Celebrating a Miracle

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TAYLEE

On Sunday March 28, we get to celebrate our Miracle. Taylee!! She turns 4!! We cannot believe how the time has gone and that she is a very happy and healthy 4 year old!! She had a hard beginning but has made it through.

We were blessed with a set of beautiful twin girls. When I was at 20 weeks the twins were diagnosed with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). This is a syndrome where two babies share one placenta and the blood vessels are distributed so that one baby receives more blood supply and nutrition than the other baby. One baby is usually quite a bit bigger than the other. There is no cure for this syndrome and there isn't a lot that they know about it because every pregnancy and case can be very different. The chances for survival of both are very low and the risk of complications is very high. I immediately went on bed rest and we traveled to Ogden to the Neonatal Specialists weekly for appointments and ultrasounds. I underwent two amniocentesis procedures (where they take fluid out of one of baby's sacks). Taylee was the bigger baby and was very active, Darcee was smaller and she did not move that much at all.

At my 28 week mark, the twins were delivered unexpectedly by emergency C-Section because Darcee was not doing well. She barely had a heart beat. At 9:04 a.m. Darcee and Taylee came into the World. Darcee weighing in at 1 lb. 5oz and 12 inches long, Taylee was 1 lb 10oz and 12 1/4 inches long. Our sweet angel Darcee did not survive. Taylee was immediately put into the NICU. Taylee was flown that evening to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. This became her new home for the next 3 months. She was such fighter and endured several bumps in the road. We are so blessed to have Taylee in our lives and we thank our Heavenly Father everyday for the numerous blessings and the chance to have Taylee and Darcee in our family.
Darcee fought hard and long to grow and thrive and she saved her sister. We love you sweet girl!

We brought Taylee home from the hospital 3 months after she was born and she weighed about 4 1b 15 oz. Now after all the struggles to get them here, Taylee is such a joy in our home.

We love you Taylee! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Taylee in the NICU at the U of U.

Our first time holding Taylee

Our sweet 4 year old!!

Birthday Week

On February 22nd Cody and I went to the Jazz game in SLC. They played the Atlanta Hawks. We had a lot of fun on our outing together. Grandpa and Grandma Panter were so nice to let Taylee have a sleep over. We went Shopping and out out dinner and then to the Game. It was a good game......but the Jazz couldn't pull off the win sadly.....

This past weekend was "Birthday" weekend. I turned "25" on Friday! Wow.....I had a great day and my husband spoiled me! My mom's birthday was on Saturday, so we made the trip down to Thatcher for the weekend to celebrate! We had a great weekend. My sister Tiff and her husband came down and we had a sleigh riding party on Saturday. It was so much fun! The weather was perfect and the snow was awesome! We had so much fun taking the kids down on the sleds and we enjoyed watching my Mom having fun riding the sleds as well. We rode around on Dad's snow machine......which was an absolute blast. We enjoyed cake and ice cream and great food!! It was a great Birthday Weekend!! Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us come and stay!!!

My sexy husband on my Dad's Awesome snow machine......Taylee and Me going down the hill.


Grandma sleigh riding with Taylee. Mom was a machine on the sled....she was fast!

Cody crashing on the sled. Taylee and Conner (Tiff's little boy)

Conner LOVED the icing!!!