A few "firsts" to share with everyone!

Here is Aubrey with her Nana after her first bath.

Here is Spencer with his Nana...yes I know he is a boy in a pink towel! Anything to save a little room in the washing machine! :)
Here is Aubrey on the scale at the doctor's office. She was 5lbs 5oz. on Friday, so getting closer to her birth weight!
Spencer is below her with a weight of 5lbs 7oz.

Here is Dean doing "skin on skin" with both babies...too cute to see two little baby heads poking out of the blanket!

Life with twins!

Well, we survived our first night without help and with Dean having to work the next day. It didn't go that bad, actually! I did have to wake him up, but early in the night, around 11 or so, and he was able to go back to sleep. The second feeding I just gave him Spencer to cuddle while he slept and it worked out perfect because Spencer ended up falling back asleep and I got an hour of sleep after finishing up Aubrey's feeding! Today is my first day by myself and so far I am handling things pretty good! Both babies are fed, dry, and sleeping soundly in their cribs and I am able to get some things done. I got to sleep until after 8 this morning and feel pretty rested...although I may sneak a nap with the next one the kids take! We had a busy day yesterday with two appointments. I had my 2 week post-partum checkup, even though it was only a week and a half since delivery, and everything looks good and I feel great. After my appointment the kids and I went back to the hospital for another follow-up with the lactation consultant. Both babies are back to birth weight now and are starting to actually breastfeed instead of just falling asleep! :) Progress is a beautiful thing! We go back to the pediatrician on Friday for Spencer to get another weight check, he has been having some trouble with spit-up and they want to make sure he is still gaining weight. So far he is doing great, even though he has both his parents freaked out by the amount of spit-up that can come out! I don't see how he can possibly have anything left to nourish him, but he looks good! :) Well, that is about it from us!!

We are home!

We came home yesterday and are feeling so much better here! I have gotten the same amount of sleep as in the hospital, but it is a deeper sleep in my bed! We had a good first night at home, we are finally getting the routine down pretty good! Of course, they don't always follow my plan, but we are flexible! :) Love you all!!

This was our last night in the hospital. Looks like they are telling secrets! I love it!

Here they are nose to nose.

This is the first night we gave them pacifiers. They loved them, and it gave us just a bit more sleep time, so we loved them too!!

Here they are in the seats ready to go! They look so tiny in the big seats...too cute!

Here is Aubrey waiting for us to be ready! She looks like she is ready to go play in the snow with her hat and mittens!

Here is Spencer ready in his seat. They both did great in the car on the way home, quiet and content!

Aubrey in her crib at home for the first time! She looked just beautiful surrounded by all the pink!

And of course Spencer with all his blue!

Here they are sleeping in the cradle that Grandpa Krueger made. It is just perfect for both of them. They are definately snuggle bugs!

Here are our two happy burritos all wrapped up on our bed last night after one of the night-time feedings. Dean couldn't resist taking the picture! They are just so beautiful, if I do say so myself, that I can hardly believe that they are mine!

Sorry for the delay...

I am sorry it took so long to get this posted, but things didn't really go as I thought they would and I have been trying to catch up and heal since Friday! We welcomed our new daughter Aubrey Marie into the world at 9:12 am on 1/16/09. She weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 inches long. Our son came next at 9:14 am weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. They were born by c-section. I won't take too much time right now going over the birth story, but will later. I have a small window for uninterrupted sleep right now as the nurse is going to take them for weights and hearing tests. Here are just some of the pictures of our new little ones! I love you all and can't thank you enough for all your prayers and support!

Here is Aubrey Marie shortly after birth.

Here is Spencer Russell sunning himself under the warmer regulating his temp.

Here is Dean recharging his batteries after a long night of a lot of wake-ups!

Here are them both, Spencer on the left and Aubrey on the right. We have been keeping them in the same bassinet and they do SO much better!And, last but not least, here I am with my two new bundles of joy! Spencer is on the left and Aubrey is on the right. I promise when things get under control a little bit I will post more photos, but I hope that this will hold you over until then! Love you all!!

Possibly the last belly shot!

We did take this picture last night when we still thought it was going to be "soon". This will hopefully be one of the last of my pregnant belly!

Still waiting!

It has been a LONG night of waiting!! What was supposed to happen at 8 last night still hasn't started! The labor and delivery got really busy with people in labor, and we never got called down. It is now 8 am and we are still waiting. The doctor just came in and said I am first to go down, and I can't be bumped, so as soon as there is a bed, I will go down. I just heard a lullaby, which means that a baby was just born, so hopefully they will get her up to the mother baby unit quickly and get me down to labor and delivery right after that! We will see. Poor Dean and Mom stayed with me last night and didn't get too much sleep, but they didn't want to leave because we just didn't know when it was going to all start. I would fall asleep and then wake up thinking it would be soon, but nothing...I will try to let everyone know when it starts! Sorry I don't have more news than that!

Tuesday Morning

I just finished talking with the doctors and the plan is still the same from yesterday. I will be induced and moved back down to labor and delivery tomorrow evening about 8 pm with the hopes of being in active labor by morning and babies by afternoon on Thursday. Other than that, things are going good and I still feel good, aside from being woken up every 4 hours for vitals! The babies are still moving A LOT and look really good on every test we have gone through so far. I will update again if needed...although I think this latest plan is the official plan! :)