Happy Birthday Addison and Madelyn!

WE MADE IT! I've been telling everyone that I need to throw myself a party. Even though it has been a really hard year, it has gone by so fast. They are a huge blessing in our lives, and I am grateful for each moment I have with them. It was quite the roller coaster ride to get these two beautiful babies.
Since it took us about 3 years to get Jaxson, we decided we would go back to our fertility specialist after Jaxson turned one, not knowing how long it would take us again. When I went to see Dr. Andrews I had a feeling that I need to skip the insemination procedure and go straight to doing invitro. To find out later that Jaxson was a miracle. Anyway to make a long story short It took two times of doing invitro just to find out really what was wrong. After the second time the doctor still didn't know what to do. It was another big blessing when he went to some kind of doctors conference and found only one other doctor that has ever seen my situation. The doctor told him what my problem was and what to try. So when I went back for the third and last time he told me "if this doesn't work then there was nothing else left to try." After all the shots, medications, disappointment, money, out of control hormones, and so much more it was a huge success! I was pregnant with two beautiful babies.
The pregnancy was a little harder then being pregnant with Jaxson of course, but ever thing went a smooth as possible with a few hiccups. When 38 weeks came the doctors finally told me we could bring our two miracle babies to this world. Madelyn's head was down just right so I then had to make a decision. Do I just go with a c-sections or do I try to have them normally with the chance that Addison, after Madelyn was born could come down feet first and then have to have a c-section too. That would mean I would have to heal in two places while trying to take care of two babies. But if I didn't have to have a C-section then I would be better off taking care of my babies. After a lot of consideration I decided to go for it.
Madelyn was first born into this world on March 28, 2008 at 1:57 P.M. with no complications, then it was Addison's turn. After Madelyn was born Addison decided she liked the room and she wasn't coming down. 28 minutes later Addison worked her way down but decided to make it a little tricky. She came down with her head and feet at the same time.
A baby can't come in that position so we just had to wait. Will she come easy or will she decide to come feet first? My doctor then decided to pinch her foot in hoping that she would kick up. Whew it worked! Addison came to join all of us 28 minutes later, 2:25 P.M. A lot more happened after that but I won't bore you with all the details.
I could talk about raising twins for hours, but let me tell you this, they are two different spirits, with two different personalities, and two different needs. I Love it! Heavenly Father has blessed me with three healthy beautiful children and I am so lucky.
Happy Birthday Addison and Madelyn! I love you!














For all of you that would like to see how huge I got,
here you go. To my defense the gown adds
10 pounds

Addison on the left, Madelyn on the right.















Ryan a proud new father of two.