Snug in their winter wonderland

Its hard to believe its been almost 3 weeks already and Sol and Safiya are starting to stay awake a little longer, Safiya in particular is very interested in Nani Barbie's mobile design over the change table.

They are both incredibly in sync with their 4 hourly feed times which can make it interesting for feeding, its working out well with the twin pillow for me but Mum finds it interesting on her early morning feed balancing both babies and the bottles of milk :). We are getting into a nice routine and the days fly by and I am at least able to get out for some exercise and to grab a few things thanks to Mum and Shammy.

I'm holding Sol at the moment and thinking its time to change another poopy nappy, but it doesn't matter, I'm constantly wondering how we are lucky enough to score 2 beautiful little bubs!

Our 2 little rays of sunshine!

On Monday 10th of January at 4:56pm and 4:59pm Shammy and I fell instantly in love with our 2 little cutie pies. Sol Leslie Azziz Ahmed (5 pounds 7 ounces) arrived first followed shortly after by Safiya Tahera Louise Ahmed (4 pounds 12 ounces).

The induction went well and it seemed throughout the Day when Mum and Shammy decided to go for a coffee break all hell would break loose. Shammy went to grab coffee for Mum and when he left I was peacefully reading a book during the contractions but by the time he got back I was curled over in pain with the epidural team on their way, 5cm dilated and with the increased Pitocin intensity I had definitely had enough. Lucky Shammy was back to keep me nice and still for the epidural. After the epidural the rest of Labour was not bad at all.

Sol on the left and Safiya on the right getting in some touch time

In the afternoon Mum and Shammy again decided to go for a coffee break and I was thinking at the time I'm not sure that is a good idea as these coffee breaks are jinxed. Sure enough as soon as they left the doctor came in to exam me and realised that Sol was very ready to be delivered and he was warning me not to cough. Everyone was like where is your husband, as they called in the large delivery team and got me organised to go to theatre. It was to the stage where they were going to overhead page him in the hospital when he walked back through with coffee and was handed scrubs and told we would meet him in theatre :).

This week has been around the clock busy but incredibly rewarding, and with proud Daddy and Nanny to help out they are settling into a nice little 4 hourly routine and we have a bit of a shift work pattern happening for the nightly feeds.

We have had so many explosive poos, my computer coped the brunt of one which made for an interesting clean up and last night Shammy and I both got hit by Safiya's fountain poo which left us in hysterics. Sol also thought his pee would make a good hair conditioner for me and maybe a good facial toner as well.

So many rewarding moments and I treasure every day with them.

Surprise chrissy treat

The gang in our apt

Well I'm still waiting to meet James's friend Andrew who is supposed to be taller and more solid then James. As I pulled up to meet James I didn't really scrutinise "Andrew" that much just thought he was smaller than Mum had described him :). Then I realised "Andrew" was Nathan and there couldn't have been a better way to make my day. I was now spending christmas with Shammy and not one but 2 of my brothers, yey!!

Nathan and James managed to arrive into one of the more dubious bus stations in the area which consists of a hut and some very dodgey surrounding area. Not the best first impression. We did get a chance though to show them around the area including the infamous Allentown. Shammy had a week off from wednesday so after some sound advice from my doctor to check out where the local hospitals with good facilities were located we headed to Washington DC.

Such an impressive city, with interesting architecture, feel and layout, so Nathan and James loved the feel here and Shammy and I enjoyed chilling out and the facilities of the Sofitel hotel the boys had booked us into.

We managed to catch an NBA game and the boys hired bikes and took in all the monuments while Shammy and I went for a wander and bought the 5th latte for Nathan and James who had finally found a coffee they could enjoy in US.

Shammy outside Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington DC

It was a fun time spent with them and there is some good footage floating around of Nathan's split pants :).

We waved goodbye to them new years eve and then Shammy and I enjoyed some chill out time together over the next few days and some sleep-ins which we know are going to be non-existent very soon. The only drama being Shammy having to make an impromptu trip to New York to renew his passport after realising it was expiring on the 7th of January.

We have had light snow here overnight so the winter wonderland has returned for Mum's arrival.

Shammy and I are both eagerly awaiting the arrival of our twins, not long now as inducement will be discussed with 38 weeks arriving this Saturday.

And another journey begins with start of 2011 and a happy new year to everyone!!