Mommy and Daddy are bonding with the girls more each day and it is becoming more difficult to leave them at the hospital. They are so sweet and seem to be happy and comfortable. Every day we see new parents with all their balloons and flowers and the mother holding their baby as they leave the hospital to go home. We anticipate the day we can all be home as a family. Mommy is going to the hospital four times a day and Daddy will help feed the girls usually during lunch and in the evenings after work.
Over the weekend, the girls met their Uncle John and Aunt Amy and cousins Scarlett, Mitchell, Nicholas and Savannah. John held Addison for awhile and put his finger out to her tiny foot to measure it from his knuckle to fingertip and couldn't believe how beautiful and little all the girls were. Aunt Amy couldn't hold the girls because she had just had a polio vaccine since she is going to Kenya soon, but Amy and the kids got to see the babies via the window. Caden had so much fun playing with his cousins over the weekend. We thought John and Amy were crazy for having four kids and we always knew we would only have two (maybe three) children. God sure must think it's funny now that we have four kids too! Grandma and Paw Paw (Misty's parents) never imagined they would have eight grandchildren.
This week their feedings were increased to four times a day of breastfeeding or bottle feeding (the other four by tube). They are all gaining weight each day. On Monday Addison tipped the scale to 4lb. even, Emery weighed 4 lb. 6 oz., and Harper was 3 lb. 13 oz. On Wednesday Addison weighed 4 lb. 2 oz. and the other girls both gained in grams. Thursday Addison and Harper stayed the same and Emery went up to 4 lb. 7 oz. The girls were doing so well with breastfeeding/bottle feeding four times a day that the doctor increased it to six feedings on Thursday. Another decision the doctor made was to take Addison and Emery off the caffeine. beginning Friday. Harper never needed any - our spunky littlest girl!
The girls are now one month old~ we can hardly believe they have been in the hospital this long. Time sure does fly by quickly....
Friday morning the girls had ultrasounds on their heads again. We were most worried about Addison since they had found a small bleed in her brain on the previous ultrasound. We have been praying that she would be okay and our prayers were answered! They didn't see any bleeding on any of our girls and they all look great. We are so thankful that they are doing so well and are amazingly healthy for being born so early. The nurses have told us they expect us to bring them home early next week! YIKES....now the real fun can begin!
Over the weekend, the girls met their Uncle John and Aunt Amy and cousins Scarlett, Mitchell, Nicholas and Savannah. John held Addison for awhile and put his finger out to her tiny foot to measure it from his knuckle to fingertip and couldn't believe how beautiful and little all the girls were. Aunt Amy couldn't hold the girls because she had just had a polio vaccine since she is going to Kenya soon, but Amy and the kids got to see the babies via the window. Caden had so much fun playing with his cousins over the weekend. We thought John and Amy were crazy for having four kids and we always knew we would only have two (maybe three) children. God sure must think it's funny now that we have four kids too! Grandma and Paw Paw (Misty's parents) never imagined they would have eight grandchildren.
This week their feedings were increased to four times a day of breastfeeding or bottle feeding (the other four by tube). They are all gaining weight each day. On Monday Addison tipped the scale to 4lb. even, Emery weighed 4 lb. 6 oz., and Harper was 3 lb. 13 oz. On Wednesday Addison weighed 4 lb. 2 oz. and the other girls both gained in grams. Thursday Addison and Harper stayed the same and Emery went up to 4 lb. 7 oz. The girls were doing so well with breastfeeding/bottle feeding four times a day that the doctor increased it to six feedings on Thursday. Another decision the doctor made was to take Addison and Emery off the caffeine. beginning Friday. Harper never needed any - our spunky littlest girl!
The girls are now one month old~ we can hardly believe they have been in the hospital this long. Time sure does fly by quickly....
Friday morning the girls had ultrasounds on their heads again. We were most worried about Addison since they had found a small bleed in her brain on the previous ultrasound. We have been praying that she would be okay and our prayers were answered! They didn't see any bleeding on any of our girls and they all look great. We are so thankful that they are doing so well and are amazingly healthy for being born so early. The nurses have told us they expect us to bring them home early next week! YIKES....now the real fun can begin!
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