Just 34 Minutes

5:07 pm More water....everywhere.

4:47pm First mud of the season.

4:34 pm We are going to get you, Mama.

4:32 pm Come here, Benji!

4:33pm Silas-Wow, I can turn this thing on by myself.

Cama Beach, Camano Island, Washington ~ March 2010

Why is it so quiet?

Potty training is fun!

Do you think mama will notice?

Don't move Gabe - I am almost done?

Mama, I can't find Silas. I think he fell into the toilet.

Team Birnie! Hiding the evidence.

Happy Valentine's Day!

hand-model - Silas, photo & treatment - Suzanne

More on the Bhavnani twins

Just a quick follow up to our earlier re-post of Papa's e-mail - Jen and Sam have had a chance to breath and update their own blog about the Christmas birth of their twins. In short:

...we are so happy to introduce you to the world’s 6,692,030,278th and 6,692,030,279th miracles.

Anjali Grace Bhavnani was born at 1:06am and Connor Samir Bhavnani was born at 1:08am on 12/25/09. Anjali weighed in at 5 lbs. and 16″ inches and Connor 5 lbs. 6 oz. and 17.3″

Head on over to their blog for the poetic prose and priceless pictures!

What a Christmas Gift!

While Christmas as a four year old is magical as it is (and it is! more on that later), we had to share the first gift we opened this morning, which was the following message from Papa:

I have two new grandchildren. Baby girl Bhavnani was born at 1:06am on Christmas morning, followed by baby boy Bhavnani at 1:08. She was 5# -0 and 16", he was 5# -6 and 17.3" ...no names yet. Jennifer's water broke at about 9:40pm, after a sumptuous dinner, while we were opening presents. The hospital has instituted Draconian visiting rules because of H1N1; only 2 visitors (including the father) every 24 hours. So I can't see them until late tomorrow night, or more probably Saturday morning, if not later. Jennifer's mom is ecstatic, and may not want to leave. Jennifer will be in the hospital recovering from a C-section for about 4 nights. I've seen pictures of the babies, and they look amazingly beautiful and fully developed. I should get pictures to share tomorrow.

Check Jen and Sam's family blog for updates (they haven't quite gotten to today's news yet).

Needless to say, we're very excited to have twin cousins to play with!