The twins were born on July 20, 2010.
William James Leigh was born at 3:08 p.m., weighed 6 lbs 5 oz, and was 18 inches long.
Vivian Marie Leigh was born at 3:08 p.m., weighed 5 lbs 11 oz, and was 18 inches long.
Here are some photos of the big day!
Pics at the hospital: http://www.bellababyphotography.com/gallery
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Delivery: http://picasaweb.google.com/lludwig56/Twins?feat=email#
To keep us all on the same page, I'm posting the schedule of visitors that will be coming to visit. Most of the dates are tentative. I will update this schedule as things change.
Thanks for all of the offers for help! Love and miss you all. XOXO
15 month stats (Oct 2009)
Height: 32.5 inches, 95th percentile
Weight: 24 lbs, 50-75th percentile
Head Circumference: 46.4 cm, 50-75th percentile
18 month stats (Jan 2010)
Height: 34.5 inches, 95th percentile
Weight: 26 lbs, 15 oz, 75-90th percentile
Head Circumference: 48 cm
I have posted several new photo albums and videos on our Picasa site:
Videos:
F Giggling (old)
Trying to get F to say hi
Birthday card from Grandma
Swimming in the pool with Aunt Michelle
F and her purse
Photo albums:
20090720_Mom_Visit - Laurie visits Seattle
20090701_Misc_July - Random photos from July
20090628_F_Birthda
20090705_Pateros - our vacation - sans child - to Lake Chelan
20090621_F_Birthda
20090603_NewYork - F goes to NYC!
20090525_SwimmingL
20090517_MothersDa
20090504_Racine_Mo
20090425_TulipFest
Easter 2009
We visited the doctor on July 5th for Frances' 12 month appointment. Here are her stats:
Weight: 22 lbs, 12 ozs (50th percentile)
Length: 31.5 inches (>95th percentile)
Head size: 45.8 cm (50th percentile)
She also got some shots that she was not very happy about. All in all, a happy report for the little lady!
We went to New Orleans at the end of March - our first trip together without Frances! Linda, Jeff, and Cassandra were kind enough to take Frances for an entire week.
Pictures:
Day 1
We arrived on Sunday late afternoon in New Orleans. We dumped our bags at our hotel, the Omni Royale New Orleans, and immediately went to Bourbon street to check out the sights. We saw some pretty crazy things, including:
We headed back to the hotel for a rest, and spent some time on the roof in the sunshine. Ate jambalaya and went to a jazz bar, unfortunately at a place with a lot of much older people (read: senior citizens) and almost fell asleep.
Day 2
Kicked off the day with a city sightseeing tour of the city. It was a VERY windy. Our tour visited the French Quarter, the Garden District, Treme, St. Charles, and Magazine Street.
We visited the areas hit by hurricane Katrina. Katrina hit in 2005. 1500 people were killed, mostly of heat related illnesses. 7 babies were born at the stadium, which was converted into a makeshift hospital. 25000 people lived in the Dome with the red cross efforts. The city is 50% back to it's normal population, depending on who you ask. Hollywood celebrities are rebuilding areas of the city.
We visited one of the city's cemeteries - apparently all are above ground, due to the climate and hurricane issues - and visited downtown and the warehouse district.
After the tour, we visited the French Market and stopped for lunch. We napped and then had a webcam visit with Frances!
We headed Frenchmen street to see some jazz. We had fish tacos a Mexican restaurant, Tomatillos. After dinner, we went to TBD for a jazz show. Suddenly realizing we were again among all of the old people, we went home.
Day 3
We slept in - sooo nice! - and I went for a run along the riverwalk. It was very humid. We took a bus out of the city and went on a swamp tour. We saw some amazing wildlife - see the photos - including alligators! Justin and I both held a baby alligator.
We napped again, then went to dinner on Bourbon Street again, at a restaurant with a fun outside courtyard. We had fried alligator and then we walked the strop on Bourbon Street. Justin got a hurricane-to-go, I got a beer-to-go, and we watched karaoke.
Day 4
Today was the shopping day. We walked to Magazine street, covering most of the city, and I explored almost all day. It was really fun; they have great antique shops and clothing boutiques. We took the cable car home down St. Charles street, and then we did a webcam with Frances and the Leighs.
It poured, so we stuck on Bourbon street. When it let up, we headed back to Frenchmen Street and caught the tail end of a great concert at Sing Sing.
Day 5
We had planned to do a plantation tour this day, but we messed up the times. It was our first hot day, so we swam and relaxed. Visited the French market, and considered going to a movie. Went to dinner at an Oyster bar and had fried oysters, scallops, and jambalaya again. Went out dancing!
Day 6
Headed home. Stuck in Denver overnight.
Day 7
We saw Frances again!
Frances had her 9 month checkup on March 20. She is a healthy baby and growing nicely. Here were her stats:
Weight: 19.7 oz (50th percentile)
Length: 29 inches (90th percentile)
Head circumference: 44.5 cm (50th percentile)
What a tall girl!
Frances had her 6 month appointment today. She good a good review from the doctor!
Here are her stats:
Weight: 17 lbs 12 oz (75th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (75th - 90th percentile)
Head circumference: 42.2 cm (25th percentile)
Frances had her four-month doctor appointment on Friday, 10/24. Here are here stats!
Weight: 14 lbs, 10 oz (50-75th percentile)
Length: 25.25 in (90th percentile)
Head circumference: 40.5 cm (25-50th percentile)
A healthy, growing girl! She also had her second round of immunizations.
In September, my Mom and Corrin both visited in overlapping trips.
Highlights included visiting our friend John Rokos at his Tesla Motors racetrack and riding in one of the first electric performance vehicles, a trip for Corrin and I to a fancy Bainbridge fabric store, Fajita night and some wii playing at Jeff's, and lots of cuddle time with Frances. :)
Pics from the weekend are here.
I also made a trip down to LA a couple of weeks later sans child. It was my first trip away from Frances, and I was excited to see my friend Corrin's new house! I planned my trip around the Rose Bowl Flea Market, the largest flea market in the US that is held every month.
Pics from LA are here.
I've also uploaded some random pics of Frances, and some videos, too.
