October 6th, 2008
Well the girls are 11 weeks old and have survived our first family vacation.
Jason and I took the girls to Pismo Beach for a friend’s wedding. We broke up the trip by driving from SD to LA, staying over night with Grandpa Dan and Grandma Bonnie. The next day we drove to Pismo Beach where we met Grandma Mary (Granny Noodle) and Grandpa Lou. The girls were great in the car, sleeping most of the time (just like their mother) and slept for long periods of time during the nights. Fueled by our success, we are looking into our next trip…
Today Ava weighed an amazing (as always) 10lb 12 oz and Emilie was 9lbs even!!!
Stephanie
September 13th, 2008
The girls are 8 weeks old today!! We cannot believe how much they have changed and how fast time has gone…
Eight weeks ago I was laying in my hospital room (the first room which was soooo tiny) throwing up in my hair right around this time (8pm)… what fond memories.
Today Ava weighed 9lb 6oz and Emilie was 7lb 12oz. Both girls are doing well.
Grandma Noodle (my mother) left today after being here for another three weeks (sad). We are flying solo for the time being and I am scared out of my mind…
We have our first post baby vacation planned (with the girls) for the first weekend in October… we are heading to Pismo Beach and Nipomo for our friend’s wedding. You would think we were going to Europe based on how excited we are…
Stephanie
August 23rd, 2008
We are at the five week old mark… our official due date was 08/20 (Grandma Luckett’s birthday) and the end of our gestational week counting. Both girls are doing well and growing slowly but surely.
We had my father and stepmother here for a week to help which was amazing. Jason and I actually made it out to dinner one night alone!! No to bad!! My mother comes again Monday so the “coffee fairy” and “laundry fairy” returns!! Yeah!!
Our next set goal is to learn to tandem feed. I have bought a twins nursing pillow which comes very recommended… and looks like a giant lunch counter… so hopefully by the next post we will have proof of our success.
Stephanie
August 2nd, 2008
The girls are officially two weeks old today (or 37 3/7 gestational weeks). We have been home 1.5 weeks with them now and it feels like only a few days have gone by. We have had our great days and some not so great days (thanks to my surging hormone levels…). As a birthday present to me… the girls both decided to breast feed on their own today (all day!!). No shields, no bottles, no major meltdowns. Good ole fashion breast feeding. I am swelling with pride and accomplishment.
Jason and I have worked out a schedule for night feedings (still bottle feedings but NO formula needed anymore). I head for bed around 930 and sleep until the 2am feedings. Jason does the 10-130 feedings and then sleeps until he gets up for work. We both slept until 845 this morning.
Jason has actually played 18 holes of golf (for his birthday) and went to the driving range today. I have been to the hair salon / therapy office (thanks Jenny!!) for an hour.
My mother (aka laundry fairy, coffee fairy, vacuum fairy) leaves on Monday and it feels like ripping off a band aid… hopefully we can keep our heads above water.
More pictures to come (we swear!!)
Stephanie
July 27th, 2008
Hello everyone…
I wanted to let all of you know that our twins arrived on Saturday July 19th.
Baby “A” was born first (screaming) at 1145 weighing 5lbs and 11oz / 18 inches long. She is now known as Ava Cathryn Carter.
Baby “B” was born next (and much more mellow) at 1146 weighing 4lb and 13oz / 17 3/4 long and is now known as Emilie Maire Carter
Both babies were born healthy and bypassed both the NICU and actually didn’t even need a puff of oxygen at birth. I am recovering from the c section well and feel great. I am on antibiotics for a temperature that spiked yesterday for an unknown reason but otherwise doing well.
We were discharged today and are home getting to know each other and trying to figure each other out. We are totally in love with the girls. Ava looks like a Shar pei puppy and Emilie grunts like a pug puppy… they are hysterical!!
The Girls are a week old and doing so well at home. We are getting into the groove of parenting with the help of my mother and mother in law. Sleep is happening (not always at night) and we are showered most days (however, I forgot to brush my teeth and put on deodorant)….
More to come in the following days.
Stephanie
(no longer pregnant)
