Friday, September 02, 2011

Introducing Piper and Scout!

The girls are here! Piper Jane and Della Scout were born at 33 weeks, 5 days on August 15, 2011. Piper weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces, was 17 5/8 inches long and was born at 6:48 pm. Scout was 4 pounds, 10 ounces, was 19 inches long, and was born at 6:49 pm. They spent 10 days in the secondary nursery and have been home with us for about a week and a half. 

The names Jane and Della are after our maternal grandmothers. Piper was just a name we liked, and Scout was from To Kill a Mockingbird. When I watched the movie in high school, I thought that if I ever had a daughter, I would love to have a spunky little Scout. I also really loved the name Dylan Wren (Dylan is also a family name) and it took us two days after they were born to pick which two of the three names we wanted to use. I still feel a little wistful about tabling Dylan Wren. Such a sweet name!

(Scout on the left, Piper on the right)
I will write their birth story in another post on another day. The girls are such a gift to our family. We just can't get enough of them. They are so, so tiny. And having girls (!!)...and twins (!!!!) is just rocking our world. We all just stand at their bed and stare at them. I'm not sure when it will sink in!
If you would like to see more pictures of our sweet girls, check out the shoot that my childhood friend, Jenny Evelyn, took.

More soon...for now, an hour of sleep!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Laurel:

    Congrats on your beautiful girls! What a blessing!

    I was thrilled to see you here, this morning. I discovered your blog not long before you became pregnant with your girls and have anticipated your return...but love that you've taken time for life and family before all of us here.

    Just wanted to encourage you today and let you know that I appreciate your words, when you are ready to say them.

    Rebecca

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  2. Congratulations, Laurel! Patti told me the night you were in labor, and I'm glad to see you've been feeling well enough to actually do a post.

    I've always liked Scout, too. Just like that girl's attitude ;-).

    And of course, they're both beautiful.

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  3. Congratulations!!

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  4. Anonymous9:18 AM

    So precious. I love the names. Many congratulations.

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  5. Anonymous8:41 AM

    Congratulations---they are beautiful!

    Sara

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