Our two little blessings...

Emma Grace (5 pounds 11 ounces-right) and Avery Rose (4 pounds 15 ounces-left) made their grand entrance 10/2/10 at 5:18 and 5:19AM, respectively. More to details to come, but I can't tell you enough how AMAZING these first days of parenthood have been. We.Are.In.LOVE.

Patience

I've decided that patience will be the theme of this pregnancy. Nobody ever told me that pregnancy required so much patience...but maybe it is just me since as you know, I'm not a very patient person. My patience really has been tested from waiting two years to get pregnant, waiting till 12 weeks to share our exciting news, waiting in the doctors office, being on bed rest in the hospital for 5 weeks, learning to do things slower and accepting help (putting my shoes and pants on has become a real struggle) and now patiently waiting for these girls to make their appearance. But I must say, I believe everything happens for a reason and maybe God is just preparing me for what is to come because I am sure that A LOT of patience is required in parenting.

In the end, I know that holding my two little girls for the first time will be well worth the wait. I would not change a thing since we prayed for these girls for such a long time and now we are so lucky to begin the journey of parenthood in just a couple of days. In the meantime, I am patiently waiting till that moment comes. Thankfully, there is an end is sight and if the hospital has room for me I will be induced on Friday or Monday. Who would have thought after 7 weeks of bed rest to keep them cookin we would have to force them to come out?

37 weeks and still growing...

The girl's room

This post is long overdue! The nursery has been finished for a while now, but our old computer finally pooped out and I couldn't download any pictures. I convinced Mike that we should buy a new laptop now so I have something to keep my busy while we are waiting. After many reccomendations from friends, we made the switch to the Apple MacBook. LOVE IT!

I still have some little things left to do (like fill the picture frames) but other than that everything is all ready for Emma and Avery!

Louie and Bella are ready for the girl's to arrive too!

34 Weeks...

...and I am finally home! After 5 weeks and 1 day the doctors finally decided it was safe for me to come home on meds and bedrest. I cannot tell you how happy I was to be in my own bed, see my puppies and spend more time with Mike. He was a trooper through the whole hospital stay bringing me dinner after work, running errands and taking care of everything at home by himself. Luckily I only had one little meltdown the whole time-sorry honey!

My mom came over the day after I got home to help get the nursery together. After 7 hours and 5 loads of laundry we are pretty much ready. Pictures are coming soon! Mike has had a lot of fun putting things together and he is really looking forward to installing the carseats:)


Now the waiting really begins...it is crazy to think that after 2 years, the baby (times two!) that we prayed for could be here any day. We cannot wait to meet the little peanuts and hold them in our arms. Will they look alike? Will their personalities be totally different? Will we really be able to handle two at the same time?


As I'm waiting, my stomach continues to grow very quickly...I'm not sure if there is much more room for them in there!

Baby Shower in the Hospital?

Since my doctor wasn't going to release me from the hospital anytime soon, my friends brought the Baby Shower to me in the hospital! Delane and Courtney did such an amazing job turning a waiting room into the cutest baby shower room. The sun even came out and the Blue Angels had a special show for us. Thank you to all my friends and family for making the trip to Swedish. Now you know where to come visit after the babies arrive:)

The Kocher/Roth Family

The girls!
In my good 'ole wheel chair and pretty hospital bracelet

30 weeks and 3 days...the girls are quickly growingDelane and Courtney-Thank you such much for the amazing baby shower. I can't tell you enough how special this day was for me. Love you!

Resting...

In bed...in the hospital... That pretty much sums up the majority of the last two weeks. I've been putting off this post in hopes that each day my doctor will come in and tell me I can go home, but it's looking like I will be here for a while.

It all started three weeks ago (28 weeks) when I went in for my routine doctor appointment and ultrasound. The babies looked great, but my uterus had had enough and was thinking it was time for these girls to come out. I went home for a week on bed rest and went in for another check up. When the words "The situation has gotten a little worse" came out of my doctor's mouth, I was prepared for her to say I wasn't going back to work. Unfortunately, it was "I'm admitting you to the hospital." She was nice enough to let me go home for a couple of hours and pack up my stuff. It honestly felt like I was moving out of the house for an unknown amount of time. The hardest part was saying bye to Louie and Bella:( Let's just say it was a very emotional day.

So, two weeks later, I'm still here at Swedish, in my bed, resting. The good news is the girls weigh about 3.5 pounds each and we are only 10 days away from 32 weeks. Right now that is the magic number as there is much less of a chance of complications if they were born after that.

It hasn't been as hard as I thought it was going to be. The nurses here at Swedish are so kind and it is very comforting to know that if anything happened I am in the best hands. My fabulous husband, family and friends have been AMAZING visiting and bringing me treats, books and games to keep me busy-THANK YOU!!!!

I've trying to stay as positie as possible and have come up with a list of the advantages of bed rest besides the obvious-growing babies!
1. Less sun=less wrinkles:)
2. Being off my feet=less varicose veins!
3. Time to finish knitting the baby blanket. I'm going to try and tackle hats next.
4. Time to really feel the babies move around. They have started getting hiccups like crazy!
5. I'm up to date on everyone through hours on blogs and Facebook.
6. Online shopping! Even though I can't be at home to organize the girls room, we pretty much have everything we need now.
7. Time to watch TV shows-I am addicted to Friday Night Lights!

On Sunday, Delane and Courtney threw me such a special baby shower in the hospital. More about that when I get my pictures downloaded.

Here are a couple pictures of my life in the hospital. Please excuse the no make up and lovely hair.

Outside during my 1/2 hour wheel chair rides around the hospital

You know you have a good friend when they give you a pedicure! Good way to pass the time while I'm being monitored for the third time of the day. Thanks James!

More favorites

Thank goodness Erin was able to fit us into her busy summer schedule for some pictures because little did we know that I would be on strict bedrest in the hospital just a couple days later. I don't think they would have turned out as well at Swedish:) More to come on that subject later...

Here are some more of my favs that she captured: