Happy Birthday Rylee and Haylee

To all friends and family,
Thank you for you prayers and support during this difficult time. It was always something we were told there was a chance could occur but never did we think it would come to reality. For anyone who isn’t aware, my wife Ashley was flown out of Key West via helicopter to Miami very early on Tuesday morning. She was 31 weeks with our baby girls and started to go into pre-term labor. After a lot of poking and prodding and continuous rounds of magnesium amongst other things, her contractions slowed to manageable levels but lasted 3 days.

For 3 days we were in South Miami Hospital’s High Risk Antepartum unit who is full of nothing but wonderful, amazing nurses and Doctors who have been so great! We have really been impressed with this staff! With dosages of magnesium and some magic pill that all I know starts with an “E”, her contractions decreased but still continued. The good thing with all of this is that we were able to hold them off until a few much needed steroid shots to help speed up the growth of the baby’s lungs. I will say this…my wife is a trooper! She has been so strong thru all of this!
On Thursday night her contractions started to increase and the doctor came in and realized she went from 1cm to 6cm dilated in no time. With that said, the rush began! I know grandparents have been posting things but we want to welcome to the world our two AMAZING girls!
Haylee Bradi Roush born at 8:53pm weighing in at 3lbs 10 ounces, 16.34in
Rylee Elizabeth Roush born at 8:55pm weighing in at 2lbs 15 ounces, 14.57 in
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for everyone’s amazing support and continued prayers! We will keep everyone updated as we progress. This will be a long run and not a sprint that is for sure!
Thank you to our wonderful parents as well, who immediately flew down here and were with us throughout!