The Twins Have Arrived!!

February 27, 2012...
two beautiful babies were born!
Here is Cambria Jane and Kai Matthew!
Woohooo!

Here is a bit of the story of their birthday!

We headed to the hospital in the morning
with bad contractions...
this was the 3rd time heading to the hospital -
the previous 2 being false alarms.
I was determined to not leave without my babies being born.
I was pretty miserable being pregnant with these cuties.
So very swollen...had no ankles...no knees...could barely walk.
And my blood pressure was h.i.g.h.
So once there, they had to do a c-section...
different plan that I had intended.
But I wanted to have my babies healthy...
and a c-section was in order.
Ah!
I was quite nervous!

The babies were born super fast...
Kai came at 4:07
Cambria came at 4:08
Then my body decided to not behave.
I had a postpartum hemorrhage...
which means my uterus was overstretched...
twins.
And it wouldn't contract...
which means it bleeds until contraction.
I lost 2 liters of blood.
Had to get a transfusion...
yech.

Despite the yuck of my body...
these babies are perfect!
And they were suprisingly big!!
Kai - 6 lbs 6 oz!
Cambria - 5 lbs 14 oz!
Matt and I could not believe they were that big!
I knew I was miserable!! :0)
Praise the Lord they are prefect little babies!

I was out of it for awhile after the birth...
so I love this picture...
I missed Allikaye's first look at her new brother and sister...
and this makes my heart happy to see her little smile.
She loves these babies so much!

Here is the new family of 5!
5?!
That's crazy!

My sweet Allikaye and me...

And here is my beautiful Cambria Jane...
she looks SO much like Allikaye.
She calls her "mini-me"
Cam's features are so petite and feminine.
Pretty girl.

Here's my sweet Kai Matthew.
Already loves to cuddle up close and is a mama's boy.
I wanted a boy so badly...
and he is so perfect!

Mama and Cambria...

My buddy boy...

Love the cuddles.
LOVE!

We sure love our blessings.
Have I mentioned how in love we are?
Well...we are.

They are so different already.
Different cries...
different ways to be soothed...
but so so sweet and good natured.

Proud daddy...

They are almost one month old!
Life has become more and more scheduled and calm.
We are becoming a working family again.
Getting used to two babies and a 5 year old...
two babies that were born 4 weeks early.
March 26th is their actual due date...and we are almost there!

They are champion nursers...
I can tandem feed them -
which makes me feel so successful!
They are both gaining weight wonderfully...
and are enjoying their big sister...
and their new home!

First bath at home...
Cam and AK...

Watching TV while calming her brother down...
she's a great helper.

They like to hang out here in the day...

Welcome little twins!

We are so happy you are here.
You have completed this little family!
God has blessed us beyond our imaginations with
your sweet little selves!

xoxo