Prayers do work

We have returned home from Cincinnati and have now had a couple of follow up appointments for the twins.  Also by now we've let everyone know that we're expecting two more girls.  Our home is sure to be filled with a lot of girls who have Jake wrapped around their finger.

  The two smallest (Baby A and Baby B) have proven to us every day what fighters they are.  At our first appointment back here the fluid levels were still looking great and our echo showed that there continues to be a mild case of cardiomypathy, which from what I understand means that one of the babys hearts was just working a little harder than it should have been during the time when the fluids were out of whack.  I was reassured by our nurse in Cincinnati that this is normal and we have another follow up echo on March 5th so see how this is progressing. 

This past Tuesday we went again for another follow up ultrasound.  The babies are weighing in at 1 pound 1 oz and 14 oz which amazes me that they have grown so much.  Their fluid levels were both in the 4 range and were so active that it makes us giggle.  Their blood flow was great and Dr. Leslie (the High Risk doctor that we really like) said that she thought that the hearts looked great.  

It's amazing to me to watch the screen and see that Baby B is no longer stuck and to so easily be able to see the membrane around her whereas on January 29th you couldn't even see it because she is was sucked up against her.  I can now feel both of them kicking at all hours of the day.  I cannot wait for the moment when Jake and the girls are able to feel the kicks.  They seem to stop showing off as soon as anyone else puts their hand on my belly.  

Here is a picture of Baby B's lips and nose.  I'm not sure but I think I'm going to spend a lot of time kissing these sweet little lips.  

And here is a picture of Baby A.  She's the one who is going to be a handful I think.  She wouldn't cooperate for pictures so we only got a picture of her facedown! But we got to see her little knees under her with her butt up in the air! 

What an amazing answer to prayers.  We know that we aren't out of the woods yet, nor will we pretend that we are until these little girls are in our arms, but we know how far we have come since January 29th when we were told that we needed to make the trip in see Dr. Lim and his team.

We ask that you continue to keep the twins in your prayers and that they continue to grow and stay put until it's time to come out and meet the world.