Newborn Pictures

A week after the girls were born we were able to have their pictures taken by the amazing Chelsy  Boucher whose business is called B. Couture Photography. She is based out of St. George but has family that lives up North. We were so lucky that she was in town the week after the girls were born. We could not have planned that any better.
 She was so patient with our little girlies. She spent over three hours working with them so that we could get just the right pose. I am so glad that we were able to get these pictures taken. I will cherish them forever. She totally captured their little personalities to the tee.






                                                                     Sophia Kate


                                                                      Paisley Anne

Hospital Pics

Remember our hospital pics from when we were born. They placed the babies on a blanket with a light over head and shot away. Well baby pics are no longer like that. Now they are totally diffrent. There are props and the babies actually look alive and cute!!
But there is a big kicker to the pictures the lady comes in and starts taking all these cute pictures and makes your babies look cuter than ever. Then she starts to show all the pictures she took. You are sold because they are the first pics of your babes. Then she tells you the price of these never to be duplicated pics. Can I tell you I just about died. But I was already sold. So what did we do? We bought then of course and I don't regret it at all. This is only the first of many times when I will hand over the money for my girls!
Take a look at how cute they really are!!!












Paisley Anne



Sophia Kate






I am totally in love!!!!!!

Introducing.....

Sophia Kate and Paisley Anne Berube

Born Thursday March 8th @ 6:31 and 6:32 pm

Born at 36 Weeks

Sophia Paisley

Our first family picture!

Don't mind my puffiness. You have got to love all the fluids they pump you up with.

Sophia Paisley

Here they are at the beginning of a nap.

And then at the end of their nap!

They love sleeping side by side and we would not have it any other way. I am a little nervous to split them up. They are just so used to each other.

Can you tell them apart? Good thing for mom they are fraternal twins and there are some differences.

Our Story

We have known for a couple months that I would deliver via c-section because little miss Sophia was bum down and not going to move, but we had no idea when these babies for sure would come. On Wednesday we had our regular weekly appointment and my blood pressure was a little too high and I had elevated protein levels. All this meant that I was developing pre-eclamsia. My doctor said that most likely he would deliver my girls the next day if my levels were still the same or of course higher. I do have to say we were prepared for this and so excited but scared to death at the same time. So we went back Thursday at 9:00 and sure enough my levels were higher. My doctor came into the room on the phone with Ogden Regional already setting up our time. So we were scheduled have them at 6:00 that night.

We had to arrive at the hospital at 4:00 so we had the whole day to spend just Justin and I for the last time. We went and got a little bit to eat since I would not be able to eat for the next couple hours. Then I decided that I wanted to get a pedicure so that at least my toes would look good (since they have been swollen for weeks now). Then we came home and just chilled. We cried and laughed and counted down the minutes until we were finally able to see our little girls. Thursday went so fast yet so slow at the same time.

Once 4:00 pm came we were at the hospital checked in and ready to go. They went over all that was to happen in the next couple hours and how everything would be ok. The time from 4:00 to 5:00 drug so slow, but once 5:45 came it was as if time was speed up. It took me by surprise and the emotions started flying.

Justin gave me a blessing and peace immediately came to me. I could not imagine my life without having the priesthood apart of it. The spirt in the room was so strong and I knew that I had many people in the room with me. Most importantly my dad. I know that he was taking good care of my babies. I had to have been hard for him to say goodbye to my girls. But I know he will always be apart of their lives!!!!

They wheeled me into the OR and started getting me ready. Justin was right by my side the whole time holding my hand and being my support. I cannot believe how fast the procedure went. As soon as they broke my first sack of water out the girls were basically here.

Sophia was born first bum down and was 5 lbs 10 oz then Paisley came head first and was 4 lbs 14 oz. They are sweet little girls and I still cannot believe that they fit inside me! Of course they took them away to get them cleaned up and the doctors finished sewing me up. The next thing I see is Justin carrying out BOTH girls in his arms! Wow in a matter of minutes he was a pro at this whole daddy thing. I was finally able to have the girls close to me. Words cannot express the love and emotion that I felt at that moment. I was finally a mommy!!! This is something that I have waited for my whole life and now it was finally here. I wanted that moment to last forever.

Our nurse was so sweet, she told everyone that the girls were not going to go into a basinet they were going to be carried out in my arms as we went back to our room. As soon as we came out of the doors their were are families waiting to see the girls. It was so wonderful to have them all there. The best part was seeing my mom. I know that she was really worried. Here was her little girl becoming a mommy and having to have major surgery in order for that to happen.

We got into the room and had about a half hour to ourselves. Just Justin, me, and our little girls. Then we had our moms come in as they finished making sure that I was ok.

We knew that we needed to stay until Monday due to the fact that they weren't keeping their weight as well as the docs wanted them to. But then Sunday night my blood pressure skyrocketed again and they made me stay until Tues. Those were the longest days of my life. Now that we are home I am feeling great! I still have high blood pressure but at least we are home.

Life has been wonderful ever since. It seems as if they have always been apart of our lives. We love these girls to pieces. Luckily Justin does not have to go back to work until March 19th. So we get plenty of family time together. The more time we spend together the harder it will be to have Justin go back to work. He loves his girls so much and is the best dad ever. The whole time in the hospital Justin changed all the diapers and burped the girls each time. If it was his choice he would sit in the rocking chair all day and hold the girls in his arms all day.

I am loving being home with the girls and I have for sure realized that this job of having twins is for sure a two person job. There is no way that I could do this alone. Good thing we have family so close and that they some what are in love with these girls.