Birthday

So...it was my birthday....a few days before the girls were born.  My goal my entire pregnancy was to make it past my birthday.  I did it!

So we kept my birthday low key this year as I wasn't sure what was going to be happening.  Shane celebrated birth week by giving me cute little presents each day leading up to my birthday.  The Monday before my birthday we were both bored of sitting at home (I was on partial bedrest) so we decided to go stay up at my parents timeshare condo in Wolf Creek (Eden, up Ogden Canyon.)  We went up for only one night and we just drove around, watched a movie and chilled.  I couldn't do much and was really trying to not go into labor.  It was still fun to get away for a night and relax.

On my actual birthday, I had a dr. appt.  More on that in another post.  But before that, we met a lot of my family at Cafe Rio for lunch.  Then that night Shane took me to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  Prime Rib...mmmm.  Yummy.

So I had a great birthday, and was happy I met my goal of not having the babies on or before my birthday.  Here's to another year.

36 weeks pregnant and the last official pregnancy picture.

First Baths

It's a tradition in my family that each grandchild on my side of the family gets their first bath after coming home from the hospital from their grandma.  So of course Siena and Aria had to do the same.  My mom was nice enough to come over twice since each had their first bath after getting home from the hospital at different times.  They both screamed through the whole thing.  Siena was so scared she pooped on her towel.

Siena getting her bath:

Aria getting her bath:

As you can see, both have since forgiven grandma...

A Stork Delivery

The other night my sister came over and as she walked in, she said there is someone parked in front of our house with their car lights on, idling.  So Shane walked out there and discovered someone putting a sign in our yard.  My first thought was 'is it election season and someone is putting a political sign in our yard?'  Not sure why I thought that.  Come to find out my friend, Konstantina, from high school had ordered this sign to welcome the girls home.  She wanted to make sure everyone knew the girls had arrived.  Well after seeing how huge this sign is, I don't think anyone is going to miss it.

Thanks Konstantina for the cute sign!

Aria comes home!

Last Monday, after 9 days in the NICU, we were able to bring Aria home.  She finally was off her feeding tube, taking all her feedings really well and the only issue left was her oxygen levels.  So the doctors said that they could send her home on oxygen and a monitor.  We were more than willing to do that.

Aria's biggest issue with her oxygen levels are during her feeding times.  She gets so excited to eat that she sucks and sucks and sucks and forgets to breathe.  We aren't sure how long she'll be on the oxygen. In the last couple days she has gotten much better at taking her feedings without having her oxygen levels drop.  It is a pain to really take her anywhere as you have to haul not only the heavy oxygen tank but also the monitor and cords all attached to her.  She's a trooper though and although we have to keep her swaddled a lot so she doesn't pull out the nose canula, she really doesn't seem to mind it.  And in fact when the monitor beeps and mom and dad jump up, neither her or Siena even flinch in the slightest.

It's been so fun having both girls home together.  I love to look and them both and see what is different and similar to each other.  They don't interact all that much but last night we got some cute video of them punching each others arms back and forth.  Not sure they knew what they were doing but we thought it was pretty funny.

Welcome home Aria, we're so happy to have you home with us. 

First week of life

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to this first week of the girl's life:

The hospital stay was very busy between looking after Siena, trying to get some rest, seeing some visitors and visiting Aria in the NICU.

Saying good-bye to Aria in the NICU the day we go home from the hospital

Siena all ready to go home

We came home from the hospital on Wednesday with Siena.  Leaving Aria at the hospital was way harder than I ever anticipated it would be.  Add in, pain medication, hormone emotions and lack of sleep and let's just say it was a very rough day.  She has great nurses who are all so nice and positive, but it was still hard to walk out those doors and go home.

Aria with her feeding tube in her nose, doesn't it make your nose itch?

Since then we go back twice a day for some of her feedings and the progress has been amazing.  We hope/think she will be home with us in the next few days.

No feeding tube....certificate of progress!

Having Siena home with us has been so fun.  We love to just stare at her and the many faces she makes.  She's met her cousin just older then her, Max, and her BFF that has been so excited to meet her, Holland.

We've had my sister Christy in town and also my mother in law.  Both of them have each taken a night to watch Siena so I can get some sleep.  It has helped me recover a lot so hopefully when Aria gets home I'll be feeling pretty good.

So our life consists of seeing family, resting, watching Siena and going to visit Aria.  What a week it's been.  Both babies are really good eaters and sleepers.  I know this phase will pass but so far it's not all that bad.

Well Siena is clicking her tongue, so I guess it's time to go feed her.

They're Here!!!

They're here.  It's been a long and great week and I can't wait to tell you more about it.  In the meantime I'll introduce you to our 2 little girls.

Siena Sheri Glover

Born 9/10/11 6:58am (Baby A)

6 lbs even

17 inches

Light brown to blondish hair, not a lot of it

Aria Shae Glover

Born 9/10/11 7:00am (Baby B)

4 lbs 5 oz

17 inches

Dark brown, full head of hair

We are absolutely in love with these 2 girls.  Unfortunately Aria has been in the NICU due to her size and not being able to eat completely on her own.  We brough Siena home with us on Wednesday and hope to bring Aria home with us very soon.

Obviously Siena was a bit of a food hog, but the dr. told me their cord size was significantly different in size. I  thought that was interesting.  No wonder Aria was kicking her sister in the head the whole time.

I'll post more details a little later, in the meantime we have been going back and forth between home and the NICU.  Life is busy but it's going to get busier.

I've only got to hold them together once and I can't wait to get them home and together again.

Work Shower

I have to blog about my last baby shower I had.  Everyone has been so kind and generous.  My co-worker Rose, hosted a baby shower for me at work last week.  It ended up being my last day of work, although I didn't know that at the time.  We just had a little get together in one of the conference rooms and had treats and talked.  It was fun to see everyone stop by and of course I was on a total sugar high by the end.  Rose knows exactly what kind of treats I like to eat and she had quite the variety of them all.

Thanks Rose for organizing it!  And now I just realized I didnt' get a picture with Rose...darn it.  As much as I don't really miss going to work quite yet, I do miss the people I work with.  Most of them I have worked with the entire time I've worked there and they're like 2nd family to me.