How many of what now?

I'm posting here finally after a long break. The most amazing thing happened a few months ago. We went in for an ultrasound for Polly's 2nd pregnancy. Well, as the gray static moved around and Jeannie pointed out the blob that was our baby, I wondered... well what's THAT blob then? a few seconds after, Jeannie noticed and just like that.. we had TWINS. What a family accelerator!? From 1 to 3 like that? Woah this was overwhelming. I think I need 2 lunches to think this over. (Yes, I ordered what I thought was a soup & sandwich combo, and got 2 meals.. soup and sandwich. Completely ironic, yes)

Fast forward to Sept 26th.. Polly's belly is very large with 2 babies and they are 5lb 10oz last time we checked... No real signs of labor yet so I decide it's a great time to paint the kitchen of course. Somebody had to do it! It was half painted with a color called "Mars Mist" which as the name implies is kind of nebulous and creepy. So Polly and Lydia went off to Alberton to be taken care of by Linda.... with a payload of about 30lbs of concord grapes we had picked from our neighbor Dan (thanks!). They were going to make jelly and I would finish off the kitchen. Great.

Except about 3/4 of the way through the 2nd coat of "Thyme" colored paint (a much better name and color for the kitchen) Polly called and said her water just broke. Yowza, time to clean up this mess!

I threw together some things and off to the hospital where our brand new babies were born.

Welcome to the world:

Liam Riggs Becker - 12:29AM 5lb15oz 19 3/4 inches

Henry Reed Becker - 12:30AM 6lb 19 1/4 inches

(note: weight and lengths may be slightly off or interchanged.. I'm doing this from memory. But they are within 1oz and 1inch so, pretty much identical.)