Our McDouble!!: Halloween and 2 month Doctor Check up

After Kirk and I's first trip up to Sacramento since the babies were born to go to our families annual trip to Bishop's Pumpking Farm, we came the following weekend as well. Kirk and his brother, Brandon, flew out to Alabama to help get their Dad moved out here to California. We are very excited to have Terry here in California...Alabama is much too far away! It'll be nice to spend more time with him for the holidays and for him to get to see the grandkids more often as well. So, while Kirk was gone for 5 nights, I stayed with my parents. They were amazing! My Mom, Dad and sister, Ally, all helped take care of the babies and they even took turns waking up every few hours at night to help me feed the babies! They are amazing and I feel so blessed to have such an awesome family.
The weekend I was up in Sacramento and Kirk was in Alabama also was Halloween weekend. Ever since we knew that we were pregnant with twins, we have referred to the babies as our "2 peas in a pod." So, it only seemed appropriate that they would dress up as just that for Halloween! They were SO cute! For the most part they didn't mind it too much, but they were definitely ready to get out of the costumes by the end. I feel bad for this generation of kids...when they're older, they're going to say to their parents, "Did you post this picture of me on...(fill in the blank...Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, Instagram, Diptic, etc)?" Oh well, that's the price they'll have to pay for being so darn cute ;-)
This month was also their 2 month Doctor's appointment to check their height and weight and for their first round of immunizations. Since Kirk had taken off time for the weekend we were gone, I was going to have to go to this appointment alone. I knew I could do it if I had to, but knew that wasn't something I wanted to do if I could avoid it. So, my amazing friend, Jessica Haynes, left her baby at home with her hubby and accompanied me to the Doctor's appointment. I truly don't know what I would've done without her. I found myself choking up when the boys got poked and started to cry. She was there to make a bottle and hold one while the other baby was getting their shots. It was nice to have 2 adults for 2 crying babies. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends here! It wasn't until just recently that we ran out of dinners that people have given us over these past few months. Having those meals truly made these past few months so much easier where just changing out of pajamas or taking a shower seemed like an impossible task.
We were curious what the boys' weights were going to be since Benny seemed to have been catching up to Jojo recently. Jojo weighed in at 12 lbs and 23 inches and Benny was 11 lbs 12 oz and 23 inches as well. So, I guess Jojo isn't ready to let go of the lead yet. Glad to hear they're both growing well and looking healthy. There's not much else you could ask for as a parent! We are truly blessed with these amazing little boys and we've had so much fun watching their personalities emerge as they're starting to coo and talk to us. Time is flying though, and I can't believe that they're already going to be 11 weeks this Friday! Hope you all are doing well and enjoying this beautiful Fall weather!