Lookalikes!

I can't believe how much the girls look like their big brothers.

This is Britton when he was 2 months old.

Riley looks like him so much. Every time I give her a bath and I see her without all that pink I just think I have rewound about 8 years...

Reagan & Riley

This is Ethan when he was about 2 weeks old.

And again about one month old.

I think as Reagan gains weight and her face fills out she is looking more and more like Ethan when he was a baby. Its crazy!!! The only difference is that both boys had way more hair than either of the girls. Ethan beat them all in the hair department though. He had the most hair out of all my babies.

Wow! Two weeks just flew by...

I can't believe my girls are two weeks old already. It has been a wonderful two weeks for us. These two babies are such little angels and have brought so much joy to our family. I must say though, that their arrival has hit all of us like a whirl wind of chaos. We have been going to doctor visits and trying to get last minute things done. You think you have all you need and then you realize you don't. Its not the same when you have twins. I have yet to mutter the words "I'll just run to the store and get what we need" or "we can just run real quick"... No such thing, our efficiency has gone out the window.

We have felt so blessed to have been able to bring both babies home from the hospital, but our little Reagan has had multiple doctor visits already. We had to take her every 48 hours to be weighed so they could be sure she was gaining weight and not losing. On the first visit she went down, on the second visit she stayed the same and on the last visit she finally went up. We were told we didn't have to bring her back till her 2 week visit. On top of bringing Reagan to the doctor for weight checks she had to see a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon because on the first day in the hospital the pediatrician doing rounds felt a click in her hip, this is common in twins and especially since she was transverse and breech.

Bringing the babies home has been a wonderful experience. The boys just adore them, they want to kiss them all the time and love to hold them. I'm nervous for school to start back up though because they'll no doubt be bringing lots of germs home.

Britton and Reagan.

They both know that they have to wash their hands before they can hold them or touch them. I just hope they remember every time.

Ethan and Riley.

On the 22nd we had a little photo shoot at home with the boys and the babies.

Mommy and Daddy managed to get in on a few shots too. I'm still getting used to saying we are a family of 6. I keep saying things like "the four of us" and then correcting myself, or worse, being corrected by Eric.

We put the girls in their Christmas Dresses.

Then we dressed the boys up and headed to the mall to see Santa. Our first outing as a family of 6. I must say it went pretty well. The girls love their car seats and slept the entire time.

Ethan needed a picture to make sire he was, in fact, the BIG brother.

Thursday, December 23rd, was a pretty relaxing day. We hung out at home and didn't do much. I made an appointment with the doctor because I had been having pain in my neck and headaches. Turns out I had "Baby Neck" I laughed out loud when the doc told me that. It is a true condition that new moms get especially moms who are breast feeding. I told him I had twins and he told me I had it times two then... He was a chiropractor so he gave me an adjustment and told me to use an ice pack. Then I went home to relax. I really don't know why but later in the day I started bleeding pretty heavily so I called my doctor and he called in a prescription for me to take to slow it down. Eric and his mom went to Target to get it and while he was gone it got worse. I called him to see how much longer he was going to be and he informed me that they didn't have the drug I needed and that they had just spent the last 15 minutes calling other pharmacies to see if they could fill it. They finally got an HEB that had it but I was so scared by this point that I told him to come home and get me and take me to the E.R. I really should have called 911 but wasn't thinking. I had my father in law help me to the car and waited for Eric and his mom to pull in. While walking to the car I felt really weak at first my ears started ringing and then I couldn't hear anything at all. Once I sat down in the car I started to feel better. It seemed like the longest drive ever. When we got there and started getting checked in I passed out for a minute or two. I was so scared, I couldn't stop crying and I thought I was going to die. They finally got everything under control but I had lost a lot of blood and had to be admitted to the hospital. I'm so thankful for my mom and Eric's mom. They jumped right in and took care of the kids, I knew the whole time that my kids were being taken care of.

On Christmas Eve my doctor was doing rounds and informed me that my blood count was very low and that he was going to give me two units of blood and that I would have to stay another night. I instantly started crying, I didn't want to spend Christmas in the hospital, especially the babies first Christmas. Finally I came to terms with it and I knew everything would be fine. The nurses all recognized us and were so sad that we had to be back in the hospital for Christmas, but they all took such good care of me. By far the best hospital to be in if you have to be in the hospital.

I must say I love my husband more every day, he decided to go to Best Buy and get a cheap web cam and bring his laptop to the hospital. He went home and hooked our other web cam to our t.v. and we were able to watch the boys open their presents on the laptop. They could see us on the t.v. and even though I couldn't be there it was a great Christmas. It truly brings new meaning to Christmas for us.

My doctor came around 10:00 a.m. on Christmas morning and he said I could go home. He gave me all my special instructions and the nurses pushed our discharge paperwork through as quickly as they could. We left the hospital at 11:30 a.m. and were home by noon. We didn't tell them we were coming home so they were all surprised to see us walk through the door.

The other day I was messing around with the girls and taking pictures of them. I thought this was a cute idea. Reagan.

Riley.

Daddy is just beaming... Eric is loving our new babies too. He still just sits there and stares at them. Amazed that there are two, and they are ours...

We all love our babies so much. The best Christmas presents ever.

Tuesday we went to see the Orthopedic Surgeon, he did an ultrasound on Reagan's hip and found her little hip sockets were both shallow. She has to were this little harness every day, all day and all night. She can only have it off for two hours a day. We have to go back every two weeks to have the size adjusted and in three months they'll do an x-ray to see how it is doing. She doesn't seem to mind it, and we are so happy that they caught it now and not when she started crawling or walking. I think it would be a lot harder to keep her happy, and it would probably take a lot more to fix it. She's a trooper, just like her mommy. She's going to be just fine.

The girls also had their two week check up and are growing rapidly! Reagan is now 7 oz above her birth weight and gained 9 oz. since her weight check last week. She now weighs 5 lbs. 7 oz. Riley is also above her birth weight, she weighs 6 lbs. 10 oz.. Thats 9 oz. more than her birth weight.

Well its 2:38 a.m. , Reagan just finished a bottle, and Riley is beginning to stir. Eric is peacefully sleeping and I'll be up for at least another 45 minutes. Why is Eric sleeping? Well because I didn't wake him. Why didn't I wake him?? The same reason I didn't wake him when it was just one baby. This is what I miss, the midnight feedings. It will never get old for me, even times two. I have two wonderful moms under this roof at this time, though they passed a great test this past week, I only enlist them when I have to, this little mama is in heaven taking care of these two babies.

Good night everyone!

Christmas 2010

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I cannot believe I'm a mom of twins!!

Wednesday December 15th started a lot like any other day. A few things were different like daddy was home from work and Grama was here visiting. We took one last picture as a family of four before we began our day and the boys went to school (mommy and daddy walked them to class) we gave them lots of hugs and kisses and told them by the end of school they would be BIG brothers. (I made arrangements with their teachers for me to send them and e-mail with pictures and the boys could share with their classes) Gotta love technology...

Eric and I had a little time to connect in the waiting room. We were just so overjoyed that the day was finally here and shocked that it came so fast, not to mention the disbelief that we were about to have TWINS, our number of children was about to double!

Eric insisted in getting this shot, he had never thought to take one when we had the boys.

Neither had I when it came to his jump suit. He looks so cute. 'Bout to be a daddy. Again...

I spared all the "New baby" pictures and jumped right to after their baths.

Proud daddy...

I will say that Riley only cried a little when they took her out and Reagan screamed with all her might. We thought it was an indication to their personalties but we were wrong. Riley cried all through her check up and bath and Reagan was so calm and content the whole time.

Proud mommy...

I'm just so happy that everything went so well. My doctor said it was one of his best twin deliveries as far as time wise and complications (or the lack thereof). I don't know why but I had vivid day dreams or, for me, terrors that I was not going to see my boys again. I was scared to death this time round. I have never been so scared. I am blessed to have had a blessing a week before and Eric and I prayed to our Heavenly Father multiple times that morning for my safe recovery and a delivery of healthy babies. That afternoon when I heard the boys coming down the hall I busted out crying for the happiness I felt. It was like I hadn't seen them for weeks. I missed them so much.

Britton was right on it. He wanted a baby in his arms. Like pronto! Look at the pride on his face. He asks all the time to hold them, its amazing he showed so little interest up until a few weeks ago. And Ethan doesn't really care too much. He has regressed a little to talking like a baby and wetting his pants but we don't blame him and are making it as positive experience as we can. After all, he as been the "BABY" for 5 years...

Here are my babies... Reagan on the left, Riley on the right. Reagan looks like daddy and Oma to me and Riley looks just like Britton did when we had him. Hands down.

Too proud!!!

Opa looks the same in every picture I have of him holding my babies. Some things never change.

I think it is pretty cool that the photographer comes to your room to do baby pictures. Maybe they do it that everywhere these days but when we had the boys it was just a quick "mugshot" in the nursery and off you go. This shoot was so personal.

We took advantage of the opportunity and took our own photos while the photographer was posing and playing with the girls.

I just love these pictures. Thanks Regina and family for the darling hats and booties. I'm so happy I took them to the hospital with me.

This ones just sweet!!!

By Friday we were ready to get home. I was given the ok by my doctor at 8:30 that morning but there were many things that had to happen first. The pediatrician had to give the ok for the girls to go home. She finally came after lunch and we were cleared to go except, since Reagen is so tiny they wanted to do a "Car Seat Study" on her to make sure she could handle the ride home. It took an hour to do the test and it was done in the nursery. I can't believe it but I missed her so much. She passed! We were clear to go. After that the nurse started our discharge paperwork and we started to prepare to go home.

I cannot believe how long it took to get ready. Before we knew it they were bringing me my dinner. I have never been discharged from a hospital at night so that was kind of strange but at 7:00 that night we finally headed down stairs to the car.

Naturally mommy had to do a final inspection of daddy's buckling up...

Daddy drove so safely and we finally made it home.

BIG Brothers were both there and happy as ever to welcome us home.

Reagan...

Riley...

Too proud!