Aug 13 2007
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twin shower 1

Showers of Blessings #1

This weekend I attended my first TWIN SHOWER for the babies 🙂 It was so much fun and my wonderful friends thought of so many fun little details that just made every last thing PERFECT! I had so much fun and got to see a few faces that I hadn’t seen in a little while.

My college roomie Juli, came into town for the shower and it was so much fun to catch up and see her again. Its been almost a year and that is wayyyyyyy too long! Hayden adored Juli and wanted to know where she was and what she was doing at all times. I had to warn Juli that Hayden would talk her ear off, and I think Hayden succeeded with flying colors 🙂

We gathered at this cute little coffee shop/dessert joint called Chocolate Passion, that I have never even know existed just a few miles from me. It was DIVINE! The food was so good and the place was just really cutesy. Jordan’s friend Corey made a wonderful cake that was multiflavored and soooooo yummy.

They decorated the room so cute and made us some fabulous, ready to use diaper cakes.

Though it will be so sad to actually have to disassemble them because they are so neat! We played a couple of games which was fun and nice to not have to sniff baby food “poop” or have my growing belly measured 🙂 Instead we matched celebrity babies with their moms and made play dough babies…that was a hoot.

Then we opened presents and everyone gave us so many nice things!! We got several little preemie things, which are just amazingly small and I can’t imagine two little babies coming out of me and being that small.


Everything was so much fun and I must say a huge thank you to my friends Jordan, Deborah, Rachel, and Tara for a job FABULOUSLY done!

I love you all and can’t thank you enough!

Aug 09 2007
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ABC's, Hayden 22 months

ABC’s

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Aug 08 2007
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ultrasound 5

Ultrasound 5

We went and had a wonderful appointment today!! Yeah for those 🙂 We got all good news and the girls are growing so good and look excellent!! And, one major praise report…their cords were somewhat untangled compared to last time…still some tangling but not the mass knot that we saw last time !!! WHOOHOOO!!

So we are still on track for the hospital at 26 weeks…i’ll go in for an appointment that week sometime and then just walk over and get admitted after. So no set date yet, but I’ll probably get one at my next appointment. I can’t believe we are in the homestretch already. We have a long ways to go but its starting to really get down to the serious stuff.

They were both very active the whole time and we got some cute pics 🙂

Oh also…this doctor, my new doctor has had 20 mono/mono cases in his career and a 100% success rate 🙂 He has never lost a baby! I feel confident that we are definitely in the perfect hands!

Aug 04 2007
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first Haircut, hayden 21 months

Hayden’s 1st Real Haircut

So we took Hayden to get her first real haircut at the salon today and I think I like my haircut that I gave her better, but this one is growing on me. The bangs are a little too short, but they will grow out in a couple of weeks. She did so good. We took her to this place that is specifically for kids and they give them a lolliepop, play a movie right there at their station, and have all these cool kid things all around to keep them entertained. I think it took all of 4 minutes, but she did so good!

Aug 04 2007
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questions answered

Answers for my fans 🙂

I keep having one question over and over that many of you are confused on, so I wanted to post the answer on here to hopefully sum up the things I have been talking about over the past several months.

The main question we are getting is why are they taking the twins so early??? 🙂
So here is the answer in the best way I know how to explain.

My twins are not normal twins. Most twins that you hear of are fraternal twins, non identical, in two sacs, two placentas. Mine are identical and the rarest of identicals. Only 1 in 1000 pregnancies are like mine and 50% of those do not make it, so they are not heard of as often. Mine share the same placenta AND sac, so many risks are involved for obvious reasons. There are two cords in there that can easily knot up and as the space closes in on them as they grow there is really not enough room for them to wiggle out of the knots and they can clamp off from their blood supply and lifeline in minutes. One minute they can be fine and the next tangled and in serious danger. Cord issues are the number one cause of fetal death in mono/mono twins (which is what I have). Also, since they share the same placenta, it is not really large enough to sustain two babies full term. So they would be significantly smaller and have risk for one not getting enough nourishment because of sharing. If you start researching mono/mono twins you will see what a huge risk it is, aside from the risks associated with a normal twin pregnancy. Now since medicine has advanced so much even in the last 10 years, they are able to deliver them as early as 34 weeks with no significant health isuues aside from normal premie issues. They just have to stay in the hospital a little longer J They do the 34 week timeframe because after that, the babies are just growing very quickly at the end and the space is not ample in one sac for two babies. Less fluid, less placenta, less room to wiggle out of knots in the cord. Ours are already very tangled, so they are having to keep a close eye on them and our main prayer is for them to make it to the weeks that they have a huge chance of #1, survival outside the womb, and #2 a regular life. Once we reach that, as close to 34 weeks as possible they will do a C-section to eliminate any further risk of them dying by cord strangulation.

Feel free to post any other questions…I’ll try to answer them all to my best ability 🙂

Aug 03 2007
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prophecy for my twins

Life for My Babies

I just received an amazing email from a dear friend and I wanted to post it on here, because this is like a life diary for me. This email could not have been more right on. I was crying my eyes out reading it (which seems to be a trend these days). I know the Lord has so much in store for my family and it is overwhelming to see the blessings being poured out in the spirit!

I have read the blog and just wanted to encourage you and BJ. I can only imagine the destiny that is upon these girls! they are born for greatness and have the favor of God on them. You, proud parents, are in for the ride of your life- He has so much in store for your girls -all 3 of them. with each day He continues to create and develop the twins inside you. Each day they grow because of His purpose and destiny. Col 2:19 talks about the body being from Christ (Head) and says “from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” As you pray for these babies and allow the presence of God to fill you- they grow because of the increase of God through you. I saw in the spirit, Lindsay just “breathing in” the Presence of God and as she did- the presence and very breath of God filled her body, Going through her blood straight to the babies. with each breath, the babies developed more. not only physically, but also spiritually, as though Linday’s time with God was “tying” the babies to Him. Like a never-ending circle of spirit running through Lindsay, the twins and God.

Aug 03 2007
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Congrats to Leslie and Jacob on joining the parent club this morning!!!! We are so glad little Jace is finally here!

Aug 02 2007
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18 weeks, Big decisions, twins

Big Decisions, but an even Bigger God

Well we had a big day yesterday. We had a meeting with the chief Neonatologist at the hospital and talked with him about our situation and he gave us some very sound information and advice to help us make some tough decisions that we have had looming over us. We have been praying fervently for God’s clear direction on where to have these babies and who to have watching over them. Of course we really wanted the best thing for everyone, but I had really been leaning towards having them at the same hospital as Hayden. Well yesterday after hearing some more information and talking things over we have decided to be transferred downtown to a specialist care and be at the hospitals where they are prepared to do emergency C-sections around the clock. At our hospital here, they always have an OB on call but not necessarily at the hospital. If we were ever to have a cord tangle and clamp off, we would only have 7 minutes to get them out and that is not enough time if an OB is not in the building. Downtown they have residents/interns/and doctors there 24/7 so that would not be an issue. I know that God’s hand is in all of this and it is amazing to see Him guiding our every step, getting us to the place we need to be a the right moments. So! with that decision made, that means I will be doing my hospitalization down there as well. Which is not my preference because it is so far from my friends and family, but it is what is best for my babies. I know I will be in good hands and I am just so ready for all this intense situation to calm down and to hold those two miracles in my hands.

I also found out that many of the hospitals today do Kangaroo care, which is basically just letting the parents hold and touch the babies, even if they require the isolate beds. Our babies will be in the NICU when they arrive, whenever they arrive and I was very worried that that would mean I would not get to hold them for a long time, but I was so overjoyed to hear that research has discovered that body to body contact is a wonderful therapy for the little ones. Thank you Lord for another answered prayer!!!

We had so many questions answered yesterday and it was a very emotional day for me especially. Just getting closer and closer to the point that it is critical is hard for me to swallow sometimes. I have been so strong, but it seemed like the reality of it all was too much for me yesterday. I broke down in the doctors office, and the funny thing is he said…”wow, its been years since I’ve made a mother cry.” and we all laughed, and then he said”But, its been longer since she’s made me cry….” Lol…he was crying too!! Too funny.

So, I will be going into the hospital around 26 weeks which is Sept. 29th-ish. After that our next milestone is to make it to 27 weeks…that is when the odds for the babies not surviving and living a problem-free life are majorly in their favor. So, anytime after that they are good to be born into this world, although we really want them to stay in until as close to 34 weeks as possible and then we can pick a day that we are ready, I can get my steroid injection for their lungs, and we can do a calm C-section, instead of a rushed emergency STAT one. That is my ultimate prayer. I really want it to be just a day that we all decide on and BJ can definitely be there and my family. I am so hoping it isn’t a rushed thing, where no one has time to be there with me and I have to be unconscious because it happens so fast. I want to be awake when they are born. I want to hear those girls cry and see them before they are rushed to the NICU and hooked up to their tubes and stuff.

We also had another blessing….I have been trying to figure out a way to get a laptop to use while I’m in the hospital so I can have some sort of outside communication with the world. And I just happened to mention it to my dad the other day and he had an extra one that he isn’t using and it works great! I was so excited!!! So now I just have to find out from the hospital what I’ll need to get on the Internet and we are in business 🙂

We appreciate all of your continued prayers and we cannot wait to see all of the miracles and journeys that God brings us through!

I’ve decided to leave the blog open right now because we have had so many people just joining us through people telling about what is going on with our babies, so for now it will remain open. Feel free to comment if you are reading! We love to know who is out there!!

And finally….Big sister 🙂 We can’t forget her! We are trying to update her room to a big girl room, and we finally put her twin bed up this week.
She has been trying it out every time she lays down, but hasn’t made it through the night without wanting to get back in her little bed. She is getting better though.

We are trying not to rush her because she is in the midst of many changes right now and we don’t want to overwhelm her, so we are just giving her the option to use it when she’s ready. She’s borrowing my sheets from college until we get hers 🙂

That’s what we’ve been telling people they are welcome to do for her birthday this year…she has so many toys and things and really doesn’t need anything, so we registered at Pottery Barn Kids for her birthday in case people want to give a gift to help out with her Big Girl room 🙂

She is such a ham as usual and I had to post these pics…she got these new little shoes and she was just prancing around in them like a ballerina….such a cutie! Oh…and she also now knows all of her A,B, C’s 🙂 She’s our little genius!

Oh! We got our first gift for the babies!!! Thank you Andrea and Austin!! Such fun 🙂 We got a bare Boppy, which I was so excited about. I didn’t get one last time and I really wanted one this time. And then we got this super cool night and day bottle warmer/cooler. You can keep two bottles made in the cooler part for 8 hours and then warm them up real quick when we need them. I think it will come in handy for having two hungry, probably around the same time! No time for making bottles, just grab and go! 🙂

Jul 26 2007
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ok….who was the anonymous comment?? i like to know who you are out there!! thanks for your prayers whoever you are and don’t panic…i’m not panicking…just preparing! 🙂

Jul 25 2007
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bedding, movement, Twins update 17 weeks

This is the bedding


Just wanted to post a pic of the new bedding that we will be adding to coordinate with Hayden’s baby bedding. We wanted to be frugal and use hers again since we are having girls so I found this one that coordinates so perfectly 🙂

In other news….I feel babies today 🙂 I have been feeling little thumps here and there but nothing significant…well today I feel them rolling in there for sure! I love it! It is so reassuring to feel your little ones moving around saying…”mommy, we’re ok in here!” Really sets my mind at ease.

When we went to the doctor the other day we talked again about the whole hospitalization thing. It is not a maybe, it is a when. So she said we would get monitored around 24 weeks (Sept. 13) and then no later than 26 weeks does she want me in the hospital. I am schedules for my diabetes test on Monday and then my big anatomical scan on the 13th. That will be great to see the little ones again. And then we will really start making a plan of what to do from then on.

I can’t believe that tomorrow marks my official halfway mark and I am going to have two more babies in less than 17 weeks. I’m trying to take things in little milestones…right now my first one is at 24 weeks which is viability for them. That means they can live outside my body. There are lots of things that they would potentially have issues with if they are born that early, which we are praying they aren’t, but that is my first goal…then we will just be thankful for each additional day they stay in, because each day gives them a better and better quality of life.

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