A hello video from Derek!

Here is a little video we made the other morning when Derek couldn't sleep but was feeling chatty (and a little cranky, but even that's cute too!).  They are so funny now because they are trying to talk back when you talk to them. I'll have to get one of Dominic soon, hopefully with one of his big laughs!

Cute September Pictures

We like to call this level of cuteness "slap your grandma" cute. Mr. Derek wearing his first big boy hat!

Seriously, we were afraid to take them out in public looking this cute. It could easily cause a mob. Dominic looking cute enough to eat!

Our little pierogis! My old neighbor sent us these onesies from New York and they couldn't be more appropriate! Now we just need two more that say "E is for Empanada"

Our first dinner out at our friends' house. Dominic is getting friendly with Melissa and her chest!

I took the boys out to have lunch under the tree in the backyard one day. You can tell how excited they were, lol.

Derek is our cloth diaper model today! Looking good!

All dressed up for our doctor's appointment! We learned after this that we do not like big collars, lol!

All ready for bed in our jammies! They love their Wubanubs, which are these pacifiers with beanie babies attached to them that grandma bought them. We now have a collection :)

I don't get much done around the house with 2 sets of these looking up at me. Who could blame me?

I'm not sure who burped who to sleep here- grandma or Derek? Both look pretty happy though :)

Cutest. Babies. Ever.

Meeting Grandma & Grandpa Matos



When the boys were ten weeks old, we took them on their first road trip down south to meet Bobby's parents for the first time. After a lot of video calls, Bobby's mom was so excited she met us down at the car to meet her grandbabies!

 

 

 Grandma and Dominic

 

 

Grandma meets Derek

 

 Grandma with Derek and Grandpa making Dominic smile!

 Grandpa Matos loved holding and talking to the boys and making them laugh

 Grandpa making Derek laugh

 Grandma and Derek, daddy, and Grandpa and Dominic



8 Weeks Old and smiling!

These are some of the cutest pictures yet! The boys are smiling all the time now and we fall in love every time. These guys are so adorable!

Here is Mr. Dominic!

The boys hanging out together for tummy time, chewing on their boppy pillows!

Mr. Derek!

Daddy & Dominic

Dominic, Daddy, & Derek

Daddy & Derek

Derek smiling at me!

Dominic smiling!

Dominic on daddy's chest checking out Derek. The 3 cutest boys in town!

Daddy loves his babies!

7 Weeks Old- voting time!

On the boys' 7 week birthday we had local elections so they were officially the youngest and cutest voters in the precinct!

Derek was worn out by voting



Dominic rocks the vote

Daddy & Dominic showing off that little belly!

Derek catching some zzz's on dad



6 Weeks Old!

When the boys turned six weeks old, they started being much more alert and staying awake longer during the day. They also started smiling on purpose, which made it much harder to get anything done except stare at them all day!

 

 

Dominic in the stripes, Derek in blue- helping mommy work in the office!

Derek in his bouncy seat, who is absolutely too cute for his bodysuit!

Dominic on the left, Derek on the right

Dominic doesn't need a pacifier!

Wearing their matching crab outfits for the last time because they outgrew them so fast!

Applesauce snuggling up with her baby Dominic before I shooed her off the blanket. The dogs are so good with the babies- very calm and not jealous at all. But we don't actually let them sleep with the babies, we just thought it was a cute picture for a minute :)

5 Weeks Old & Family Photos

The boys were 5 weeks old before we knew it. Time had flown by so fast that we wanted to make sure that we had some photos taken of all of us before they got any bigger! Melissa, I have some of these pictures that I will be mailing to you also. I put some of the pictures together in a slide show with music. We hope you enjoy it!

The big baby news of the week: guess who rolled over for the first time? This guy!

Mr. Derek decided that he'd had enough of tummy time and just rolled right over onto his back!

4 weeks old!

It just so happened that the boys' one month check-up was exactly on their 4 week birthday so we were able to get their stats when they were exactly 4 weeks old. We had thought they were evening out in size and knew they were getting big, but boy were we surprised!

They weighed 6 lbs, 14 oz and were 20 inches long- each! They were exactly the same size, weight, and head circumference, which the nurse said was the first time she's ever seen that happen, even with twins. 

Here are some highlights from that week!

Derek (in the grey) and Dominic (in the blue) decided to nap through their first tummy time!

Derek was very curious about the big camera. Love those beautiful eyes!

Dominic decided napping was the best way to go

Derek got cozy on a fur rug

We were in full swing with the cloth diapers!

And my parents said goodbye to the boys and headed home to Tennessee after spending two weeks with them. Everyone was sad to see them go!

My dad is holding Dominic and my mom is holding Derek