They are here!!

Well the girls are here! My water broke Tuesday February 17th when we were leaving our last childbirth class. I called the doctor and they said to get to the hospital, thank goodness we were just across the road! When we got there they said I was in labor and had already started dilating. They immediatly gave the medicine to stop labor, it was weird they were saying I was having contractions but luckly was not feeling them yet. The doctor on call that night said he hoped that they could keep me pregnant a few more days or even another week since I was on 33 weeks along. David and I were awake the entire night freaking out and worrying about the babies. Wednesday morning the pain started!! I thought it was associated with the "pulled muscle" in my back but Dr. Shrout said the pain I had been feeling the past couple of days was labor. When she got there late Wednesday night she decided that she needed to take the babies b/c of low fluid and I was even more dilated. So an hour after she came the babies were born. The past week and a half have been a roller coaster. The girls had to go the NICU and have been doing pretty good except for eating. Now 13 days later the girls are coming home tomorrow. I am ready and scared to death at the same time. I know its going to be crazy around here for a few days but thank goodnesss I have my Mom here to help for 3 more weeks! More updates to come.

FINALLY AN UPDATE!

I can't believe that I have not updated this thing since October. Well needless to say a few things have happened in the past 16 weeks! I am now 30 almost 31 weeks pregnant and everything has gone very smoothly so far. We found out that we are having two precious little girls and have been trying to get ready for their arrival. I'm now going to the doctor every 2 weeks and I think she is about to bump it up to every week until they get here. The last two ultrasounds have shown the girls in the breech position and the doc does not have much hope that they will turn or have the room to turn at this point. Unfortunately that means a C-section for me which I am not too happy about but I knew with two that having a section was a huge possibility so I'll deal with it. The baby furniture was delivered a couple of weeks ago so we have been working in the girls room trying to get everything organized. I have 3 showers coming up within the next week so after those I'll be able to put more things away and see what I need to go out and get.

David and I both are just starting to realize that we are going to the parents of not one but two babies in about 6 weeks and it scares the heck out of both of us. How does anyone prepare for such a huge responsibility. People keep asking if I'm starting to get miserable pregnant and the answer is yes but I'm okay with them cooking a little bit longer so we can continue to mentally prepare ourselves! :) Right now our estimated date for their birth is March 17th. I'm gonna post some belly pics and will get the girls nursery pictures up soon. Oh one more thing we also have decided on names. They are going to be Emmilyn Mae and Lilly Christine. My mom came up with Emmilyn's name , I just liked Lilly and their middle names were both of my grandmothers. I know that they would be be so excited about these babies and even more to know that I was naming them after them. I just know that they are both looking down on us and smiling.

14 week update

Well I went back to the doctor 2 weeks ago for my check-up and she said the babies are looking good. She tried to see what they were but she said it was still too early plus they would not be still! They were moving around like CRAZY and one was sitting on top of the other one. Its crazy how much they already look like little people. My next appt is in two weeks and we should find out what we are having! I'm starting to feel them move nothing major but little twitches every now and then. I'll post pictures soon, I am getting bigger so as soon as I find the cord to upload I will post. Keep praying that everything continues to go smoothly!!!

Pardon the progress.....

I'm trying to figure out how to make this thing look better!!

Really need an update!!!

Well obviously it has been too long since I updated my blog. Things have been kinda crazy around the Burrell household. Some might already know of all of you who read my blog but David and I are expecting in March or April, and the crazy part is we are having TWINS!! We hope to find out what they are in about a month, I'm hoping for boy and girl but we'll see. David keeps saying that this is it no matter what we have so who knows. I can't say that the pregnancy has been a breeze, I have been sick as dog almost the entire time we are just praying that the sickness eases up and that everything goes smoothly and we end up with two healthy babies at the end of this. I'll post some pictures soon!

Another new addition!

One of my best friends Meredith also just had a baby. Little Miss. Sophie Glynn Belew. I have been blessed with the best group of girlfriends that anybody could ever ask for and these are two of them, Meredith and Brandy. I can't count the number of times I have called them over the past year crying or just needing someone to talk to. Brandy and Meredith have been there through it all and have always had just the right words to say to calm me down or to just cheer me up!! I Love you girls!

Happy Birthday!

We just celebrated Nate and Jenn's Birthdays. I have been blessed with 4 of the best sister-in-laws, three of which are here in MD. I don't think I could make it up here with out you Jenn!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!