update

the weekend was great! we had two wonderful showers where we were surrounded by family and friends and felt a great deal of love and support. we received wonderful gifts for our three little treasures. thad was blessed by extra hands helping him work on house projects friday night (until midnight) and all day saturday. thanks so much to Thad's parents, Thomas and Betty, and Adam. we are so grateful for all your help - i hope we can repay you sometime. i was amazed by all that got done!

we had a doctor appointment yesterday morning with the high risk doctor. all is well - praise the Lord! the babies were even in sync with the same heart rates at 158. CRAZY! thad spoke with our primary doctor today who reviewed the chart from our appointment yesterday and said she wants to begin seeing me every week until the babies are born. nothing major - with only 7 weeks to go she said it is time to come on a weekly basis. i am excited about getting to see the babies each week and hear their heartbeats.

we also had an appointment yesterday afternoon with a neonatologist and got a tour of the neonatal floor at Spectrum. it was really helpful to see the floor and hear from a very kindhearted doctor in the unit. it was also a little overwhelming to hear about potential problems and see these tiny babies hooked up to various contraptions. i am comforted by the thought that the Lord loves our babies even more than we do and will be with them through it all. i also learned the neonatal floor is open to us as parents 24/7 so we can spend lots of time there with them. plus they will put the girls by each other, which is comforting. the nurses and staff seemed really caring and knowledgeable.

needless to say, yesterday was an extremely long and tiring day. i was completely worn out. it doesn't take much these days to tire me out. this upcoming weekend we will be having another house project weekend. my dad will come into town (my mom has been here since monday afternoon) and he and thad are moving the washer and dryer to the first floor from the basement. a group of my coworkers are coming on saturday to help with various projects around the house - what a blessing! we have so much to be thankful for.