Let us from this day forward be a little better, love one another a little more, treat one another with greater kindness and look to God and live. ~Gordon B. Hinckley~
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Meet our Twins!
On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 our beautiful twin boys joined our family! After a long day of waiting, we were scheduled to be delivered at 3:00pm but were bumped by an emergency c-section, Luke McKinstry and Logan James Crippen arrived quickly and safely! Luke arrived first at 5:07pm, weighing in at 6lb 2 oz, 20 inches long and Logan joined the family one short minute later at 5:08pm weighing 6lb 7 oz, and also 20 inches long. We were so grateful to have them arrive without any complications and very healthy. We came home from the hospital on Friday afternoon and we have officially entered the world of sleepless nights and lots of poppy diapers!!
Congratulations!!! How'd you even have time to sit at the computer and post on your blog? You're Superwoman! Glad everyone is healthy and home and happy! It must be so wonderful to finally snuggle those little guys, after having to wait so much longer than you thought for delivery day. Also, I love the names! The L's tie them as twins, without being too similar; nice choices!
Wow...it just doesn't seem all that long ago when you were Gypsy's age coming sown with Lisa to visit when I was having babies!!! Now look at you! Married for almost 14 years with 4 children. It is amazing how time flies. Congrats on your new additions. So glad that everything went well. I wish you lived closer so we could visit...
Awww! Char, they are BEAUTIFUL!! I really wish I lived closer to you...I'd smell their breath and snuggle their squishy little fuzzy heads! (Sorry...uh...I get a little carried away sometimes when I see newborns! I'd wash first of course...but then I'd eat them up!) You look GREAT! I love that "relief" look of a new mommy! Seriously...DO YOU EVER JUST LOOK LIKE CRAP? You are sincerely one of the most beautiful ladies I have EVER met! What do the kiddos think? John still in shock? It kills me EVERYTIME!!! One day you are pregnant, growing 2 BOYS inside your body and then the next...POOF! (well kind of) There are 2 more souls on the earth! And you are the MOTHER of these amazing little boys who look just as you'd imagined them to for 9 whole months.....how can you not have a testimony of ETERNAL families after ALL that? We love you guys and hope EVERYTHING continues to go well for ALL of you...(don't get ANY infections this time) Merry Christmas! We miss you! (PS...this is what you get for NEVER calling me, a short chapter book of comments on EVERY post you write! I know you know I am kidding because I could NEVER really be upset with you...but, I can harass you!)
Congratulations!! They are absolutely adorable!! Hope you can get some rest! Is it strange that your family went from 4 to 6? That would just blow me away! Hope you have a great Christmas!
They are so precious! Congratulations! It brings tears to my eyes! Babies are so sweet! I hope your recovery goes well! I'm excited to see more pictures of them as they grow up!
Char, I have loved catching up with you through your blog! Your house sounds like a riot! :) Your babies are darling!!! And I can't believe how big Broc and McCall are!!! When you have a second, and after you get some sleep, check out our blog www.darranandjen.blogpsot.com Congratulations! I'm so glad modern technology allows us to catch up, even on the other side of the world! Take care dear friend! Jen (Jones)
We live in western Pennsylvania and I am still the "Hero Support" to my husband and kids. John and I have been married for 13 1/2 years, HOLY COW! and we have two amazing, fun and fabulous kids that keep me busy and always laughing! In Dec we are going to double our fun when our twin boys are born! I love being a stay at home mom and wouldn't have it any other way! I'm obsessed with high school and college basketball and March Madness is my favorite time of the year!
10/23/07: McCall came to me in a panic and said "Mom I've got nose on my binki!" She had just sneezed and gotten boogers on her binki.
10/07: We were sitting at the dinner table eating and Broc asked John "Dad do you get to color at your school?" John explained that there just wasn't enough time at his school to color. Then Broc asked "Dad are there girls in you class?" It was funny to see Broc trying to process the difference between his and John's schools.
11/07: McCall is obsessed with Temples. This is a conversation that we frequently have with her. McCall where are you getting married: In the Temple When are you getting married: When I'm 25 Who are you going to marry: A handsome prince, a returned missionary! What are you going to wear: A white princess dress
2/08: John had given McCall a quarter and a nickel to put in her purse. One morning she came to me in a panic and said "I have my quarter, but I can't find my pickel!" I couldn't understand what she meant, a pickel? Then she showed me the quarter and said, "I can't find my pickel!" I said, "your nickel?" and she replied, "Yes, my pickel."
3/10: We were sitting in church during Sacrament Meeting and McCall was sitting with Barb and Shannon Huey(Her best friends at church) Barb pulled out some pictures of Temples and was showing them to her when McCall shouts "It's the Golden Dome" pointing to the dome on the Nauvoo Temple.
3/10/08: Broc had just gotten home from school and was looking for a snack. McCall started to whine that she to needed a snack so I asked John to help her. John asked her what she needed and she looked at him and said: "I want a snack you idiot!" John immediatly sent her to her room and tried not to laugh. We still can't figure out where she got the word idiot.
3/19/08 : We had just gotten to Nauvoo and from the back seat Broc says: "Oh, this is where they filmed Star Wars, you know Nabo" and then he starts humming the Star Wars theme song. We all burst into laughter and explained that this was Nauvoo not Nabo
3/08: A very nice women told McCall that she was a beautiful girl and McCall reponded "Yes I am." No trouble with self esteem there!
3/25/08: McCall and I were shopping and we were at the check out to return some things. I didn't buy anything so as we went to leave McCall said "Mom you need to color your name on this" and she pointed to the credit card machine.
3/27/08: I asked the kids if they wanted Chicken Enchiladas or Chicken Puffs for dinner tonight. McCall said, "I want Chickeladas, meaning Chicken Enchiladas." For the rest of the night she refered to them as "Chickeladas." Pretty clever I thought!
4/9/08: McCall was playing super hero and trying to catch the bad guys. She grabbed my hand and said "Mommy, you are under "durrest." Meaning that I was under arrest.
4/14/08: For much of this past year Broc has referred to our apartment as our "Compartment." We have corrected him on several occasions but to no avail. Again today he used that term and I just had to laugh.
4/14/08: Recently McCall has been infatuated with small fluffys or rather tiny lint balls. Maybe it is because we saw "Dr Seuss's, Horton hears a who" last week. Anyway she collects them and then tells us that they are her "Fluffy Firends." Tonight she crawled up to snuggle with me before she went to bed and she had a teny tiny ball of toilet paper. I asked her what she had and she said "It's my toilet fluffy friend."
13 comments:
Congratulations!!! How'd you even have time to sit at the computer and post on your blog? You're Superwoman! Glad everyone is healthy and home and happy! It must be so wonderful to finally snuggle those little guys, after having to wait so much longer than you thought for delivery day. Also, I love the names! The L's tie them as twins, without being too similar; nice choices!
Wow...it just doesn't seem all that long ago when you were Gypsy's age coming sown with Lisa to visit when I was having babies!!! Now look at you! Married for almost 14 years with 4 children. It is amazing how time flies. Congrats on your new additions. So glad that everything went well. I wish you lived closer so we could visit...
CONGRATULATIONS!!! They are beautiful, absolutely perfect!!!
You look amazing in the pictures, mostly relived and very very happy!
Merry Christmas Crippen Family!!
Congratulations on your two new boys. They are perfect and very handsome. I'm glad all went well. Have a Merry Christmas to all six of you!
It sounds like your twins are a good size. I am very excited for you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!
Congrats on your arrival. They look great. I agree, how did you have time to blog. Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!
Awww! Char, they are BEAUTIFUL!!
I really wish I lived closer to you...I'd smell their breath and snuggle their squishy little fuzzy heads! (Sorry...uh...I get a little carried away sometimes when I see newborns! I'd wash first of course...but then I'd eat them up!)
You look GREAT! I love that "relief" look of a new mommy!
Seriously...DO YOU EVER JUST LOOK LIKE CRAP? You are sincerely one of the most beautiful ladies I have EVER met! What do the kiddos think? John still in shock? It kills me EVERYTIME!!! One day you are pregnant, growing 2 BOYS inside your body and then the next...POOF! (well kind of) There are 2 more souls on the earth! And you are the MOTHER of these amazing little boys who look just as you'd imagined them to for 9 whole months.....how can you not have a testimony of ETERNAL families after ALL that? We love you guys and hope EVERYTHING continues to go well for ALL of you...(don't get ANY infections this time)
Merry Christmas! We miss you!
(PS...this is what you get for NEVER calling me, a short chapter book of comments on EVERY post you write! I know you know I am kidding because I could NEVER really be upset with you...but, I can harass you!)
Congratulations!! They are absolutely adorable!! Hope you can get some rest! Is it strange that your family went from 4 to 6? That would just blow me away! Hope you have a great Christmas!
They are so precious! Congratulations! It brings tears to my eyes! Babies are so sweet! I hope your recovery goes well! I'm excited to see more pictures of them as they grow up!
Congrats on the new arrival!
They are so adorable, which makes those sleepless nights so much more bearable.
Char, I have loved catching up with you through your blog! Your house sounds like a riot! :) Your babies are darling!!! And I can't believe how big Broc and McCall are!!! When you have a second, and after you get some sleep, check out our blog www.darranandjen.blogpsot.com Congratulations! I'm so glad modern technology allows us to catch up, even on the other side of the world! Take care dear friend! Jen (Jones)
They are adorable little miracles. Good luck with all the adventures you will have with them!
Congratulations to you!! How great to have twin boys!!
Hope all is well and your are settling into a good routine!
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