Happy Thanksgiving!

I know this is a few days late but better than never. Thanksgiving certainly had a different meaning this year for us. I have always loved this holiday but it was a little more special this year even though we didn't quite spend it as we normally do. Because we have to be so careful with getting the babies out, we were just going to stay home. But Brad's parents, Mimi and Papa, said they would come over and let us go over to their house and eat with Chad and Allie and the kids. Poor little Will had been pretty sick over the last few weeks so we just couldn't take the babies over but they were so sweet to let us out and spend time with everyone. We really miss being an Aunt and Uncle. We love being parents but I truly miss loving on all my nieces and nephews.
Here are a few things I am thankful for this year:
~Brad~I know this is obvious but he has been so great. I can't imagine having to go thru everything with anyone else by my side. He was and always is so selfless and does such a good job taking care of us. I am going to cry tomorrow when he goes back to work since he has been home 24/7 with me since Wednesday...it is so amazing to have another set of hands and someone that makes you go take a nap even when the babies are crying! He can do it all!
~Kathryn & Garrett~ Oh sweet babies! I am so thankful they are here and healthy. I can't imagine life without them (well, maybe it would be a life of more sleep but...) Even when they cry and I am exhausted, I am thankful for just how far they have come. I look at their embryo picture multiple times everyday and marvel at the gift God has given us.
~My Life: thanks to my Doctor and Nurses~ I am so thankful that I am here to watch them grow and to be able to take care of them. I haven't exactly told the whole story on this blog, but I had a pretty bad night after they were born. Due to the weakness of my uterus, it couldn't contract and I was bleeding internally. My nurse, Christelle, noticed that something was wrong that night and knew Dr. Wells was down the hall. She immediately got him and they came in to check on me. I remember them pushing really hard on my stomach and then telling them that I wasn't feeling well and that their voices were going 50,000 miles away and it was getting really dark. Anesthesia was immediately called in and they stopped my epidural and magnesium. My blood pressure was about 70/30 something they were about to rush me to the ICU. I just remember them telling me to keep breathing and they told me I was humming the whole time.
(They asked me why and supposedly I told them "So you know I am still here!") Dr. Wells then just said he needed to check me again and when he did he realized that I was hemmoraging and the blood was clotting b/c it couldn't come out. I lost 4 pints of blood that night and ended up having 2 blood transfusions later that week. It was rough going there for a little bit but I am SO thankful for my awesome Doctor and nurses who were able to pull me out of that scary situation.
~Modern Medicine~ This is on many levels but if it weren't for m. m. we wouldn't have the babies and I wouldn't be here. Back in the day, we would have never been able to have kids - but thanks to IVF we could. With all the technology we were able to see that my cervix was shortening drastically and could have a procedure to stop it. And had it been back in the old days, according to my nurses, I would never have survived that first night! Yikes-that puts a little perspective on life huh?
~My family & Friends~ So many people have taken such good care of us thru this whole journey and we couldn't have done it without all the help-especially now! The prayers most of all have been the greatest gift but all the help and food and everything have been great!

Ok, I have to stop b/c Brad is calling me to help him with "BathTime"! Again, Happy Thanksgiving!