The best 3 weeks of our lives.

How many ways can you fall in love? It must be an endless number. These girls do something everyday that reminds me just how wonderful they are. We have definitely been blessed.

I love that it has become obvious that they are starting to see objects further away. They practice all kinds of facial expressions when they are falling asleep. It melts my heart when they smile. I’m very excited for when they do that in response to seeing their Daddy or me.

They are such good babies. I’m not going to lie though; it is a LOT of work taking care of two babies. Craig and I joke all the time that one would be a breeze compared to this. He’s even planning on when we can start trying for baby number 3.

Allison is usually the more independent twin. She still like her cuddle time, but also enjoys her swing and bouncer seat. She really only cries when there is something wrong with her or if she decided she wants one of us to hold her.

Emmily is my little snuggle bug. She often decides that she wants her Mommy to hold her and cuddle before she will sleep. If anything happens to scare or upset her, she doesn’t calm down until she gets cuddles from me. She is still a little small for the swing and cries when I try to put her in it. She loves her bouncer seat and to be rocked in our rocking recliner.

We are still working on breastfeeding. I seem to only have enough supply for one and a half babies. We’ve tried a number of different things from pumping every two hours to feeding both girls and then supplementing both with formula afterwards. Right now we are trying to alternate between nursing and formula bottles with each baby on a day by day basis (ie: day one – Emmi gets bottle, Alli is nursed; day two – Emmi is nursed, Alli gets bottle). So far this seems to be the easiest solution, and Daddy likes that he gets to be more involved in the feedings when he’s home.

We are also working on getting Mommy some more sleep. Craig takes over from about 7 or 8 until about 11. There have only been a couple of times when he’s needed some help because both girls woke up at the same time to eat.

It still amazes me every day that these two precious little girls are here, and they are ours. I know we have so much to learn and so much to look forward to. But for now I am enjoying every moment of the newborn phase, even through the lack of sleep and weepy emotions.

37 weeks, 6 days (close enough to 38 weeks)

Today is the day!! There's no turning back now. We will be parents before the day is over. I'm anxious to see how big they are and what they look like. If they have any hair (I've had a lot of heart burn) and how close to each other they look.

I had a very rough weekend. I started having contractions Friday night, they were 7 minutes apart for 2 hours. Then they spread back out. They continued off and on through out the weekend. I was so sore and tired by the time I had my appointment on Monday. I must have looked just as bad as I felt, I didn't even have to say much to the doctor before he decided to move my c-section to this week. He also suggested taking Tylenol 4 times a day to keep it in my system to help with pain. That has helped quite a bit as far as taking the edge off. I'm still sore, but it is so much more bearable.

I had one last NST on Wednesday. Both girls reacted great. Allison's heart rate was in the 150's and Emmily's was in the 170's. Big difference between the two, but apparently nothing to worry about.

So the plan for today is to be at the hospital by 2:30, and surgery at 4:30. Craig and the girls will be taken to the nursery so the girls can be weighed and banded. During which I'll be taken to the recovery room. As soon as I'm settled in recovery, Craig and the girls get to come and spend the next couple of hours with me. Then we will be transferred to a regular room. As long as my pain is under control and I'm able to get up and walk around on my own, we should be back home Saturday night.

Its still so surreal. From this day on, we will now be a family of 4.