Where has the time gone?

I can't believe I haven't posted since the end of November! Things have been crazy busy around here. This raising twins business is a lot of work! Who knew?! ;)

The boys turned 4 on March 31st. I can't believe it...4 years old! It honestly seems like yesterday we were going to see them in the NICU...celebrating each cc they drank (yes, cc's...not ounces!), stressing over the apnea and brady episodes, wondering if they would ever get to come home. Just look at 'em now! They are turning into little men with such distinct personalities. Camden is making great progress with his speech! He's speaking in crystal clear sentences and he is really enjoying being able to communicate with everyone. He is loving this warmer weather and being able to go outside and jump on the trampoline. He is my outdoor boy! He would go fishing every day if we would let him. Slaton is a little clown these days. He loves to make you laugh and he comes up with the most off-the-wall sayings. Oh, and let's not forget the talking...the boy never stops! I swear he wakes up in the morning talking and he talks himself to sleep at night. I have no idea where he got that, so I'm going to blame it all on his Daddy because I just know he didn't get it from me! (Why do I hear snickering from the back of the room?)

Other big news...Camden and Slaton started preschool last week! We pulled them from their babysitter of 3 1/2 years in February and a friend of ours had been keeping them at our house in the mornings until I got off work at lunch. This gave us some much needed time to start the preschool search. After a couple of months of searching, we finally found a great Christian preschool about 15 miles from our house. This preschool came highly recommended by several people that I talked to and I visited them a couple of times before we made our final decision. The first week was a little rough with the transition, but things have settled down and they both look forward to going each morning. They are learning new things every day and Blake and I are enjoying the structure that it provides for them. After the first week of preschool, we could already tell a difference in their behavior at home. Now we're just kicking ourself that we didn't do it sooner!

Here are a couple of pictures from their first day of preschool.