Ok - so we still haven't taken a picture of the four...or five of us yet - that would require too much work at this point - but we did take a few shots of the kiddos.

Things are going well here in the Shephard household - we're running on fumes with the amount of sleep we're actually getting but loving every moment with our two girls. Evelyn has been so incredibly sweet with her little sister - every time Aurelia starts to fuss Evelyn runs to get one of her favorite toys and then brings it to her sister in an attempt to soothe her. It just warms our hearts to see how much she loves Aurelia.

She absolutely LOVES her little sister!

"We're pretty cute - huh Mom?"

Giving Sissy a hug!

Giving big brother a hug!

Aurelia's "Blue Steel."


We gave Aurelia her first bath at home and were surprised at how much she LOVED being in the water. She was so incredibly calm. The NICU nurses taught us a method of bathing her that involved keeping her swaddled in a blanket while submerged in the water - it worked like a charm!

Calm, happy baby loving her bath.

Our sweet little water baby.

Daddy doing a great job!

Poppa and Gram were there to help with Aurelia's first bath...she looks a little uncomfortable - but trust me...that was one happy little girl! :)

We captured a private moment between Poppa and Aurelia...so sweet.

"Come see us again real soon! I promise to harass Mommy to post some new pictures!"