Grandad Don came to watch the F1 with us

Daddy and one of his girls

When the poo hits the fan and nothing else will get them down, we put them in bed with us so we can ALL get some sleep....and boy do they love been snuggled up to Mom and Dad...specially on Dad's chest ;))))

1 month and busy busy busy moo cow

OK OK so I'm in trouble cause I haven't updated the blog recently :)

The girls were 1 month on Friday...can you beeeeelieve it?????? Jeepers how time is just whizzing past again....and yet at 3am in the morning when I'm doing a feed the minutes seem to tick by soooo sloooowly ;) Yip that's about pretty much what I do...just watch time pass.

We have good nights and bad days, and can last the daylight hours without losing the plot....but if we have bad nights and bad days, boy does that take the wind out one's sails one time ;) Then I'm a wreck and we have soup and toast for supper! Of course Brad is a great help and gets up in the night to pacify them when I'm not the slightest bit aware - I'm comatose most nights in between feeds - and he has to wake me up to feed them. God Bless Daddy! And other nights he's not even aware of the screaming baby monitor and me climbing in and out of bed a million (yes it really feels like a million) times, so tired is he!

There are a couple of photo's to upload, so I'll sign off by saying again to all of you thanks so much for the love and support we're getting...it is so dearly appreciated!

Lots of love to you all
Linda xxxx

Looking back

The night before the Caesararean......check out that boep !

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 ;)