Prayer

My friend Taylor that I blogged about in my last blog, has had her baby. He was about 10 weeks early, and he had T-13. A few short minutes after he was born he went home to our Lord. He is now in Heaven watching over his mommy and daddy! If you have not read her story you must visit her blog. (A little slice of Heaven) She has given us a glimpse into her life with Nathan, it is a beautiful story. One of strength, courage and sadness. Please pray for her and her family, as she is going through a tough time in her life. Thank you.

First Time

Well today was the first time since the twins were born that I left them for most of the day. They stayed with my parents, and they all survived!!! I had mixed feelings about leaving them for the first time, I was excited to get away for a few hours but on the other hand I did miss them. And I have to do it again tomorrow! Overall It seemed to be a good day for all four of my family members. So I think when it comes time for me to go back to work it will be ok.

On another note...I have a friend at work that I need your prayers for her. Her name is Taylor. She is such an inspiritation to me. Her strength is amazing to me. I have a link to her blog if you are intrested. She and her family are in my thoughts and prayers every day. She has walked the infertility road and is now pregnant with her sweet Nathan. Please read her blog and pray for her family!

Also I have a family friend that is in the hospital for a fractured skull and he has had surgery and has swelling of the brain with fluid on his brain as well. Things are not going as good as they thought. Please keep Braden in your prayers as well.

I will try to keep up with my posts. I do my best to keep you informed of our daily lives. This is really a good way to keep everyone up to date with what is going on with us. OK got to get back to baby land my nephew is over here so it is crazy!

What a day!

Well yesterday we got the phone call from the Children's Cook home health that we could discontinue the use of the cardiac apnea monitor for AJ! We are so very excited! He has been on some kind of monitor since he was born that is 4months and 1 week! I am so thankful to not have him plugged into the wall anymore.

So, I am trying out new things all the time with AJ to see if it will help with his reflux, so I tried a new bottle last night with formula (I am introducing 1 bottle of formula at night with the twins because when I go back to work it will be to hard to nurse and pump) so I am not sure if it was the formula, the bottle, or the fact that he had been crying straight for 4 hours, but he projectile vomited his entire bottle all over me all over him and all over the floor, it was terrible. I was crying and he was just smiling, and Chris went into overdrive and cleaned up the floor and AJ. It has been about 2 months since he had a projectile so I am not sure what it was but it was not fun!

As for Alivia she is doing great! She is addicted to her pacifier and it drives me crazy when she has lost it because it seems to be the end of the world if it falls out of her mouth!!! I am ready for the time she can pick it up and put it in her mouth herself!

I went to a church daycare yesterday and checked it out! It was really nice and everyone there seemed so loving and nurturing! It makes me feel safe and secure that they will be going to a place that is like that! But as I drove away this feeling overcame me about what is it really going to be like the first time I have to leave them for more that 4 hours, in the care of complete strangers!!! I started to cry a little bit! But I still have about 2 more months until that dreaded day!

Up to this point

I just want to update everyone on how we are so far! It has been almost 3 months since AJ has been home and a little over 3 months since Alivia has been home from the hospital. They were 10 weeks early, born January 30th 2008 but were not supposed to be here until April 4th. Alivia spent 4 weeks in the NICU and AJ spent 6 weeks in the NICU. This was a very difficult time for myself and our family, but with prayers we made it through the tough times. Raising twins is the most difficult thing Chris and I have done. I think teaching 1st grade is much easier. In the beginning there was no sleep to be had!! Very sleep deprived.

After four months it is getting a little better, each day gets just a bit easier. We went to our doctor on Friday and Alivia weighs 10lbs 3oz and AJ weighs 9lbs 6oz. They are really growing from Alivia being 3 lbs 13oz and AJ being an even 3lbs. I am very thankful that I was able to stay home with them during this time. For a quick update: AJ has reflux and spits up all the time. Sometimes it is worse than others, but in the beginning it was across the room. And for about 3 weeks we were feeding him every 2 hours!!! So he is on some medicine that helps control the spit up, he is also still on his cardiac apnea monitor. While in the hospital he would somtimes forget to breath and his heart rate would drop below 80 bpm which is very scary! So when it was time to come home they told me I could stay in the hospital until he grows out of it or I could take him home on a moniter. Chris and I thought long and hard about this option, I really wanted both of the babies home together, it was getting very hard to travel up to the hospital and leave Alivia, so we chose to take him home on the monitor. It has not gone off in about 3 weeks so we are ready for that thing to go! Alivia is doing great all she really wants to do is eat and sleep and sometimes be a little social. No complaints about that sweet girl. They are both smiling and cooing and a little bit of laughing.

For those of you that don't know since they are preemies we have to adjust their age even though they were born on 1-30 we have to adjust to my actual due date with them. Developmentally they are only 2 months old. So right now they can only be expected to do what a 2 month old baby does right now. They will be caught up developmentally by the age of 2.

For the past few weeks or more I have been staying with my parents during the week and Chris comes over after work and we eat dinner or go out and eat, feed the babies and then he leaves to go home around 10. Without the help of my parents I really would not have made it through all of this. Even in the beginning they were at the hospital every day with me by my side through the most difficult time in my life. They have been my ROCK! Nothing I can do will ever repay them for what they have done for my family. I have an amazing circle of friends and family, I am very lucky! My sister has been amazing through all of this right by my side all of the time even while raising her son Preston (who was born 12 days after the twins) he is so precious! She has been a great help just by listening to me and giving me advice, she is truly my best friend!!! So as of today we are doing awesome