Pictures

                                        Here they are.  Pictures of the most beautiful twin girls ever!

Here's the Riley twins!

They made it! Elisabeth Marie and Katherine Faye are here.  Katherine came out weighing 5lbs 11oz and 45 minutes later, Elisabeth joined us weighing 4 lbs 8oz.  They are doing very well.  Because they were premature they will be residing in NICU for some amount of time (a week, 2 days, a month).  The next post will 4 or 5 hours, and there will be pictures. They are beautiful.  Jenn did such a great job today and yesterday (22 hours of labor).  Look for pictures soon!


bye for now.
-Matt

The girls

We went to the doctor on Friday.  The girls are doing well, Jenn, Elisabeth, and Katherine.  Elli and Kati are each 4 1/2 lbs.  Everything is well.  

Coming soon...babies!

We are looking forward to the little ladies (Elisabeth and Katherine).  They should be here in the next few weeks and we have been making preparations.  The nursery is almost complete (minus some wall hangings).  I've included pictures of the nursery and Jenn.  Enjoy.

March

March...in a lot of the United States it is the beginning of Spring, and this year South Dakota has decided to follow suit.  We have been enjoying 50-60 degree weather and sunshine.
We have also begun to prepare for the girls' arrival into this world.  We set up the cribs in the nursery.  We are preparing a place for them in their room.
We have also settled fully into our new house.  We cleaned up the yard, pruned the trees, and raked the leaves.
Below are pictures of our cribs and our new house (WE HAVE TREES! in west river south dakota that is a hot commodity.

My students need you

I am trying to get a set of whiteboards for my students to use in the classroom.  Here is a link.  If you can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=368208

Visit with the girls

Today we went to the doctor to visit with our girls. During the ultrasound we got a surprise. Elisabeth, who was breach the last time we saw her, has decided to flip over. Both girls are now head down...that's good, I hear.

Kati is about 2lb 10oz and Elli is about 2lb 12oz. They are both growing at the appropriate rate. Everything is going well.

We are going back in three weeks.

Bye for now,

Matt and Jenn