It has been a LONG time since I blogged last. The last year has been a big one on change for us. We found out in October that we were having a baby. We were so excited and could not wait to meet the new one. We had a dr. appointment at the end of October and the dr. thought I looked bigger or farther along then I should be, so they did an ultrasound! We found out that we were expecting TWINS!!!! What a suprise!! Dave was with me and he had to sit down after hearing the news. I was laying on the table otherwise I would have been racing him for the only chair in the room! After a couple of days we warmed up to the news and were very excited and ready to meet them. But we had to wait until May 12. The whole pregnancy was very different than a single baby. I had to have ultrasounds at least once a month to check everything out. In Feb. they were watching and very conserned about the low birth weight of the babies. The dr. told me to eat more because I was not gaining enough and the babies need to have more meat on there bones. Soon after that I was put on bedrest. We had a lot of help from our family during this time. I was either going to the dr. or the hospital for check-ups or because I was having contractions! I got a steriod shot a day before I delevered the boys!! What a bless to have that in time. They were born 6 weeks early on March 31 but were totally healthy. They were born at 3 pounds each!!! They had to stay in the NICU for 11 days because of their low birth weight and just to keep a close eye on their stats. Dave's Mom lived with us for a month during this time in our lives. Which was such a blessing because the nurses liked to have the parents up to feed and hold the babies as much as possible! We named the boys Evan Dean (dean is after my Dad's middle name) and Benjamin Dewey (Benjamin is after Dave's Grandpa and Dewey is after his dad!) So here are a couple of pictures for you to enjoy!

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

Evan

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

Benjamin

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

The kids looking at the video of the babies because they were not old enough to go in and meet them.

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

The four of us after a feeding!

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

Little boys in BIG carseats. (Evan & Ben)

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

Easter w/ the boys!

From Evan and Benjamin Vander Leest

Easter w/ Mykala & Landon! I will try to do a little better with keeping up this year to let you know what exciting things are going on around here!