One Year

Is it just me, or is it incredibly hard to believe that this was a whole year ago? (olivia)

The girls were so tiny, (brenna)

It was such an incredible whirlwind, (brenna)

It was hard to believe they were really real,

and really there,

after all the months of waiting, (olivia, brenna)

finally getting to see their little faces, (brenna)

and hold them (very carefully!) (brenna)

It was an absolutely magical time, and we are so thankful that we got to be there for it, even though we missed the next few weeks... (brenna) now, a year later, it is hard to remember ever being without these faces:

And, as tiny as they still are, when I look back, I can see that we have come a long way!  What an amazing miracle Brenna and Olivia are, our family would definitely not be the same without them.  :)  This is their birthday breakfast with real milk (PTL, the bottles and formula are FINISHED!!!) and of course, some toast with coconut oil, their favorite.  :)

Here are my big one year olds with their first "real" hairdos... well, at least Brenna.  Unfortunately, (or fortunately depending on your point of view) Baylee hid all the rest of the little colorful clips (and couldn't remember where they were despite being bribed by m&ms) and I didn't have enough to do Olivia's hair too... so she got some sweet little pigtails in the mean time.  :)  And, yes, I am very proud of this, it took forever, including a ridiculous amount of research into techniques and products.  But more on this later, for now, happy birthday to my girls!!!