Lydia and David

I realize that my babies are now 4 and 1/2 months old, but for history sake here is a little about their arrival and maybe first months. (we will see what I can do during nap time)

I had a great pregnancy! I had no morning sickness and aside from discomfort from sitting I was overall fine throughout. My doctors appointments were always great. In fact at one visit my doctor said he needed to quit looking at me as a high risk and multiples pregnancy because I was doing so well. Even at my 39 week appointment things checked out great! The only frustration I had was he would not let me go past 40 weeks and made me schedule an induction. Two days after my 39 week appointment I went to do the non-stress test. This is where they take the heart rates of the babies for 20 minutes and watch for certain patterns of increase and decrease of heart rates. Everything for them checked out perfect every time. Unfortunately for me at this 39 week and 2 days appointment my blood pressure was not so good. I argued that they had taken it wrong, just two days before it was fantastic. After several checks they said I couldn't go home. So we walked over to labor and delivery and checked in. I did not want to be induced!

This isn't the place for details so I will give the short version. They started me on pitocin about 2 in the afternoon on Friday. My body didn't really react. After no food or sleep for 2 and 1/2 days I delivered Sunday night a few minutes after 8:00.

The actual delivery was so quick, I would say within 15 minutes of leaving my room to go to the OR they were both here. Lydia Jane was first weighing 6 lbs 11 oz. David Leslie came 7 minutes later weighing 5 lbs 14 ounces.

Here is our first family photo.

 

 

We were in the hospital until Thursday because of my health. I was SOOOOOO glad to finally get out! Here they are dressed and ready to go home.

 

Updated room wall since they now had names.

 

Hand prints and footprints.

 Cute picture of them in their crib.

 

An attempt at newborn photos (at one month)

 Two months

Three months

we blessed them on May 17th, we were waiting for some of their grandparents to be able to come.

 

Four months

 

We are now at 20 weeks old. Time flies and they are growing so fast! Lydia loves to roll over and perch herself up like in the picture. She also sings and tells stories. She gives the best smiles and giggles. Actually they both have the best smiles and giggles. David is particularly good at grabbing for things. He tells the sweetest stories! They are both really good babies and I can hardly believe how blessed we are to have them.

Preparing for Babies

When it comes to preparing for babies there are a lot of things that need to be done. I had a list of the "must get done" and "would really like to get done". I know there are still things on the "would like to get done" list but I am happy the my main ones are finished. In addition to some cleaning and extra freezer meals some things I wanted to do were to finish the baby quilts and also make some wall hangings for the nursery.

Baby quilts: I went with giraffes and hippos for our nursery theme. The hippo one my mother helped me make before she left on her mission, that was before I even knew if I would have any babies. The other I made to match since I need two!

Shelves and gifts: I got some really cute gifts and wanted to get the shelves hung for the bears and shoes. Also LOVE LOVE LOVE my giraffes that a dear friend made for me. She is so talented!

Here are the wall hangings in a row above the cribs with their quilts.

Close ups of the two sides, baby boy top and baby girl bottom. The ones with just the dragon fly and butterfly will contain their initials once we decide what their names will be.

The center one combining the two. :)

Now that I got everything completed and hung we have moved one of the cribs out and into our bedroom where they will be together for a little while. So funny I had to get this done so I could move things around and not use the room right now. OK, not entirely true, the changing table and clothes are still in their room. :)

And for those of you wondering how I look at 36 weeks with two babies in me, here is a random picture of me. I did not really plan to take it so ignore the messy hair and such.

A Christmas Project

I love Christmas! Christmas has now past and we are a few weeks into the new year, but I it was my goal to share some of the reasons why I love Christmas so much. I decided to share some links on my Facebook to videos that referenced Christ and remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.

I also enjoy the other parts of Christmas, like lights, trees, social gatherings and all the things that go with the spirit of Christmas. Last spring my sister and I started a quilting project. We decided to do Christmas as that is what was on clearance. Although I started it in the spring, as the months passed I realized it was slowly getting finished and I really had to set a firm goal for myself to finish it by Christmas and I did!

Here is the quilt I finished on Christmas Adam (you know the day before Christmas Eve.

The back says Merry Christmas in many different languages. I am really pleased I finished it and how it turned out!