2 Week Well Check

Last Friday we had the Twins 2 week Well Check with Dr. Mumford. So far so good! Here are the stats:

Birth Weight

Elizabeth 5 lbs 6 oz 18"
Emily 5 lbs 14 oz 18"

Weight Check 8/31
4 lbs 13 oz
5 lbs 3 oz

Well Check 9/11
5 lbs 6 oz !!!
6lbs!!!!

Length
19 1/4
19 3/4

We were so glad to see they had gained enough weight to keep the Dr happy. Elizabeth's face is getting more filled out and it makes me feel a lot better. We're just trying to keep her that way at this point. She is our most difficult eater, she takes about an hour to fully feed and will only take a certain bottle. She nurses pretty ok. Emily does great at feeding, but unfortunately we found out she has acid reflux. This is common in preemies. I was explaining some of the things she did at night when we would lay her down. He said, "Well if she does this, this and this, then we'll give her medicine. I said "check, check and check." He just laughed and gave us the prescription. No sense in waiting, he said. Since it takes 3-4 days for the medicine to work, we're glad he didn't make us wait.
We are doing ok, more sleep would be good but there's not much we can do about it! They really do sleep well, they just take turns having bad nights. If they could just have a good night at the same time, THAT would be awesome.

Here are some traits about each one of them:

Elizabeth Grace

Elizabeth is a family name on both sides. Grace is my Father's mother's name. She passed away before he met my mom, so I've never known her. We couldn't decide if we should name her Elizabeth Grace, or Grace Elizabeth, but when we saw her we knew! We intended to call her Ellie, but so far she's still Elizabeth! That might change who knows?
She is so calm and when you pick her up she lays her head on your shoulder in a way that just melts your heart. She's smaller even though she's older so we worry about her, but she's seems so strong and steady. She's still sleeping most of the time, so when she's awake, we get excited. She definitely keeps her cool better than her sister.

Emily Mae

I am a sixth generation Emily through my mother's side. My middle name is Emily but my grandmother wanted it to be my first name. So I promised my Grandma that I would name my Emily as her first name. She still comments every time I see her, that she wished her parents had called her Emily instead of her middle name, Lois. Mae is a family name on both mine and Jesse's family.
Emily is a spunky one. She goes from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds flat. But she can be easier to calm (when it's not acid reflux) and loves snuggling up to you when you hold her. She has more periods of wakefulness than her sister, probably because she is bigger and not still in her "preemie coma" She hangs out for long periods of time just looking around and figuring everything out. She's definitely a thinker.

You want pictures? You got 'em...

Ok, so not that I don't love ya'll, but I've been a little busy. And when I'm not nursing, pumping, burping, changing diapers and anything else baby related, I'm trying to catch up on my sleep and let my body try to recover. So I'm sorry I haven't been able to post more and call people back. I still love you! I'll get to it eventually. Here are some pictures:

This is Elizabeth checking out the chick who's been kicking her all this time. This is a few minutes after they were born.

Here's Emily nuzzling her older sister

Here are my parents holding them the night they were born

Maddi was SO excited to finally hold a baby! She had waited a long time.Here's Andrew checking out the babies

Emily peeking over her blanket at us

The Twins in the Coming Home outfits. Size 0-3 was HUGE on them!

Ready to go home!

All snuggled together at home. Emily sleeps on the left, Elizabeth on the right.

Here is Emily striking a John Travolta move

Emily getting into it and Elizabeth wondering what's going on...

They both had a lot of Bilirubin problems. So we finally had a little sunbathing party to help them along. Worked like a charm.

They are doing well. We have done a few weight checks, poor Elizabeth lost a LOT of weight, and most of it seemed to be in her face. She looked so emaciated it was sad. She's looking better these days. We've successfully kept them out of the NICU so far, but we've been very close a couple of times. We just keep feeding them as much as possible! We've had a ton of help and couldn't have done it without our family and friends! We are so lucky!
PS. HUGE shout out to Kaylynn for giving us all her Preemie clothes! They are a lifesaver and they're adorable. You are AWESOME!

First Photos

They're here!

12:16 and 12:21 am. Baby A: 5 lbs 6 oz, and Baby B: 5 lbs 14 oz. Both 18 inches long. Awesome delivery, both were head down. Pictures to come when I'm not hopped up on drugs! I will post more details and pictures! when I wake up from these drugs!

Ok!!!!!!!!!

It's Showtime!!!
They just admitted me and I just got the epidural!

Just call me, The Time Bomb!

Hi all! I went to the Dr today, and he told me I was at a 4 almost a 5! I can't even begin to tell you how bad that freaks me out! I'm usually in the HOSPITAL when I'm at a 5! He did say he didn't think I would last until Monday. I was up all night last night with contractions. My whole body just ....hurts. It's a very odd feeling. I feel like I'm going to just go at any minute. Anyway. I thought I would just send out the alert! THEY'RE COMING!!!!!
ps. Jesse threw out his back on Monday. Of all the luck, seriously. I took him to an Orthopedic Dr, he was walking hunched over making terrible noises, and I was holding onto the wall and inching along because my whole belly was tight. We were both so pathetic, we just started laughing! He's doing slightly better, getting better everyday.

Update....

Hello all. Since a lot of you have been wondering what's up with me, I thought I would just post it on here. I'm now 35 1/2 weeks trying to make it to 36. I do have a scheduled induction for the 31st, so if I don't go before then, you'll know it'll at least be on that day.
And I'm sorry for alarming all the neighbors with the car situation. Jesse cleaned out the garage so we could park in there. And I guess the absence of the car cause a panic! lol sorry. Should I hang a sign?
As for me, I'm more than ready to get the show on the road! I can't move, I can't do anything, and that gets pretty old, pretty quick! Luckily I've had Rebecca here with me, she has been my legs.
Anyway, that's it. I'll post anything cool that happens on here, so stay tuned!

au revior