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Crose Twins - Grandma helps twins play

Push-car action at it's best. Mirabel loves the ride and Morriah loves to strut her little toddle-style. Grandma Eva guides the play to keep everyone enthusiastic and safe.

Crose Twins - Spying on Twin Talk

How wonderful to capture their little baby dialogue! Mommy's sneakery is well rewarded.

Crose Twins - Playing with Jumper

When Mirabel gets into the jumper now, Morriah always shows up to help liven up the action! But of course when Daddy shows up, they get all bashful...

Crose Twins - MJ Tongue Roll

Her mommy has identified Morriah and I as having the same "tongue-wagger" tendencies... and MJ really puts them to good use on the mesh netting of our baby-gate.

Crose Twins - Sunday Afternoon laughs

One baby laughing is very precious... but TWO is double the delight! This is one our favorite ways to unwind (or rile up?!) together. Thanks to Garrett Savage for filming.

Crose Twins - MJ Monster lover raspberries

We just barely caught our little Monster lover giving a warm hug to the cat (her 3rd word after mama and dada)... Why the raspberries came afterwards, I don't know. What do you think she's trying to express?

Update on Mirabel: Prayers Answered!!!

Thank you all so much for your prayers for Mirabel!! Today we got the great news that her head has not grown since the last appointment, which means that it doesn't look like she will need surgery!! We are so thrilled, so encouraged, so grateful, so amazed.

Last night she was having such trouble falling asleep (which is unlike her) that I was honestly convined that it was because she was uncomfortable and that she would definately need the surgery. I was resigned to it. Ready for anything. So this news today was a refreshing MIRACLE!!

The neurosurgeons agree that we will need to continue to monitor her head through measurements and CT scans. We can happily live with that!! : )

Titus 3:5a (New International Version)
5 "he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy."

Hebrews 10:39 (New International Version)
39 "But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."

Milestone!

Mirabel today showed us for the first time that she can go from being tummy-down on the ground to a full sitting position!!!

YAY!

Congrats baby. You can do anything you put your mind to!

Random Fun - they grow so fast!

If you wanna go pro, you've gotta start YOUNG!

Racing in her mind... it's all Mental, baby.

Sleeping behind the wheel is a big "No-No" !

Hugs for Mommy - ah the sweetness...

Mirabel Update: Appointment with Neurosurgeon

Today we had Mirabel's appointment with the Neurosurgeon. Overall, it was a great appointment and a lot of our questions were answered. We were assured that no immediate action is required other than to keep an eye out for specific symptoms (vomiting, "sunsetting" her eyes, trouble sleeping at night, or general fussiness that is out of the norm). We were also advised to go back in two weeks to check in again because her head circumference is still continuing to increase. If it has increased further by the next appointment, then she will probably need to have the surgery to put the shunt in her brain to drain the excess fluid (for more info about that, see our previous post on
Mirabel's last neurology appointment below).

We are faithful that God is in control and that He has given us the best resources available for meeting Mirabel's needs. If she does need the surgery, it will only benefit her - it will relieve so much pressure from her brain!). If she does not need the surgery, then she will grow in to her head over time. Either way, we are surrendered and hopeful that either way she is going to be okay.



Here's another great picture of our happy girls (just for fun!) . . . Enjoy! : )

Crose Twins - Mirabel Shark

This little foam blog was sticking to Mirabel's head for a while before I decided to film. She was totally cool with it. There's a little snarky sharky in that girl for sure...

Crose Twins - Oh you splashed me!

Oh you're splashing! = Pure baby delight. Simple yet effective recipe for bath-time comedy.

Crose Twins - Mesh Faces

This will probably go up on the top 10 favorites for us. Crazy babies!

Crose Twins - ME laughs and crawls backwards

Mirabel is making incredible progress with her crawling efforts... and Morriah is using her mobility to monopolize camera time :-)

Crose Twins - Fun for only 10 seconds

"Ok, that was fun for like 10 seconds... now STOP IT!"

Crose Twins - Entertain each other

One of the blessings of having twins is getting to watch the special bond that forms between them. They don't exactly talk yet, but they definitely seem to communicate. We often find them babbling and just randomly making each other laugh.

Crose Twins - Rockin the Jumper

The girls through a little dance party to the jumper's music. Getting silly with it!

Crose Twins - A day in the Life

Just a typical day in the life. But thankfully - life holds a ton of laughs, surprises, marvels every day now... Kids definitely spice things up!

Crose Twins - Ride n Play

Life is getting a little easier now that the girls are learning to play with each other. I KNEW there had to be some benefit to twins... something to balance out double diaper duty.

Sorry to all the parents of singletons who will have to be their child's 24/7 playmate.

Crose Twins - Mirabel talks to Mommy

Mirabel has a good little conversation with her Mommy. I think she's saying "...and I want a pony, and a Pink PowerWheels Corvette, and those VeggieTales movies, and a Puppy.... are you getting all this?"

I hope I'm wrong! ;-)