Two weeks old and doing great

The girls are two weeks old today, and they are still doing very well, gaining weight and taking their feeds mostly by bottle. They get cuter by the day! Scarlett is always hungry and eats fast while Ava is slow but sure, taking her bottle like a lady :)

Scarlett managed to wiggle out of her cozy wrapping and is laying sideways!

The best feeling in the world... both girls enjoying skin-to-skin contact with Mommy :)

Ava sucking her thumb

Daddy having a chat with Scarlett

Ava, wide awake!

Daddy and his girls :) (8 days old)

I know it's just gas, but it looks like a smile! (Scarlett)

Daddy and Scarlett - 10 days old

Scarlett in her monkey pjs (Daddy says she looks like MC Hammer!)

Both my lovely girls posing for Mommy on Day 13

Ava is cuddling into her sister... too cute!

Our beautiful Scarlett -- 13 days old

Ava, 13 days old ("Ohhhhhh!")

Scarlett loves to stretch her arms and legs whenever she can!

Making faces while stretching!

Daddy is very good with the bottle!

Ava in a cute onesie given to me by a work colleague


Our beautiful Ava, 2 weeks old

Chilling out together

Best week ever!

It's been the best week of my life, and each day I fall more and more in love with my gorgeous, amazing little girls. Every morning when I wake up, I can't wait to be with them, and to see what they will do, how they will act.

It's hard to believe they will be a week old tomorrow. You know, January has always been my least favourite month. It's now my absolute favourite. Talk about starting 2012 with a bang!

Ava cuddling with Daddy (5 days old)

Scarlett with Mommy (5 days old)

Such little fingers! (Scarlett)

My beautiful Ava (5 days old)













Scarlett loves her soother!!!

The journey of parenthood begins

After three long years of trying to have a family, our beautiful daughters, Ava Indira and Scarlett Lydia, made our dreams come true on January 16, 2012, at just 32 weeks, 3 days gestation. They have changed our world...

Scarlett, just hours old. She weighed 4 pounds, 1 ounce.

Ava, also new out of Mommy's belly, weighed just 3 pounds, 7 ounces but like her older sister (by one minute!) she breathed on her own without any type of support from the moment she arrived in the world!

Mommy, exhausted and sore but thrilled

Daddy touching Ava for the first time (of course, both girls will need to become Aston Villa supporters!)

Proud Daddy in front of the isolets.
We hope and pray they won't be in the NICU for very long!

Ava, snoozing on her tummy (which is ok to do in the hospital where she is closely monitored, but not at home!)

Scarlett was quick to grab Daddy's finger.

So was Miss Ava!

Scarlett (almost 1 day old) and Mommy

Daddy and Ava on Day 1. Such a tiny girl!

Mommy was in paradise holding both girls on Day 2!!!

Close-up of Ava. My adorable little girl in her purple hat :)

Close-up of Scarlett cuddling into Mommy. Adorable, isn't she?

The luckiest Mommy in the world!

They have the same pose... is it a double high-five??!!

Bath time for Ava! Just over 3 days old

Daddy is so in love with his girls!!


















P.S. Because Mommy didn't recognize labour when it happened, Daddy actually got on a plane and went on a business trip. Poor Ahin had to turn around and drive all the way back home from Cleveland, which meant he missed the birth. I was so lucky to have my great friend Anne with me throughout the entire night, even in the OR. Here she is, gowned and masked and ready to go!

And here's me minutes after the birth, wondering what the heck happened, because it all took place so unexpectedly, and so quickly. That expression on my face is just shock :)