You might be the mother of new born twins if....

Your refrigerator looks like this!

The boys today in their onsies from Auntie Caitlin! We went to the doctors to have them weighed yesterday to make sure they are still gaining weigt...Walker is 5 pounds 2 ounces and Brayden is 4 pounds 13.5 ounces! They are doing so good and getting so big! They are eating every four hours and I have started nursing them at the same time! Because they are still so little they don't get enough milk from nursing so I pump when I am done nursing and we feed them bottles as well! It takes about an hour and a half to two hours to get them fed and back to sleep and then I have to pump so we are not getting too much sleep but we are loving every single minute with the boys! Joseph is such great help during the night and and basically just all the time! He is a great Dad! The boys are so sweet and I feel so blessed to have them home and healthy and growing!

My handsome Boys...

Left: Brayden Matthew Carlson
Weight 4 pounds 8 ounces
Length 17 3/4
Right: Walker Joseph Carlson
Weight 4 pounds 11 ounces
Length 16 1/4
Walker Joseph was born at 9:04pm on March 20, 2009 and by regular delivery
Brayden Matthew was born at 9:20pm on March 20, 2009 by c-section as he turned feet down after Walker was born.
They were both born without any complications but because they were 5 full weeks early they were taken to the NICU at UC Davis in Sacramento to be monitored and taken care of by the wonderful nurses and doctors there. Because I had just woken up from my c-section I didn't get to hold them before they left but they brought both boys in to see me in their isolets and let me talk to them and touch them before they left. They both ended up a little bit jaundice but did very well under the bili lights. I spent the first three days away from them recovering at Marshall hospital in Placerville but Joseph spent as much time as he could with them in the NICU. I was released on Monday afternoon and my Mom took me straight down to see the boys. They were discharged yesterday after just a week in the NICU and the doctors are very happy with how well they did! We are now home and happy to be a little family of four! Because they are still premature they aren't allowed to have any visitors except family until their due date April 22. We are so happy to be home with our little boys and feel so blessed that everything has gone so well! It still seems so sureal that they really are ours and that we're a little family now but everything has been wonderful so far and we're treasuring every single minute! I stole these pictures from my mom but will put up more from my camera soon!
Our first family picture the first time I got to hold Walker(Left) and Brayden(Right) Walker and Brayden sleeping at home!
With Auntie Caitlin
Aren't they sweet...Walker and Brayden

Why I haven't been blogging.....

So I am on bedrest and simply exhausted most of the day...if you want the whole story check out my moms blog at www.cindykersey.blogspot.com
Happy St. Patricks Day

Baby Shower!

I had a baby shower last weekend on Saturday and had so much fun! We got so many wonderful things and Joseph and are feeling so blessed by all the family and friends we have that love us! So many people came and it was so good to see everyone...friends we see all the time as well as friends we haven't seen in years! Above is my favorite picture of the day because my tummy looks so huge! It was such a great day, thank you so much to everyone who came!!!

Arenacross!

On Sunday Joseph and I went to watch Cole at Arenacross at Arco Arena in Sacramento. He is doing this new series of Arenacross races and this weekend happened to be when they were close to home in Sac. We had a great time watching him and his friends and going back and forth between the pits. He did a super good job in his heat races and took a 4th and a 7th in his main races. We picked up Caitlin on the way down and met Matt on the way so we didn't all have to pay parking. We had an awesome day!

With Cole when we first got there!

Cole #99

The whole track from where we sat all day!

All of us watching, apparently Caitlin and I were either confused or intently watching!

Matt and Joe consulting with Cole after his race.

In the pits under ArcoArena.

Snow is Cameron Park!

Joseph and I have been staying at our friends the Bitnoff's with their two boys while their parents are in Hawaii for the week! Conner and Cole are 16 and 13 and we have tons of fun with them! On Friday morning when Joe woke up to get ready for work we awoke to SNOW!!! Now for those of you who live in the snow this might not be very impressive to you...but for us sunny Californians we were freezing!

Looking out our window down onto our cars Friday morning!

My poor frozen car!

Looking up the street from the Bitnoff's house.

Their frozen backyard

The trees looked so pretty all covered in snow!

As pretty as it was I am glad to say it only snow about once a year at the most in Cameron Park and I am hoping it stays that way! Joseph and I are doing well...I'm thirty two weeks along now and we're just waiting (inpatiently) for these boys to get here! Joseph has tomorrow off work and we're excited to spend sometime together--we didn't get to celebrate valentine's day on Saturday so we'll probably go out to dinner or something! As for me heartburn and major backpain have kicked in during the last week and we are definetely not friends! Hope everyone had a Happy Valentines Day!!!