Update

Well tomorrow my babies will be four weeks old. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. In some ways it seems like they have been here always and I can't remember what it was like to not have them. They are so precious and so much work! They are getting better at sleeping longer at night instead of every three hours they sleep three and a half and someimes four. A full nights sleep is a distant memory. Ashton is my little hog boy and wants to eat all the time. Addy is still so tiny. She only eats half as much as Ashton. Today I was worried that she wasn't gaining any weight and sometimes she throws ups everything she eats. Anyways she had a really bad one this afternoon so I took her to the doctor's to be weighed. Luckily she had gained a pound and the doctor assured me she was doing okay and just don't force her to eat. So Addy weighed 6.1 and Ashton weighed 7.15. He is getting so chubby and cute! Anyway everything else is going great and me and Jess are having a so much fun being parents. The little cuties keep us busy and laughing:)

Three Weeks



Four Weeks



Other Random Pictures

Two Weeks Old and More Pictures

So I know all these pictures look the same but they are so tiny that all they do is sleep. We have been waking them up every three hours to feed them and then they go right back to sleep. I'm lucky to get a couple of pictures with their eyes open. They are two weeks old today. That is so crazy to think about, it has gone by way fast. We took them to the doctor yesterday. Ashton weighed 6 lbs 4 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Addyson was 5 lbs even and 18 3/4 inches long. They had to do the PKU test which is just a little prick in the heel but Ashton screamed the whole time. It was pretty sad. Addyson is the calm baby and she just fussed a little bit. The doctor said they are big enough we can let them sleep four hours at night and then wake them up. I was so relieved, that's one more hour of sleep for me. Everything else looked really good as long as they keep growing and getting bigger.











While they are very cute, this last picture explains it all!! This is hard work!

TWINS!!

Well it has finally happened, our babies our here. They joined our family on Tuesday June 30th. I went in for my twice weekly stress test and the nurses were like your 38 weeks and two days lets call your doctor and get you induced since I was supposed to go to his office after the test anyways. Well I called Jess and was like instead of meeting me at the doctor's office you just need to come to the hospital because they are going to start me. So we got checked in to the hospital and by 6:00 they had started the pitosin and I got to lay in bed and wait. About 11 the nurses said that Dr. Dewey would be by to break my water sometime in the next hour and up until this point my contractions had been really mild and I was in practically no pain. Around Midnight he came and broke my water and I was dilated to like a three or four. After that the contractions started coming. About half hour later I had an epidural and was able to sleep for a while. By 2:00 I had dilated to a six and by 3:00 I was fully dialted and we were ready to start pushing. Since I was having twins I had to be moved to the Operating Room in case they had to do a c-section. We got to the OR and I pushed for a little while and Ashton was born at 3:52 am. Dr. Dewey then broke my water the second time and Addyson was born four minutes later at 3:56 am. Ashton weighed 5 lbs 12 oz and was 19 inches long. Addyson was 4 lbs 10 oz 18 inches long. they went to NICU for about an hour and then they were able to be in the regular nusery for the rest of the time and come home on Thursday. They have been such good babies since we brought them home. They lost a little too much weight while in the hospital so we have to wake them up every three hours to feed them so we feed them and then they sleep. They are so precious and I can't imagine not having them both. We are so lucky that they were healthy and strong and that they got to come home with us. It is so fun being parents. Here are some pictures of them so far.

After the delivery and back in our room. Everything went so good and it was much easier than I expected. Jesse was such a great support and helped me through the everything.



Our precious bundles after they were out of NICU and I got to see them for the first time.


The Proud Parents!






Ready to come home, Thursday July 2


They were so tiny that they have a hard time in their carseats. Someone has to sit in the back seat with them to make sure they don't slump over and not get enough oxygen.




Two Days Old
They love to sleep, in fact that's what they 20 out of 24 hours. Boppy pillows are the greatest.






Three Days Old




Daddy's getting the hang of this!


Four Days Old

Today was the 4th of July and we dressed them as festive as we could in preemie clothes! They actually had their eyes open long enough for me to get some pictures of them.

Update and Pictures

I thought that I would post some recent picutres of me and Jess because we are just sitting around waiting for these two little babies to decide they are ready to the come to our family. I keep taking pictures so I can show how big I really get. However, the first thing everyone says when they see me is that I'm not big enough for there to be two inside but I promise there are two. I feel them moving all the time!! Anyway life is a little uncomfortable, my feet are swollen and hurt, the heartburn is raging, and overall just uncomfortable. It's really not that bad though. I don't think I should be complaining because this pregnancy has been so easy. Anyway, going to the doctor today and hoping that I made some progress and we can see some action soon. Enjoy the pictures.

These pictures were all taken between 37 and 38 weeks.

90% effaced and Dialated to a 2

So I went to my doctor's appointment yesterday and I knew that he was going to check me to see if I was starting to dialate at all (lovely!). Anyways I was quite shocked to find out that I was already to a 2 and 90% effaced (I don't know how you spell that). So then we had to figure the whole situation out. My doc is leaving town on Tuesday for the week so his goal is for me to go to 38 weeks and then he will be back and start me on June 29 if I haven't already gone into labor!! You do the math that means in a maximum of ten day I'm going to have two babies. He's going to check me on Monday too before he leaves to see if there is any progress so i guess if there is we might deliver on Monday, but that seems a little doubtful, I don't know. Either way he said my labor would be really easy to start and I have a really good chance of delivering these twins without having a c-section. They are both head down and Ashton (he's the first to come) is really far down, you can hardly find his head on the ultrasound. All the nurses tell me that I am so lucky that they are in such a good position. Anyway I'm feeling pretty good. I like to sleep alot and I'm pretty uncomfortable but anyone can deal with that for ten more days!!

36 Weeks and Counting...

Well I'm 36 weeks along and feeling pretty good!! I sleep alot and have to go to the bathroom every hour and the heartburn is starting to kick in, but other than that life is good. I go to the hospital twice a week for stress tests to monitor the baies' heartrate and to watch for any contractions. Their heart rates are great and the contractions are pretty much nonexistent, which is okay; the longer I keep them inside the bigger they will be and hopefully we can skip and time in the Newborn ICU. I am getting scared though, it's like it could happen any day now especailly with twins and I'm suddenly feeling very unprepared and nervous! I basically have the nurseries done, I'm just looking for a couple of things to go on the walls. We have a generous stock of diapers, I counted almost 800 newborn size, Jesse likes to be prepared! We got the swing and bouncer chairs all set up so hopefully we are as ready as we can be for now. So now we are just playing the waiting game. My doctor said he wouldn't try and start me until 38 weeks and he is going to be out of town then so they need to come really soon or wait a little longer so that he can be there to deliver them.

The Belly at 36 weeks. Everyone keeps saying I don't look big enough for twins but I sure don't feel that way!


The matching bouncer chairs!!


Ashton's bedding:


Addyson's Bedding:


I just love all the little clothes and it is so fun because I can buy any of them!! I'm not limited to just pink or blue I can buy both. I promise that Addy doesn't have more clothes than Ashton even though it looks that way. I just folded more of Ashton's to put in the drawers. I've bought them the same amount of clothes, I promise!



And this is the swing.