More Hospital Pictures...

What precious faces....

Elijah Day Hodges in Daddy's Hands

Ella Sofiya Hodges...first feeding from Mommy (trouble getting this one to post...I'll try later)

Big Brother Evan...holding his baby sister for the first time...it was love at first sight.

Big Brother Evan...visiting his baby brother in the NICU.
Evan's shirt says "Big Brother of Twins" Thanks Lora.

A VERY PROUD BIG BROTHER!!! With Daddy and Ella Sofiya.

An equally proud Uncle...

Oh, Mommy's Sweet Baby Lije...

There's a very sweet story behind this photo and the toy dogie. Evan had been to Wendy's and received a white puppy dog in his kid's meal and as soon as he opened it he said that it was for Ella Sofiya. The next day, he received this one and wanted it to be for Elijah. When we left the hospital, Evan wanted to leave it with Elijah. It makes me want to cry even now.

During one of our "hold times" in the NICU the nurse put this hat on Baby Lije's head since he was not under his lamp anymore. It's such a funny picture, that we just love it.

Ella in her car seat ready to go home.

Elijah in his car seat a few days later, ready to go home.
Our family of five...all leaving the hospital...Praise the Lord! 1/15/08

HELLO WORLD!!! WELCOME ELLA AND ELIJAH!!

Less than one hour to go....

Happy Birthday Ella and Elijah, 1/08/08!!!

Ella on the left and Elijah on the right.

Baby Girl...Ella Sofiya Hodges was born first at 8:02 am on January 8, 2008. Her weight was

5 lbs. and 11 oz. Then Baby Lije...Elijah Day entered the world just a minute later at 8:03am. His weight was 5 lbs. and 2 oz.


Ella gave us a scare when we didn't hear her crying...she was a bit stuck and the cord was wrapped around her neck twice. You can see the bruises on her little legs where the doctor had to pull to get her out. As I was in the recovery room, Clay came in and told me that Elijah had to go to the NICU because his blood sugar was low at 16, his sister's was in the 80's. I'll add more details later (for us mainly) but for those of you whom might not know....the babies were born on Tuesday, we came home with Ella on Saturday, and then returned to bring Baby Lije home on the following Tuesday. All is well with his blood sugar now and it shouldn't ever be an issue...his body just needed to learn how take control.


Ella Sofiya...just after birth in the nursery.

Elijah Day...just after birth in the nursery...before NICU.

It's Scheduled

FYI:: We scheduled a c-section for Jan. 8th!!!!
Clay, Brandi, & Evan