A Lil Lytnin' Strikes Lung Cancer

The girls had their monthly weight check, and their weights are now 10 lbs 10 oz for Autumn, and 9 lbs even for Mikaela. They are progressin...

In what is both the strangest and cooled birth gift I've ever received, my sister bought a DNA test for the girls so we can determine wh...

May 1 is the girls' official due date, and they are almost 8 weeks old. Weird. They are now 6 lb 8 oz and 7 lb 9 oz. I can't even i...

While Mikaela has been enjoying settling in at home, Autumn decided to take matters into her own hands, and removed her feeding tube.  Oh, ...

I'm home with a cold today, so Jason is spending the day with the girls. He sent me a text with this picture. Do you see what I see (or,...

Yesterday morning I got a call from the NICU telling me that they were taking Mikaela for an echocardiogram because has a heart murmur and w...

I have been repeatedly told that the NICU experience is an intricate dance of "two steps forward, one step back." After what has b...

When I arrived in the NICU today, I was shocked to discover that they had opened the lids to both girls' incubators. Wow, what a great ...

Late Tuesday night (March 8), after a dramatic emergency c-section (let's just say I am very grateful I was in the hospital), our beauti...

(Big sigh of relief) We have made it to a major milestone, 32 weeks pregnant (the point at which survival and disability rates greatly impro...

These past few weeks in the hospital have given me a very simplified way of approaching each day. Essentially, my one purpose right now it t...

I was joking with Jason that I kinda feel like I'm in a minimum security prison. He told me that he saw a special on a minimum security ...

Answer: In the hospital. Yes, this pregnancy has been quite crazy, and now it looks like I will be in the hospital until the girls are born,...

We were playing in the backyard, and I heard Zander say, "All done! All done, itsy bitsy spider! ALL DONE ITSY BITSY SPIDER!!!" I ...

Last Thursday I discovered that Zander has been keeping a secret from us: he can walk. For those of you who haven't seen us lately, Zand...

They start driving young in Michigan! Check the rear-view mirror... Hands at 10 and 2 ... Keep your eyes on the road! Woah,...

I've recently discovered that, in addition to having a wonderfully sweet little boy, I also have a child who loves to help with housewor...

We had a great trip to New York, visiting with family and celebrating my niece's confirmation. Here is the lovely Kate. Congratulatio...

It was a quiet day for our hero. He played happily, taking a short break from fighting crime throughout the land. Little did he know that ...