Trip to GrandPaul's House

Hello Everyone,

When you get dropped from the "People we Love" section of a friend's blog, we better get blogging. Please enjoy the following photos from a recent trip to GrandPaul's house in Nevada City which included a jaunt to Squaw Valley (near Lake Tahoe) and Bridgeport Bridge. It was an awesome time GrandPaul and thanks Uncle Dana for cruzn' up from Santa Cruz. Enjoy everyone!

Happy Easter

Hello Everyone,

Please see some of the most recent photos of the boys. Hope all is well with you.

All the best,

Aaron, Winona, Caleb, Garrett and Grant

(home-made sweaters from Grandma Mary Jean)

(Grant & Garrett)

(GrandPaul w/ Garrett & GrandMary w/ Grant)

(Caleb in Grandpa's 1923 Ford T)

(Caleb with Grandpa at the Junk Yard)

Happy Holidays!

Hello Everyone, Life the past couple months has been overly eventful. Garrett came home from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on October 24. Grant came home on November 8 from UCLA Medical Center after being admitted on October 22 for affects of the enterovirus that caused viral meningitis, an enlarged liver and a heart condition called myocarditis (inflammation of the heart tissue). We are very lucky to have the boys home for the holidays. They are very sweet and we can't wait for them to meet all of our family and friends. Here are just a couple pictures.

Garrett, Caleb and Grant

Garrett, GrandMary and Grant

Grant and Garrett

The Boyz: Garrett Winsor & Grant William

Hello Everyone, We recently added two new additions to our family. Grant William and Garrett Winsor, were born at 7:36 PM and 7:35 PM on Monday, October 8. They weighed 5 lbs. 3 oz. and 6 lbs. 2 oz. Once the boys were born they whisked them off to the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because they were four weeks pre-mature and appear to have experienced Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. Mom and boyz are doing very well.

Mom with Garrett (left) and Grant (right)

The boys (Grant on the left and Garrett on the right)
on their way to the NICU.

Mom after the delivery

GrandMary spending time with Garrett.

Grandma enjoying some one-on-one time with Grant.

35 Weeks: (almost 8 months)

Hello Everyone,

Well... September 8 has come and gone & you're probably wondering if we've added two little boys to the family. The very good news is that even though Winona is tired of being pregnant, the boys haven't been born yet. Winona is now 35 weeks. We and the doctors are ecstatic with their overall growth and health. Dr. Soffici said "if he was a betting man, he would have lost money" and to "keep doing what we're doing." We know that with the faith and prayers of our family and friends, we would not made it this far. We will keep you posted with any new developments and/or photos should the little tikes show before the next post.

Love to all,
Aaron, Winona & Caleb

Estimated Time of Arrival

Winona had an ultrasound appointment last week with Dr. Soffici. The doctor suggested that she have bags packed for her next scheduled appointment on Thursday, September 6 as the smaller of the boys isnt growing at the same rate as he has been. If our next appointment shows the same growth rate, Winona could be admitted to the hospital. Two days of preparing the boys for delivery and they could be born on Saturday, Septmber 8 (Aaron's birthday).

BTW- We are considering Garrett Winsor and Grant William as names for the boys. Thoughts? Hugs to all!

Good Times

Santa Barbara Zoo (Jamie and her family, Grandma and us)

Caleb loves big cousin Ryder

Everyone loves the Santa Barbara train


Caleb loves the frog on the merry-go-round despite the serious look

Sun and Sand

The boys get warmed-up before charging the waves
(Caleb, Brock & Ryder)

Ventura pier (Nona at 6 Months)

Big cuz, Miranda and Caleb

Riding bikes in La Conchita

Donovan, Brad J. & Caleb