Posted by kim on June 16, 2010
Kaitlyn’s baby shower is only two days away, and I have so much to do before then – the main thing being cleaning! The worst part is scrubbing floors and toilets. I have some baby shower decoration ideas, and I do know that we are going with the jungle/safari baby theme. Once I finish dusting and vacuuming the family room, I will work on the Baby Shower Decorations. I received some super cute Babyshower Decorations from BabyShowerDecorations.net – a newly launched website that focuses on helping people plan, host, and decorate a baby shower. Their company has served over 100,000 customers in the past 4 years, and this newest website is exclusively devoted to baby shower planning, favors, and decorating – just what I needed! Now I just need to get my three daughters to help me finish cleaning – wish me luck!
Posted by kim on February 22, 2010
The famous (and controversial) Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, will appear on ABC’s “The View,” on Wednesday, February 24th, in her first-ever visit to New York City and on the show.
Suleman commented on the upcoming event, “I am elated. I am honored. I love ‘The View’ and can’t wait to meet everyone, my heroes. I can’t wait to see New York.”
This should make for an interesting show as the hosts of the show have debated the circumstances in past shows about the unemployed single mother who chose to have IVF after already having six other children.
I am a participant in a Mom Central campaign for ABC Daytime and will receive a tote bag or other The View branded items to facilitate my review.
Posted by kim on January 27, 2010
Mallory & Macy on their 16th birthday (1/27/2010) standing under the counted cross-stitch samplers I started while I was on pregnancy bedrest at 21 weeks.
As it snows outside today, I remember the awful snow storm we received sixteen years ago, as that was the day my million-dollar miracle babies were born. The weather was too bad for a helicopter to fly me to Omaha, so I was put in Trendelenburg position (feet above my head to relieve pressure on the cervix) and given drugs to try to stop labor and more drugs to speed up the development of the twins’ lungs. I remember the doctor saying, “Your tummy is a way better incubator than any hospital.”
But the drugs didn’t work in time. Six doctors and fifteen nurses were called in to help out at our small local hospital for my emergency C-Section.
At 10:52 pm and 10:53 pm, I gave birth to the tiniest babies I’d ever seen, born over 13 weeks before they were supposed to come into this world…
Twin A: Mallory Joan, 2 lb 6 oz
Twin B: Macy Annette, 2 lb 9 oz
Notice the size of the nurse’s fingers compared to the size of Macy’s arms and legs (Twin B)! My wedding ring could fit around them. And Mallory was even smaller. I tell them they could have fit in a Velveeta cheese box.
The doctors didn’t think the girls would live through the night, and our pastor came down to the hospital to baptize the girls. My husband named them while I was still in the recovery room, and I remember practically sitting up in bed when I heard that they let him name them (let’s just say I would have named them differently). I think the grandmas may have helped as they have their grandmother’s middle names. 
I wasn’t even put in the maternity ward after surgery, as I’m presuming they thought it would be too devastating for me. I got to see the babies for one brief minute before they were flown to St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. A helicopter would have been too rough of a ride for them, so they were transported in a medical airplane. I remember receiving a bill from the City of Norfolk for having to do snow removal to clear the airport’s runway for the plane.
It was not an easy journey the first year (as you can read under Macy & Mallory’s NICU Story), and they still like to try my strength and patience at times. I’m surprised I don’t have any gray hairs yet!
Happy Birthday Girls! I love you! ~Mom
