2 month Check up

My sweet girls are going to be 2 months old tomorrow! They had their 2 month well check up and shots today. They got their hepatitis,DPT,Polio,and one other vaccine that slipped my mind. The last time we went in, they had to draw blood from the girls and they had 2 nurses come in and draw blood from each of them at the same time. I did not like that at all because I need time to hold each baby after their being stuck and its harder to comfort them when they are both needing it at the same time. So today, before their shots I asked the nurse to just do one baby at a time, so that I can comfort them individually. And so thats what they did. They gave Molly her vaccines first, and when they were done, I loved on her while they were giving Emma her oral vaccine. Emma did not like her oral vaccine at all which did not suprise me, because even at home she gags herself when I give her medicine. Anyhow, during the oral vaccine, she vomitted. Everywhere. After her oral, I handed Molly to my grandma so that I could hold Emma's little hand while the nurse gave her, her shots. Both my girls,cried so hard. But as soon as I picked them up, they were okay. They havent seem to have any bad affects from it today. They had a low grade fever (99.3 for Molly and 100.1 for Emma) and other than that, they have seemed okay. When the Dr came in to examine them, it was a complete mess. My grandma was holding Molly and I was holding Emma, and the Dr was sitting across the room. Well Molly projectiled across the room, it splashed the Dr, got all over my grandma and covered the floor. And while Molly was vomitting out of one end, Emma was vomitting out the other. :) She was working on her diaper, while we were waiting for the Dr to come in, and when he came in he examined Emma first and it so happens that her poop was all over her back, her arm, her blanket, a complete and total mess. :) And when the Dr put that stick in her mouth to check her throat, you'll never guess what happened. Yep, another projectile incident. All over the Dr, me, and the table she was laying on.
After seeing both the girls and their projectile dilemma's he decided that the Zantac he has them on for their reflux is not working. SO he is putting them on Prevacid.
Thank goodness my grandma was with me today, because it was a messy visit for sure. I needed the extra hands to help clean the mess.

Oh the fun part of it all was their weights!
My girls have been out growing so many of their preemie outfits and starting to fit into so many of their newborn outfits that I was really anxious to see what their weights are.
Molly is now 7lbs 7oz!! And Emma is 7lbs 3oz!!! Both girls are 19 1/8 inches long!
They are growing so fast! And getting chunky in their little faces and belly! I love it!
My sweet Emma has a hernia :( which the Dr said will go away with time, and Molly has a rash on her head and face. :( He said that would also go away, and that a lot of newborns tend to get it.

After we left the Dr's office, the babies were asleep and peaceful so my grandma and I walked around the mall that was around the corner from our Dr's office. On our walk, I saw another lady strolling her twin babies around. I had to stop and talk to her. I LOVE meeting other twin moms. We share so much that not just ANY mom can relate with us to. I love meeting other new moms too, but just something about twin mom's..we have a common bond...it's like we have a world of our own. :)

SO anyways, this lady wasnt the mom, she was the grandma but it was still fun chatting,her twin granddaughters were also 2 months old. I thought my girls were getting big and close to normal size for their age until I saw these girls. I realized that my girls are far from "normal" size. They are definitley the size of a baby fresh out the oven. Which I guess would make sense considering they are just now at "40 weeks".

Anyways Avery and Emery. They were cute little things.

Speaking of CUTE, my sweet grandmother got the girls DARLING dresses. They arent matching but they are coordinating, and I SO cant wait for them to wear them.

Well Im off to bed, another busy day tomorrow. Emma gets a head ultra sound then we are going to my dad's work for a cookout. Those sweet old people love gloating over my babies and I love hearing it. :)

The girls at the end of a very long day today!
Emma(L) Molly (R)


Emma




Molly

40 Weeks!

Tears filled my eyes when I looked at my miracles this morning. Today, was a reminder to me of how faithful God is, and how blessed I am. Today, May 13th was my official due date. Its hard to believe that my girls have already been here with me for 8 whole weeks. God has brought them so far since the night they were born.
Neither one of them came out crying, or breathing. Molly was so swollen and puffy with fluid that had retained under her skin and around her organs when she was born. And poor little Emma was just a mere 2lbs 13oz. She was so tiny and sickly.And had to have a blood transfusion the hour she was born. And today, Emma is just as chubby and happy as her sister.

"Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do"

I love that song. That verse imparticular reminds me so much of our TTTS journey. My heart was definitely breaking when Doctors gave my babies such little hope. And every single day that I wake up to hearing the sounds of my two little girls, I feel so renewed. I am so thankful that God answered my prayers. And when I didnt even have the words to pray...He answered those prayers too.
Faith in God. Such a powerful thing.
Nothing short of miracles is what my girls are.

I love telling the story of what my babies have gone through because it is a testimony of how great God is.


Molly the night she was born


Molly Today! The day she was suppose to be born :)



Emma the night she was born.


Emma Today, the day she was due to be born.



My girls are the strongest little fighters I have known. Infact, every baby that has ever battled TTTS is a strong fighter in my book. And so are the moms.

My mom said that she is going to buy the girls camoflauge outfits and get their pictures made in it, to symbolize the fighters that they are! :)
My mom, Emma, Molly, and I went to lunch together then went shopping to celebrate today. I know it sounds silly,to celebrate a due date, but the day they were born was so scary for us in some ways it was hard to celebrate. But today, the day they are suppose to be born is well worth celebrating because my girls are here, they are happy, and overall healthy. They are living breathing testimonies of God's grace.
And thats worth shopping for! :)
My mom got the girls several darling outfits to wear this summer.

Happy 40 weeks my sweet little miracles. Mommy is so proud. So honored. So relieved. So blessed. SO very thankful.

I love them so much, words just cant explain.

This and That

This is what my girls looked like today for their day around town



Love this happy little girl!! (Emma)



Pretty Molly




My favorite time of day, is when I have the moments to just do this!!



So we had an eventful day today.
I love my girls. Even in the middle of the night when they are both dirty, crying, and hungry at the same time. Even when I have had all of 5 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours and my girls are wide awake. Even when I am running all over creation from this Dr to that Dr.... Even though, I get peed on, puked on, and everything else,I just love it. I love being a mommy. I love the sleepless nights (although there are days it catches up to me...thank goodness for the days Daddy is off, to let me get some rest!)
The moments when one baby is crying and I pick her up and she stops instantly, the moments when they fall asleep on my chest, the moments when they look at you and coo or smile, make all of the tiresome moments so incredibly worth it.

We had 2 appts today. Molly had to see the neurologist this morning, and everything checked out great. Her head has grown in size a good bit within the past 2 weeks. She has gone from 12 1/2 inches to 14 1/4 inches. But the Dr examined her head and said that he felt she was fine and he didnt need to see us again for another month.

Molly and Emma both are in the 90% for their head circumference. However, maybe its because a mother's love is blind but i just do not think their heads are that big!

After leaving that appt we had time in between before our next one so we went and visited their Nannie ( my mother in law) at her work. She was very excited to see them. Sweet Little Emma decided while Nannie was holding her, to projectile all over Nannies boss. And I mean it went every where. On her back, on her chair, all over the phone. It was quite an ordeal. That darn reflux. It came all out of her nose and everything. It was a mess.

After leaving there we came home for all of 2 hours before we headed back out again. Their eye appt went well. Their eyes are looking good. Just as I expected, they hated the eye exam. I held their tiny hand through the exam and tried to talk to them to calm them down, and after the Dr was done I just held them and loved on them. We go for our final exam on the 26th. Thank goodness this is the last one. I know the girls will never remember these, but I also know that I will never forget them. I hate seeing them so scared,And hearing their cry so pitiful. :(

Since the eye dr was on his side of town, when we left we went and saw their granddaddy (my dad) at his work. He is the head Chef for a retirement home, and lets just say we made those sweet old people's day. They loved looking at my girls! And of course I loved it too. I love seeing other people admire them.

You know I have heard before "look at those cheeks" but today I heard something new and It really makes me laugh to think about it. This lady at my dad's work says to me referring to Emma " My,my, look at them JAWS" hahahahaha Guess you had to be there! All I can say is, she got it from her daddy!

My dad sent some food home with me, so of course I had to share with Rick so I dropped him some off at work then headed home. A friend of mine came over tonight and brought us some home made lasagna and bread and it was fabulous! We will get several meals out of that.

My grandma from California is coming in town this weekend and staying the week. I am so excited about her meeting her 1st great grandchildren! I have been her only granddaughter for 25 years, all her children had boys. So now Molly and Emma are her next generation of granddaughters. I cant wait for her to meet them!

The girls have had their bath, and are sleeping soundly so I am going to go join them for the next hour and a half before time to feed again.

Until next time...

Mother's Day

We had a great day today. My girls and I went to the park together this morning and then this afternoon my mom, brothers, and sister came over and mom treated us all to some good ole fried chicken and pizza :) Afterwards all of us went to the park and walked around for a couple hours. We then came back to the house played some Wii bowling and listened to some music. I definitley had a great 1st Mommy's day. Here are some pictures of me with my little ladies.



Me with my beautiful girls on our 1st Mother's Day


Me with my sweet Molly


Love my Emma!




My mom on her 1st Mother's Day as a "Granny" :)

7 weeks old

Pieces of Me

Is it just me or does Miss Molly favor her mommy's baby picture just a tad? The eyes, the thin lips...her ears are covered but yes she has those too. Well maybe not SO much of the ears. lol.... Ahh I love seeing parts of me in them.
However,even though Molly and Emma are twins, and do look a lot alike...its funny to me how Baby Emma is a shriveled up version of her daddy while Molly is more like me. :) However, they have both inherited Daddy's cheeks and nose! And Mommy's LONG fingers.
I wish I had some pictures to compare Emma and Rick together but maybe next time...:)

Molly



Mommy





IF you look closely, you can see every part of Rick in this little face. This was taken when Emma was 2 weeks old. Her cheeks, her nose, her full lips, her daddy all over!

TTTS Flashbacks

Miss Molly, isnt she cute?


My Pretty Baby Emma




But I Dont Wanna Take Pictures Anymore!!!" LOL... This picture makes me laugh. :)


Molly


Big Chair for such a Tiny Girl :) (Emma)


Well I went in for my 6 wk visit with my Dr's today. I saw DR G and he wanted to take a picture with me and the girls so we did that then went over to L & D where Dr B was so that he could see the girls. Of course everyone bragged about how beautiful they are. I love hearing that. It never gets old. :) My pretty girls may be just a tad vain when they get older if everyone keeps telling them how gorgeous they are. haha :)

Dr B told me that he has two new patients that are pregnant with twins and they both have TTTS. My heart sank when he said that. Thinking about those poor moms and their babies brought back so many of the emotions of fear and sadness that I felt while I was pregnant.

These women arent even at the age of viability in their pregnancy. One mom is 18weeks and the other mom is 20. So this means that their TTTS journey may be a lot harder than mine was just because they will have to struggle longer. And hopefully they can make it longer. When I found out at 24 weeks that I had it, Dr's didnt expect me to go past 27 or 28 weeks of pregnancy but God was gracious enough to take me to 32 weeks and just 3 short weeks later I was bringing my babies home.

Anytime that you think of me,Emma, or Molly, please think of these two other moms and pray that they too get to bring their TWO babies home with them. Pray that God gives them strength, pray that God guides the doctors and nurses in their treatment process, pray that God protects all 4 of these babies, and pray that just like with Molly and Emma that He would be glorified through saving these babies.

Pray that God gives these moms peace and hope. Pray that these moms know the right questions to ask and decisions to make. Pray that God saves their babies.

Gosh, my heart just aches because it was just 6 weeks ago that I was where they are.
I know their fears and their frustrations their sadness and their pain all too well. These feelings will never fade. They will always sit fresh and feel brand new. And I truly truly hope that God shows them the same mercy he showed us. Please please pray for these women and their sweet babies.