The Grande Finale!

We apologize for the delay. We've been very busy and tired. Here are your long-awaited updates.

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Baby A- Sayla Joy Carr- Hebrew meaning "Pause and Reflect"

born July 14 at 8:48 am, 5 lbs 3 ozs, 17.5 inches long.

Baby B- Brynna Lu Carr- Irish meaning "Strong One" 

born July 14 at 8:49 am, 3 lbs 1.7 ozs, 15.25 inches long.

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They're here! Two beautiful baby girls! Everyone is healthy and doing great. Melody is recovering very well from her C-section. They have her drugged up pretty well, but it's nice for me to know she doesn't feel any pain. It also adds some entertainment too. Both babies are in the special care nursery, which has been tough on Melody not being able to see them as much as she wants. It was tough for me to decide who to visit yesterday, go see our new girls or tend to my wife who just gave us these beautiful babies. So I did both, going back and forth to each one, giving Melody updates on how they were doing. Last night Melody and I were able to hold the babies for the first time! It was an amazing experience and we feel so blessed to finally have our "miracle babies" with us! It was, however, right in the middle of the All-Star game. For those of you that know how much I love baseball, I would choose holding my little girls any day over watching baseball. Maybe when they come home we can combine the two  :)  The nurses and staff here have been great. They have taken care of our babies like they were their own. I can't express how thankful we are for the people who have helped care for our girls and my wife. 

Today has been an exciting day for us all. Melody is a little more active and the twins have made huge strides. Sayla has been taken off the glucose-water solution and is on a feeding tube, Brynna will be following in her "older" sister's footsteps shortly we are told. Brynna has been taken off her "C-pap", which helps keep her lungs expanded and full. They are both doing extremely well and have each made names for themselves in the special care nursery. Brynna is known for being a little fighter and Sayla is pretty laid back until you do something she doesn't like. Then she really lets you know about it. She has a pretty good set of lungs. I went to visit them this morning and Sayla was on her back sprawled out in her crib sideways. The nurse said she tries to keep her bundled up, but she always ends up in that position. I think it's from being cramped inside Melody for so long and she is finally enjoying some freedom. :)  After I finished laughing at Sayla I noticed Brynna was tucked in nicely in her blanket except for her leg sticking out the side. They like to show off their big feet and long toes that were unfortunately passed down from their daddy. These moments are the funny snapshots of their first days of life that we will always remember.

The twins will probably be in the special care nursery for about 1 month. This is not an exact timeframe, but a general rule of thumb that the nurses go by. They base this on when the due date was. Ours was Aug. 15. It could be more or less depending on how the babies are doing. This might give us enough time to finish the nursery before they get home. Melody will most likely be discharged this Friday. We don't know if we will be going home or somewhere else. We would like to stay somewhere close to our babies and Anderson is an hour away. We have put our application in to the Ronald McDonald house and are waiting for a response. That would be great for us to stay close to our girls for so many reasons. Until then we will just wait and see. We want to say thank you for everyone's prayers during our pregnancy, God has answered our prayers and blessed us with two healthy, beautiful "miracle babies".

Pictures soon to come!!!!! Stay Tuned...

-Allan