Together at last…

One of the only complaints we have had at this great hospital is the lack of twin beds.  And without these beds, the doctors won’t allow co-bedding in the smaller cribs that they do have.  The boys have been within a couple feet of each other since birth, but never actually in the same bed… until tonight.  One of our favorite nurses went ahead and swaddled them together for the first time.  It was super cute and extremely difficult to get Erin to leave tonight.  If I would have left her, she would have stayed up there all night just staring at them while they slept!

 

As for updates, the boys are doing great.  Hudson passed the 5 pound mark and weighed in at 5 lbs, 3.1 oz.  And Landon is close on his heals at 4 lbs 10.1 oz.  They have advanced to 6 feedings by bottle/breast a day, the other two are by gavage (or tube for us that speak English and not medical).  8 is the magical number that we need to reach before we can head home.  They were progressing nicely, but had to be slowed down for the next few days.  They were getting too tired to keep it up.  But we did find time to give some lessons to Grandma and Grandpa.  yes, they have given bottles a thousand times, but the nurses love to have grandparents come in for a couple feedings to point out the differences in feeding preemies.  And they did a fine job.  They are officially hired anytime they want to come over!

 

And I almost forgot the best part, Erin was able to breast feed both of them at the same time.  Talk about a circus atmosphere trying to make that happen!

[Sorry no picts for this one] :)

And for those counting, we lost another cord.  We are down to two.  The light at the end of the tunnel is starting to shine.  The feeding is coming along nicely and the breathing issue is starting to shape up.  Between the two of them, they have only had 1 brady in the last 24 hours.  This is huge.  We don’t want to get too excited, but it is tough not to.  We are thinking it will only be another 7 to 10 days, but that is merely a guess.  It is hard to believe that tonight is number 27!

Enjoy some picts!

Sleeping time!

Milk coma.

Seriously dude, stop kicking me.

I love story time.

Open up and say ah.

your swaddling job has nothing on me… my arm, is free.

Just another night at the NICU, wait it is snowing.

And the first day of spring…

Just another evening of hanging out at our favorite place

Landon is being watched over by someone very special.

Erin meeting sweet baby Luke for the first time over Skype. Technology is an amazing thing.

I love hugs, now hug me.

Can you believe mom made me wear this nonsense?

Happy Daddy

 

Stretching time