Blessing Day

So we finally got our girls blessed yesterday. We are kind of paranoid parents and wanted to wait until they got a little bit bigger and the swine flu cleared before we wanted to take them to church. With all of Bryant's family home for Thanksgiving we decided it would be the perfect time to get their blessings done. Bryant did such an awesome job. I am so grateful for the preisthood he holds and for the example he is to me and my girls. He is such a good daddy. I always have known how lucky I was to be married to such a good man, but watching him bless my babies yesterday made me appreciate and love him so much more.
Here are a few pictures of my cute babies.

Our Happy Little Family

My mom and Dad

Bailee
Berklee

Berklee

Bailee

Doctor's Appointment

Yesterday Bryant and I took our girls for their 4 month doctors appointments. I can't beleive they are already 4 months. Time seriously flies. Anyways I thought I would share their stats with everyone.
Bailee who was born at 2 lbs. 12 oz. now weighs 8 lbs 15 oz.& is 21.5 inches long. She is still under the 5th percentile for both height and weight, but the doctor is very pleased with her growth.
As for Berklee who weighed 3 lbs. 13 oz at birth now weighs 11 lbs 2 oz putting her in the 5th percentile for weight. She is 23 inches long and in the 10th percentile for length.
Both girls are very healthy and have come a long ways. I am so thankful that they have been able to remain free from any illness so far this winter.

2 lil pumpkins

Bailee and Berklee were pumpkins for Halloween this year. I thought they looked so cute.

I just love this picture because I can picture them in about 15 years doing this exact same pose Berklee holding up her finger saying " I'm number 1" and Bailee sticking her tongue out at me. Little stinkers. Maybe by next year this whole swine flu scare will be over and we will actually be able to leave the house and go Trick or Treating.

BOO!!

The girls are getting really excited for Halloween, so they decided to dress up as ghosts today. Just thought I would let everyone see how cute they were. For those of you who can't tell them apart Berklee is on the left and Bailee is on the right. I love my little girls so much.

2 Busy

So I have been really bad at this blogging thing, I thought that once my babies got here I would blog all the time, because I would have tons to blog about. I forgot once minor detail in that having twins means you also have no time, and if you do it is spent doing other things like showering, brushing your teeth, and maybe even doing some housework. So not that I am lacking in things to blog about I just have been 2 busy 2 blog, and have been filling my time instead with playing with my cute babies. I love being a mommy and love seeing the growth my girls are making every day, there are really starting to focus and smile at me- and I even get an occasional cooing from them. There Dr. is really pleased with their growth and is actually surprised by how well they are doing. I just have one thing to say, and that is they are so stinkin cute- not that I have any favoritism towards them or anything.

Home Sweet Home

So my girls are already 5 weeks old, and the have spent all but one day of it in the hospital. Our doctor told us last Saturday that we could anticipate taking Berklee out of the hospital on Monday, but would have to leave Bailee in for a little while while she caught up. She was born a pound lighter than Berklee and was always a little behind Berklee in her progression. We knew it would probably be another week or two before Bailee would probably get to come home with us, and new that it was going to be extremely difficult having one baby in the NICU and one out. I swear that Twins can communicate because that very same day Bailee started meeting the criteria the NICU has for discharge. She started eating all of her meals from a bottle without having to have any of them pushed through her NG tube, and was having less frequent drops in her oxygen and heartrate, ( which she had been struggling with for weeks.) Sunday morning came and went and still her progression continued, our doctor told us that if she kept up the good work, she could possible leave in the morning with her sister. This was music to our ears. They say that 90 percent of the time twins leave the hospital at different times, but not my girls Bailee is really a fighter and was bound and determined not to get left there alone. We were discharged from the hospital Monday morning and now have been home for two days. Bailee did have to come home on a pulse oximeter to measure her oxygen and heart rate when she ate, with supplimental oxygen I could give her if I needed to, but both have done extremely well. As for me...I never knew what the word tired meant until these last two days. The girls eat every 3 hours and it seems as if I barely get done feeding, changing, and burping both of them and it is time to start over. I am so extremely happy to have them at home with me though and still can't beleive that these two perfect little angels are my daughters. Lassie- Bryant's mom- has been staying with us and it's a good thing because she has done laundry, cleaned bottles, and ran around cleaning up after us for the last two days. Otherwise I'm not sure what my house would look like today. I've been a little late on posting any pictures of the girls, so here are some random pictures of them in the hospital.







Berklee







Bailee






BEST FRIENDS

Introducing our two new baby girls

Well I know that everyone has been waiting on me so patiently to post a few pictures of the twins. These last couple of weeks have been extremely hectic and now that they are 17 days old, I finally found a few moments to update the blog.
I came down to a doctor's appt.17 days ago on July 21 and have not been home since, Dr. Horsley( who is not my regular OB but was filling in for my doctor who was on vacation -just my luck) decided it was in my best interest and the babies best interest that we have a C-section. Bailee was having a few complications, as well as me. I was thinking when he told me I needed a C-section that we would make an appt. and come back in a day or two and have our babies, but NO before we knew it I was on the operating table, and my babies were here. Bailee Jo was born first at 6:12 pm weighing 2 lbs. 12 oz. measuring 15 1/2 inches long. Then came Berklee Brin at 6:14 weighing 3 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 16 1/2 inches long. Even though both babies were born extremely small and premature, they are little fighters. They have both been in the NICU since birth-keeping me extremely busy but have done extremely well, only needing oxygen and IV's for a the first few days. They are both learning to eat from a bottle and aregrowing every day. Last night Bailee weighed 3.2 lbs. and Berklee weighed 4.2 lbs.Their doctor told me the expect them to be in the NICU for 5 weeks, but it all just depends on how well they are doing. They both have to be able to eat all of their meals from a bottle, and not need to be fed through their NG tube. As of right now they are only eating 3 out of 8 meals a day from a nipple. Berklee did get bumped today to eating every other meal from a bottle, so we will see how that goes. It is so much fun being a mommy. It's crazy how they already have such cute personalities. They have both Bryant and I wrapped around their little fingers. Here are a few pictures of my sweet babies.

Bailee

Bailee

Berklee

Berklee

Long time... no update

I know it has been a long time with no update about my pregnancy and so I thought I would try to give a breif summary of what's been going on. I am now 31.5 weeks and am no longer working. I have had a few scares with my blood pressure over the last couple of weeks, and so my doctor has recommended I quit work and stay at home. I have felt pretty good lately other than the headaches, dizziness, and nausea, but my doctor wants to make sure I dont' develop preeclampsia so for now I am just taking it easy. It has been quite a change for me from working 5 days a week to filling up my free time with making baby bows, reading books about rasing twins, watching soap operas, and taking a nap whenever I want. I am still in shock that I am going to have twins, and the weeks are passing by quicker and quicker. Before I know it they will be here, and then I won't even know what the word nap means. My doctor has told me he won't let me go past 38 weeks and says that most twins come early around 35. That means in 3 1/2 weeks I could be a mommy of twins. It is very exciting but scary all at once. The picture of me was from last week so I am sure I am a little bit bigger now. I will try to be better about blogging, especially since I have nothing better to do now with my time.

Brinlee Jo

Happy 1st Birthday Brinlee! One year ago today, I gave birth to my sweet Brinlee Jo. I can't believe it's already been a year. This year has been a rollercoaster of emotions. From the lowest of losing my Brinlee, to finding out we are having twin girls. I can't believe I've actually made it through a whole year. One year ago today, I would have never thought that life could go on, or that I was ever going to be able to laugh again, but with the Lord's help I did. I still struggle every day with wondering what Brinlee would be doing, or what she would look like, never knowing if I am going to cry my way through the entire day, or if I am going to be okay. But the fact is that I am doing it. I never knew the heartache a person could go through, until I've actually been there myself, or never knew the power of a mother's love until I held my daughter in my arms for the very first time. I love you Brinlee and can't wait until the day I get to see you again and get the opportuntiy to be with you forever.