Four Marshmallows: One Month Old!

Tuesday, April 28

Yesterday Brylee and Ellison turned one month old! It's been a busy month, especially this past weekend. The entire Marsh family was here to celebrate Grandma Marsh's birthday, so the Marshmallows had plenty of people here to spoil them! We took advantage of the reunion to get family photos taken. And to top off a great weekend, the girls' newborn photos were finished! So, I'm warning you now.....there will be photograph overload in this blog!

Brylee Quinn

Brylee weighed in at 6 lbs, 8 oz at her one month checkup yesterday and is 19 inches long. She was seen by her cardiologist last week and he determined that her heart is just fine! All of those positive thoughts and prayers worked, so THANK YOU to all of our loved ones! She does not require any follow-up cardiology appointments, and therefore is a perfectly healthy little girl!

Ellison Mae

Ellison is the "big" sister weighing 7 lbs, 1 oz and is 20 inches long. You may notice that her skin tone appears more red in the photos (like she has a nice suntan). This is a result of the extra red blood cells she received in utero, as well as a touch of jaundice she's still dealing with. She will be checked again in two weeks to make sure her jaundice levels are going down. Otherwise, she is very healthy as well!

Here are some more photos from their newborn session:

Aren't they amazing?!?!

SO, still think they are identical? Fraternal? Well, we will know in the next couple weeks. We're having a DNA test done just to be sure. It's called a twin zygosity test, which involves swabbing the insides of their cheeks. We send off the swabs and should have the results soon.

The newborn photos were quite a challenge! Getting two babies positioned and asleep at the same time is quite an ordeal. Our session lasted about 3 hours, and that was for only 5 poses! But if that was hard, our Marsh family photos were much more difficult. Turns out positioning newborns is infinitely easier than dealing with two almost two-year-olds! Devyn and Kinley were not huge fans of sitting still and looking at the camera. And their adorable hair bows and shoes didn't survive long enough to make it into the photos, BUT all things considered, we still got some great pics!