Hello World!

The blog is finally up! We are a couple of weeks late...probably due to some stubborness on my part :)


Rachel and I are so happy to announce the birth of our daughters Celia Rae and Isabel Lynne. They were born on April 21, 2011 at Northwestern Memorial - Prentice hospital. Our girls came early (they were born at 23 weeks, 6 days gestation). Although we wish they would have given us a couple more months to prepare, we are so happy that there are here with us today. The team taking care of them has been so helpful and great with us. We truely believe that they are in good hands.


The doctors have told us that the girls will probably be at the Prentice Neonatal Intensive Care Unite (NICU) until their original due date (August 11). There is still some debate between Rachel and I as to their original due date. We were always told that they would be induced at the end of July (doctors usually don't let mothers of twins carry to full term), so we never really paid attention to their due date. Anyway, it may be August 11 or 12th. Hopefully the girls do so well in the NICU that they will be able to go home a little early :)


Celia (Lia for short) and Isabel (Isa for short) have a long way to go. The doctors say that that there will be plenty of ups and downs along the way. We just need to take everything day by day and have a positive outlook for our girls. We truely believe that all of the prayers and positive energy our family and friends are sending our way are helping our girls.


Lia was born at 9:36 pm on April 21st and weighed approximately 1lb 4oz. Her water broke first, so she was the one to get the ball rolling. Here's a picture of her saying "hi" to everyone:



Isa wasn't quite ready to come out yet. She wasn't born until 11:42 pm and weighed 1lb 5oz. Here's a picture of her holding Mom's hand right after she was born:



Well, that's all I have for now. We'll keep this updated a lot more and add pictures as much as possible.