Pictures!!! and Update

Hey its Geoff. The babies are doing well. X-rays came back. Riley's lungs look great - no problems. Quinn has a little respiratory distress, but the doctors expect it to clear up in a few days. He's already off of oxygen and is just on the CPAP to help his lungs develop. Brenna is resting and recovering well. Praise God for these blessings!!!

Here they are: Quinn is on the right and Riley on the left



Here is precious Riley:

Here's Quinn

Proud papa and son

The Babies are Here!!!!

Quinn and Riley are here!!! Here's their stats...

Geoffrey Quinn Osborn

7:19am
5lbs 12.3 oz
17 inches

Riley Elaine Osborn

7:20am
2lbs 14.8 oz
15 3/8 inches

Both babies are doing pretty well. They are both in the NICU. Quinn is receiving some oxygen through CPAP. They had prepared them that because Quinn was doing so well in the womb that it might be a little bit of a shock for him out here. He is stable and doing well though and the thought is that the oxygen is just to get him through the transistion. It is hard to tell yet how long Quinn will have to be in the NICU and will just depend on how he does over the next few days coming off the oxygen.

Riley is breathing on her own and is not showing any signs of distress. What a little fighter!!! She will most likely have to stay in the NICU for several weeks because of her petite size. They will need to see a good pattern of growth in her before she is ready to come home. Geoff said she has a precious little face and that the nurses are all calling her, "baby doll!"

They are waiting for the xrays to come back to check for lung development but right now no one is giving cause for concern or alarm with either baby.

Brenna is doing well and coming out of recovery soon but it will still be a little while before she gets to see the babies. Please pray that her recovery goes quickly and that she will get to see her sweet little ones really soon!!! Pray for her heart and anxiousness in the meantime.

Geoff said that have been trilled with the staff and are loving the care that the Quinn and Riley are receiving!! What a blessing for them to know their little ones are being loved on so well. Praise God for how well they are all doing!! Pray that Quinn will come off of oxygen quickly and graduate from the NICU and that Riley will continue to do fine without assistance or intervention. Moving forward, pray that Riley will put on weight well and that she will come home quickly as well.

While Brenna and Geoff would love to see everyone as soon as they are able, please give them call before coming to the hospital.

* I will update the blog as I recieve info from Geoff and Brenna so keep checking in

Big News!!!,

Well, it has been an eventful past two days and it has come down to the fact that we will be delivering the twins tomorrow morning by C-section at Richland Hospital. We saw on Tue. that Riley has not really grown but a few ounces in the past 3 weeks, this combined with looking at her blood flow through her umbiblical cord let us know that while she is not in huge distress she is not thriving and could become more distressed. I got a steroid shot on Tue. and another today to give their lungs a boost. I am just over 34 weeks and things should be fine, but we will have some small babies. Quinn looks to be a little over 5 lbs and Riley just over 3 lbs. The C-section is scheduled for 7am (we have to be there by 5am).
We will have someone posting information throughout the day tomorrow so you can check back in to see what is happening with everyone. I will just say that later I will have to share the many ways that we have seen the Lord at work in all of this and we are so very much at peace with the fact that He is in control. As we left the Dr. office today I said to Geoff, "I'm glad the we know the Lord is in control of all of this because we certainly are not!" We appreciate your prayers, love, and support and are looking forward to introducing you to the newest members of our family...

Belly Picture and Prayer Request

Please ignore the very tired eyes...they seem to be a constant at this point. Today I am 30 weeks and measuring 38 weeks! Wow that's a large belly and it needs to get much larger because these babies need to stay in for a good 6 to 8 weeks longer. I had a Dr. appointment today and he said that we need to really watch the Braxton Hicks contractions that I am having because with my uterus measuring "full term" it could send me into actual labor. Please pray with me that labor will not start any time soon! I would love to be able to work for about 4 1/2 more weeks (I won't have to go back to school at all if I can), and the Doc's response to that was "we'll see". I am trusting that the Lord is in control and knows exactly what needs to happen.

I have more blogs to write but the tiredness will not let me get much done these days so I will get them up when I can!

Thank you so much for all your prayers and encouragement! They are greatly appreciated!

Just Catching Up...

Had to catch up on some "babies bump" pictures. This is me at 20 weeks. My how we have grown since this picture. I haven't taken a new picture recently but I will and you will see what I mean!
This is the next picture from about 23 weeks. Yeah for healthy babies that are both growing and developing! I loved being pregnant at Christmas time! It was so fun thinking about our little ones on the way and how different next Christmas will be. Geoff and I both had fun buying a few gifts for Quinn and Riley and Geoff get's the father/husband of the year award for all the hard work he did not only on the nursery but around the house in general. I'll post more about the nursery later.

It has been great to be pregnant along with my sister. We had a baby shower for her about 2 weeks ago and I can't wait to meet her third little boy, Evan. He should be along in February, as long as he doesn't decide to make January his birth month! Love the trains on his cake!