Happy Birthday, Little Nagode's!

so tiny they can share the hospital bed :D

Our first family portrait.... a nice Christmas card? :D

Hello, little loves!

Here's the 38 week belly...

Ok, Ok... we may be 5 weeks late. Hopefully you all can understand that we have been extremely busy and adjusting to parenthood. We haven't had much time to think, let alone update our blog! Let us think back to July 22nd here and see if we can sum up the best day of our life together!

After a long, long day of waiting, off we went to Methodist Medical Center around 6:30 P.M. We checked in at the ER and away we were swept to the maternity ward. We spent a good hour and a half in the exam room where all sorts of monitors and an IV were put in their proper places. We of course did a run through of questions with the nurse and doctor and Melissa was then prepped for surgery...

Nerves really set in as the surgery time crept up on us. Melissa of course had a breakdown and bawled her eyes out for a good 20 minutes, fearful she was going to die. (She did not appreciate stories of infections, blood clots, and hemmorhaging on TV and magazines during her pregnancy). After the tears stopped and she came to grips with reality, she was walked down to the surgery room and Matt was strapped into his "monkey suit."

The surgery went very well. So quick and painless (thank goodness)! We can't tell you how much we LOVED the surgical team and especially our Dr. Gibson! Anna Mae made her debut at 9:07 P.M weighing in at a healthy 6 lbs. 2 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. One minute later out slipped Abigail Elizabeth one ounce heavier and 1/2 an inch shorter than her big sis! Daddy Matt snapped some pictures, Mommy Melissa layed their curious and paitiently to see her big girls! After about 30 minutes of clean up and sewing Melissa back together, away the girls and Matt went to the nursery and Melissa to recovery.

Recovery was horrible. Melissa threw up we don't know how many times and was so exhausted and completely out of it from the anesthesia. The next day, she was up and out of bed with ease and even got to take a shower on Friday morning! Overall, it was not nearly the horrible experience she had been dreading and of course the best results were meeting our new little ones!