January 25th 2012

So I'm basically doing this for myself since this is my "journal", but I wanted to share a few things about the day the girls were born. This way I will always have this to remind me, not that I am ever going to forget this day.

I was admitted into Utah Valley Hospital on January 24th around 8:00 p.m. It was a long restless night, even though the nurses kept telling me to get some sleep.(Yeah like that was really going to happen:) Around 3:00 a.m Doctor Jacobs came in and told me that if I would take the epidural he would break my water to get things moving along faster. Of course I wasn't going to turn that down. 6:30 a.m. I was wheeled into the OR (in case of an emergency c-section.) Brooklyn made her way into this world at 6:57 a.m. The doctor didn't even let me see her, before rushing her away into the next room. They made Steve go with her, telling him they would take care of me and let him know when Brynlee was about to come. Well Brynlee must have been in a hurry to get back to her sister, because at 7:01 she came along. Steven barely even made it into the room as she was coming out.

This is Brynlee. She came out at 5 lbs 1 oz.

Brooklyn was 4 lbs. 1 oz. I still can't believe they were this small. She needed a little extra help breathing and clearing out her lungs. She was then rushed to the NICU.

Visiting Brynlee in the Nursery

Cute little sad face.

This is Brooklyn in the NICU. This picture makes me cry everytime. Poor little girls, but she is a strong one.

This is the first time I got to see the girls together, right before they took Brooklyn by ambulance to Primary Childrens. This was the happiest/saddest moment of my life. It was so good to have them together, but broke my heart when they took Brooklyn away. I love these two little girls so much. They give me the strength to keep going each day. We couldn't have made it through this without the love, support and prayers from Family and Friends