They're heeeere!

So as most of you know by now our babies were welcomed into the world last Friday, February 5th! Ada Marie Gentry and Will Leander Gentry were born healthy and screamin' at 859 and 9pm (Ada beat him out of the C section gate!). Ada weighed 6lbs 2oz and Will 5lbs 6oz. For health care dweebs, both their Apgar scores were 9 and 9!

The last week of pregnancy was a bit rough. My blood pressure was increasingly high by my 37th week of pregnancy and I was put on bedrest, preparing for the likely scenario of induction. My water broke by itself however early Friday morning. We got to hospital and my blood pressure was high enough that I needed to be started on a medicine to lower it called Magnesium. Unfortunately Magnesium does a great job of slowing labor so I also needed to be started on a drug to stimulate labor called Pitocin. The balance act however failed, and led to 8 hours of painful labor without any progression. My blood pressure remained high. I felt like Frankenstein hooked up 6 wires/machines throughout the duration of labor. That, along with my high blood pressure, meant moving around was not an option! James and I with our doctor decided C section was essentially inevitable, given that the babies needed to be born within 24hrs of my water breaking and me having yet to dilate past 2cm locked in bed!

Although not what we planned, Ada and Will were brought into the world safely and loved which was the most important thing for us. We were able to leave hospital on the second day, which we were so thankful for. Grandma Carrie and Grandpa Al have been here to help with baby patrol and Aunt Rachel and Grandma Cindy also have been a huge help as we learn how to manage our new life as parents of twins! Babies have been popular with other visitors to welcome them into the world, including buddies Tony and Dana, Steve and Kiva, Oliver, Ian, and Aunt Carolyn. We have also gotten a swarm of well wishes via text, email, and voicemails from all over the country! Thanks for thinking of us; we hope to catch up with each of you soon!

We are entirely blissed out over the arrival of these amazing little people, despite our exhaustion! Our life during week one has been learning how to balance their feedings and sleep. We learn a bit more every day on how to read their subtle signals into what they need. We had our first Pediatrician visit and they are both gaining weight after about a 10% drop day one after birth, which we are very relieved about. Enjoy the pics!




















Our first hello. That's Will with that sour patch look he still makes!















Homeward bound!
















Day time snooze together. It is hard to appreciate how much hair Will has next to Ada who sported a full head since birth. Pretty nice fohawk here. Some are taking bets that Will's hair will turn red, now James and I are convinced it is pretty brown.















Will hiding. Most things a bit small for his tiny little self yet.




















Sweet Ada.