Grandma and Grandpa time

Grandpa Goob and Grandma Mary came over last night, along with Aunt Carrie and Uncle Thane, to celebrate Christmas with the girls! No Sequence this year, but next year...look out!!

Cute as can be

Ella on left, Emma on right

Hanging around the house...

...still! Since the girls can't go out or have vistors younger than 16 (don't ask why that is the magical number, no clue), we are still just hanging out at home!!

Miss Emma

Emma is a laid back baby, which she was in my belly as well. She is very content with a pacifier and seeing the world (well, you know!). She also likes her blanket up over her head when she sleeps, but rarely is the one to say when she is hungry. She is doing ok on her monitor, with a few alarms here and there. We hope to get it off at the first appointment, but have no idea how long she will need it.

Miss Ella

As best as I can, I believe these are all Ella. It's hard to tell them apart in pics right now, but in person, you can see their differences more. Ella is our fiesty child. She is a little harder to please right now, but still a good baby all in all. She loves to eat! If it weren't for her, her sister would never get woken up to eat! Ella likes to have a blanket on her head when she sleeps, loves to lay on dad's chest, and is a grunter like you wouldn't believe!

First pics at home!!!

Going Home!!

Our first real pics of them together came when they were getting ready to go home (they were never in our room during our stay in the hospital. Always had someone else around and those darn cords. What a happy day getting rid of those and taking them home all by ourselves, Lord help us!!). All three of us went home on the 4th day, Tuesday the 15th. Miss Emma is going home on a monitor to monitor her breathing. She doesn't think she needs to do it all the time!! That's what you see on Travis' back in the last pic.

Misc. Pics in NICU

Second to last pic is Ella, Last pic is Emma, of course!!

First encounters in the NICU

After delivery, both girls were taken to the NICU for respiratory issues. Both were on oxygen for about 12 hours. They also had infectious type issues which put both on an antibiotic. Then came the heart, both have a small hole, which is not too much of a concern right now. It will just be monitored over the next couple months hoping they will close on their own. (Notice how often the word BOTH is used there, they are twins through and through!! The nurses got a kick out of how they always did things together!) First two pics are right after they were born and my first time seeing them (other than the brief moment before they went to the NICU). I would not see them again until the next morning due to my inability to get out of bed due to medications in surgery. Third pic is Ella, fourth is Emma. Second to last pic is Saturday morning (date is wrong on the pic) for our first time holding them (actually Travis snuck in earlier that morning and when he came back and told me he held one, I made myself, pain and all, get in to see them. That's why I look so darn good there!!). But all worth it!! The last pic is still of Travis and I holding them. Don't they look alike!! But the test results are in, they are non-identical girls!!

Happy Birthday Ella and Emma!!

Friday, January 11, 2008-Ella Renee Eilers, 12:18 p.m. 6 lbs 9 oz. 18 3/4 in. AND Emma Grace Eilers, 12:19 p.m. 6 lbs 6 oz. 19 1/4 in.

First pic-Getting ready for c-section, having a contraction, Thanks Travis for taking that shot!! Third pic, Dad cutting cord of Emma Grace. Second to last pic is Emma right after birth, and last pic is Ella right after birth.

The final belly shot

Not a clear pic, but this is the night before the birth. I look pretty happy here, don't I?

What are their names you ask?

Alright, alright...here are their names (first pic)!! We hung up their names in the nursery, but you STILL have to wait for the unvailing!! Travis is in his own little nesting stage this week, fixing up the girls' room, and running around the house and actually getting things done!! I ask him daily now, "who are you?" We are very excited as you can imagine. Nerves are present too though!!