Sunday, June 21, 2015
Happy Father's Day Dad/Grangran
Growing up we called both of my grandfathers Grangran, it started with my brother. When he was little he could only say gran so he just kept repeating it. My grandfathers became Grangran. Now our kids call my dad Grangran too. It is so special. I am so thankful to have my parents living by us now. I love that they can spend special time with each of the kids and help us out when needed.
Thank you dad for being an example to our family! Thank you for being a man of integrity. We are so thankful to have you not only in our lives but our childrens! We love you!!
Happy Father's Day Eric!
Today Eric is off in Arkansas with Joshua, we were able to surprise him with a Father's Day celebration before the left.
Luke and the twins made Eric a special banner.
We picked up some Bojangles and Zaxbys (this was special since mom never buys it:)
Then we all went upstairs for story time with the twins.
It wasn't a week long celebration, it wasn't even an all day spoiling restful day but it was just what Eric needed. After a weekend of soccer and before he left for Arkansas we had time just for him. Time to laugh and to show him just how much we love him.
Luke and the twins made Eric a special banner.
Then we all went upstairs for story time with the twins.
We love you, thank you for being such an amazing husband and father!!!
Monday, June 15, 2015
Happy 3rd Birthday!!
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| Happy Birthday our sweet little ones! |
Abby- Our little girl. You are such a little mom. You are always right by my side. You love to have your toenails painted, hair in a bow or piggy tales, wear the smelly/good lotion, and have all your accessories. You are definitely our girlie girl! You love to dance, sing, color, do crafts, and play outside. You also love to play soccer right along your brother. You love attending soccer class. You love to have your playtime with the girls. You are also a little daddy's girl, you have him wrapped around that sweet finger of yours! We love to watch you help Matthew out, you are such a good sister to make sure he is always ok. You are always full of hugs and kisses to give to your brothers. You are still not so sure about strangers and other adults, you tend to hide behind our legs. Your favorite toys are anything princess. Your favorite princess is Rapunzel. You did just get your first Tinker Bell doll, you keep telling us she is so pretty and so smart. You are also our little sponge. You know all your letters, letter sounds, shapes, and you love to count to 20. You are very ready to go to school and ride the big yellow bus. Abby, you are our sunshine girl. We love you so much!
Matthew-Our sweet boy! You are finally starting to talk. You still babble all the time but now you are starting to form sentences. Most of the time when you talk it is to tell us what you want or to say you love us. You know how to melt our hearts with that amazing smile of yours. You are so full of laughter! You love your sister and you do not like going anywhere with out her. You are very attached to your brothers. You would rather be in one of their rooms then playing with your toys. You are definitely our sports lover. You come running into the room if you hear the song for the soccer game. You will play soccer right along with the players on the tv. If someone scores you run around the house with your hands in the air yelling GOAL! It is not just soccer, you love to play football, basketball, baseball, tennis.. you love anything with a ball. Right now you will only wear 4 shirts--Kentucky basketball jersey (which you wore for 3 weeks straight), Liverpool soccer jersey, a Germany soccer jersey, and Captain America shirt. You only wear that one because I told you it was a soccer star. You have finally caught on and will tell us it is Captain America. You love to play with your cars and anything electronics. You really love iphones and ipads. My sweet Matthew, you are so full of energy and love. That smile of yours will brighten up any of our days.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Twin's Delivery
It is hard to believe that tomorrow the twins will be turning 3! Wow, it still seems like we found out that we were expecting twins!
I was sitting here looking at all the pictures from this past year and realized that I never wrote down the twins birth story.
I had a doctors appointment 2 days before the twins came, I went with my bags packed hoping they would send me to the hospital. No such luck! They told me to come back in a week. Thankfully the twins had other plans. At that point I just hit 36 weeks. Two nights later I could not sleep, I remember watching some tv and being so uncomfortable I started to walk laps. Surprise my water broke!! It was time! I woke Eric up and we called our sweet friend Joyce. I love that she had kept the phone waiting by her bed, she was ready for that call! She rushed over and stayed with the boys until my dad could get there.
As soon as they admitted me I asked for the epidural! I wasn't in much pain but because of how quick the Bratager babies like to come I knew I shouldn't wait. They had told me since I was having twins and I had to deliver in the OR it also was not an option, I had to have one. Our nurse wrote it down, after waiting for an hour or so we were transferred to my room. By then it was around 1:00 am. I was trying to rest some and my mom and sister were on their way. The contractions were coming on stronger and I had to ask again for the epidural. The nurse said he had ordered it and they would be up anytime with it. Next thing I remember they said I progressed so quickly they were rushing me into the OR. It was time! When we went into the OR my doctor was in there along with 2 nurses for me, the pediatrician on call and 2 nurses for each of the twins. They were all whispering to each other, my doctor looked very angry and was upset that my epidural was never brought up. They found out the nurse never placed the order. Ugh, not happy! It was time to deliver the twins and my window for the drugs was gone :( I had Joshua naturally but the issue with the twins was Matthew was breached :( The nurses kept saying they could not believe I was going to have to do this without drugs. I was starting to get really scared and upset too. I had to remind them I was not on drugs and could hear everything that they were saying. They all kept apologizing and told me it would be ok. The doctor looked at me and said there is nothing we could do about it, we had to deliver. A few pushes later and Abby was here! First thing I asked was if she was really a girl! I knew they said I was having one but I needed to be sure a girl actually came out. The room was laughing at that point. I listened to that sweet cry, it was such an amazing sound. At 5:41 we welcomed Abby Bratager into our lives. 6lbs 13oz.
Next it was time for my little man! The room became very tense again. The doctor warned me this was not going to be good but we had to get Matthew out and quickly, his heart rate was dropping. The doctor had to reach inside and attempt to flip Matthew around. Yep, that was fun :( After a few attempts and the heart rate getting worse she said she was going to have to pull him out by his legs. She grabbed one leg but the other was jack knifed inside of me. They wanted to do an emergency C-section but because of not having any drugs in me what so ever there was no time. She ended up yanking him out. When he came out he was all blue and we did not hear that sweet cry. I kept trying to push Eric over to check on him but he stood there beside me. He could not move. I could not see what was going on but Eric held my hand and told me they were working on him. After what seemed like forever they were able to get him to cry. I just cried along with him. My sweet boy made his dramatic entrance at 5:49. Welcome to the world Matthew Bratager! 6lbs 2oz.
Things had changed so much since we had our other kids. They cleaned up the twins, handed one to Eric and one to me and we were off to our regular room. Because of Matthew's hard delivery he had several issues. Thankfully we never had to go to the NICU but we did have to stay one extra night in the hospital. His legs were badly bruised because she had to pull him out so hard. He strained a muscle in his neck. He also had jaundice, all of my boys had this but they all were allowed to check out on time. They said because of all the bruising his was a little more severe.
I am so thankful that my mom and sister were there why all this was happening. When we went back to the room I started having some issues. I was bleeding a little more than they wanted. I don't remember much after delivering the twins. I do remember my sister running over to me while I was holding one of the twins and I started to pass out. My mom and sister took the twins and Eric went with me as I was rushed back into the OR. They had to take me back in and attempt to stop some of the bleeding. Next thing I remember was waking up in recovery asking Eric where the babies were. Eric told me they were ok and that my mom and sister were giving them their first feeding. I was so sad I missed that, I was angry with the nurse, I was not allowed to nurse the twins for 24 hours. Any milk I pumped had to be thrown out because of all the drugs they had to give me the second time I went into the OR. I was so sad hours had passed and I didn't remember certain things. Eric said they asked me questions about what milk I wanted the twins to have, I have no memory of any of it. I am just thankful the family was there to help.
As soon as I was back in the room all of those emotions went away, they were here. They were doing well and a great size for coming 4 weeks early! I was so thankful that everything was going to be ok! Our sweet twins, we love you so much!
I was sitting here looking at all the pictures from this past year and realized that I never wrote down the twins birth story.
I had a doctors appointment 2 days before the twins came, I went with my bags packed hoping they would send me to the hospital. No such luck! They told me to come back in a week. Thankfully the twins had other plans. At that point I just hit 36 weeks. Two nights later I could not sleep, I remember watching some tv and being so uncomfortable I started to walk laps. Surprise my water broke!! It was time! I woke Eric up and we called our sweet friend Joyce. I love that she had kept the phone waiting by her bed, she was ready for that call! She rushed over and stayed with the boys until my dad could get there.
As soon as they admitted me I asked for the epidural! I wasn't in much pain but because of how quick the Bratager babies like to come I knew I shouldn't wait. They had told me since I was having twins and I had to deliver in the OR it also was not an option, I had to have one. Our nurse wrote it down, after waiting for an hour or so we were transferred to my room. By then it was around 1:00 am. I was trying to rest some and my mom and sister were on their way. The contractions were coming on stronger and I had to ask again for the epidural. The nurse said he had ordered it and they would be up anytime with it. Next thing I remember they said I progressed so quickly they were rushing me into the OR. It was time! When we went into the OR my doctor was in there along with 2 nurses for me, the pediatrician on call and 2 nurses for each of the twins. They were all whispering to each other, my doctor looked very angry and was upset that my epidural was never brought up. They found out the nurse never placed the order. Ugh, not happy! It was time to deliver the twins and my window for the drugs was gone :( I had Joshua naturally but the issue with the twins was Matthew was breached :( The nurses kept saying they could not believe I was going to have to do this without drugs. I was starting to get really scared and upset too. I had to remind them I was not on drugs and could hear everything that they were saying. They all kept apologizing and told me it would be ok. The doctor looked at me and said there is nothing we could do about it, we had to deliver. A few pushes later and Abby was here! First thing I asked was if she was really a girl! I knew they said I was having one but I needed to be sure a girl actually came out. The room was laughing at that point. I listened to that sweet cry, it was such an amazing sound. At 5:41 we welcomed Abby Bratager into our lives. 6lbs 13oz.
Next it was time for my little man! The room became very tense again. The doctor warned me this was not going to be good but we had to get Matthew out and quickly, his heart rate was dropping. The doctor had to reach inside and attempt to flip Matthew around. Yep, that was fun :( After a few attempts and the heart rate getting worse she said she was going to have to pull him out by his legs. She grabbed one leg but the other was jack knifed inside of me. They wanted to do an emergency C-section but because of not having any drugs in me what so ever there was no time. She ended up yanking him out. When he came out he was all blue and we did not hear that sweet cry. I kept trying to push Eric over to check on him but he stood there beside me. He could not move. I could not see what was going on but Eric held my hand and told me they were working on him. After what seemed like forever they were able to get him to cry. I just cried along with him. My sweet boy made his dramatic entrance at 5:49. Welcome to the world Matthew Bratager! 6lbs 2oz.
Things had changed so much since we had our other kids. They cleaned up the twins, handed one to Eric and one to me and we were off to our regular room. Because of Matthew's hard delivery he had several issues. Thankfully we never had to go to the NICU but we did have to stay one extra night in the hospital. His legs were badly bruised because she had to pull him out so hard. He strained a muscle in his neck. He also had jaundice, all of my boys had this but they all were allowed to check out on time. They said because of all the bruising his was a little more severe.
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| Matthew's poor legs, all bruised |
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| What jaundice, I am just enjoying some alone time |
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| Pulled neck muscle |
I am so thankful that my mom and sister were there why all this was happening. When we went back to the room I started having some issues. I was bleeding a little more than they wanted. I don't remember much after delivering the twins. I do remember my sister running over to me while I was holding one of the twins and I started to pass out. My mom and sister took the twins and Eric went with me as I was rushed back into the OR. They had to take me back in and attempt to stop some of the bleeding. Next thing I remember was waking up in recovery asking Eric where the babies were. Eric told me they were ok and that my mom and sister were giving them their first feeding. I was so sad I missed that, I was angry with the nurse, I was not allowed to nurse the twins for 24 hours. Any milk I pumped had to be thrown out because of all the drugs they had to give me the second time I went into the OR. I was so sad hours had passed and I didn't remember certain things. Eric said they asked me questions about what milk I wanted the twins to have, I have no memory of any of it. I am just thankful the family was there to help.
As soon as I was back in the room all of those emotions went away, they were here. They were doing well and a great size for coming 4 weeks early! I was so thankful that everything was going to be ok! Our sweet twins, we love you so much!
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