Today's the Day!

Today the girls are 7 weeks old. I didn't post a six week update last week because things were crazy. Having two babies in two different places was really rough! BUT the key word is WAS! Today is the day that I have been waiting for! RILEY IS COMING HOME and we will all be together!!! I am beyond thrilled! Here is a few recent pictures of my angels and coming home celebration photos will soon follow!

Miss Riley is filing out! But she is still oh so tiny! She is now a whopping 3 lbs 5.7 ounces. You can tell how tiny her little hand is by the size of my finger in the picture that she is holding on to. Isn't that the best?

This is Miss Keagan in her bouncy seat. Does it look like she likes pink? Friday night our quiet sleepy head evolved into a cute girl with some lungs that would like to be held. We will have to see how that goes with her sister sleeping next to her.

And two more precious pictures! Riley first (that feeding tube is finally out now) and Keagan just relaxing in her boppy!

I love these two SO much and we are about to all have some serious fun together now that we will all be in one place! Very tiring, turn me into a milking dairy farm fun, but fun!

5 Weeks

Yesterday our sweet little girls were 5 weeks old! We have had BIG changes in our family in the last week! On Friday which was exactly 1 month from the time they were born, Keagan came home!!! I was SO thrilled to have one of my sweet angels with me at home- but it was VERY hard to leave one behind-especially without her sister! It is also pretty difficult having two babies in two different places. Which ever one I am not with I am missing them like crazy. But hopefully it won't last too long. One down and one to go!

Friday night was so fun bringing Keagan home to her waiting nursery and very excited parents! The hospital has to approve your car seat or you have to buy a new one. Good thing our little Keagan fit in her car seat but doesn't she look so itty bitty tiny?

This is Keagan laying in their crib for the first time. She is stretched out as much as possible- which she LOVES to do- and still has plenty of room to spare for her sister and much more! I am extremely excited for the night that both of them will be sleeping here together and will finally be able to talk to and touch each other!

Look how precious she is-the shirt couldn't be more perfect! I guess if they had to come home separately it might be good that the mellow one came home first. She is breaking us in for two little girls! Since she has been home she is still on a steady 3 hour eating schedule and mostly sleeps in between. But, every night she has woken up at 4:15 and wants to be held and talked to. How can I not grant her every wish- even at 4am? Travis doesn't want her to get too spoiled so every time she makes a little peep in the middle of the night he has to remind me that I don't have to check on her every 5 minutes. He is actually normally right because she is just stretching or squeaking and goes right back to sleep. Hopefully I will soon learn the difference between the "I'm ok" and "I need you" noises in the middle of the night. She has found more of her lungs since she got home and it makes us wonder how the two of them aren't going to wake each other up sleeping so close. But that is what all of the twin books say to do and it is just so cute!

Miss Riley is still getting great care at the hospital! She is putting on weight and really filling out. Her chubby cheeks are showing that the girls do look more like twins then we actually thought. But she is still much more fair with her blond eyebrows and light hair. She is definitely fighting to get stronger and come home but we have had a little set back this week. She is still having a little bit of a hard time eating and just needs some time to really get it down. I do want her home but I don't want to rush her. Also she had some test results that came back showing that she has one dilated kidney and a little bit of bleeding on her brain. It isn't supper serious- sounds worse then it is- but definitely something they are watching closely that it won't progress. So it may be a little longer then this Friday that she will come home.

Thank heavens Nana is back so that she was at home with Keagan this afternoon. Otherwise Riley and I would have seriously missed out on a HUGE event in her life! She met the REAL Mickey and Minnie Mouse! They were on the island for a ground breaking for a Disney Resort and came to visit all the kids at the hospital afterwards. Riley didn't have a clue what was going on but my favorite nurse Mari and I were so thrilled to meet the best characters from the happiest place on earth!

On Thursday we celebrated the girls one month birthday! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by! All of the nurses in the unit miss Keagan and love seeing Riley and how great she is doing for such a little girl. I am even more amazed at how well they are doing and how much they have been blessed! These girls continue to prove everyday that they are little miracles. I am sure they are missing each other and are just as anxious to be back together as we are! Meanwhile we will wait patiently and try and spend as much precious time that we possibly can with each of them!

More Pictures from week 3-4

Aren't they gorgeous!? Is that so vain to ask? I just can't help myself- I'm obsessed with them and can't even see how everyone else couldn't be too! :) You can really see their size difference and how different they look when they are side by side.

This is where we now hang out everyday. The nurses call it the Kikuchi corner. Several of the nurses actually fight over who is going to get the girls for the day. Keagans bassinet is on the left and Riley's isolet on the right. Doesn't my chair look oh so comfy to sit in for 10 hours? Yeah I am very excited for them to come home even though I will definitely miss the nurses and them feeding the girls in the middle of the night for me! :)

4 Weeks Old

The girls are 4 weeks old today and they get more and more adorable each day! Literally every morning when I first see them I really do already think they are changing- getting a little chubbier each day! I love it! This week the girls were moved out of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They are now in the Intermediate care which means they are in a pediatric patient room with 2 other babies. We still have the same nurses and doctors it is just in a less intense environment where the focus is eating, sleeping, and of course growing! It is a really nice change from the much more busy and intense NICU. The room even has a TV so the long days are broken up by watching CNN or Oprah with the nurses!



Miss Keagan is now getting all of her feedings out of a bottle! She is also breast feeding- a little. I know the breast feeding is alot of work so she will try for just a little bit and then sit there and look at me like "Ok I want my bottle now". When she can get the exact same thing by doing less work can you blame the girl? As you can see in this picture she is really starting to fill out. All of a sudden 2 days ago her chubby cheeks just popped out- which made her look even more like her daddy! Today she will hopefully get her feeding tube out so the only thing we have left is just her 2 monitors and security band so she doesn't get stolen!

Miss Riley changes everyday even more so then her sister. She already looks so different then she did on her birthday and I am sure that will continue as she packs on the pounds. She is starting to look a LITTLE bit more like Keagan from her nose down but they are still so different and unique. She gets three bottles a day now and trying SO hard to keep up with her sister but it is tough! The nurses always comment though that they can't believe a baby so little is already feeding! Shes workin hard! With Physical Therapy (isn't that adorable) her leg is getting better. It is still just tight and she doesn't move it as much because she is so used to it being in a heavy cast. Riley has her own reputation in the unit for being just a little bit feisty! The nurses say the little ones are always feistier because they know they have to be. The girl has a big cry for how little she is-it's so cute. And she doesn't have any kind of warm up at all she just goes straight into it. The good thing is she never cries for very long (it's usually because she wants her pacifier) and she stops crying as quickly as she starts!

Our HUGE news is that Keagan is COMING HOME on Friday!!! When we first got into the unit they told us the girls would come home close to their 40 week due date- which isn't until December 15th. Alot of kids beat that mark but our girls have done amazingly well! I am SO THRILLED to bring one of my sweet babies home but REALLY wish they were BOTH coming home. I am a little worried about juggling one at home and one in the hospital.

Hopefully I will only have to do that for about a week because they think Riley may be able to come home next Friday!!! I realize that once they are both home it is going to be ALOT of work. They eat every three hours so by the time I am done with one it is about time to start the other. Then I have about an hour break before the first one is ready again. BUT, I can not wait for them to be able to be together to sleep in the same crib and be able to talk and touch each other again. I know it will be really good for them!

I can't believe the time has passed so fast! I am so thankful for where they are at and even more excited to see where they are headed! We will keep you posted on the Welcome Home celebrations!

3 Weeks Old!

Today our beautiful girls are 3 weeks old! Time has just flown by and they are doing SO well! Both of them are getting a little chubbier and are so stinkin adorable I can't stand it!

Keagan is now 3 pounds and 15.6 ounces! We are so close to that big and chubby 4 pound mark! She is getting a full 34 cc's of fortified breast milk now- which is almost 7 teaspoons every three hours. And Riley is now a whopping 2 pounds and 6 ounces and is eating 18 ccs of my fortified breast milk- which is VERY quickly filling up my freezer by the way!

Miss Riley got another blood transfusion this week for her anemia and got her cast off from her broken leg! She is never going to believe that her entire leg once fit in there! Her little heart is still working a little harder then we would like to see and she still has some bacteria hangin out in her tummy. But like her more major issues she will conquer these little ones. Miss Keagan has been doing great. Her lung and heart issues are completely resolved and now she just needs to pack on the pounds. Sleeping and eating are really her only orders from here on out (hopefully). Yeah its a tough life!

This week both girls got their first bottle! I introduced Keagan to the tastiness on Sunday and it was Riley's turn today. Both girls looked at me like "what the heck is this" and looked like I was trying to force feed them sour lemon drops. Preemies have a much harder time coordinating the whole sucking, swallowing, and breathing thing so they each only get one bottle a day for now and receive the rest of their food thru their feeding tubes. It is seriously hard work for these little girls to eat at this point but I am sure with the mom and dad that they have, they will get the hang of it real fast! Here is Miss Riley who was not too sure about this!
This week both girls also started rocking their adorable preemie clothes! We have a huge closet full of clothes but we weren't planning on our girls fitting in clothes made for a 4-6 pounder. So Nana brought cute outfits (see she is living up to her outfitting duties well) from Texas. They are all pink or white of course! You should see how tiny these shirts and onezies are and of course they drown Riley! Here is Keagan fully decked out in her "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" outfit. I couldn't have said it any better myself!

Keagans other big news is that she is out of her isolate and in a bassinet! This is because she is maintaining her own temperature just fine. Her sister is actually doing the same but since she is so little she will stay in her isolate a little longer. I love this picture of Keagan sleeping in her bassinet. Both girls are so peaceful and perfect when they are sleeping the day away.

Unfortunately this week Nana went back to Texas. She will be back when one or both girls comes home from the hospital which may be sooner then we originally thought! YEAH! Before she left we got this great picture of both Grandma's with their little granddaughters- priceless. These two are hilarious at the hospital. One is taking a million photos which I love, and the other is watching the nurses to see who she is going to allow to take care of her granddaughters. Both of them are trying to listen to the doctors and nurses talk about all the babies around the girls to figure out what is going on with them and their families stories. But, I have to admit I do the same thing. Don't you just hate the right to other peoples privacy? There is nothing like the love of a Grandma!

So our little miracles are doing amazingly well! I have never been so overwhelmed with gratitude for having these beautiful angels and being able to be with them everyday! I cherrish the chance I am getting to know their cute personalities and fall even more in love with them each day! I am so thankful that over the last 3 weeks I have been able to start what I know will be a life time full of alot of work and worry but much more joy and love! It couldn't be more true...thank heaven for little girls!

Happy Halloween!

I know it looks like our only costume is our cute orange and black hats from Nana.... but actually we are princesses! We just don't need costumes for that! Happy Halloween for the first time!

Love, Riley (on the left) and Keagan (on the right)

2 weeks old!

Its Emily- I'm back! I know my sister is way more hilarious then I am but now that I am feeling better I guess I have to re-claim our blog. You can visit her blog any time by clicking on the first link to the left- it is hilarious! Big thanks to Lisa for keeping everyone informed!!

The girls are 2 weeks old today!!! They really do look older, they are progressing and are doing great. ALOT has happened in a short two week span. We have had surgeries, casts, chest tubes, bacterial infections, blood transfusions, breathing tubes, etc. But they have survived it all and are doing really well. And I must say they are unbelievably adorable!

This is Miss Keagan in her new hat that her Nana (my mom) made her. The unit provides them with hats because when they are held they have to wear one so they can keep warm. Nana was very adamant that they needed matching hats so she went right to work. I think all preemie twins need matching pink hats! Aren't they adorable? Last night she made orange ones with black pom poms on top for their first Halloween. I will outfit them in those today! Nana has been dubbed their official wardrobe provider and their Grandma (Trav's mom) is their official photographer.
Both girls love to sleep with their hands by their faces. Riley sleeps just like me sometimes with her fingers on her chin- I know it's this strange thing I do that Travis loves to take pictures of. Now he can take them of all of his girls. Travis also has a little quirk when he is tired that Keagan does exactly like him! He raises his eyebrows this funny way and I noticed Keagan doing it the other day. It's amazing that they just come this way and that we can already see their cute little personalities and preferences. This is Keagan fast asleep- look at that curly hair!

This is Riley with her pacifier- which she LOVES! The thing is huge for her but she won't take the smaller one for her size. She holds on to it and goes to town. Keagan likes hers now too but it took her a while to figure out what the heck to do with it. After she got her breathing tube out we would put it in her mouth and she would just sit there and stare at us.

Notice Rileys light hair- I think it is lighter then mine but of course it could change dramatically. She also has supper blond eyebrows and eye lashes but her eyes themselves are still really dark. Her sister has really dark hair but much lighter eyes. Trav and I are so curious as to how that is going to turn out.

Our Riley girl wide awake! They are definitely much more alert now especially when we hold them. Both of them definitely know our voices and it is funny as soon as their dad starts talking their eyes are as wide as can be. Not so much with mom. They take their time opening up for me- I guess they are so used to hearing me all the time from the pregnancy that they are already good at tuning me out! :) Doesn't she look great? She is past the big 2 pound marker and you can tell she is starting to fill out. They need to grow and put much more fat on their bodies. I tell each of them that momma would be more than happy to donate!

I know all of you parents know exactly how I feel but the love I have for them is so overwhelming. The best part of my day is being able to hold them just for a little while. The whole world stops and its just me and my girls- could there ever be anything better? This past Thursday we got to hold Keagan for the first time. When I was holding her the nurse gave Riley to Travis and we sat together for the first time as a family in a busy, noisy, sterile hospital unit and it was one of the greatest moments of my life! Both girls were obviously so happy literally with big smiles on their faces- probably because they were back together again! Of course that was the only day I didn't have my camera with me so once I figure out how to get those photos off my cell phone I will post our first family pictures. Priceless!

If I was still pregnant I would still only be 33 weeks along and have at least a month to go. But now that they are here we are SO thankful for the wonderful care they are getting and for all the love and prayers that we feel each day! They are special little girls that are so tough and such fighters but still so sweet. I know the Lord loves us for sending us such amazing little girls! Man am I lucky!

1 Week Old

The girls are doing well, and so are Emily and Travis. Now the babies are at 1 week old. Aren't they the cutest things you have EVER seen....other than their aunt Lisa, of course.

Both girls are off of oxygen and are breathing well! They both have feeding tubes: Riley receives 2/5 tsp. every 3 hours, and Keagan receives 1/5 tsp. every 4 hours. Riley has gained weight, and is now just barely under 2 pds.!! In Emily's own words, "I am SO over the moon in love with them!"

Riley
(she looks more like Emily)
And I must say, Emily looks smokin' hot in that hospital scrub. I'm thinkin' she should steal it and save it for church....just a thought.

Sweet Riley


Sweet Keagan

Uh, could Keagan look any more like a mini-Travis?

Keagan and Riley

The girls finally have names! Here is the latest:

Baby A (Lenni) is now Keagan
Yesterday she had a small heart surgery. The artery between the heart and lungs that normally closes automatically at birth, was still open. A clamp was placed on this artery to close it off. This is actually a common procedure in premies. Now her heart and lungs don't have to work as hard as they had been. The doctors took out her breathing tube yesterday because they thought the leak in her lung had healed, but by evening, they could tell that the leak was still there and the breathing tube was reinserted.

Baby B (Ninja) is now Riley
She has a broken leg. The nurses noticed that one leg was slightly swollen and so an xray was taken. She now has on the world's tiniest cast.

Emily will be discharged today. She is happy to be able to sleep in her own bed, but she is very sad to leave her girls behind.

Babies Update

Here is an update on the girls--
I have nicknamed them Chubby and Skinny

Chubby (Baby A)
She has a slight leak in her lung. Because of this, oxygen was leaking out of her lungs and she was having to work really hard to breathe. She now has a breathing tube to help with this. Hopefully the leak will heal itself within a couple of days. Other than that, she is doing well.

Skinny (Baby B)
She is holding steady. Within her first 24 hrs. she had a blood transfusion and since then, has been doing fine.

Em is moving slowly, but doing well. She will check out of the hospital tomorrow.

Twice The Love

Baby A- 3.5 pds.
16 1/2 inches long

Baby B- 1.13 pds.
13 3/4 inches long

Double Trouble Has Arrived

They're Here!
Emily's cesarean started at 8:33 am Hawaii time, and the girls were taken to the NICU 16 min. later:
Baby A- 3.5 pds. 16 1/2 inches long
Baby B- 1.13 pds. 13 3/4 inches long

As the delivery started, each baby had a team of doctors waiting for her--a neonatologist, a pediatrician, a respitory doctor, and 2 nurses.

Baby B's lungs are more developed than Baby A's.
Emily is asleep and Travis is a bit dazed. :)

I will post more info. as it comes in...

Today Is The Day

Last night, Emily had an ultrasound. It revealed that Baby B's heart is not functioning as it should (something to do with her blood flow). It was determined that they will be delivered today at 8:30 am Hawaii time (1:30 pm in Texas) by cesarean. I will post all of the details as soon as I have them.....

Prayers For The Twins

Hi Everyone. This is Lisa, Emily's sister. I can already hear you asking, "aren't you the wiser and cuter sister?" Yup, that's me. Em has asked that I post a twin update and a special prayer request--

Emily has been in the hospital (again) since Monday. Baby B (Ninja) is not doing well. She is not growing. Baby A (Lenni) weighs 3.3 oz. and Baby B weighs only 1.12 oz. Starting on Monday, Emily was given steroids to strengthen their lungs and the girls are being constantly monitored. From a detailed ultrasound, the doctor can see that the artery in Ninja's umbilical cord is damaged. This means that her placenta isn't working the way it should and she is not receiving adequate blood supply, nutrition, etc. They don't know how long the artery has been damaged or why.

Ninja is stressed, but holding steady. If she becomes ANY more distressed, the babies will immediately be delivered by cesarean. Emily is currently at 30 weeks. The goal is to make it to 32 weeks (October 20th). She will not leave the hospital.

Emily has asked for all of you to pray for her baby girls. We are all just hoping that she can stay pregnant as long as possible and that when these girls do arrive, they are as healthy as possible.

I will post updates...thank you!

Hospital Food Sucks!

Last week we were seriously considering declaring Kapiolani Hospital as our new place of residence. We should start getting our mail there!

As many of you know we had the pleasure of staying here for most of the week last week. I mentioned in an earlier post that I had a stomach virus but it turns out to be so much better than that. Actually so much better that they really have no idea what is going on with me. Two Saturday's ago I collapsed in our kitchen and Trav and I had a really fun bumpy ride in an ambulance that started our 5 day stay. Just about every test imaginable was done but we still don't have many answers. We have had another 8 hour stretch back at the hospital since then and they THINK it may be kidney stones now- but that is number 10 of a possible diagnosis so we will see.

We did however find out some important information while staying there. We still do not know who, but someone mistakenly ran a blood test on one of my labs that none of my doctors had ordered. This blood test was repeated because they thought it was an entry error. It turns out that my blood is mixing with the babies blood a little bit. I guess this isn't supposed to happen until delivery. It is not causing any problems now but they will closely monitor it to make sure that it doesn't.

And now for the hard part. We had a two hour long ultrasound that showed our little Ninja is not growing like she should be. Both Travis and I noticed right away when the screen showed our little girls heads side by side that Ninja's was definitely smaller. Her sister is now 2 lbs 6 oz. but Ninja is still only 1 lbs. 10 oz. This news was very hard for me to hear and I now worry about her night and day. It appears that the placenta feeding Ninja just isn't as strong and Lenni's. Because of this we will probably have to take the babies early- at 34 weeks because they can do more for Ninja once she is out. That puts them being born around the first week of November. That is definitely much sooner then we thought which is scary; and our girls are going to be small which is even scarier. But I know they will get great care and they have lots of angels in heaven and here that will help them fight! It may not be easy for a little while but I know they will be okay.

Everything about the hospital wasn't terrible. Some of the meals weren't actually too bad and we had lots of visitors including my mom- thank heavens she was still here!!!! By far the most excitement we had there was during our second quick trip back when Travis was so sick of watching me being in pain that when a rude doctor that had absolutely no finesse was giving me an exam and making me cry, Trav had some choice words for her! Really he could have said alot more and that would have been fine with me. I felt like I was in the room with my dad! This is BY FAR not the first time my husband has had glimpses of my father.

So meanwhile we wait and see if we can control my pain without too many narcotics and see if our little girls grow. At least we are back to sleeping in our own bed. Hospital beds aren't comfy but they are at least better then the thin piece of foam covered in pleather that Travis was sleeping on! And yes we are still trying to move- hopefully this weekend. That all got delayed and switched up because of the hospital detour, but hopefully in the next two weeks we will be settled and ready for life to change forever!

So I am now sleeping all day so I can avoid having two preemie babies that are addicted to Narcotics. But, with the Stock Market basically crashing around Travis at work, a wife in constant pain with at least one doctor visit a day, and moving to worry about please pray for my husband. And PLEASE pray for our little Ninja! Good thing I have always felt like she was our spunky one! She may need it.

Lunch Bunch

Since my mom has been here I have actually been fairly sick. I have what may be a stomach virus so we have done a little more just hangin out then I thought we would. But, we did have a really nice lunch the other day at Mariposa at Neiman Marcus with Travis mom, Grandma, Auntie Mona and Auntie Jo. It was yummy and fun!

My mom was here during Hurricane Ike that as you know has left quite a mess behind him. Luckily her empty house is still fine and that my sisters has has fairly minimal damage. But neither of them have power yet! Since one of Nana's top 5 loves in her life
(after my dad, her kids, her grand kids, and chocolate) is air conditioning, it is a good thing she is here roughing it at the Marriott! She has extended her trip til Tuesday and lets all pray she has power- and air by then!

The Grandma's

I got the photos from the Shower and there are alot of cute ones but I will only post a couple. I doubt any of you want to see a million pictures of my huge pregnant self holding up pictures of adorable hooded towels, diapers, baby clothes, the tiniest gold bracelets and a crib mattress! But there are good pictures that you will like!

My favorite picture is of me and the girls with the three Grandma's. They are all OVER THE TOP excited for the twins!

All the girls!

At the shower I realized not only do I have alot of girls on my side of the family, but with the addition of the twins there are more girls on Trav's side of the family too. These are the girls in Trav's immediate family.
A picture with Trav's mom. She worked so hard for such a nice shower! Thank you!

The Balish and Kikuchi Girls- the six of us! Auntie Mona, Jacquie, and Maddie.

Me with the Lee girls. Auntie Jo and Kelsey

One BIG happy family

YUMS!

Family Shower

On Saturday my mother in law threw me the nicest baby shower for all of Travis's family to get together and celebrate our little girls! She did SO much work and everyone had such a great time! Not only did she work hard but she did it at the last minute. When she found out my mom was coming to stay with me while Trav was gone, she decided to have the party for all the Grandma's to enjoy. That meant she put it together in two weeks! Not only was everything so nice but also there were almost 40 family members there that only had two weeks to schedule the twins in! It was SO nice!

Travis has the camera with him in New York so his mom took lots of photos for us that I haven't gotten yet- but once I do I will post them. The decorations were so cute- flowers and pastels everywhere. The food was amazing! Lots of salads and pupus- or appetizers for you non Hawaiians, that were beyond delicious! We played cute games and one of the best parts was the adorable favors. Each person had a small cup and saucer to make there own fresh flower bouget in- adorable.

Everyone also scrapbooked advice pages for Travis and I to keep. Before I opened presents I read all of these out loud and it made me so emotional- I know shocking for a pregnant woman! Everyone gave such amazing advice but more than that they were so supportive and loving! Everyone is so beyond excited for our two baby girls! And it is so nice to here that people have confidence in Trav and I as parents and are there to love and support us- and babysit!!

Pictures will hopefully follow soon but I had to post about the event and give a HUGE thank you to Travis's mom, his Aunty Mona, Aunty Jo, and four cousins Kelsey, Jacquie, Hunter, and Maddie who worked really hard to make such a special day. Thank you!!!

Growing EVERYDAY!!!

Another belly shot for all of you to enjoy- or laugh at! Travis told me this week when he was "lovingly" poking/rubbing my belly that he thinks it gets bigger everyday. I really couldn't be offended because HE IS RIGHT! It does, and I feel HUGE! But if that means healthy little girls then that is a great thing!

I know these aren't the best pictures. My hair is actually hideous, but we had a very long Saturday and I thought the gorgeous view would make up for it!

Catchin Up

Okay my sister and my mom have been quite irritated that my blog has been almost a month old. I kept thinking that besides a seriously growing belly, I didn't have much to post. When my mom mentioned it AGAIN yesterday, I decided I had to come up with something and then realized I did have quite a bit to post. So my catch up post are below....Trav's travelin, a fun babymoon, hospital visits, and a shower!

The bottom line is we are good, the baby girls are great, and I am getting huge! In the next month Trav will be headed to NYC while my mom comes to visit- YEAH! And we will be moving. So I will try not to let another month go by without a post- or my mom and my sister may just nag me to death!

An Amazing RED HOT Shower!

Saturday night I was treated to such a great shower thrown by my incredibly nice sister in law Kim! It was a small shower for my close friends here in Hawaii at pretty much the only good Mexican restaurant we have. After the week I had, this shower could not have been more fun and I owe Kim and everyone who came a HUGE thank you!

Kim claims to be neither crafty nor creative, but I think she has been lying for the 6 years I have known her because the shower was adorable! The invitations were two adorable chili peppers with "Please join the Fiesta celebrating Emily's little chili's" on them. She had maracas and balloons, and the cutest candy filled favors that were pink take out boxes with Mexican drink stickers on them and a rattling Mexican beaded necklace for everyone. She even found a chili pepper necklace and bracelet set for me to wear! ADORABLE!

I must admit I was anxious for the shower. I don't particularly like the attention and feel really bad when people spend money on me! But it was such a great time that I forgot about all of that- and even about the contractions I was having through out the night! It was an eclectic group of friends that was definitely enjoying alot of laughter and good food! And can I just tell you they were all MUCH to generous with all the adorable gifts!!! I got tons of cute pjs and outfits, bouncy seats, needed baby toiletries, books, hand made towels, a diaper bag, diapers, gift certificates, and a huge bright pink tub! WAY TOO NICE!

Me with my two friends Bella and Delia- oh yeah and they are also my bosses

With Tiffany, Trisha, and Candice

With Summer and Jen

With Tara and Bella


Kim thank you SO much for all your hard work and for such amazing gifts of diapers, wipes, dresses, towels, burp clothes and more! Three HUGE baskets worth! It was SO much fun and I can't thank you enough! And girls thank you SO much for coming! It was a BLAST and much needed! It wouldn't be the same without all of you there! I love ya'll!!!!