A Special Thanks

I just wanted to say thanks to all my family and friends who fasted (Thanks dad for thinking of that and organizing it) and prayed for my case of Bell's Palsy to go away.

For the most part it has! I realized 2 nights ago that I could taste things again and my face is feeling more normal again. My smile is still a bit crooked, but only a bit!

So, thanks for everything guys. You are the best!
I really feel very blessed.

2 week check up

The girls are 2 weeks old today and they are both doing great! Here are the stats....

Amber:

birth weight: 5lbs 13oz
birth length: 18 inches

1 week weight: 5lbs 6oz

2 week weight: 5lbs 15oz
2 week length: 19.5 inches

Paige:

birth weight: 5lbs 1oz
birth length: 18 inches

1 week weight: 4lbs 13 oz

2 week weight: 5lbs 9.5 oz
2 week length: 19-19.5 inches. (she was wiggly :)

The Dr. was thrilled with the weight gain in both girls and said they looked perfect! He also said that Lizzy was such a good big sister that knows how to take care of the girls. She was on binky duty. If they cried in the office, she'd do her best to calm them down and give them a binky. It was so sweet.

Amber on the left and Paige on the right

Princess Lizzy

Dancing with Grandma G

Play time!

1 week check up

The girls had their 1 week check up and it went amazingly well! The Dr said they looked great, no jaundice and good reflexes. Paige is doing really well in the weight gain department, Amber needs to work a little harder on gaining weight.

Paige left the hospital weighing 4lbs and 5oz today she weighed 4lbs 13oz. The Dr was so happy with that. They like to see babies gain between 1/2 oz to 1 oz a day.

Amber left the hospital weighing 5lbs 5oz and today she weighed 5lbs 6oz. Her appetite increased 2 days ago, so hopefully she'll be packing on the pounds soon.

They both eat great! They are on formula for the time being because I now have Bell's Palsy (that stinks and is so annoying!) and am taking meds that make it so I can't nurse the babies for the next week. My Dr said that we caught it really early so I should have no lasting effects and will hopefully be fully recovered in 2 weeks to a couple of months.

Appearantly it happens most commonly to women in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy or within a week of giving birth. I made it to day 6. Grrrr......

We are all so happy with the new additions to the family. We just love having them home. Lizzy is such a good big sister! She loves to sing to the babies and hold them and feed them. It's so sweet. She does have times of jealousy, but we're hoping that will pass once the babies become more fun for her.

My mom is here and has been since they were born. It's so nice having her here, she has been so helpful with keeping Lizzy occupied when I can't and she makes meals and cleans the house. It's so so so great. My dad also flew in today! He's only staying for a couple of days, but it's going to be fun.Amber cuddling with daddy after a big meal

Paige playing

They like to sleep close to each other, it's so sweet.

The big sister! (Thanks for the shirt Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ray :)

Taking a nap in the living room

Lizzy feeding Paige

The girls

New Babies

Paige Marie was born first at 5 lb 0 oz and Amber Lily was born a few minutes later at 5 lb 13 oz.

Tornadoes

We saw on the news a huge storm coming. It had already had 7-8 tornadoes in the 30 mile area toward us. It started to get cloudy and then it started to rain really hard. Then the sky got dark and VERY green. Then the tornado siren went off (means there was a tornado spotted near you). The closest tornado in our area was over 7 miles away, but that is pretty close. The videos color of the sky fades from green to blue, but the green you see is the real color. It was so green.

Photo Update

Stinky face Lizzy

Lizzy and Dave dancing. (Her favorite show is Dancing with the Stars :)

Pushing the big kids around the Merry-Go-Round

She loves to swing

The herd near our house

Lizzy loving bath time

Rocking out to Guitar Hero! (Lizzy has 3 Disney tattoos on, she's a real rocker)

All sweet and ready for church. (See the one tattoo?)

Our first day BBQ'ing.

Her cool new helmet that goes with

HER COOL NEW BIKE!!! She loves it!

Fun day!

Dave got some free tickets from work to go to the air and space museum, so we went! The planes were cool, but my favorite part and Lizzy's too, were the inventions of Leonardo DaVinci! They had built his machines from his original plans and drawings. They were amazing! It was a really neat hands on exhibit. I knew the man was brilliant and had invented so many things, but to see them and use them was really something else.

We finished the museum early enough in the afternoon that we had time to go back to the zoo (courtesy of a year pass-totally worth the $40) and try to see some of the exhibits we'd missed before. The aquarium was incredible! They had a shark tunnel like they do at Sea World! They also had some live coral reefs! It was so amazing!

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Lizzy teaching me about dropping bombs from in here.

DaVinci's cannon

Another one of DaVinici's inventions. I think this one was an armored car.

Dave's grandpa was one of the head engineers for designing the C-47.

Driving the Jeep at the zoo

The shark tunnel!

Lizzy watching the penguins.