Saturday, January 20, 2007

Twins times two

These pictures are of Sydney and Hailey with Brooklyn and Jocelyn. These litte girls were destined to be friends. Their Daddy's have been best friends since childhood and us adults we have remained very close. When Brittney told me she was expecting twins , we were so thrilled for them. About three months later we announced we were also pregnant. At my first appointment I was given an ultrasound and was floored when I found out we were also having twins! It was almost more shocking because it was happening to both of our famlies at the same time! We both had different challenges with our girls... ours was getting them here (Monoamniotic) you probably already know that scary story, and her girls really challenged them the first year being in and out of the hospital. Brooklyn and Jocelyn were born at 35 weeks spent two weeks in the same NICU Hailey and Sydney would be born at two months later. I remember being able to visit Brook and Joci in the NICU while I was monitoring my girls, they were so beautiful, and filled me with hope for my girls safe arrival. Jocelyn barely made it into this world alive and had to resuscitated at birth (very scary)! After they went home Brooklyn spent several months challenging her parents. She had several episodes where she went blue and stopped breathing which resulted in many scary ambulance rides and hospital stays at Primary Children's Hospital. Eventually she was put on a feeding tube and had to sleep on a special back board. She really scared all of us, and Brittney spent months never leaving them at all. Two years later we have the blessing of meeting together and watching four healthy, active, toddlers who are all miracles in their own way! We are so blessed to have these little girls and we feel lucky they were born at the same time and can grow up together. I hope they will all know how much they have overcome!A special celebration at La Caille (very expensive restaurant). We made it through the first year and all the twins are healthy!!!!

These are pictures of the girls most recent playdate.
Brooklyn, Hailey, Jocelyn, and Sydney


3 comments:

Shannon said...

What a wonderful story! And I am sure that having another set of twin friends will be a great experience for all of them. I have been thinking that I need to join the local twins club to find other twin friends for my girls. What a blessing for all of you!

Doug & Stacy Fournier said...
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Doug & Stacy Fournier said...

looks like they had a blast. it must be fun to get together. you both went through alot and have come along way. 4 beautiful, healthy girls to show for all the struggles. have a great week!