What a Difference a Month Makes
Hi all!
Wow, what a month we've had here at the Palace Simanowitz.
Of course, the most exciting news is that our twin daughters were finally born and are now home.
The less interesting, but equally life altering, were my being exiled to bed rest at home for a month and then admitted to the hospital on March 14 due to complications associated with preclampsia and gestational diabetes, my blood pressure and pulse bottoming out on the operating table and my ensuing nausea, the girls being taken about two weeks prior to their scheduled arrival date (each spending some extra time in the NICU - one a week at a level three nursery and the other three weeks at a level one nursery) and all the other crazy things that have gone on since the last time I wrote.
Both girls are absolutely beautiful and seem to be pretty observant, for little babies. (Of course, I'm supposed to think they're brilliant and gorgeous, I'm their mother!) Miranda has grown by leaps and bounds and Moira also seems to be getting larger, although her stint at Children's Mercy seems to have put her a bit behind her sister in the growth department. They are what I suppose could be considered good babies: They don't normally cry without a reason and sleep a lot. They are on a three hour feeding schedule that means we have to feed each girl special higher-calorie formula every three hours, night and day. This can get a bit tedious, not to mention stressful when little bellies empty at exactly the same time in the middle of the night. For being such little girls, they can certainly shake the windows when they want or need something :)
I know a lot of you have already seen a picture or two on my husband's BLOG, but, with disregard for redundancy, I have included a few pictures of both girls and their parents,
The Twins
(Moira's on the left, Miranda's on the right)
Moira Eats
Fashionable Miranda
Dr. Jas
I guess that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed the photos and have a wonderful weekend,
Hollie
Wow, what a month we've had here at the Palace Simanowitz.
Of course, the most exciting news is that our twin daughters were finally born and are now home.
The less interesting, but equally life altering, were my being exiled to bed rest at home for a month and then admitted to the hospital on March 14 due to complications associated with preclampsia and gestational diabetes, my blood pressure and pulse bottoming out on the operating table and my ensuing nausea, the girls being taken about two weeks prior to their scheduled arrival date (each spending some extra time in the NICU - one a week at a level three nursery and the other three weeks at a level one nursery) and all the other crazy things that have gone on since the last time I wrote.
Both girls are absolutely beautiful and seem to be pretty observant, for little babies. (Of course, I'm supposed to think they're brilliant and gorgeous, I'm their mother!) Miranda has grown by leaps and bounds and Moira also seems to be getting larger, although her stint at Children's Mercy seems to have put her a bit behind her sister in the growth department. They are what I suppose could be considered good babies: They don't normally cry without a reason and sleep a lot. They are on a three hour feeding schedule that means we have to feed each girl special higher-calorie formula every three hours, night and day. This can get a bit tedious, not to mention stressful when little bellies empty at exactly the same time in the middle of the night. For being such little girls, they can certainly shake the windows when they want or need something :)
I know a lot of you have already seen a picture or two on my husband's BLOG, but, with disregard for redundancy, I have included a few pictures of both girls and their parents,
The Twins
(Moira's on the left, Miranda's on the right)
Moira Eats
Fashionable Miranda
Dr. Jas
I guess that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed the photos and have a wonderful weekend,
Hollie