One of the great things about having twins is that it cuts the wait time for holding a new baby in half!

Elliott Walker and Samuel Heath made their long-awaited arrivals at 7:44 and 7:45 this morning in Tulsa to great acclaim and wild unabashed adoration. The twin grandsons were delivered without a hitch and immediately transformed our family dynamic and our lives for the better. And for a whole lot more fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elliott made it out first at 7 pounds even and 19 inches long. Sammy came a minute later and a whole lot lighter at 5 pounds 3 ounces and 18 inches long. Both sets of grandparents and two aunts and an uncle waited patiently for the boys to get cleaned up and for Valerie to recover a bit before we stormed the gates and started passing those babies around like we’d never seen one before (as always, click on the pictures to get the full size).

Both babies are healthy and good, they’re both eating and doing the other things babies are supposed to do, and they’re both just absolutely perfectly beautiful. We all feel so happy today, so deeply grateful, and so graciously blessed by our God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also feel so very well loved and supported by our Lord through his Church. All the texts and phone calls today, all the expressions of love and encouragement, all the well wishes and advice and wisdom — it’s overwhelming. Thank you! And the support Valerie and David have from their friends at the wonderful Jenks Church. The perfect ending to our long day together was hanging out in the hospital with Hailey, Corley, and Amanda, some of Dave and Val’s best friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrie-Anne is CoCo, and I am Granddad, For now. You’re never really sure how those things are going to stick. Val and Dave might be able to bring the boys home late tomorrow, but it’s more likely they’ll be released Thursday morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May our merciful Lord bless these sweet boys with good health, with great courage, and with an abiding faithfulness to him. May he grant David and Valerie everything they need to raise these sons, our beloved grandsons, in the nurture and admonition of our Lord. And may his holy will be done in and through this precious family just as it is in heaven.

What time does the hospital open in the morning?

Peace,

Allan