30 today and had a nice sleep. Then he had to do a little work but had to do a little babysitting whilst mommy was feeding. Of course work stopped and i could not resist spending time with my darleeng - we have one name and one still to be named so you guys will have to wait it out another day!

a humbling experience

Sorry about the sound quality - for those geeks - its a .mov file which my iphone makes and youtube does encode correctly into .mp4 will change it to mp4 next time - but for this one you will have to turn down the sound because i am not doing it again

Congrats

Hi Brad & Linda! Congrats on the birth of your 2 little darlings. Love Sandy

The hemphills came to visit

Julie was already babysitting for us!

Belinda and judy came to visit

Robinsons came to visit

From mommy's bed ;)

Thank you each & every one of you for the calls, sms's, prayers,
wishes, flowers & gifts. You have touched our hearts in welcoming
these 2 little angels into our world. All our fondest love Linz & the
girls xxx

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Linda
"Do what you love & love what you do."

the greatest moment of my life!

a celebration cigar and cognac with 2 grandads and 1 brother

Mommy linda with twin "a" & "b"

Mom looks lovely, but she fell asleep about 5 mins ago, so no names
till later. Of course i have spent some time with them and already
have names :)

B finished feeding and fell asleep on the job. A is tired she fell
asleep with no food!

A is on left and b is on right as you look at photo! Naming ceremony
later

They have arrived!

At 8:45 twin "a" arrived 2420g and 490mm and at 8:47 twin "b" arrived
2410g and 490mm. We are truly blessed :)

week 35-37 - today 9th September 2008

Well what can I say.....these last 2 and a half weeks have AAAAAbsolutely flown.....so there have been no updates other than the fact that my tummy has continued growing.....which means the babies have grown :) On Thursday last week, at our 36-week scan, the girls weighed in at 2.5 and 2.7 kg's so they have done outstandingly well.....and fingers crossed there won't be jaundice or ICU etc etc.....and we'll all come home together :)

Brad took us including my folks for a nice Sunday drive and a picnic on Scarborough beach - and the photo of me in the final days with my Mom :)

The phones have not stopped ringing today.....and countles sms's and emails coming through wishing us luck...has made the eagles take off in my tummy. Am really feeling nervous now. Spent today getting the nursery cleaned up and sorted out for the final time, and have done the last bit of paperwork to sort accounts out. My folks have been amazing helping me out and putting up with my nervousness....they are superstars!!!! and I don't know what I would've done without them! Got rid of the cabin fever by going to visit Catherine and her twin boys and get some last final tips before the Big Day tomorrow. Cath has been amazing with the advise. Would be lost and afraid of the unknown if she hadn't been there and done it already!....and trust me she definitely got the t-shirt ;) I just hope I remember it all!!!!!

Brad is frantic busy at work and with a broken phone system (amongst the other stresses) does not make for a happy man....and with my hormones raging, well we are an overheating oven with 2 little buns a-baking ;) but hopefully all will simmer down really quickly. We have been told so many scary stories about not coping, I think subconsciously we are both a bit worried and nervous about the unknown, so therefore and understandably a little stressed out. Lovely recipe!

Anyway.....tomorrow is D-Day.....must be at the hospital at 6am, and will be in theatre at 8am for the 5-minute procedure, and then welcome our little angels into the world.

Thanks for all the love and support, the phonecalls, emails and sms's and staying in touch and reading the blog to stay up to date with the pregnancy and hope you've enjoyed the journey with us :)

All our fondest love
Linda & Brad and the girls xxxx

Enjoying last weekend before the chaos!