On March 28th, 2011, my life changed forever.  Elizabeth (Libby) and Alexander (Alex)  were born at 3:03pm and 3:20pm, weighing 5lbs 11oz and 6lbs 1oz respectively.  There birth was very difficult, and I am not ready to post about it yet, but I will say that I did deliver both babies vaginally, and avoided having a c-section.

Here is a couple pics of them at the hospital:

Libby:

Alex:

Alex and Libby:

I have to admit, it has been a lot harder than I thought it would be.  My husband took 2 months off work and is helping me with everything, but it is still really hard to take care of twins.  I can’t imagine more than two.  My hat is off to moms of multiples.

I was hoping to breastfeed both babies, but it has not worked out as I had hoped.  My son is not interested in the breast at all, although he loves breast milk.  My daughter will breastfeed, but she only gets it about once a day from the breast.  During the day, the babies both get pumped breastmilk.  During the night, they get formula.  I would love to give them only breast milk, but I am not making enough to feed both babies all day long.  Hopefully, I can get my supply up, but I am not going to worry about it.  They are getting breastmilk, and that is the most important thing.

We had our doctor appointment yesterday and Libby is up to 7lbs 8oz and Alex is up to 7lbs 3oz.  Libby is a great eater.  Alex is lazy.  Getting him to finish his bottle can take some work.

Here they are from this week at 3 weeks old:

I am so in love with these little people.  I think that they are just the cutest, most darling things in the world!

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