Getting sick......

Well, this was a first for us. We both got sick on the same day. I never get sick, but I came down with the stomach flu on Saturday night. I was sick all night, but still had to get up to feed the girls. Then at 10 am, Wes got sick. I was desperate and called my mom and dad. They, being the good grandparents they are, dropped everything and came to our rescue. They came and made us dinner, took care of the girls, and cleaned the house. They are the best parents!

While they were here, Gracie decided to roll over when grandma wasn't looking. Grandma put Gracie in the crib on her belly turned her back for a second then turned around again and Gracie was on her back! Both girls are getting so strong! Lizzie is getting so chatty. She likes to talk all the time and tell us everything.

These girls are so wonderful!

Anniversary

Wes and I were just talking the other day that November 19^th will be the anniversary of the conception of the girls. It’s the day that we did the egg retrieval for our IVF. My birthday will be the anniversary of the girls being implanted. When we went in for implant, they showed us a picture of two embryos and the doctor said he was implanting two. The nurse looked at the picture and said it looks like twins. She was right. December 3^rd we found out I was pregnant and then a few weeks later we found out it was two! We were so excited and scared. Then seven months after that the girls were born and life got really complicated!

5 Months Old

Tomorrow will be the girls 5 month birthday! I can't believe it has been that long ago that they were born. We are still adjusting to the girls and raising them. I still can't believe we have two and wonder everyday how we will make it! Amazingly, each night I think we did it! Now that we aren't waking up every three hours it's been great!

When the girls first came home from the NICU, we were so tired waking up every three hours to feed them. It would take about an hour to warm bottle, feed, pump, and then back to sleep for about 2 hours then back up a again. One night, Wes turned to me and said "I don't know how I'm going to be able to do this", I said back, "Who else it there to do it?". We got through and now the girls are so big (to us anyway)! We had alot of help in the beginning.

Lizzie at birth then

Lizzie now at 5 months

Gracie at birth then

Gracie now at 5 months

Baptism

This weekend was the girls baptism. We had two great-grandmas, one great papa, two papas, two grandma's, one great-aunt, aunt, uncle, and two cousins come to see the girls be baptized. We also had four of our best friends come and celebrate. We took up two and a half rows of pews. The girls were also baptized with their new friend Lauren.

Everyone from out of town came by Saturday and we had a full house! We almost ran out of chairs. We had a great time and ate ourselves sick...... We went to Babe's on Saturday and had barbeque on Sunday.

Tomorrow's Big Day

We are expecting a lot of company tomorrow. We are going to have lots of grandma's and papa's coming. The girls are getting baptized on Sunday. They also have their aunt Laura, uncle Paul, and cousins Sydney and Sam coming. It should be a fun time! We are so excited.

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Hi I'm dad, also known as Wes.

Well Nanny/Granny, what ever she wants to be called, (my mom) came into town last night. Her flight was delayed by about 4 hours and I had to pick her up around midnight. She is watching the girls today and is almost giddy about it. I asked her if she will be ok with the girls and she said yes.... I'll ask her again this evening... I expect a different answer LOL. Great-grandma (my grandma) , Great Aunt Sherry, Grandma and Grandpa Potter (my other grandparents) Papa (Melissa's dad), Grandma Elaine (Melissa's Mom - yes Elaine I know you hate that name! haha) , Laura, Paul, Sydney and Sam are coming in tomorrow for the girls baptism on Sunday. Should be a blast!....

Wes