Getting to know the boys

As his mother, I know I'm biased. But I think he's so stinkin' cute :) Trey has been a real treat to have at home. What a sweet, sweet baby boy. He is truly such an easy baby and for that I am so thankful. I can honestly say he is just so content except for when he needs his diaper changed, or wants to be fed. Other than those two things... we never hear him make a fuss. Hopefully I haven't spoken too soon! ;) Anyway, I love having him home and being able to spend time with him and just watch him as he grows. Dave and I laugh at him lots. We love him.

As for Easton... we need more pictures of him :( I'll admit I feel a little cheated out of getting to know him :( I don't blame anyone. He is sick and needs to be in the NICU. His infection is getting better and better. He is only on antibiotics now. No more oxygen. No more feeding tube. We recently found out that one of the massive lumps on his head is NOT a dermoid cyst. It is fluid and they don't know what it is. They did a MRI this week and it was determined that the fluid is not interfering with his brain, which is great. As it continues to grow they seem to get more concerned so this morning they decided to drain it. Kinda scary but I'm glad because once that is taken care of all we have to do is wait on his antibiotics to run their course and then he gets to come home! Like I said before, I feel like I don't know Easton quite as well as Trey yet. But the nurses up at the U adore him. Every time we visit they comment on how sweet and easy he is. So I'm hoping he and his brother are alike... both just easy little babies! Maybe that is the reward for having two at once ;)

Poor baby Easton's MRI

My baby story :)

I've been wanting to blog about my whole labor and delivery experience since it happened and I've only now found the time to do so. Here goes! I had been set up to be induced on June 8th. But on June 1st we went in for my final Doctors appointment. Once again... I had high blood pressure. I was sent to OR emergency for more testing for preeclampsia. This time... results came back with cause for a little more concern. They decided since I was 37 weeks it was safe to keep me and induce me that day. We were moved to labor and delivery and we called all our family members and friends to let them know the babes were on the way. I was already dilated to a 2 so they were able to start me on pitocin right away, around 3:30 in the afternoon. Family and some close friends came up to hang out as I labored. Around 11:00 at night the contractions hadn't made much of a change and I was still very comfortable and hardly experiencing any pain. They decided to break "baby A's" water. Friends left at this time. Once "baby A's" water was broken the contractions came on a lot stronger!

(People who don't give any credit to moms who have a natural birth are so wrong. Props to all of them. I've always wanted to give birth naturally but wasn't given the option under all the circumstances of twins. But I wanted to experience as much as I could so that one day... when a third child comes along I'll have an idea of what I'm in for. And I'll be in for it!)

I contracted for about 2 1/2 hours without medication when I finally decided I'd take the epidural. At about 1:30 in the morning I was given my epidural and it truly was instant relief. I was finally able to fall asleep for a bit. I was woken up by a Doctor at about 4:00 in the morning and they told me I was completely dilated to a 10 and it was time to go to the Operating Room to deliver these babes! My family had stayed with us the entire night.. they are awesome. Dave called his mom and she immediately came up. It took awhile for them to prepare the operating room so we made our way in at about 5:00 in the morning. Not even a half hour into pushing I had two beautiful baby boys! How great. The rest of that day is kinda a blur now. Visitors came. Dave and I tried to sleep. We held our babies. Etc...

EASTON UPDATE: Thursday morning was the worst day of my life :( Easton was taken to the NICU. We went to see him and he was hooked up to all sorts of tubes and IVs. He was so irritable. It just made me so sad. They didn't know what was wrong with him. And actually, to this day still don't quite know. In a nutshell, he has some kind of an infection. They don't know what or where. He has gotten lots better since then. He's had much of his medications removed and is such a happier baby now :) Just recently though it was discovered that he has two dermoid cysts on his head. They are these weird large patches of fluid. It is being debated if they will be removed or not. Also, he has a little bit of palsy in his left cheek. When he cries his left cheek does not droop down along with his right cheek, it just hangs out. Soooo sad. And so crazy. I would have never thought one of these babes would have so many complications. I just hope that he will get 100% better and live a fully functioning life. That's all I want. We expect him to be home in a week from this Thursday :)

After 6 days in the hospital we were able to take Trey home and he's been great ever since. He is such a great baby. At least so far! He's always so content. If he cries we change his diaper, feed him, and he goes right back to sleep. Love it.

How insane it is to say I have two babies now. Parenthood is great. A huge change, a huge challenge, but honestly so rewarding. I've had several moms of twins who had to leave a baby in the NICU tell me that it's a blessing in disguise because you are able to adjust to one baby for awhile before you bring the second baby home. It's very true, but I'm ready for Easton to come home and be with his family :)

BABIES!!!

They are here! They came on Wednesday June 2nd. Since then things have been absolutely insane! But things are for sure calming down. Easton had to go to the NICU and it breaks my heart. Thursday morning when we found out what was going on was one of the worst days of my life! I cried and cried but all is well and he's getting better and better every day. The doctors think he has some kind of an infection. But they can't find it :( Considering... he really is doing great. And we are looking forward to him coming home. Little Trey came home with us Sunday evening. He is so much fun. Dave and I have loved every minute. It's been hard at times but Trey is overall a really easy baby so far. More updates to come!

baby Trey

baby easton

36 weeks!!!!

K... so my blogging pretty much has nothing to do with anything but my pregnancy these days. I'm sorry! But it's obviously pretty much the only thing that consumes my mind or time. Especially now that we are so close to the big day! Everything is going super well. Truly... I think everything is perfect. Today our Doctor told me I've had the easiest most uncomplicated twin pregnancy she's ever seen. So that definitely makes me feel good! I've had an inducement date set which is pretty exciting. It isn't a for sure thing because... it was only set so that if the babes don't come in the mean time we will know for sure when we will have to go in to have them. So if they aren't here within the next two weeks... you can plan on them being here on June 8th! I'm really curious to know if everything will happen on it's own or if I'll actually carry out this pregnancy to 38 weeks! Anyway... I'm always asking for some kind of feed back when it comes to questions I have. So for those mommies out there... once again... if you were induced and you'd like to share your experience of being induced please do so! Giving birth is one of those things you just can't prepare for completely. So I really do love hearing about others experiences. Just kinda makes me feel a little better to know what to expect! Thanks! :)

35 weeks

So great to be here! I can't believe that in 2 more weeks I'll be full term for twins. There's pretty much no telling when these babes will decide to come. It could be any day now! I had a Doctor appointment yesterday and it we were given some unfortunate news :( Everything is actually really well. The only bad thing was that my blood pressure was high so they kept me there for 6 hours to do testing to see if I have preeclampsia. And the worst of the worst about it... they didn't let me eat the whole time! I had to do a non-stress test again and both babies are doing so well. Aside from that it was discovered that I am contracting quite a bit. They are very small and I can't feel them but they come pretty frequently. My body is practicing for the real thing!!! After that I had to have blood drawn and do urine tests. It took forever to get the results back. At this time they were still monitoring my contractions and then they did a cervical exam to make sure they weren't actually making my cervix dilate. I am still effaced at about 70%... which is 1 cm. Exactly where I was at 24 weeks! Our tests eventually came back and thank goodness everything was negative! But they still sent me home to do a 24 hour urine test. In which for 24 hours I had to collect my urine and... this is the best part... store it in our refrigerator!!! haha. Huge pain in the butt. Kinda funny though. Hopefully our results from that will come back negative as well! If not... the most likely thing to happen is I will be induced! Preeclampsia makes your internal organs swell. And the only known way of getting rid of it... is by not being pregnant any more! Seeing as how I've come quite far in this pregnancy they will probably just get the babies out! Kinda exciting to think about. Although I hope that's not the outcome. Oh.... so crazy. I can't believe in less than a month I will have two babies here with me! Yes, very grateful to be returning my jug of urine to the hospital. TMI??? ;)