Welcome Cole & Brayden!

On Tuesday, June 15th, after 38 weeks of carrying the twins and them making no sign of coming out on their own I was induced. After 24 hours of labor with little progress it was determined that Baby A had flipped and was breach. I have no idea when this happened because for over 2 months he was head down and as of June 4th was still head down, you would think I would have felt him flip?! So on Wed, June 16, 2010 at 10:12am Cole Thomas was born by C-section and at 10:14am Brayden Gerald was born.


Both boys weighed in at exactly 6 pounds 13.6 ounces which I guess is rare for twins to weigh the exact same. Cole was longer at 20 & 1/4 inches and Brayden was 19.5 inches. From the moment Jesse & I saw them they looked different. The only day we had trouble telling them apart was the second day in the hospital but I think that had a lot to do with all of the drugs I was on :)
This is Brayden

This is Cole

The boys spend most of their time sleeping & eating & going through at GREAT deal of diapers! They hate to be unwrapped from their swaddle. They are usually curled up in a tight ball. which makes them seem even smaller. Here' Brayden all curled up with Grandma Janey.

Cole has been a little more alert than Brayden, here he is 2 days ago wide awake (which is really rare at this point)

Ellie has been great (knock on wood) with the boys so far. She is really gentle with them and usually just wants to pet their heads. If they are crying she will sometimes walk up to them and pat their blankets. Only if she is overly excited does she use more force than we want. But for the most part she seems to like them.
Here she is patting Cole's head & trying to cover him up with his blanket.


The last few weeks have been amazing and challenging all at the same time. Jesse & I are slowly getting the hang of taking care of two infants and a demanding toddler at the same time. I'm still recovering from the c-section, I lost a lot of blood, had realy low blood pressure for days & swelling in my feet & legs that I thought was impossible! But I feel better every day. We had a rough couple of days after we got home, the boys were Jaundice & we spent the first 3 days back and forth to the hospital & doctors office. Everything ended up being fine and at their follow up doctor apt yesterday Cole was up to 7 pds 3 oz & Brayden was up to 7 pds.

Jesse goes back to work next week so I'm super nervous but we are only focusing on each day and trying to enjoy it all. I have to go now, there are two crying, hungry babies waiting on me. They eat every two hours so we really only get about an hour break in between feedings.

I will try to post more than I have been :)