Nolan Kids

OK, so far we are hanging in there...although I admit some days I want to clobber the next person who talks about how lucky I am to have twins...haha...of course, I know I'm lucky to have these two treasures, but I'll tell you, this is by far the greatest challenge of my life, trying to manage these two little babies and keep my sanity. Emmett has been in Washington D.C. on business this week so it's been just me and the twins and...all I can say is I'm SO looking forward to getting a solid 4-5 hours of sleep when he gets home!! The night before last by the time I fed and burped and diapered both babies all night I ended up with two 1 hour naps for sleep. By last night I was pretty wrecked. I'm getting too old for this! haha But last night I managed 3.5 hours of sleep and that was awesome!

I don't mean to be negative...God, how I adore these two little angels, they are so amazing, and I'm so blessed to be able to spend time with them and watch them grow and thrive. But I have to be honest about how hard it is, too. It is incredibly difficult. We are about halfway to the point where they should start sleeping more at night and things should be better then. If I can just get these two on a schedule I think I'll feel a little more sane. :-)

Anyway, I need to get back to the babies, so without further ado, I'll post a couple of pics of the Nolan kids...I couldn't get a good pic of Liliana, so I'll just post these and try to get some better ones soon.

Love,
Melissa

More drama

It seems these days there is never a dull moment.

Last Friday I started having a lot of abdominal pain that didn't go away. By Sunday night I was back to taking Vicodin and still having a lot of pain. So off Emmett and I headed to California Pacific Medical Center for a trip to the emergency room.

Turned out I had an awfully inflamed gallbladder - and I'm here to tell you that that is one incredibly painful experience. I got admitted to the hospital that night and ended up having my gallbladder removed via emergency surgery the next day (Monday). I guess I had hundreds of stones (the surgeon said it was like gravel in there) and adhesions - pretty yucky but not at the point of being terribly dangerous. A very good thing to have it removed when I did.

They wanted me to stay two days after the surgery, but I decided I wanted to come home yesterday. Even if I still can't do too much for the babies, I'd like to at least be here with them. Thank heaven my Mom was still here to help us get through this - but I know she is completely exhausted at this point, as is Emmett.

Anyway, that's our latest drama. I'm pretty sore, but feeling a whole lot better than I did a few days ago, so that's a good thing.

As I said, never a dull moment. :-)

The babies are currently on a 2 hour feeding cycle, so there is very little time to write or send email these days. Hopefully I'll be able to update y'all again sometime next week - but then I know it's going to be completely nuts when my Mom goes home.

Love,
Melissa