ONE YEAR AGO: December 22nd!

I woke up from sleeping horrible throughout the night. Tim came by the hospital to drop off some more stuff I needed and see me before he went into work for a few hours (he is only barley 15 minutes from the hospital). My mom called bright and early and said she had taken off of work and would be down very shortly. I had just gotten to sick and she didn't want to risk a house full of children to care for and parents to wait on if I was to have an emergency delivery. I was sooo glad she was coming.

My sister of course was still there with me and I was grateful of that. I hope I can repay her when she has a baby!

When my mom arrived she brought a little Christmas tree, Christmas cookies and snacks and lots of candy canes to give to the nurses. It was so sweet!

I had a few visitors that day and that was so sweet!

Tim got off early and came to stay with me. He went home for a little to take the dog out, gather more stuff and come back to spend the night with me

I continued by urine monitoring and by the afternoon, everyone was pretty sure I would be delivering the next morning. It was so surreal to me. It didn't hit me at all. The afternoon was filled with nurses for the NICU coming in and giving me information, lacation consultants, NICU doctors and the charge nurse and many other people giving me information on things that seemed so foreign to me at the time. Little did I know how the nurses and doctors would become like family to me over the next few months and how I would always hold a special place in my heart for them.

My doctor stopped by that evening and so did my best friend, Kim. She stayed with me well into the night, way after Tim fell asleep, maybe even the early morning. I can't remember exactly....shocker!

It took almost until midnight for the results of my urine test to come back even though I was already schedule for the c-section at 10am the next day. The results came in and the protein was very high. Who didn't know that!?

Still, finally trying to get some rest that evening, I never remember thinking, tomorrow I am giong to deliver these girls. I never remember feeling scared or sad, nervous, anything. I never remember feeling scared for the girl's health or well-being. I had every feeling that everything would be fine and God would take care of us all. Honestly, I was so drained and in so much pain that all I could do was worry about that hour. The headaches became worse and worse over night, as did my blood pressure.

The girls were always doing good though. Never in any distress or anything. Thank goodness. Praise Jesus.

But whether I realized it or not, the next day, Tim and I would become parents to three of the most beautiful little girls in the whole world. Our lives would be changed forever. God was going to bless us more than we had ever imagined. However, their would be some rocky and scary paths we would take the next day, weeks and few months; and struggles we never thought we would ever be strong enough to handle.