Our first family pic!

So! Time to get on the computer is a HUGE luxury at this point. I have so much to say but oh so little time. It seems like when you get one little one settled down, the other starts up and if they are both sleeping (rare) Abby makes sure she gets noticed. All I can say is thank God for my mom being here. We are so blessed to have both of the twins home now and I feel like I can finally start trying to figure out how things are going to work in the Harmon household now. One thing I am starting to realize is that when my mom leaves, I am in trouble. It looks like we will need to look into getting a nanny for a bit.

The twins are doing very well. They had their two month doctor appt. last Friday and it went well. I do have to say that I was so proud of myself for getting myself and the twins out of the house all by myself that morning and was actually on time! Now if I could only add Abby to the mix, I'd be fantastic. : ) Lauren weighed a whopping 8 lbs. 6oz. and was 20 inches long. To me she looks so chubby compared to the 3lbs. 15oz. when she was born. She was also two weeks past her due date at this weigh in and was only 2 oz. bigger than the day Abby was born! She looks great though and is still holding true to the "feisty" label. She also is off the apnea monitor. We are so excited to have a "cordless" baby!

Ethan weighed 7lbs. 6oz. and was 19.5 inches long. Smaller than sister but such a miracle that he continues to grow so well. They got their first round of vaccinations and the nurse had to go and get shorter needles for Ethan because his legs are still too tiny for all those shots! He also saw the cardiologist this week. He said as long as he continues to grow so well, surgery can still be put off six months or so. If he starts not to grow so well, we will have to reassess the situation. At the next appointment he will have a chest X-ray and Echo cardiogram to made sure everything is still stable. He thinks that they will do the catheterization sometime at the end of summer or early fall. Could be an overnight hospital stay and I am already nervous for that!

Abby is doing very well too! Someday she will kill me for announcing this but she went to the bathroom on the potty for the first time on Tuesday. So exciting!! We had definitely planned on having this part of toddlerhood behind us by this point but with all that is going on, it didn't happen. Plus, she still tells us she is not ready. She is also becoming quite the swimmer (I'm so proud) now that we have a swimming pool in the back yard. We so did not want the pool when we bought the house but now it is really nice having it. Poor Abby would hardly ever get to go swimming this summer if it weren't right there.

Abby also is such a great helper around the house with the babies and she just loves her "Eefan" and Lauren. She is a great mommy to her baby doll now too. It's too cute!

Gotta run, its feeding time!

Love, h


Home at last! 6-5-09

First car ride together...(notice no room for Abby, more on that later) 6-5-09

Ethan came home!!!

I am sorry I have not been on to update lately. I thought one infant was hard...ugh! Ethan came home on Friday June 5. One day after the twins' due date! He is doing amazing although we are super nervous that something will happen at home with his heart. We went from maybe he needs surgery before coming home a couple weeks ago to him being very stable and getting to come home, so you can imagine our raw nerves. It turns out the culprit for his low stats and apnea was ....REFLUX! Some of you remember all that we went through with Abby's acid reflux issues. If I had known that it could actually cause her to stop breathing, I would have freaked out!

So, Ethan came home on an apnea monitor as well for which we are very grateful. We had a great talk with the cardiologist before he came home and we are feeling a little more comfortable. We will always have to be more aware of his cues health wise, it's just part of having a kid with cardiac issues. But as of now, things are stable. The plan is to be followed every couple weeks as an outpatient with the cardiologist and he is thinking surgery will take place at 6 to 9 months of age. So sometime this fall he will have a catheterization to get a detailed picture of his heart and what needs to be repaired. Then, based on that information, they will come up with a surgical plan. It could be one big surgery or a couple procedures and one "complete repair."

I will update more about how they are growing and Abby soon. I will also post pictures of the family as we finally have them all downloaded. But right now, I have to go and feed the munchkins. We are so blessed to finally all be under one roof and we are just trying to get used to being a family of FIVE!! Thank goodness my parents have been here to to help. We are outnumbered!

Love, Heather