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July 7th, 2012- Detroit, Texas</div>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-44293680031570346692012-07-04T15:43:00.003-05:002012-07-04T15:43:27.332-05:00Photo Book<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AZN2bVo2aM2OPtA&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AZN2bVo2aM2OPtA&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZN2bVo2aM2LDYA&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><div style="margin-top: 10px; width: 425px; text-align: center;">Turn your favorite photos into a <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books" style="color: #6666cc;">photo book at Shutterfly.com</a>.</div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-30318298877060995202012-07-04T15:43:00.001-05:002012-07-04T15:43:25.207-05:00Photo Book<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AZN2bVo2aM2OPtA&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AZN2bVo2aM2OPtA&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZN2bVo2aM2LDYA&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><div style="margin-top: 10px; width: 425px; text-align: center;">Shutterfly <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books" style="color: #6666cc;">photo books</a> are the new way to preserve your memories. Create your own today.</div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-64655679046805503392012-03-26T22:28:00.000-05:002012-03-26T22:28:13.508-05:00Playing in the Bluebonnets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lhKeTVYL_YI/T3EzQAeIZ9I/AAAAAAAAAK4/BqY2xzLJjOI/s1600/8m+Bluebonnets+March+2012+033a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lhKeTVYL_YI/T3EzQAeIZ9I/AAAAAAAAAK4/BqY2xzLJjOI/s320/8m+Bluebonnets+March+2012+033a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qd81AdY0S4Q/T3EzXY8mQMI/AAAAAAAAALA/pPs_l2z3YQ4/s1600/8m+Bluebonnets+March+2012+039a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qd81AdY0S4Q/T3EzXY8mQMI/AAAAAAAAALA/pPs_l2z3YQ4/s320/8m+Bluebonnets+March+2012+039a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-41336474672406112922012-03-26T21:29:00.001-05:002012-03-26T22:09:06.307-05:00Is having 2 babies a good enough excuse?Sorry I haven't updated in so long! Is having 2 babies a good enough excuse? I think so!<br />
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We are totally enjoying this being parents thing. I mean don't get me wrong it is not always glamorous or easy but the smiles and giggles really make up for all the other junk. Here is a picture review of the past few months.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mJ5Wud73g3I/T3Et-h5RwPI/AAAAAAAAAKw/qLQ75n_Lnbk/s1600/March+2012+048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mJ5Wud73g3I/T3Et-h5RwPI/AAAAAAAAAKw/qLQ75n_Lnbk/s320/March+2012+048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The babies are not only on the move crawling but they are climbing and into everything:) They are really fast movers and are sometimes hard to keep up with. Having 2 at this stage is a challenge. Due to them being so active I may not post for another long while. LOL They are learning so much so fast. Samuel and I joke they went from being baby worms just laying around to real live humans moving and feeding themselves. It really is crazy how fast they grow. Keep a look out for more updates and hopefully some videos of the CUTEST babies EVER!!!Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-220685539638088752011-09-04T20:13:00.001-05:002011-09-04T20:13:05.734-05:00Stationery card<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZN2bVo2aM2LCng&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/0AZN2bVo2aM2OA/0AZN2bVo2aM2OOwg/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1315185133000/0/" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span>Seeing Double Birth Announcement</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewSEOText" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>Turn your favorite photo into a <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birth-announcements" style="color: #6666cc;">birth announcement</a>.</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=msc&c2=blogger" /></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-65936463479985216472011-08-06T20:24:00.001-05:002011-08-06T20:28:12.484-05:00Our Babies have arrived!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow0EEimPuFk/TjMsrsFUeSI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/PosGDWQxd4U/s1600/holy+crap+twins+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Life is crazy but our family is now complete:) To be able to kiss and cuddle what we could only feel and see rolling in my belly, is AMAZING. God creates awesome miracles!<br />
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So here's the story... Samuel and I checked into the hospital on Wednesday night to start the induction process only it didn't work as well as I or the doctor had hoped so on to plan "B". Thursday morning they induced me around 8am and my water broke around noon. Until then I had been dealing with the contractions very well. The pain immediately went from about a 3 to 10. The doctor came to check on me and I asked for the good drugs. Samuel being the curious guy that he is, watched the giant needles going into my back. Finally around 4:30 we were ready to meet our children. We rolled into the OR and I only labored a short time then Nolan was born first at 4:51pm and Ralyn was born at 4:57pm. It all happened so quickly and everything went so smoothly. We were only able to see the kids for a few minutes and they were whisked away to the NICU for observation. The next 6 hours were the hardest EVER:) So things hadn't gone as planned but our children were in good hands. God watched over them as I recovered from delivery. It was a very emotional time not to be able to hold the babies I had just worked so hard for. Finally around midnight we were reunited with our sweet babies. <br />
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The next few nights in the hospital were hard. I hadn't had any sleep while in the hospital, Samuel was "sleeping" on a tiny couch and the constant flow of nurses and people needing information from us seemed non-stop. Let's not forget the 2 babies needing us all the time. When Saturday came we were VERY excited to go home. My doctor had discharged me and now we had to wait for the pediatrician to discharge the babies. Ralyn had maintained just enough weight to go home but Nolan's labs indicated a slightly higher level of jaundice than the doctor would like so he ordered photo-therapy lights sent to our house. We were upset but glad to be going home all together. Nolan stayed under the lights for 3 days. We all hated every minute.<br />
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WOW! Can you believe they are already 2 weeks old? Time really does fly! They are so cute and we couldn't be any happier:)<br />
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When Pastor Frank spoke about Father's today in church he said that we need to teach/ show our children that they are first God's and then our's. I had never really thought about it that way before. We thank God for trusting us with this giant responsibility of raising 2 of his children and for guiding us every step of the way. He knows we will NEED all the help we can get.<br />
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We are very excited for our babies to arrive! Please pray that they stay in the oven for the next couple of weeks and arrive healthy. We also need prayer for when they are here and Samuel and I have become actual parents.(It is crazy to think that we will soon be called Dad and Mom.) I know we will be exhausted but it will be well worth it to have our 2 blessings here with us. <br />
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I will be going to the doctor tomorrow for a baby check up. We will see what the doctor has to say about their anticipated arrival date. It is very close:)Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-88196317267915075552011-06-19T22:39:00.000-05:002011-06-19T22:39:35.255-05:00So blessed!We are so blessed to have family, friends and co-workers who are so excited for our babies to arrive! Every one has been so generous and supportive throughout this experience. When we first found out we were having to precious babies we were very excited then we got a little worried that we would need to provide for 2. We just prayed. We knew we had a super supportive family but we never expected the outpouring of love that has come from friends, co-workers and acquaintances. God is so wonderful! I am so grateful for our close family and friends who attended Samuel's Daddy shower/BBQ. I am also thankful to Samuel's co-workers who made it possible for me to attend his surprise Daddy shower. (We are thankful for all the awesome baby goodies, too!) I am so glad that Samuel has been included in celebrating the babies and us becoming parents. This has been a wonderful experience and now we are very ready and excited for these blessed babies to arrive. Just a few weeks to go...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy Shower/BBQ at The Stovall's House</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0a-_ktcJFr8/Tf6_kwyT1TI/AAAAAAAAAGI/76O0-cBlc-k/s1600/daddy+shower+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0a-_ktcJFr8/Tf6_kwyT1TI/AAAAAAAAAGI/76O0-cBlc-k/s320/daddy+shower+020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Samuel's Surprise Shower at work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0pKM0qlIPM0/Tf69MRVNWnI/AAAAAAAAAF4/4pJacWDHV1s/s1600/zoo+2011+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0pKM0qlIPM0/Tf69MRVNWnI/AAAAAAAAAF4/4pJacWDHV1s/s320/zoo+2011+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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Here is a belly pic at 26 weeks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="background-color: cyan; color: black;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">Nolan Reed Holsworth and Ralyn Jane Holsworth</span><span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-76542629812361594342011-03-16T16:27:00.000-05:002011-03-16T16:27:58.944-05:00Why Owls...Several people have asked and wondered why or how did you choose owls. Well, when Samuel and I found out we were pregnant the first time we were cautiously excited. We didn't share with many people outside of our family and close friends. We had dreamed of this day for a while and throughout our fertility treatments had high hopes. I know I'm not the most girly girl but I had been online looking at baby stuff (what pregnant woman hasn't). I had found a few owl baby items and had just grown to like owls. I thought they were different and cute, however, I did not want a "theme" for our baby's room (when the time came) so I vetoed the owls. After we lost the first baby we were devastated but grew closer to God and each other knowing he had a plan. It took us by surprise when we were successful in our next attempt at pregnancy and even more surprised to find out it was twins. We were overjoyed. During our first sonogram the doctor saw the first baby and we were excited but within the next second she said "Oh, there are 2. Congratulations!" We all looked at the sonogram screen for a minute and the doctor said "It looks like owl eyes." My owls now had meaning. As Samuel and I got in the truck to drive away I just looked at him with my puppy dog eyes and asked if we could use owl stuff in their room. Of course he said yes, who could resist my cuteness:) We were back to our cautious excited state of mind but after hearing the babies heartbeats a few weeks later, I began looking for owl stuff and found the cutest fabric as our inspiration for their room. It just happened to have Samuel and my favorite colors blue and green. We didn't know what the gender of the babies were so we decided to go with it. The decor for the room is more for us at first anyway, right:)<br />
Here is the first sonogram pic of our babies.<br />
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God is so amazing! Both babies are healthy! Baby A who resides on the left side of my belly is our handsome BOY and Baby B who is on the right is our beautiful GIRL! We are so excited to be blessed with one of each. We are going to have the perfect family of four. Samuel and I are looking forward to this life changing journey. Thank you for your continued prayers.<br />
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Please feel free to suggest names. Naming your children is a lot of pressure:)Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-31360809495469486742011-03-14T15:43:00.000-05:002011-03-14T15:43:19.830-05:00Growing everyday...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not looking my best so don't pay too close attention to the lack of make-up or my hair. LOL</div>Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-91745593018818996552011-03-14T15:29:00.001-05:002011-04-03T21:20:35.724-05:00Heartbeats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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My friend Brooke recommended we rent a Fetal Doppler Heart Monitor so that we could hear the babies' heartbeats at home. It is amazing:) It makes us smile every time we hear our babies. This Video is just the heart beat of Baby B. Again, Baby A was moving around too much to pin point the heart beat. Moving is good though:). We can't wait to meet them.Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653835535592047598.post-65055057409197411152011-03-14T15:13:00.000-05:002011-03-14T15:13:27.575-05:00Back to the blogSorry I haven't posted in a while. There has been so much going on at school, in real life and with the babies its just overwhelming. Even though things are crazy, we are enjoying every minute.<br />
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More to come soon:)Samuel and Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593387329519733656noreply@blogger.com0