As usual my blog posts are like visits from Haley's comet............:)) We have some great news. The twins were born on December 5, 2007 at Womack Army Medical Center. There were some complications during birth that have really turned our world upside down. Austin was born first with no complications. Shannon literally had him out in two pushes. He spent about a week in the NICU and has been home since. He is doing great and eating and growing like a horse. Our girl, Audrey, had some significant issues. She experienced a prolapsed cord during labor and went without oxygen for a short period of time. It was very scary at her birth because she was not breathing. The neonatologist in the labor suite immediately took action and intubated her airway. She almost immediately started have seizures. She was flown via helicopter to Duke University from Womack and they started cooling her body down immediately to belay any brain damage that may have occurred. It has been a long three weeks, but little Audrey has come a long way. She is moving all four extremities when she is stimulated and is breathing on her own now. She is even opening her eyes and occasionally looking around. They have performed multiple scans on her head, and they have shown some small areas of her brain that went without oxygen, but nothing too bad as it was explained to us. She is still receiving some anti-seizure medications to prevent any seizures but they are starting to wean that off now. This medicine makes her pretty stoned so its hard to see what she is really doing. The little girl needs a lot of prayer that she continues to improve. We have no idea if she will be cognitively affected by this, but we are certainly praying and optimistic that she will be alright. This journey has been an emotional roller coaster to say the least. I think I have driven to Duke just about every day which is exhausting because its about two hours one way. Christmas has definitely been different, but we are thankful for everything that we have and are continuing to pray that the Lord will take care of us. I'm including some pictures of the little ones............talk to you soon.

JB