Reporting to You From In-Between Late-Night Baby Tantrums...

I'd like to introduce you all to some new friends of mine:

This is my new buddy, Leah:


And this is her older twin sister, Riley:


Here's a picture of them together (and their dad's ancient Cat in the Hat T-shirt):



They were born on October 2, at 12:15 and 12:39 pm, at a healthy weight of 5 pounds 10 ounces (Riley) and 6 pounds even (Leah), after an awesome and super-human effort by their mommy. I'll post more about the birth later, but it was truly incredible.

Having twins makes me think of that vaudeville act with the spinning plates, and the guy who keeps running around twirling each of them to keep them from crashing to the ground. I picture in my head two plates with the words "Leah" and "Riley" on them, and a third plate that says "sleep" on it, and then a bunch of other plates that say things like "showering" and "brushing your teeth at night". Except in my vision, Kathy and I are amateur vaudevillians who have never done this act before and so we run frantically around like chickens with their heads cut off, and all of the plates except Leah and Riley keep crashing to the ground.

Okay. Maybe not the best analogy. You get the idea, though.

More soon. Got a plate I need to go spin.