Happy Easter!

It just isn't possible for them to get any cuter!

Well, Easter didn't turn out quite as we had planned. This was to be our first outing to somewhere besides the pediatricians office. We were going to Nonnie and Poppie's house! Everyone was quite excited and looking forward to it. I was, of course, worried we would forget some very important piece of baby junk. It was not meant to be, however. Poor Poppie got sick so we decided not to risk it. Brian threw together an impromptu Easter dinner of pork ribs (yum!), we dressed up the babies anyway, and took lots of pics.

Pretty Lily in her girly-girl dress.

Jack posing for the picture.
Bennie and his double chins.
Thanks to my Mom and Dad for spending the night and spending Easter with is. These pics are from my Mom, I'm too lazy to download my pics. Poppie-we missed you so much, and hope you get well fast. To everyone else...we will be planning another outing soon.

Oh yes...News from the Doc.

We went to see Dr. Hopkins on Friday and he was so happy with how well the babies are doing. Here are the current weights/heights:

Lily

24 1/2 inches long and 14 lbs 6 oz. She's in the 50-75th percentile for height and the 75th percentile for weight!!! Go Lily!

Jack

25 inches long and 14 lbs 6 oz. He's in the 50-75th percentile for height and the 25-50th percentile for weight. Better watch out, Jack, their catching up to you!

Ben

Here's the BIG surprise. Ben has taken the lead. That's right...He weighs the most! Only by one ounce...but still the biggest!

24 1/2 inches long and 14 lbs 7 oz. He's apparently a tad short so he's only in the 5-10th percentile for his height but he's in the 25-50th percentile for weight. He has been working really hard to catch up.

In case any of you are wondering what the percentiles mean, here's a refresher. Percentiles are the most commonly used way to compare the size and growth patterns of children. They rank the position of one child by comparing them to other children their age. So, when they are in the 25th percentile for weight this means that they weigh the same or more than 25 percent of other kids their age and weighs less than 75 percent. Obviously that means that the higher the percentile the better. So, they are doing great considering they were born almost 7 weeks early and they are being compared to other babies their age who were born full-term. Yeah!

I wanted to leave ya'll with two more pics. I've had more than one person say to me that poor Lily will have to put up with two boys picking on her for the rest of her life. As you can see below she is doing a fine job taking care of herself. Notice how sweet and cute she looks in the first picture. Then notice what she's doing in the next pic. Pretty sneaky sis. (please disregard my bad hair, I decided to sleep longer instead of fixing my hair...)