One Week Already

I can't believe it has already been a week. They are doing so well. Lily is over her jaundice and they are eating and sleeping well. My parents are here to help and have been lifesavers. We are just so excited for our new adventures ahead.

They're Here

I went in to Labor and Delivery Thursday afternoon because I thought I had the flu and it was making my contractions act up. Turns out it was real labor and when they checked Lily was breech so they went ahead and did a C-section about an hour later. What a pleasant surprise to be done so quickly. It went really well and recovery has been soo much better than last time. The babies are healthy and doing well. They both have jaundice and Lily has to wear a light for a few days. They were born at 6:40 and 6:41 pm on Thursday the 26th and Lily weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz. and Jude weighed 5 lbs. 10 oz. We are thrilled to have them here safe and sound. We feel truly blessed to have these miracles in our home.

Coming Soon...

We are still waiting for the twins to arrive. Every doctor's appt. I hope there is something new going on. I did find out on Tue. that they think the girl weighs 6 lbs. 1 oz. and the boy weighs 5 lbs. 15 oz. so if they are close to that they should be in pretty good shape. I sure feel like I am carrying around 12 lbs. of baby. We can't wait to meet them.

The best birthday ever...

So Daren had to work on his birthday and he was headed to the YMCA to jog. He was only about 1/2 a block from the parking lot when BAM! Some lady pulled right into him. He hit his head on the steering wheel in two places and scraped up his cheek. He hit his shoulder, knee and ankle. He got sidelash for his neck which just made it sore. He was in shock when it happened and refused the ambulance but by the time he got home he was ready for a trip to the ER. They did xrays and gave a perscription for muscle relaxants. Luckily nothing was broken but the shoulder he had hurt 2 months before had just gotten better and now it is worse than the first injury. He seems to be recovering well and is back to work after a day and a weekend off. We just found out the car is totaled. He is sad to lose his Infinity but hopefully we can find him something fun he likes. Not a fun way to celebrate his birthday but we had friends over for cake and ice cream the next day and had a great time. Thanks to all of you who expressed your concern and thanks to Bret for Daren's ride home.

It looks like a baby...

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Here are the pictures from the last ultrasound taken last Monday. After they took all the measurements the girl weighs 4 lbs. and the boy weighs 3 lbs. 9 oz. That was great news! They are still going to try hard to hold me off for another couple weeks but after that they won't try as hard. I will get to take my pump off at 36 weeks if I make it that far. For now the babies are just growing and would be fine anytime the Dr. said. We are getting excited and can't believe they are almost here.

And they came two by two...

Sorry I have procrastinated so long getting these pictures up. It is a good thing we had my shower when we did cause I don't think I could handle that much excitement now. It has been almost a month but I just wanted to share the fun with those who couldn't be there and to thank Meghan for all her hard work. You were too nice to have done all this for our family. Thanks to Nona and Alyson for their help also and to everyone that came for their generous gifts. We are so excited to be having a boy and a girl, the best of both worlds. Thank you for all your support and friendship!

Oh Baby!

Here is a pretty recent picture that we took here in Village Green. These are all the pregnant women minus 5 or so and one that just had a set of twins that week. Some of you who used to live here will enjoy this and should recognize at least some of these girls. It was fun getting all together. This one was taken in order of due dates. Unfortunately I look way out of place but what's a girl to do. I just figure the bigger I get the bigger the babies are and the better off they will be. I just had my baby shower and not a moment too soon. I have started having contractions for the past 3 weeks or so. I spent last weekend in the hospital so they could monitor me, give me shots to stop the contractions and get a pump installed so that I could go home and still get the medication. I have a catheter in my thigh that goes to a pump that automatically administers the medication. It is way better than a shot and way better than being in the hospital. I thought that one night was going to drive me insane. I had never been so happy so see my own front door after only one day. My doctor says everything else is okay. I am not on bedrest, knock on wood. I have to take it easy because even on the medication I still have a few contractions an hour. I have another machine at home that allows me to monitor my contractions and send the information to a nurse. If I have too many she will tell me how to give an extra dose of medication or she will call the doctor. I am feeling pretty prepared with all the baby stuff. I could last a month or more if the medication continues to work or it could be any day. Luckily I am 28+ weeks and hope to make it at least to 30. Things seem to be going well. Sorry this is so long but I know it has been awhile since I posted. Things have been crazy. Aspen is doing reasonably well with her new diet. Thanks to all of you for your support and advice. We are lucky to have you all as friends.