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This is Makenzie

This is a close up of Maddie

All my girls on Thankgiving...

Playing together on the playmat.

Maddie and Kenzie's eyes open with mommy holding them.

Things have been really crazy around here. It is hard to imagine what life is like with 3 children but I never could of imagined how busy it would keep me.... That being said, I still love it. Madalynn and Makenzie are doing good. Eating good... Sleeping good... and gaining weight well. At their last appointment they are already above their birth weights which is great! Maddie is 6 lbs 12oz and Makenzie is now 7lbs 1oz. I want them to gain weight and grow but there is another part of me that doesn't want them to get any bigger. With Kameryn we always wanted her to be bigger or walk or talk but this time around I am realizing that this is probably the last of the baby stage as a mother that I will witness and its a little sad. I just want to stop time and enjoy every moment but with being so busy it is hard.... We gotten the girls on a really good schedule. We have to wake them up for their night feedings. Luckily the doctor said that after they are a month old we can let them sleep and not wake them for feedings at night. Makenzie smiled at me today.... Although she and Maddie have been smiling in their sleep today was the first day I was holding her and I smiled at her and she smiled back several times. I was very happy!!

Kameryn is doing really well. She is excited for her christmas program at school next week. Hard to believe it is already almost December... I have been working with her on a bible verse that she has to learn for the program. It is funny listening to her repeat it. She had also been practicing the songs she has to sing. They are very cute! We are super excited to see the program. Kameryn is also still very excited about the babies. She is such the little mother around here. She is always wanting to hold the babies and kiss on them. She says everyday that she is so happy to have the babies at her house. I am very glad!

So Thanksgiving was good this year. We have a lot to be thankful for. We are soo thankful and blessed for our beautiful daughters. We are thankful that god gave us another chance to be parents again and know that the struggles that we went to get pregnant for a while was all worth it. I have always wanted to control and plan for every aspect of my life and over the last year I have realized that I can't. I had to rely on faith and love and the unexpected outcomes of life. Which was something that was really hard for me. I am very thankful for my husband as well. He has always loved and supported me through the years and he has given me 3 beautiful children to watch grow. That is the best gift I have ever received. He has also been very helpful while I have recovered and adjusted to my new life. We are very thankful for the support and help that we have received... I am not one to ever ask for help or advice but we are overwhelmed on how much people have been there for us. Whether it be to see the girls, bring over meals or just be there when we needed someone to talk to. We are very grateful for everything!

Home....

So we came home from the hospital on saturday. Kameryn was really happy because she had a really hard time with me not being here at nights. I really just wanted to be home because I was tired of the hospital and being confined to one room. The girls have done really good about sticking to a schedule up until last night. They woke up at 5am to eat and didn't want to go back to sleep until 8:30 which is really not like them. So I am a little exhausted today but its all a part of being a mom.

The girls had their first doctors appointment today. Things went ok. The doctor found a small lump (the size of a pen tip) on Kenzie's belly so tomorrow we are taking her to get it checked out. I am hoping that everything turns out ok but I am really nervous about it all. Other than that the girls are doing great. Gaining weight and almost up to their birth weights which the doctor said doesn't usually happen until they are 2 weeks old. They got checked today for jaundice since their levels were low at the hospital they wanted to make sure and everything turned out fine there. The girls are eating great too. Last night we gave them their first bath here which had to be a sponge bath since they still have their cords. Neither one liked it at all. Kameryn was happy to be able to help. Kameryn is really loving on her sisters but has picked Kenzie has her favorite so we have to remind her to give Maddie so attention :) But Kameryn is enjoying her new role as a big sister (and a little mother).

We go tomorrow to get the girls pictures taken for christmas and birth. We are really excited! It was going to be a family picture but my bell's palsy has not totally cleared up yet so I don't really feel comfortable in the picture. Other than that I am doing good. I am still really sore, and tired but each day it is getting better. Maybe tonight the girls will let me sleep ;)

New Arrivals

They finally made it. Madalynn Daisy and Makenzie Rose made there way to our hearts yesterday. Madalynn was born at 12:33 on 11/12/08. She was an 18.25 inches long and 6 lbs 2 oz blonde. Makenzie was a 19 inches long and 6 lbs 12 oz brunette. They are both beautiful babies. We are so grateful that everyone is healthy. Julia is still recovering from the C-Section. She is walking around the room every once in a while, but still has sharp pains from the opperation. Julia and the babies are getting some much needed rest at the moment, while Kameryn enjoys another afternoon out to lunch with Grandma Kathy. She should be back soon. Just in time for everyone to wake up, I'm sure.

Fall Fun

Richard took Kameryn out today and she loves playing in the leaves. She also likes to be able to help with yard work, it is very cute! She is getting very excited about her sisters getting here. I know that she will make a great big sister! I think we are now ready for the girls to be here. Crazy to think in a few days our lives are about to change completely but we are really excited about it and look forwatd to the new challenge and welcoming the new family members!

its been a while.....

It has been a while since my last post.... Things have been crazy around here getting ready for the babies arrival next week. When we first started this pregnancy and knew that it was twins we always thought that we would have the girls early. So now that my 38 week scheduled c-section is quickly approaching we are realizing that maybe the girls are not ready to come out.

Kameryn had a good Halloween. She is really getting the hang of the whole trick or treating process. I just have to make sure the candy is put up high so that she doesn't get too many treats. She went out trick or treating with her cousins and Jay dressed up like the guy from scream with blood in the mask... She really wasn't too happy about that. Even today almost a week after Halloween she ask me why he couldn't just be a football guy who wasn't scary. But all and all she had a good time.

I have been doing alright. I took my first trip to the ER on monday. I was having numbness in the left side of my face. I was diagnoised with bell's palsy, which is when half of your face is paralyzed. Although mine is not fully paralyzed on the left side I can't smile normal, drink without a straw or eat with my mouth closed which has been really hard for Kameryn because mommy has always preached that to her. So this has all made me really self concious. I guess the stress the pregnancy has put on my body could have caused this and it will most likely be gone in a couple of weeks! Good thing is that it isn't affecting the babies and the medicines that I am no are not affecting them at all. My doctor is out of town until monday and I wish she was in town to assure me that everything is going to be alright but...

Richard has been getting nervous too about that babies. I think we both are because we don't know what to expect. I will have to post some belly photos later because the girls have really grown and so have I but it still doesn't feel like my belly is big enough for 2. They should be born next week around 6lbs which is a good weight for twins. I will make sure we post when they get here!