HAPPY ONE WEEK BIRTHDAY

Today our boys turned ONE WEEK old. It's so hard to believe that they are finally here and already a week old. Tomorrow, December 9th, should be the big day. They are coming home! I'm so glad that they will be home for Christmas. They have done so well in the NICU. Thank you to all the nurses that have taken care of our boys.

Happy Birthday Quinn O'Kelley!

Happy Birthday Kaden William!

Our Boys....Let's hope they keep up this good sleeping when they come home.
This picture was taken after they were circumsized.
They did so good!! YAY to our big boys!!! Tomorrow they will get their hospital picture taken. The hats they are wearing were made by Threads of Love...A Christian organization that makes hats and blankets for preemie babies in the NICU at Brookwood Medical Center.

BIG BROTHER'S 1ST BASKETBALL GAME

About a month ago, Brady decided that he wanted to play on the Termite Basketball Team at his school. It's only about seven of them that play and they just play each other. So, last Saturday they had their first game. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to his first game, but Chris was able to go and he took some pics for me.

In the above pic, Brady is doing a great job dribbling down the court. He told Chris that he wasn't going to pass the ball to anyone so he could make alot of shots. How cute!!! He made like 20 points during the entire game.

And here he is again dribbling and going in for the shot. Unfortunately, Brady's team lost their first, but like Brady says it isn't about winning it's about having fun.

FIRST FEEDING & MEETING BIG BROTHER

Last night Brady got to come meet his two new Little Brothers. He was so excited, but really hated seeing hit little brothers with IVs. Brady was on cloud nine about seeing the twins.

And if you are wondering why Brady's lips are blue, he ate like 4 blueberry candy sticks before going to the NICU.

Brady getting to see his two Little Brother's for the First Time.

Brady peeping at his Little Brother Kaden

Brady checking out his Little Brother Quinn. Quinn's IV had to be put in the top of his head and Brady didn't really like it, but neither did any of us.

Quinn O'Kelley Hamm Snoozing - Right he looks so much like his Daddy

Kaden William Hamm Sleeping Away - And he looks like his Mommy

Yesterday, both Quinn and Kaden also got their first bottle. They did well with the first one so I got to go down and give them the next one.

Mommy Feeding Quinn (He really likes to eat)

THEY ARE HERE...DECEMBER 1st, 2008

The boys finally decided it was time to meet their mommy and daddy. Yesterday, Kaden was showing lots of dips in his heartrate so my doc had Dr. Gonzalos come in to do another Ultrasound. Both babies looked great and my amniotic fluid was good as well. He decided he would check me, so it was then we found out that I was 3cm dilated and about 75% effaced. He said if we gave it a day or two that my water would break, so him and my doc consulted and they decided to do a C-section at 1pm. Chris and I were so excited and couldn't wait to meet the little guys. I got back to the Operating Room at 1:22 and back to recovery within an hour. The boys looked great and sounded great. I stayed in recovery for about an hour and then was wheeled into NICU to see the boys. Both boys were doing great. Kaden was having to have a little oxygen to help him out, but he is off of it as of right now. The NICU doctor said they should be able to come home somewhere between 5 and 10 days. I will atleast be here until Friday. And now for the pics you have all been waiting for......

Proud Daddy with Kaden (right) and Quinn (left)

Kaden William Hamm born December 1, 2008 at 1:41pm

4 pounds and 7 ounces and 17 inches long

Quinn O'Kelley Hamm born December 1, 2008 @ 1:41pm
4 pounds 8 ounces and 17 3/4 inches long

First time for Mommy to see her beautiful sons.

Kaden (left) and Quinn (right)

33 WEEKS AND 4 DAYS

On Wednesday November 26th, Kaden decided to show another dip on the monitor at around 4:30 am, so that meant back to L&D for monitoring. Both boys actually showed another dip the day before around 2pm. I had gotten up to go to the bathroom and while I was hooking my monitors back up I noticed the low heartrates. So I got the nurse and from that point on, I can't get out of the bed. Not even to go to the bathroom. How fun is that??? Since this is my third time to be taken down to L&D, my doc decided to just leave me down here until I deliver. Also on Wednesday, Dr. Gonzaloz, the high risk doctor, came to do an U/S on the babies to check my amniotic fluid level. My levels were a little low, but that was normal for twins. He also had a fun time looking at the boys. At one point, he went Oh My Goodness....this boy has a lot of hair. So I guess we will have to see how true that is. After meeting with Dr. Gonzaloz and then him consulting with my doc, they decided that since I will be 34 weeks on Sunday, they are going to stop all my meds that are keeping me from going into labor on Monday. After you reach 34 weeks there is really no reason to stop labor. So Monday we will just see what happens. Hopefully we will have two sons by the first of next week.

AN INTERESTING DAY ALREADY

I was back in L&D this morning around 5am. The reason behind this was Kaden (Baby B) showed a dip on the heartrate monitor. His heartrate dropped down to 60 for about 4 minutes, but this was more than likely due to a way that I moved or something. But his heartrate came back up and neither baby has shown in many problems, but due to procedures I was given some oxygen and fluids and sent down to L&D for monitoring. By 11am my doc called and said that it was okay to go back to the Perinatal Floor to my room (#251). I am now to stay hooked up to the monitors constantly. These little boys are just loving giving their mommy trouble before they even get here. But they are keeping me and their daddy on our toes and I'm sure from now on that's how it will always be (HA!), but we are going to enjoy and cherish every minute of it.

33 WEEKS and 1 DAY ULTRASOUND

I got my Ultrasound and..................Quinn (Baby A) weighs 4 pounds and 5 ounces and Kaden (Baby B) weighs 4 pounds and 8 ounces. If I make it another week we just might have five pound babies. And it confirmed again that they are both definitely boys. They were showing it off pretty bad....it was so funny!!!! My fluid levels measured good and the overall U/S looked good. So if they do another U/S it will probably be in about two weeks, that is if I'm still here. That's all for now!!!