My girls meet their Pastor and his wife!!!

3 weeks tomorrow! Where does the time go...

Well, my baby girls are going to be 3 weeks old tomorrow, and 36 weeks gestation if I was still pregnant. As the doctor said this morning, they are exceptional in how quickly they have overcome little things and major things that they should have been in the womb still to attain. As of today, Sara is 4 pounds 2 ounces, Sophia 3 pounds 15 ounces. They are beautiful, healthy and coming home by the weekend. The breathing episodes are resolving themselves, as we were told would happen as their lungs matured, Sara having her last one 4 days ago, Sophia a couple days. The doctor was confident it is almost completely in the past and is starting the discharge paperwork tomorrow. God has done so much for our little ones, and will continue to do so as they grow. I cannot wait to have them home with us where they belong, and to bring them to church! I myself am looking forward to coming to church again, it has been too long for me!!! Thank God for online sermons!!! LOL! PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR US AND OUR FAMILY, WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS!!!

Friday, August 22, 2008...2 weeks and 3 days old!

Corinne Baker with Sara, Lisa Goode with Sophia; Melissa Jaggard with Sara, Carla Jaggard with Sophia...thanks for coming to see our babies!!! Sara in the foreground, Sophia relaxing on Mommy's lap...Sophia wide awake, Daddy with Sara, Sara stretching out her loooong legs, and Sara smiling...

Well, my girls are on their way home soon! Yea!!! They were upgraded to excellent this morning, and according to Foothills, graduated, and have been transferred to Peter Lougheed, where babies tend to spend a few days to a week or two then sent home. Sara is ready to go home any day, and Sophia still has another week ahead of her, but the hospital is more than happy to keep them together until Sophia is ready. Foothills was not willing to do this and I feel better knowing I don't have to separate them! I am so anxious to bring them home, and together! They have both had all tubes and iv's removed as of today! They are gaining weight every day, and filling out slowly, but look amazing! Sara was so mad today because she didn't get to eat as fast as she wanted and we got to see that temper!!! LOL!

After a brief checkup yesterday, I found out my incision was not infected, thank God, but I am retaining blood underneath which hopefully will disappear soon enough. I feel pretty good and am recovering nicely, thank God! This pumping business can get tiring...sigh...but is fine, as I know my babies are getting what they need.

So tiny...what a wonder God's creation is...Sara holding my finger

1 week and 2 days old and together again!!!

Today my babies were finally put back together where they belong! Sophia was moved from her isolette into a crib with her sister! Sara had her IV removed today as well, and Sophia will have hers removed Saturday morning. The only hurdle now is the feeding, by bottle and nursing-they have to get the sucking, swallowing, breathing all at the same time, which in Jesus Name will only take a week or two to kick in! My darlings are beautiful, and looking healthier every day! It thrills me every time I talk to them and they turn towards me, and look at me with big eyes! We are truly blessed!

6 days old

Charles and I arrived at the hospital this morning to find Sara had been transferred from an isolette to a bed! She no longer needs it, meaning she can maintain her own body temperature and is breathing awesomely, without any apnea spells! God is soooo good! Sophia is on her way, hopefully in the next couple days, but has to remain on intravenous as she is on antibiotics for a suspected infection, that today they assured us is probably not there, but just being cautious. Both girls should be off their iv's by Thursday at the latest and will be on bottle and breast from then on.

Sophia & Sara St. Pierre

The St. Pierre twins have arrived!

We welcomed our precious baby girls on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:15 pm in the Foothills Medical Centre. Sophia Annika Reine was born first, weighing in at 3 pounds 10 ounces, and 16 inches long. Her APGAR score was 9 out of 10, the best that a baby can get. Sara Ella Elayna came 30 seconds later, weighing in at 3 pounds 13 ounces, and 16.5 inches long. Her APGAR score was also 9 out of 10, and we are thanking God for His hand on them! They must be able to do three things before they are discharged from the hospital-breathe on their own, maintain their own body temperature, and be able to feed consistently either nursing or bottle. I am of course nursing, so they have been giving them my milk by tubes for now, but we are attempting slowly to introduce the way God intended!!! Both girls can breathe on their own, and are quite quickly catching onto the body temperature thing. Sophia still has apnea spells, where she forgets to breathe and has to be mildly stimulated. This I have been assured is normal and she will grow out of this...in Jesus Name soon! We still need all of your prayers and love you all! We have a great family, church and otherwise, and we could not go through this without you! I will post pictures hopefully later today.

Welcome to Calgary Aissa!

Baby shower for Jude! July 27, 2008

More pictures to follow! Gotta get them from Amanda!