Living to tell the story

Well, we're doing it--we're living to tell the story. Here are some shots from our first week as a family of five.

Here's D as the proud papa just hours after A and E's birth. He is Superdad, proving himself to be such again and again.
J was pretty skeptical of the babies in his first visit to the hospital. On his second visit he brought teaching props (an old issue of Your Big Backyard in this picture) so that he could start the twins' education right away.
Also pictured is SuperNana--my mom has just been amazing this past week. From shopping to cooking to playing to comforting me in the hospital, she has been such a help. I'm so grateful she's so willing to give two weeks of the best years of her life to make this trip.

We ended up in the hospital for five days and four nights. I almost cried on Thursday when the doctor told me they wanted me to stay until Friday, but we're home now and that's all that matters.
Remember Superdad above? To give J a fun memory in the midst of all this newness, D surprised him with quick trip into the City to the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday to see their huge collection of dinosaur bones. They had a great time, but in the end J just wanted to come to play with Nana who had been here helping me all day.
And here's the fruit of our labor--OK, so I didn't actually go into active labor at any point during the lead-up to their arrival. Here's little A in my ultra-cool Moby Wrap. A is already a socialite--she loves to be with people and is quite the snugglebug.
Little E is rather mellow so far--maybe the anesthesia is still working it's way out of his body, but he does the best "chilling out" of any baby I've ever seen. Here he is completely exhausted after eating.
Thanks for all your words of support and encouragement and love. And you're right, AJ, we are in love with our little additions.