Video of the girls, Mommy and Grandma & Grandpa Stewart

I will have to remember not to talk like such a goof ball on the next video!!!!!

1st Bath for Reese

3 first times

Greg & Felshia Blackwood (God Parents) holding Riley for the first time. They came to the hospital the second night to see the girls. I could tell that they were a little scarred to hold the babies since they were so small but Greg took charge and held onto Riley for a few minutes.

Aunt Gisele (Reese's middle name)and Uncle Dave holding the girls for the first time. They came down from Daytona Beach to see the girls and drove Taylor to Cape Caneveral for her Disney Cruise with my Father and Step Mother.
The girls first time in the car on the way home from the hospital. Michelle is sitting in the backseat with the girls on the way home and snapped this picture,

Can it get any better than this???????????

What an unexplainable feeling I have to express the way I feel. When we found out the the twins would be born on September 11th we were at first uneasy. Now that they are born we look at it as a beautiful thing happened on a sad day in history. My wife is so tiny, she carried the girls 38 weeks and our last appointment the doctor said she needed to get them out right away. I can't explain the feelings we had with so little time to prepare. I was literally in shock, thank god that my wife had already packed our bags. I went to the hospital with the thought that it would happen so easily but to my dismay it was a traumatic experience. I am not the best with blood so I told the doctor not to let me see the procedure. My daughter came to see my wife into the delivery room and it was so sweet that she was very emotional (9 years old) that she did not want to see Mommy in any pain. They took Michelle into the Operating room and made me put on scrubs. When I got to enter the room, my wife had already had an epidural and she was calm as could be. I walked Behind the sheet to comfort her and all I could smell was burning flesh. They had already begun to cut her open and the smell was from the cauterisation. Not even two minutes into the surgery Michelle and I broke down and started to cry. Our Anisitigiolist was very comforting and helped us throughout the whole ordeal. Our neighbour was also one of the Nurses in the room so it made it very comfortable for us. After the babies were removed we heard them cry and it was the most surreal feeling I could ever feel. We were nervous about the girls so the nurse told me to come and see them to comfort my wife. I came around the curtain to see my girls and as soon as I laid eyes on them I was in love. I walked back to tell my wife that they were fine and shortly after that they asked me to escort them to the recovery room while my wife got stitched and stapled. Let me tell you one thing, I cried all the way to the recovery room. What an amazing feeling!!!!!!!!!!!

Sleep deprevation!!! You are calling my name

This is a picture of the girls with Grandmas Drapeau and Miller. Look at how sweet the girls look while they are sleeping. Let me tell you something that everyone takes for granted before babies are born. Every human being needs a certain number of hours of sleep each day to revive brain cells and other body systems so they’ll continue functioning effectively. I find myself craving naps during the day and feel out of it, anxious and groggy. We have been getting only three hours of sleep or less each night. Ultimately, parents to be have no idea how the lack of sleep that two babies can bring. If you're only getting three hours of sleep night after night and sometimes less, you'll most likely take your frustration and anger out on your partner. I can see this slightly already and the girls are only one week old so I need to understand my wifes newly found impatience (not to mention mine). I want to get up during the night because if we work as a team we can get through this difficult time a little easier. With two babies, it takes twice as long to change, feed and dress them. When one is done, you have a whole new baby to deal with. Don't get me wrong, I love every minute of it but it can sure be draining. I find myself just staring at them at 2:00 AM and thinking what prefect little angels and two minutes later their cries could awaken Rip Van Winkle. Twins are double the fun and double the sleep deprevation but worth every second.

The Twins are Here!!!!!!!!!!!!! September 11th, 2007

I am so amazed and pleased that our daughters were both born healthy and beautiful. I have to get back to the hospital but had to share. I will update later. Riley came first at 2:32 PM 9-11-07 weighing 5.4 lbs and Reese came second at 2:33 PM weighing 4.9 lbs. Michelle is doing well but hurting after the C- Section. Too much to tell, I will be back soon. We will bring the babies home on Friday!!!!!!

My Wife, My Friend, My Love & My Life- Week 38

My wife went to the doctor today and from the looks of it we will have our girls in the next few days. I have been really trying to keep her comfortable and hope to keep the girls inside for as long as we can.. Their weights are still in the 5 1/2 LB range but the doctor feels confident that they are ready to be born any time. I am just so proud of my wife for the amazing gift that she is about to give me. I fell helpless that I can't help her right now but I know that once the girls are born that I can prove to her my dedication to our family. We have another doctors appointment on Monday and I will go to support Michelle. I feel terrible that I have not been able to attend more appointments than I have been too because of work. I really can't wait to see our girls!!! Taylor our daughter is getting really excited too, she told me tonight at dinner that she was so excited that she could scream. With all that we do, it is her, my wife, who has made things happen. We still talk about our dreams and things we still want to do and accomplish. Having these girls will be a major life change and a huge accomplishment. I can't believe that Michelle will be going into labor in the next few days. I would say that pain is part of the glory, or the tremendous mystery of life. And that if anything, it's a kind of privilege to stand so close to such an incredible miracle. My wife is braver than she believes. Stronger than she seems. And smarter than she thinks. I just hope that our babies will be as amazing as their mother.

37 Weeks - Happy Labor Day

It is 37 weeks and Michelle is ready to have our girls. I am sooooooooo scarred yet anxious to hold them. It is getting to be difficult for Michelle to stand up and move around. Her next appointment is in 2 days and we should know if they are going to plan a C - Section or let her give birth naturally. Either way, I am nervous the C - Section would be planned and that would take the unknown out of the equation but seeing blood makes my knees weak. I would have to be in a position to support Michelle and and stay away from seeing the incision. Naturally I will be just as nervous and am not sure if I would pass out there either. I want to know how to prepare for the water breaking, contractions and from what I hear the grossest thing they don't explain about in pregnancy: Two Words - Mucus Plug. Unless you’re exposed to a bunch of pregnant women (which I am not), there aren’t many occasions for it to pop into a conversation. So what exactly is a mucus plug? I am sure when I find out, this will not be the appropriate place to post it. Michelle got the hospital bags packed weeks in advance in the corner of our bedroom with a crisply folded birth plan sitting neatly on the counter. The bag has everything from clothes for us to the digital camera, video camera and everything Michelle will need. I still need to assemble the baby seats for the car, the woman that gave us the tour of the hospital said that the parking lot of the hospital would not be appropriate. I am glad that she told me that, I probably would not have put them in there.