Happy Birthday, Lucas and Olivia!

On December 1st, Dan and I held our beautiful babies for the first time and it was the most wonderful experience in the entire world! Lucas Cole Bartlett was born at 11:13am weighing 6.5 lbs and 18 inches long. Olivia Rae followed one minute later (feet first!) at 11:14am weighing 4.15 lbs and 17 inches long. Both babies were perfect and have not left our side since they were born. Lucas had to go on oxygen for about 5-10 minutes, but other than that, we were beyond blessed that there were no other complications. Little Olivia was smaller than they had predicted, but she is one strong girl. Her sugars were a little low for awhile, and they had to stick her foot every 3 hours until midnnight. The levels have to be about 40, and the lowest she got to was 45 and then they started going up. I'm sure she's relieved to no longer have her foot pricked all the time!

We are already learning their different cries and sounds, and they LOVE to be together. They have not left the same isolet since their birth. They are so used to us talking to them in my belly, and it is great to be able to comfort them when they are upset when no one else can.

Our first night Lucas was really fussy, and we later learned that it was because he was hungry. I am trying to nurse, but needed to supplement in the meantime. We got so many conflicting suggestions from the pediatrician and nurses. Finally, about 4am, our wonderful night nurse Alice (a mother to 3 yr old twins herself) strongly suggested they go to the nursery for 2 hours so we could get some rest. It broke my heart to have them leave the room (I may have even cried), but I knew we would be no good to them if we didn't have any rest.

The day was a whirlwind, and it is amazing how quickly time passes now. It is hard to believe they are finally here, and how much you can love two little people so instantly. We hope to get some pictures posted soon.