Family Visits

Grandma Mary came to spend the night with the girls and magically got them to sleep for a solid 6 hours!!! Come back, come back Grandma!!! Grandma and Grandpa B came through town and offered some help feeding the girls. I love help with feeding times!!! "UD," as he likes to be called (Uncle Dan) also stopped by this day to offer some love! And I promise, with a little time and energy, I can look better than the last pic shows (or at least I think so)! But this pic demonstrates one of my many double feeding positions.

It's Tummy Time!!

The girls' first tummy time!! They are getting so strong, but didn't like showing it off this day. Again, usually one wants to fall asleep right away and the other does great!! At our one month check up, we were told to start tummy time and they were weighed in at 8 lbs 6 oz for Ella and 8 lbs 4 oz for Emma!! Yikes!! They are doing well, but ironically enough, feeding times can be a bit of a hassle. They seem VERY fussy and seem to have problems with formula right now. So, they are strictly on breast milk for the time being to get back into a routine and hopefully start sleeping better at night (which they have their nights with a good chunk of time, 5 hours or so, then have their fussy nights too!!).

Happy Valentine's Day!

First Valentine's Day deserved a picture. They have little dresses too, but got a little lazy for this shot. Just have the "My 1st Valentine's" bibs on!! They always seem to be the opposite these days...if one is awake, the other is sleeping, if one is hungry, the other is sleeping, if one is crabby, the other is sleeping!! They take turns though, don't you worry!! And a Happy Birthday to Grandpa B from Ella and Emma!!

We are one month old today!!!!

Can you believe it? They are already a month old. Time flies!!! Ella is on the left, Emma on the right, with Ella's individual shot first, then Emma's. This was after feeding time, so they were awake and content. (We got professional shots done yesterday, so stay tuned for those!!) Things have sure changed in the last month...they are eating 4 oz. at a time (Ella is more of an eater than Emma right now), they have outgrown some premie clothing already, they are much more alert and awake for more minutes of the day (still liking the night time to be awake though), sleeping for 3-4 hours at a time, very gasy and fill their pants while eating, and have very strong neck muscles, which they like to show off!! They make the cutest faces and often flip us off or roll their eyes at us (can't wait to the day when that is done on purpose!!). We start daycare the 25th of this month and they have their one month check up and first set of shots on Wed., so weights will come later!! Happy 1 month Birthday Ella and Emma!!

Sorry for the delay, the website wasn't letting me post pics for a bit. First pic, Emma on left, second pic with Uncle Dan is Ella, third and fourth pics are also of Ella. Last pic is of dad and Emma!

Grandma and Grandpa time

Grandpa Goob and Grandma Mary came over last night, along with Aunt Carrie and Uncle Thane, to celebrate Christmas with the girls! No Sequence this year, but next year...look out!!

Cute as can be

Ella on left, Emma on right

Hanging around the house...

...still! Since the girls can't go out or have vistors younger than 16 (don't ask why that is the magical number, no clue), we are still just hanging out at home!!

Miss Emma

Emma is a laid back baby, which she was in my belly as well. She is very content with a pacifier and seeing the world (well, you know!). She also likes her blanket up over her head when she sleeps, but rarely is the one to say when she is hungry. She is doing ok on her monitor, with a few alarms here and there. We hope to get it off at the first appointment, but have no idea how long she will need it.

Miss Ella

As best as I can, I believe these are all Ella. It's hard to tell them apart in pics right now, but in person, you can see their differences more. Ella is our fiesty child. She is a little harder to please right now, but still a good baby all in all. She loves to eat! If it weren't for her, her sister would never get woken up to eat! Ella likes to have a blanket on her head when she sleeps, loves to lay on dad's chest, and is a grunter like you wouldn't believe!

First pics at home!!!

Going Home!!

Our first real pics of them together came when they were getting ready to go home (they were never in our room during our stay in the hospital. Always had someone else around and those darn cords. What a happy day getting rid of those and taking them home all by ourselves, Lord help us!!). All three of us went home on the 4th day, Tuesday the 15th. Miss Emma is going home on a monitor to monitor her breathing. She doesn't think she needs to do it all the time!! That's what you see on Travis' back in the last pic.

Misc. Pics in NICU

Second to last pic is Ella, Last pic is Emma, of course!!