Isaac Joseph Arthur

Sophia Kathryn

Sophia Kathryn

Sophia and Isaac-Born on February 23rd!

You may have heard our good news! Sophia Kathryn and Isaac Joseph Arthur made their appearance on February 23rd at 10:46 p.m. and 10:47p.m. Sophia weighed 4 lbs. 11oz. and Isaac weighed 2 lbs. 6 1/2 oz. I am home now recovering and they remain in the NICU getting stronger. As you may imagine things are changing on sometimes an hourly basis for us. So, in an effort to keep everyone up to date, I am going to try and set up a blog for them that you can take a peek at, hoping to keep people updated as much as possible that way. Right now, Sophia is doing well and eating like a champ. In fact, she throws little temper tantrums about an hour before she is ready to eat, just to let them know she is waiting. Matt and I both got to hold her for the first time a couple of days ago. Isaac was struggling with his breathing on Thursday and by Thursday night they had put him on an oscillating ventilator. He is heavily sedated right now, and getting the rest he needs to have the strength he needs. Yesterday they did a head ultrasound and it was normal. They are also taking a closer look at his heart. He was cleared to receive a medication that will hopefully close one of his ducts that is not closing on its own. They administered that first round of it last night. We have not called up to see how their night went yet. Matt and I will head up there this morning for a couple of hours. Please continue to pray for our family. God is so good and it is so wonderful to see His creation! Pray for the medical teams that are caring for our babies and pray for the girls as they transition. Pray for health and healing for both Sophia and Isaac. I humbly ask these things in the name of God's son Jesus.

God is so Good!

Today we had another appointment for the babes. We again were blessed with another week. Today I am 31 1/2 weeks. It has been a long journey and one that we could not have travelled without our amazing God and friends, family and even strangers around the country praying for our family and the health of these babies. Next week we will do another doppler and fluid check, if that is still stable, we will proceed for another week. At 33 1/2 weeks, they will do another full growth ultrasound and as long as both babies continue to grow, we will proceed one more week. At that point, we will than schedule a C-section and our little blessings will be here. We have been so humbled these past few weeks by God's incredible mercy on us as well as all those who have prayed and helped out in whatever way possible. THANK YOU! We will let you know when Isaac and Sophia arrive. Please continue to pray. Psalm 139:13 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." We know and have faith that God is in control and has shown us His great power and miracles these past weeks especially. Our children are His.

Coloring...a favorite passtime at the Provenzano household

Elizabeth and Grace LOVE to color. I am constantly finding scraps of paper and envelopes filled with their "artwork" to be sent to whomever. Here are a couple of pictures of Elizabeth at her favorite spot lately coloring intently. The box of crayons doesn't seem to leave the coffee table much these days.

Our New Kitchen Floor...Thanks Matt and Aaron

Here is a before and after shot of our kitchen floor. Our good friend from church, Aaron came to help Matt put it in this week. THANKS SO MUCH guys! I love it!

30 Weeks!

Here I am at 30 weeks. We never thought we would make it this far. Praise God. It is truly a miracle and we are so humbled by all that have prayed and continue to pray for our family and our babies. Today we received another good report that things had remained stable and that we would go another week. God has been completely in control and our faith has grown and become stronger through this experience. THANK YOU to everyone that prays...the power of prayer is AMAZING!!!

Our littlest dancer!

Elizabeth is loving dance and ballet and learning so much. She really enjoys it and you can see a spring in her step wherever she goes. Here she is showing off some of her recent dance moves.

Disney on Ice!

A few weeks ago, we went to the Quad Cities to see Disney on Ice. It was so much fun and the girls were on the edge of their seats the entire time. This was Matt's "special gift" to the girls for Christmas, a family tradition. Oh and of course, we HAD to take a picture of the man with slushies on his head!





They had a scene with Mickey and friends, Cars, Little Mermaid, Lion King and the girls' very favorite one was Tinkerbell!