5 months

Time is flying at this point, I can't believe how big the girls are. They are grabbing things, laughing, smiling, rolling, trying to sit up and definitely interested in what we are eating. I am glad they are not crawling yet as I'm a bit intimidated to chase two at the same time. My sister is here so she can definitely help but I think of that day when I will be alone doing this and it scares me. I hear it will get easier once they are 3 and playing with themselves. In the mean time, I'm trying to soak it all in and stay in the moment. Here's some pictures over the last month

4 months

Their 4 month birthday is tomorrow. Their personalities are continuing to flourish. We are trying to get them to laugh but we have only succeeded with a small "ha ha" from Izzy. Izzy is talking up a storm and is very loud. I can hear her from my bedroom in the living room. Cadence has a more softer voice. I finally bought them a stroller that I can handle with my weak condition, it's called the City Mini by Baby Jogger. In one snap, you can fold it. Here's some of the latest pics of October

The girls are getting so big!

I can't believe Cadence and Isabella are over 3 months old. They are smiling a lot now, very observant and holding their heads up pretty well. Their personalities are totally opposite. Cadence has continued to be the more reserved happy baby, she loves to be held now. A little bit of a shoulder baby. Izzy is feisty, likes to move alll the time. We're either bouncing her, or shes on the swing, or we're holding her. They are both doing well. Here's some of the latest pictures.

6 week pics

The girls are a little over 6 weeks old now. They had their first photography session and Cadence is a little ham in front of the camera. Izzy liked doing the naked pictures but after that, she was over it. Here are some from our camera as well as some pictures that I took last week.

Shawna is home!

I've been home for a little over a week now, I think everyone knows that now as Jorja has been keeping up the blog. Thanks Jorja for doing that, my stay at the hospital was tremendously difficult and I was having a hard time finding a desire to communicate to my friends and extended family. It's a very depressing environment and getting home has made me 80% better mentally. All my back pain is pretty much gone now. My abdominal surgeon told me that I have another 6 weeks to recover. I'm house bound right now due to my heart. I have another appointment with my cardiologist in a week so please pray for a good ECG and echocardiagram. My sister has officially moved in to help me with the girls. I don't know what I would do without her. This experience has been such a nightmare, thank god I'm blessed with a loving and supportive family on both sides. I will continue meeting with my 4 different doctors until they see that I'm out of the clear. I'm just taking things very easy right now and enjoying my girls. They have both grown so much already. Isabella is starting to get a little feisty so we'll see if this is a hint of what is in the future. Cadence continues to sleep well and does not cry as often as Izzy, only when she is really hungry. Right now my sleeping schedule seems to be to stay up until 3am (the first night feeding) and then Anthony or Jenny will take the next feeding around 6am. We are very lucky that they have a good night sleep pattern. They are both the same weight now 7.12oz and 21 inches long. Here are some more recent pics around the day that I came home. Thanks for everyone keeping us in your prayers.

Cadence and Isabella are here!!!!

on July 2nd Isabella Demi was born at 6:43 and Cadence Isla was born at 6:44. Isabella weighed 5'10 17 iches long and Cadence weighs 6'9 17iches long. The way I tell them apart is Isabella's head is rather smaller (like my head) than my dh's,(who are known for big heads) and Isabella has my mothers dimpled chin. Isabella is more of a mini me so far. Cadence I'm not completely sure of yet besides the bigger Puma head, she's a little lighter complected than me but they are both beautiful. So why am I still at the hospital? Anyone know about our laws and what they should the hospitals should do to accomode me, please let me know.my dad has been working on this. Also, they are both very healthy good eaters and have already gained more of their weights back and are 2 inches longer.
After recoverving in the OB ward after the c-sec, I noticed for 3 days i was going backwards in pain and not forwards. i had more pain, they all blamed this to gas. at this point i pushed out some gas had bowel movements so i was heading into the right direction. so for a whole day in ahalf no one wouild listen to use while my insides were getting sicker by the second. the next day as I was walking around, pain level brought me to my knees and i'm crying like a 2 year old in pain. they call the OB, finnally ran the cat scan that we asked for days ago, and the surgeons looked at it. he thought there might be damage and wanted to look but wasn't sure what he would find. well he found a few things, damage to my colon, appendix and my intestines. He had to remove 6 inches of my intestines and my colon and took out my appenedix. so second recovery in the ICU this time in the same week. But now I'm with the 80 year olds who are on their death bed, that worrided me just a little. MY heartbeats and blood pressures were high as well as my lung has partically collapsed which could be from the babies. So now my HB and HBP are beoming better but not always. they moved me under one less of a scary type of ICU, I'm with the patients of cardiac so i still get one nurse which is great i have learned. some are sweet and some i could live without ever knowing agian. i miiss my babies soooo much that's the hardest thing about this. i'm glad that my mom, MIL, sister are here but then i get so jealous. I don't even listen to them tell me that there will be a date that I will be out of here. two days ago i gassed and had a bowel movement and nothing has changed. how many does the doctor want when i've been eating nothing more then what's in the IV bag? the room I was in yesterday was real closed in and so circulation and I had a panic attack, had to get out there. they gave me an axiety pill on top of my morphene, not a good to add together. i remember nothing after that someone here told the whole frequen place here. all these random people were asking me questions. i guess it was the biggest drama for thenight. i just want this nightmare to be over and be normal again. sometimes i feel like we are in the homestretch but i don't know. stay with us in your prayers, we will need them. Here are some pics