Update

Carter just can't seem to open his eyes....EVER!!! I think he is wishing he was still on the inside!

Daddy changing Carter and Lila


Mommy and Maddie...look how much bigger she is!!!



Lila posing for the camera

Maddie out of her isolette

Yesterday I got the biggest surprise...Maddie is out of her isolette. They have the top popped (as you can see in the picture above) and she has been in room air for 24 hours so she is officially out!!! A few days ago Maddie was put on some oxygen because her breathing was low and her heart rate was high. Alot of babies with growth restriction in the womb do fine on room air for the first two weeks and then their little bodies poop out. So she has been diagnosed with mild Chronic Lung Disease. So basically she has scar tissue in her lungs and b/c her lungs are so small its really taking a toll and she needs just a little bit of O2 to help her out until she gets a little bigger. She will grow out of this in the next few days or weeks. They are currently weaning her off the O2 and she is doing really well. This shouldn't effect her as she gets older but b/c she will always have this scar tissue she may have difficulties with sports related activities...if this is the worst of it...we are SO blessed. She is being tested again for an infection just to be sure but the doctors are pretty certain she does not have one and once this comes back in a day or two all of my babies will FINALLY be together again. It makes me cry just thinking about how awesome it will be to see them all laying together.

Lila is the bottle champ...yesterday she was taking 90% of her feeds by bottle and they told us that she could be coming home very soon. So of course Brad went into panic mode...we need to do this and this and this...he told the nurse "you mean we take them home...just kidding". So this morning when I called to check in the nurse said that her new orders is to take a bottle every feeding and she only has to average 24 ml so it sounds to me that they are working on sending her home soon....we are not ready for that. I think why we are not ready is b/c we know it will be awhile before Maddie comes home and we can't stand the thought of leaving her there alone and it will be hard to go spend as much time as we do now but it will all work out.

Carter is doing great as well and is taking about 50% of his feeds by bottle. It does take him about 20 minutes to take it but he eventually gets it down. He always looks so exhausted after he takes it!! He just a little lazy sometimes...he gets it honest.

Current weights...

Carter 4lbs 10 ounces

Lila 3lbs 10 ounces

Maddie 2lbs 2 ounces