Spring has Sprung!

Today, the girls went for their first walk around O-Town. They loved the sunshine and the beautiful tulips that are blooming in the neighborhood.

Busy Weekend

The Starr girls had such a busy weekend. First, our good friend Sydney stopped by for a visit and Iris got a long nap on her lap.

Food drunk Holding hands - so sweet. We didn't even stage this. Makes up for all the crying, I suppose.Finally! A photo of Nora's elusive "chicken wing," which she waves wildly when being burped, or just reclining on my snazzy plaid PJ pants. Next, we will try to capture the "baby machine gun," which is what her cry sounds like - and the "baby station," parts of which you can see in this photo. Bathing beauty Iris All in all, the girls are awake much more frequently now, which keeps Mark and I on our toes a lot. We may be in a zombie haze due to sleep deprivation, but we're very happy parents.

Pics of Week 5

Cannot believe we are already at week 5 with the girls. They are growing so fast! Just like last week, all Iris wants to do is eat, eat, eat...Nora is content to sleep and when she's awake, she's always smiling.

Our good friends Herley and Marcia came by for a visit Friday night and brought the girls' boyfriend Salvador with them....And also some of the best chocolate-peanut butter brownies in the world. I'm convinced Marcia has some sort of deal with the devil to be able to bake like she does. It's not normal.

Little Nora spacing out on the floor... Iris is playing peek-a-boo during bathtime. What a kidder. Here's the Paterfamilias. What a champ. Back off ladies, he's mine! Baby girl is clearly thrilled with Dad's technique.

Playmat Party!!!

Iris is on the left and Nora (who is perplexed by the creepy lamb staring at her) is on the right. Click on the arrow below to view the video...

The Adventures of Iris and Nora

Welcome to week 4 in the lives Iris "Tatonka" Starr and Nora "Little Bit" Starr. The girls have had so many fun visitors over the past few weeks. They are enjoying meeting their new friends, family, and pets and are excited about this week's warm weather. Iris is growing like a weed. She is starving all the time and still has her red hair, we are happy to report. Nora is our little spark plug. She is always active and alert. Enjoy the pics!

Mark and his mini-me (Iris) watching Jon Stewart (although she prefers Colbert).

Great Grandparents Mimi and Papa stop by

Great Aunt Laurie and Cousin Emily hanging out on Sunday.

Jen Ray and Heather Wilson bring us breakfast and feed the bambinas.

Todd and Leslie Kohman came over on Friday and brought their Guitar Hero game for some comic relief.

This is my attempt at feeding the girls at the same time. It's scarier than it seems. Today is my first day alone at home with them. It was a rocky morning, but now they're both asleep. It is much easier to feed one and then the other. So far, that's worked great......so far........more updates to come...Have a great week!

A Few New Pictures

The Family Unit

Iris loves the taste of her fingers and Nora wants nothing to do with it.

Nora wants you to know she's # 1. Iris is doing the running man.

Nora sings while Iris whistles.

Things around here are starting to slow down a bit now that we are getting the girls on a schedule. Every day it is pretty much the same thing: sleep, poop, eat, and sleep. Occasionally we are lucky enough to get some play time out of the girls. These three above were taken while I was at work this week missing my babies. Both are beginning to focus a bit more and are able to zero in on things. We can't wait until they are able to laugh and interact a bit better. Should be an exciting time indeed.

A Busy Easter Weekend

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Grandpa & the Girls

Great Uncle Gene, Quinlan, & Nora

Nora

Great Aunt Nancy & Iris

M0m & the Girls

Great Aunt Linda, Quinlan & Nora

Mommy & Iris

Nora & Iris

Iris

Iris

Nana Kennedy & Iris/Grandma Starr & Nora

Dad & Nora

Wow! What a busy weekend! The girls have been busy visiting all sorts of people from grandparents to great aunts/uncles and cousins. They are so happy to finally be here. Thank you to everyone for coming to visit the girls this weekend. Rather than try to cohesively put together a collective of pictures, here is a "collage" of all the best photos from the last couple days. Many many more to come I'm sure...

Phone Pictures Day 2

Here are a couple pictures I took of Iris and Nora with my phone today. The lighting in the room is not very conducive to phone photography, but this will give you a pretty good idea of what they look like. Nora definitely looks like the Kennedy side of the family, while Iris is all Starr with her Irish red hair. Both are coming along well and are eating like champions. They are off to the nursery this evening and mom and I are about to take it easy for a while. More updates later... zzzzzzzzzz

Nora Kennedy Starr

Iris Nicole Starr

Baby Starrs Are Here

The girls arrive one minute apart.

Iris is done with her first bath. Nora is up next.

Mom was a champ during delivery.

A long relationship comes to an end. Dr. Sheridan & the girls.

Nora eating for the first time. She was HUNGRY!

Iris after her first bath and sleeping under the warmer.

It was a very draining day on mommy, daddy, and the girls. Who knew they would come so soon? Only an hour or so after arriving at the hospital Dr. Sheridan showed up and we got ready for the big event. Kristen and I are glad they are here and didn't need to go to the NICU for special attention. They are currently eating every three hours and sleeping a lot. Sounds like something daddy needs to do. More to come. Stay posted!

Only a few more weeks!

Here we are at 34 weeks! This is what it looks like to carry around 9 pounds of kid. We went to our final Level 2 Sonogram today. Mark was on a mission to get some great pics of the girls since it would likely be our last sonogram before the birth. Unfortunately for Dad, they were so cramped and hard to see that we couldn't get any good shots. Baby A is now head down stretching her feet all the way up to my ribs and Baby B is behind the first baby with her head on the left side and her feet angled up to just under my right ribs. I believe B is destined to be an American Gladiator because she keeps kicking me. Violent like her aunt and mother. Ah well. We learned today that Baby A weighs 4 lbs. 10 oz and Baby B weighs 3 lbs 12 oz - although it's likely that B weighs more. Hard to tell with her stuck behind her sister. We're so excited for them to get here! Can't wait to meet our girls!