My little men

Swaddled up together


Dressed and ready for the day


Getting ready to sleep

Fun in the sun

Emily loves bubbles. Every time she takes a bath, she has to have bubbles. Every time she sees a container of bubbles, she asks me (or Didier) to blow some for her. During the winter we ended up blowing bubbles in the living room, but last week when the sun was out, she got to blow bubbles for the first time outside, ALL BY HERSELF. As you can see, she wasn't really good at it, but she kept on trying!!

If at first you don't succeed, try,try, again!




Almost got it

Finally!

Catching bubbles

More Pictures

Liam and Dominic

Dominic, Emily and Liam

"Why is he crying?"

Holding hands

Liam

Dominic

Dominic and Liam

Home from the Hospital

As you most likely know by now, our twins have finally joined us.

We are proud to introduce:

Dominic Georges Schluchter
Born: April 11, 2009 at 18:12
Weight: 3240 grams (7 lbs, 2 oz.)
Height: 51 cm

Liam Didier Schluchter
Born: April 11, 2009 at 18:19
Weight: 3140 grams (6 lbs, 14 oz.)
Height: 51 cm

Dominic (left) and Liam (right) less than 24 hours old.



Emily wanted to get closer to Liam, so Didier put her in his bassinet with him.



Emily loves giving the babies kisses. Here she is with Dominic


***I will post more pictures when I get around to unpacking the camera from my bags. Unpacking hasn't been high on my priority list today.***

Welcome to our Family

We are happy to welcome Dominic and Liam to our family.

37-38 weeks

So, I've been asked by several people to post a pregnancy picture. We took this Thursday late-morning right before we left for my 37-38 week check-up. The babies are doing well. They are both measuring at about 39.5 weeks, so that could be part of the reason why I'm so big. That and there are TWO of them. I'm measuring at 51 weeks pregnant (thank goodness that's not really possible for humans) and I'm 123 cm (48.42 inches) around when I stand (when I sit, it's more).

SUN SUN SUN!!!

We woke up this morning and the sun was so bright and the sky was blue. Well, ok, I guess it was blue-ish as there was a little bit of a haze. But it was warm! The first thing Didier said to me was that we weren't allowed to stay inside today and that he wanted to do something fun outside. My first thoughts were as follows: "Ahh!! I'm huge and uncomfortable. The only thing that I can think of is going to the zoo, and that will be WAY too strenuous for me." But, after a lot of thought, we decided to go on a boat ride since the "summer" season on the Zürich Lake started today. It was great! We took the boat from Waedenswil to Zürich (about an hour and 15 minutes) and the train home. On the boat Emily was able to run around and look at the water (she really wanted to go in!) while Didier and I were able to sit and enjoy the sun or walk around. Before we got on the train, we stopped and bought some ice cream, which was so nice after being in the sun all afternoon. Once we got home, Emily and I played in the yard while Didier got everything set up for a BBQ/Picnic. It was such a great afternoon/early evening and I really hope that the sun sticks around for a while longer.

***NOTE: There are no pictures of me. I have issues with being photographed while being this big.****

Here comes the boat!!


Emily loved running around the boat.


Didier and Emily with the wake of the boat in the background.


Didier and Emily sharing an Ice Cream on the train


Emily playing in the yard. Didier was getting the food ready, and I was being lazy.

Baby (or Babies) Shower!!!!

My wonderful friend Jess threw me a Bab(ies) Shower last night. It was so great to get together with so many of my friends here in Switzerland to eat, chat, play games, and open gifts. Here are some of the pictures that were taken:

Standing around eating and talking.




Yes, I'm using my belly as a table

Alissa and Ashley

Playing "The Price is Right"


Opening gifts

I was literally showered with gifts. You can barely see my belly!

All of us!

Roberta made me this AWESOME diaper cake.


You can see my HUGE belly in the background, behind what's left of the food.


The Pregnant Ladies; 15 weeks, 25 weeks, and barely 36 weeks

From 15 weeks pregnant to newborn! (Ashley, Jess, Me, Roberta with Tyler)

And of course, my wonderful party planner Jess and me.

One Morning

I thought that this was very sweet. Emily found the baby hammock and wanted me to set it up for her. I thought that she was going to put her baby doll in it, but as soon as I set it up she wanted to get in it. With her breakfast waffle. She is such a sweetheart!

Planeta Magic

Last week we went to Planeta Magic in Waedenswil. Emily had such a great time playing in the ball pit, going down the slide and jumping on the Trampolines.

Here she is in the 1-3 year old play area. She LOVED climbing those foam stairs! I was afraid that she would climb out of the play yard.


Once she figured out how to climb in and out of the ball pit, she was constantly going in and out.




Then, she would walk through the balls (with great difficulty)...


...climb up the ramp/stairs...


...and slide down the slide, all by herself.


She even tried to climb back up the slide, but that didn't work very well.



At the end of the day though, we were both really, really tired.