Visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa

This afternoon Elias got a visit from the people who started this whole family. Great Grandma and Grandpa stopped by to visit and got to hold Elias. He seemed to enjoy their company especially Great Grandpa who got try his jokes out on a new audience.

Proud Grandparents

Here are some pictures of two very proud Grandparents holding their little grandson for the first time.

Tom the Barber

Tom decided to cut Marshall's hair. I believe he did like Grandpa has a few times. We were wondering if anyone else would be interested in his services. I am also including some pictures of the girls.

Elias Andrew Hitchcock has arrived!

Elias Andrew was born on March 19th at 6:03 p.m. He weighed in at 6 lbs. and 1 oz. He was 19 inches long. For the latest pictures you can go check out our blog at toddandtrisha.blogspot.com

the twins

I'm sure the news has spread but I thought I would let everyone know just in case...Jesse Redden Kirk & Waylon Thomas Kirk were born on Monday the 12th at 2:32. However, they passed away about 40 min later. Toby and I got to be with them and hold them the whole time they were with us. They had my nose and Toby's chin. Waylon was 1lb 6 oz and Jesse was 1lb 1 oz and they were both 12 inches long. They had what is called twin to twin transfusion. That is where one twin takes blood from the other twin. It is very rare and occurs almost exclusively in identical twins. There are procedures they can do to correct it but we would have had to catch it at the right moment. I had a normal ultrasound about 3 weeks ago and the week after I gained 10 pounds. We believe that is when it started to happen and that is probably when we would have had to catch it in order to do something about it. I started having cramps and bleeding on Sat so we went to the hospital. They monitored me, ran tests but couldn't find anything wrong (I wasn't dilated at all). They sent me home on bed rest with instructions to call my dr Monday morning. We went to the dr Monday morning and I was 5cm dilated. They rushed me over to the hospital and did everything they could to stop the contractions but nothing worked. Even if it would have stopped them, they were too sick to survive. Toby and I have been doing the best that we can. We are just thankful that we still have each other. We have been blessed to have such wonderful friends and family helping us get through a time that we never thought we would have to face.

Josie

Here is a pic of Josie 3 days old.


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Also...here is a pic of me at 22 weeks. I think I have Trisha and Hillary beat - haha. You both look great!!


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Pictures of Trisha and Hillary

Here is a picture of Trisha and me at my shower last Saturday. Trisha did a great job hosting! I am 27 weeks and Trisha is 36 weeks in this picture.

The newest Kirk addition

Tyler and Melissa had their baby yesterday (March 2nd) at 8:47am. They named her Josie Helen and she was a big girl (I know that's hard to imagine-haha). She weighed 9 lbs 6 oz and was 21 inches long. Melissa wasn't in labor very long...I think the contractions started around midnight. She did very good and seems to be recovering just fine. I will post some pictures in a day or two. Unfortunately Toby and I had to leave a few hours after she was born to drive 9 hours to Illinois for our baby shower. Take care.
Kendra

The Hodges

I am just trying this out. We have finally moved to DSL so I can actually use the internet. I don't have any pictures yet but I will soon. We are doing great. Caroline just turned 8 months. I can't believe how time flies. We are now planning Ashlee's 4th Birthday party. She is having a Princess Tea Party. Marshall spends all of his time playing with the cars from the Disney Car Movie. He knows all of them.
I am excited to get updates from everyone. I can't wait to hear about Tyler and Melissa's baby.

Love,
Heidi, Tom, Ashlee, Marshall, and Caroline