Catching up

Okay, it's been a really long time since I blogged last because life has been CRAZY, so I'm going to dump a whole bunch of stuff on one post. I'll start with a collection of preggo pics (including some that never got posted.)









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32 weeks

I was in labor when this last picture was taken. I just didn't know it yet. I went to the hospital just a couple hours later. I thought I was having braxton hicks contractions but they wouldn't go away. I went in thinking that they were going to laugh at me and send me home, because I wasn't in any pain, but when they checked me I was at a 3 and 90% effaced. They tried to stop my labor and called the life flight team to come get me and take me to Salt Lake. But when they got there, I was progressing too fast and they said they couldn't take me because Jaxon was breech and they were afraid I would deliver on the plane. So they called out a team for my babies instead. However, Michael was already almost to Salt Lake (3 hrs away). He had to turn around and come back, and he almost missed the birth.

Ethan and Jaxon were born at 12:49 and 12:51 am on Monday May 20th via C-section. After they were born, Michael flew on a plane with them to the U of U Hospital in SLC. I was left in my recovery room all alone to worry about my babies. Those may have been the saddest few hours of my life. Luckily, my wonderful sister, Karly drove down from Idaho THAT NIGHT (on her birthday) to come stay with me so I wouldn't have to be all alone. On Tuesday, I was discharged and left for Utah to go be with my babies.

The next few weeks were quite a roller coaster. You get so excited at every milestone, but sometimes they seem to go backwards and it is very frustrating. Here are a few pictures of their NICU stay. I don't know why I am posting some of them. They still make me cringe. They were so tiny.

Ethan

Jaxon

Ethan's first bath

Jaxon's first bath

Jaxon

Jaxon left, Ethan right

Ethan

Ethan's car seat test the day before coming home

Luckily, they progressed quickly and we got to take them home after just 4 weeks. That's 4 weeks before their due date!

Coming home day

They LOVE to snuggle in their boppy :)

Ethan left, Jaxon right

Ethan left, Jaxon right

Ethan left, Jaxon right

Jaxon left, Ethan right

And Jaxon already knows how to reach DEEP into daddy's pockets.

Speaking of money, the hospital/life flight/NICU bills we have received so far total up to more than the value of our house! Thank goodness for insurance!! And, they decided to be allergic to milk, so they have to have this extensively hydrolyzed hypoallergenic formula that has the milk protein predigested. Seriously, I think a crack addiction would be cheaper haha. Good thing daddy brings home the bacon :) 

Overall, the boys are doing AWESOME and growing like weeds! They weighed 3,12 and 3,11 when they were born and they were 5,4 and 5,2 when they came home. I took them to the dr this week and they weighed 8,7 and 8,12!! That is still the "0th percentile" for a 2.5 month old but they are catching up!!

Here are a couple Photoshop projects that me, my mom, and my sister Mandy worked on :)

And, here are the pics of the nursery. I finally finished it!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I feel like I've been working on it for a year. Oh wait, I have :)

AND they slept through the night (sort of) for the last two nights. My little guys are champs! I just love being a mom. They are so sweet. Even though life is hectic sometimes, I wouldn't trade it for anything. They love to cuddle with me and it is just my favorite thing in the world. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to raise these sweet boys. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for trusting us with His precious children.