We are full term....

We celebrated yesterday the girls are officially full term. May 24, 2009 was my official due date and instead of celebrating with brand new babies, we have 3 month old babies (but hey they are brand new to me i have only had them all to myself a few weeks lol) So as of today the girls are 1 day old according to their adjusted age. The doctors will go by their adjusted age for everything developmentally until they reach between 2 and 3 and catch up to their peers. Both girls are doing great, they are eating good and sleep ing really good. i am actually able to get between 4 to 5 hours between feeding in the night time. They are also both over 7 pounds. Avery is 7.2 and Kyla is 7.4. Also by the middle of this week Kyla will probably be off oxygen so we will FINALLY have a oxygen free baby. Avery is just a little behind and will probably be on it a few more week.

Lukas is doing great with them. He is such a good big brother he always lays with them and kisses them and asks constantly if he can pet them lol. We have seen a few jealousy things here and there but nothing major. He is starting preschool in August so i am totally looking forward to him getting back into the swing of school and making friends that will be going to the same elementary school as him! Life is crazy, but i wouldn't have it anyother way. We are also excited that Daddy has the rest of the week off with us before i have to do this on my own lol! stay tuned after that things might get really hectic!

We are finally a family of 5! Avery came home today after 79 days in the NICU. i was much more relaxed bringing her home than i was with Kyla, i think thats because i knew what i was in for. She is adjusting very well but i can tell Kyla has been home longer. Both are still on oxygen and probably will be for awhile, i hope not that long though its a PAIN with all the cords. i also have a monitor for Avery mainly by my request because i am so paranoid but i am not sure i will use it. It is truely amazing to look at both my baby girls laying next to me and i still can't get over how weird it is to look at MY identical twins! Lukas is totally in love with his sisters. we pulled up to my mom's to get him and he came running out saying "i have 2 babies now, i have 2 babies now!" We even let him hold both at the same time. It was bittersweet to walk out of the NICU for the last time, as happy as i am to have both girls home i grew to love the nurses especially their primary nurse who had them from day one, and even made sure she was not there today so she didn't have to say goodbye. i would look forward to going to the NICU not only to see my babies but to sit and chat with the nurses about anything from my girls to jon and kate lol! That chapter is closed and now my chapter begins with them, the one where they are my responsibility....ready or not we begin this exciting chapter together as a family of 5!

i started this blog over a year ago and havent done much with it so i decided to start it up again and let everyone know who is interested what my family is up to and how we have grown from a family of 3 to a family of 5, we welcomed identical twin girls on Feb. 25, 2009 at only 27 weeks 3 days gestation, they came into this world 13 weeks to early but are here, they are strong and thriving! My oldest is my son Lukas is 3 and will always be a momma's boy he is the light of my life and i am so lucky and blessed to have him. Our girls are Avery who is the oldest by about 30 seconds was born weighing 2 pounds 4 ounces and our youngest Kyla was 2 pounds 6 ounces. We spent LONG days and nights in the NICU watching them make slow but steady progress. After 69 days Kyla is now home with us and her big brother and Avery is still in the NICU but hopefully by the end of the week both will be home. The girls were born so early because of the type of twins they were. They were monoamniotic-monochorionic meaning the were in the same sack and shared the same placenta. This is a very rare type of twin resulting in only about 1% of all twin pregnancies. I will post at a later time the story of their birth and our long long 10 weeks in the NICU! for now i just wanted to share some pictures of my 3 beautiful children!