2010

Right before Christmas I nearly fell apart for reasons I won't discuss here, nothing to do with my personal life or the babies, and really, that's all that matters. In retrospect after all we've been through I'm angry with myself for shedding even one tear over the situation.

We spent many a December night illuminated by the warmth of our Christmas tree, our very first Christmas in our very new home. We shopped on Black Friday, found steals on Amazon for baby toys and things we needed for the holidays. We bought many toys they will grow into as well, activity tables and the like. After Emma came home from the hospital I stayed home for the remainder of November and all of December. I'm so grateful to have had that time home with the babies.
Currently Emma is doing really great. The medication prescribed to treat the hemangioma is doing it's job. We have another follow up with the ENT on Friday. She turns over and holds herself up, reaches for toys . She looks more and more like Lucian as she gets bigger. Her appetite has improved significantly in the last two weeks. She's eating almost as much as her brother these days. She's generally so mellow and sweet, cooing and easy going, but at times she can be feisty. She flings her toys away. Grandma and Grandma are convinced she'll be a pitcher. I call her my little peanut, which my Great Grandma, (their Great, Great Grandma) has used as a term of endearment for lots of the little ones in the family. :)

Lucian is doing great as well. He's such a happy baby, always playful and laughing out loud. I think he may walk and skip the crawling altogether. He stands up for so long. He sleeps on his tummy every night. We like to call him squishy, because you just can't help but squish him and hug him.

The nursery is almost completely finished and it's quite beautiful. It needs some finishing touches, like border possibly, but it really turned out better than I anticipated. It's a metallic navy blue with nursery rhyme decor. Pictures are hung with the cow jumping over the moon and the dish running away with the spoon.
2009 brought us many blessings but also many, many challenging moments. We faced having our babies so very early and all the complications that came with that. There were also surgeries and life threatening situations. Taking it a moment at a time was our reality. I remember leaving the hospital one time to get something to eat and as I was scrubbing in to go back my cell phone was buzzing in my pocket, the doctor calling for permission to do a spinal tap on Emma. I had only been gone maybe 30 minutes. Anything can happen.
We hope 2010 brings us many things to celebrate. Right now we have their Christening to plan and their first birthday. I can't believe it's nearly a year already...

I'm soaking up every minute of this winter break from work. :)