Twins Turn 1 Month Old Today!!

Happy One Month Birthday to our baby girls! We can't believe it's been a month already since they came to see the world, but we are SO happy they are here. We feel like the luckiest people alive to be parents of these 2 precious little girls!

We've only been home from the hospital for 2 nights, but so far it's all going well and we're loving it! Their breastfeeding, sleeping pretty well in their new beds, and enjoying all the time in mommy & daddy's arms :)

Here are some pics of them on their bday! Thanks to Robin they have stickers to mark them on each month of their 1st year of life! Thanks Robs!!

Kylie & Caelyn Come Home! YAY!!!

We are so happy to let you all know that our little princesses are finally home with us! We slept over at the hospital with them on Monday (22nd) for a trial run. All went amazingly well so we were able to bring them home on Tuesday, Aug. 23rd. They were in the ICU for 30 days in total so you can imagine how ready we were to have them home :)

So far everything is going really well! We're a little sleep deprived, but I think that's to be expected :)

Here are a few pics of our happy family on the day they came home!!

Caelyn (above)

Kylie (above)

Kylie (above)

Caelyn (above)

Caelyn (above)

Kylie (above)

Welcome to our two precious little girls!!!

We are now the very happy and proud new parents of two beautiful little girls Kylie Marie and Caelyn Elizabeth. They were born just after 7:30am on July 25th and weighed 1.7 and 2.1kg!

We are SO lucky and happy that we kept them inside as long as we did! They were born just before 34 weeks and are doing so well. They are still in the ICU, but are very healthy. We expect they'll be home by end of next week or at least we're hoping they'll will be. We can't wait to have our babies home with us and are just waiting for them to be able to feed on their own so they'll release them!!

We are so in love and proud of our little girls. They've already graduated from incubators to cots and have started to breast feed two times a day! I currently spend all day every day at the hospital with them and am so excited to get them home!

I've had a bit of a tough time with infections after my operation, but am slowly getting back on my feet! I'm sorry I'm so late with pictures, but you'll see several posted below! I'm hoping to be able to post more pictures soon, but there just never seems to be enough time. I have a feeling that's now the story of my life :) Hee hee!! It'll be so nice to take pics when they are home so we can dress them in their own clothes, they're not attached to cords, etc!

Andrew and I can't thank our family and friends enough for all of your support, healthy thoughts and congrats! We are truly blessed and appreciate everything you've done for us and our girls!! Fingers crossed they'll be home with us by the end of next week. My bet is Thursday!!

Lots of love and huge hugs!!!

Sunny Winter's Day Belly Pics - 32 Wks & 6 Days Pregos!

We got a break from winter and had the most beautiful weather last weekend! Since I'd been stuck on this couch or in bed for 3 months we decided it would be ok if I went and laid in the grass for a while! The dogs all came to keep me company! It felt SO good to get a little sun even if it was only for a short while!!! Check out the message on the TV in the 4th picture. That was TOTALLY by accident. And you'll see we took a pic of the babies in the babies' room so you can all see what their room looks like!!!

Some Fun Belly Comparisons :)

My good friend Leslie came to visit me!! Thanks Les!! She's 28 weeks pregos, expecting a little girl on Oct. 4th and looking gorgeous!! I'm 33 wks in this pic!

So I think I clearly win this one :) Hee hee!!!

The Twins Birthday is in 3 More Sleeps!

The verdict just in and they've scheduled the delivery of our little bubbas for Monday morning, July 25th, at 7am South African time. That's 10pm Sunday night in Seattle!!! They are going to start prepping me for surgery at 4am on Monday morning so they'll be admitting me into hospital on Sunday evening. We're very very excited, but also a bit overwhelmed that it's all happening like now!!

We feel so lucky that we've been able to carry the little ones this far! On Monday it'll be the 1st day of our 34th week!! We really believe all of the love they are sent from our friends and family has made all the difference so thank you to all of you!!

I'll be discharged from the hospital on Thursday, but the babies will be in the NICU for a while after that. They won't know how long until they've had a chance to examine them on the outside! Please keep sending lots of healthy thoughts their way!!

I'll update the blog again with pics and info as soon as I can! In the meantime, bug Andrew if you need an update and for those of you here in SA... come visit me at Panorama :)

Only 3 more sleeps and we'll know if our babies are girls or boys!! We are so excited to meet them and find out! For those of you who guessed one boy and one girl, my apologies, I should have mentioned that they are identical twins and therefore will either be 2 boys or 2 girls.

Lots of love and hugs!!!

"D" Day is Coming!!!

That's D for Delivery!! We just got home from the hospital and the Dr said it's time for these twins to come and see the world. He's busy coordinating with all the Dr's that need to be present at the birth, but they'll be born either this Saturday July 23rd or Monday the 25th! I'll know which one of those days it'll be tomorrow morning! All so exciting and scary at the same time!!

In the meantime, anyone put their votes in on whether they'll be girls or boys????

More tomorrow as soon as I find out which day it'll be!!