A month ago today I gave birth to two beautiful little girls, Hope and Grace. They were and are still so very tiny. It was a very emotional time and exciting time together. I was not ready that is for sure. My doctor had told me that friday that I would not deliver early. She told me I would deliver on my scheduled c-section date which was Nov. 3rd. You can imagine how surprised I was when The next morning sometime around 3 am I started having contractions and such. I called her that morning around 9 am to let her know what was going on and she said she would not stop labor if it happened and just see how things progress. I was okay all day saturday. Sunday morning I woke up with cracker-barrel on my mind. I wanted one good meal just in case. Boy was I right. We took the kids to breakfast and enjoyed our time with them not knowing this would be our last meal together as a family of 4. We then hopped over to target to get the things I needed for the hospital JUST IN CASE! That is where it all began. At 11:20 am they started, contractions that is, in the boys clothing section. They continued on through the toy isles and the check out. They were coming 10 min apart for 4 hours and all the sudden jumped to 2-5 minutes apart. I thought they would go away but boy was I wrong. So we headed for the hospital around 4 in the afternoon and they just got stronger. They got me all hooked up and they were like 2-3 minutes apart. They gave me shots to stop labor but the nurses said it was like giving me water so needless to say the contractions kept coming. They gave me some crazy drugs to relax me and they made me sleep and sleep. The contractions never did slow down and I never did dilate. The Doctor on call did not want to deliver me because I was only 34 weeks pregnant with twins and she did not want to be liable if something happened so I labored until 12 noon the next day when my Doctor c-sectioned me. What an ordeal. I had an awful nurse for the delivery. She made me walk to my c-section contracting and drugged. She was nasty to me from the get go. She told me that there was a good chance my girls would end up at a different hospital and I would be stuck there. She acted like it was my fault I was in labor. Other then her the nursing staff was fantastic. We were in the hospital for 12 days. I was able to stay with the girls in a private room which was very nice. 

Enough about that! 

Hope was born first at 12:28 p.m. weighing only 3 pounds 12 ounces and 15 1/2 inches long. She was and is so little. She was great never needed oxygen or anything. She did drop down to 3 pounds 4 ounces so we were waiting on her to pack on the pounds so we could go home. She left the hospital weighing 3 pounds 10 ounces. She has hit the 4 pound mark now but we are not sure how much because she has her legs casted to fix her club feet. She is a sweet angel baby. She only cries when she is hungry. She loves to be held and she loves to snuggle up next to her baby sister.

Grace was born second at 12:29 p.m. weighing 4 pounds 7 ounces and 18 inches long. She had a fight in front of her. She ended up on oxygen and IV fluids for 5 days. She spent her first week or so in the  nursery. I was not able to hold her until day 5 and that was only for a short time because she was hooked up to monitors and Iv’s and stuff. After a good fight She was able to come to my room the last couple of days before we went home. She dropped her weight also to 3 pounds 15 ounces but when we went home she was 4 pounds 2 ounces. She is now doing great weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces and is so sweet. She is the easier of the two . She is very laid back and fusses only when she gets hungry. 

I can’t believe it has been a month. The time has gone by so fast. I wish there was a button for slow motion. Ashlyn and Isaiah are getting use to the girls and our new family size. Ashlyn has been having the most difficult time. She has been the baby for just about 5 years so I have to give her a little slack. Thank you to all that have been praying for us. We are so blessed and thankful for these babies.