Announcing....

Rowyn Eliza and Dana Cordelia, born 11:04 and 11:05 PM respectively on Thursday, April 13, 2006. Rowyn spent a few days in the NICU, but both girls came home with their Dad and I on the following Tuesday, and all is well, despite the emergency C-section for rapid-onset pre-eclampsia that brought them at 37 weeks and 4 days gestation. Rowyn weighed in at 5 lbs 12 oz, and Dana at a respectable 5 lbs 3 oz. Our girls are big and strong, and getting bigger every day!

They are completely different from each other, and each infinitely wonderous to behold. I'll post pictures as soon as I get back onto my own computer and remember how to do so!

The girls have their first art project this weekend - hand and foot stamp thank you cards to send to all of their loving family and friends. I suppose that means that I'll have to scan one in, so all of you who have written and checked-in with your support over the months - you KNOW how much I appreciate you all!

In other art news, the girls are my new biggest fans - I put pieces of Mending Broken Dishes in their bassinet with them, and they stare at them for hours (white, fuschia and purple in high contrast). I think I'll have to wait a few months to hear what their comments are, but that is ok with me. :)

Meanwhile, I have had a whopping 3 showers in their 3+ weeks of life, have no appetite, and have lost well over 60 lbs between fluids and not eating, so I am exhausted, but looking great (at least from the neck down, and excepting my midsection; stretch mark city!) - back under my pre-pregnancy weight already!

Pictures soon, I promise. Even thinking about introducing my Mother in Law, Linda, to the wonders of fabric painting while she is here from Germany to help us out...

Spring has sprung, and my heart is in bloom...