A month?

I can't believe the boys are already a month old.  Holy crap time flies!  They've got their one month appointment tomorrow.  I am so excited to see how much they've grown.

They've been growing and changing so quickly.  It's really amazing.

Jack began smiling the day he turned 4 weeks old.  He doesn't do it often, but when he does...melt!  He also grunts a whole lot and has begun some cooing noises.  He loves to be held in a sitting position so he can fully see everything around him.  He loves his bouncy seat and hates tummy time.  He's also a huge Daddy's boy.  Sometimes Mr. W is the only one that can calm him down.  Jack adores being cradled in his Daddy's arm while he's in the recliner watching TV.  He's a little spoiled.

Trip is on the verge of smiling (you can see it in his eyes).  He's usually very laid back, unless there's a real reason not to be (unlike Jack who cries because he wants to be held and because he's tired).  He's losing his baby hair so right now he really looks like a little old man.  It's so funny!  (forgive me for laughing at my baby's poor 1/2 bald head)  He screams like a banshee when he's hungry.

Well, I don't know what else to say really.  I just didn't want to leave my last post on top.  It was really only a moment and I usually feel great.  :-)

Some pictures!

 

 

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What's Trip looking at? (before his hair started falling out)

Jack & Trip

Merry Christmas!

We couldn't have asked for anything more...

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2 Week Well Check

The boys are doing great! They had their two week check up today (they're almost two weeks old?!?!).

Here's the stats:

Trip weighed 6lb 5oz when he was born.
At his "5 day well check" last Wednesday he had lost to 6lb 1oz.
Today he weighs 6lb 10oz. Way to grow little man!

Jack weighed 6lb 7.5oz when he was born.
At his "5 day well check" last Wednesday he had lost to 6lb 4oz.
Today he weighs 6lb 11.8oz. Way to grow baby boy!

They each have a tiny issue, more like non-issues, that require warm compresses 5-6 times a day. Trip's belly button has been bleeding some and he now has (for lack of a better term) a huge scab in his belly button. Jack has a blocked tear duct in his right eye. Both issues are very common so no one is concerned.

Our little boys are growing so quickly! It's just amazing!!!

 

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I really didn't update??

We all got to come home together!  My house is now a mess (not bad, but it looks like the baby store threw up everywhere) and my brain closely matches.  But Mr. W and I are so unbelievable happy to have these little ones home with us.  If you look closely you'll see one of us crying at any given moment.

Crap, one of them is crying again.  Thank you all for the well wishes!!!

Crossing my fingers

Trip hasn't needed extra oxygen for 48 hours; he's been off IV for 24 hours; he's feeding well and his sugars have been great.  Jack's bilirubin levels are excellent.  I'm able to walk around without any real pain and from what they say my incision looks great.  I'm crossing my fingers and toes that we all get to go home today.

I woke up at 6 this morning and burst into tears.  Sobbing I-want-my-Mommy type tears.  All I could say was, "I want my babies!  I want to go home!"  I've kept the boys in the nursery the past two nights so I could get a few hours of sleep and I woke up unhappy with that decision.  Luckily a shower, some pain meds, and some food helped with the emotional overload.  Now, I'm waiting for the doctor to come in so I can go to my boys.

AND I JUST GAVE MYSELF MY FIRST LOVENOX INJECTION!  I'm proud of myself (I'm such a needle-phobe)!  :-)

Please send all your well wishes and prayers that they let me take both of my babies home with me today.  Mr. W said if they keep Trip then he will take me and Jack home, but he'll be back at the hospital as soon as he gets us settled.  His plans are to spend 22 hours a day in the nursery and the two hours that he won't be allowed (shift changes) he'll sit in the waiting room.  He's a bit smitten with these little creatures.  :-)

Post Ambien Picture Post

Holy miracle in the morning!  I feel like a million bucks...well, at least a few thousand.  Can't completely escape the fact that someone sliced through a few layers of my body just days ago.  :-)

As promised, here are our first family pictures.  It's funny how I could care less that Mr. W and I both look like we could lay down at that second and sleep for a year.  I don't care about the fact that I have no makeup on and my hair is barely brushed (OMG that first shower was a little slice of heaven).  Look at what we're holding!!!  And together!!!

 

The twins, back together at last!

  

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 I'm hoping and praying that I can have both of my boys with me starting today.  One of my friends expressed what I'd been holding in about Trip when she said, "I bet he misses his brother".  I bet he does.  The poor little guy was pulled from my body and away from his brother and hasn't been back with us (except for the pics) since.  How lonely it must be for him.  Being a twin myself, I feel there really is a different type of bond between twin siblings (at least for me this is true).  I just can't wait to get the two guys back together and back in my arms!!!

And does anyone else think maybe there's a little bit of electricity from those leads running into Trip?  Where did those little waves in his hair come from?  It has to be electricity causing that hair because mine (and Mr. W's) is so straight!  ;-)

Oh yeah, Geohde's comment on my last post had me giggling.  If you have a real sensitivity to body comments, try to not end up being placed in the antepartum ward after you've given birth to twins.  When you don't have a baby with you, you will get asked about how far along you are, etc.  Ha-ha!  (More on the antepartum ward and why I'm here later)

Well, shift change is about over so it's time for me to get on the ball and get ready.  I'm actually going to walk the entire way to the nursery this morning.  Time to feed the babies!

Smitten (with pictures!!!)

I'm going to try to make this short, but beware, it will probably be choppy.  I knew I would have anxiety the night before my c-section, but I was so afraid of oversleeping that I woke up every 15 minutes for the 4 hours I managed to stay in bed.  Doh!  Then 23 hours later I managed to catch about two more hours of sleep.  Tonight the nurseries have my boys and I have an ambien.  But you didn't come here to read about that, did you?

A huge THANK YOU to dear Farahfor updating my blog yesterday.  I had high hopes of being a super blogger like some other person I know (hint), but we can't all be that cool.  ;-)

Trip (he's named after his father  who is a junior; Trip is short for triple; get it) had a little trouble keeping his O2 saturation levels quite in the right level, so they took him to the level II nursery right after he was born.  He ended up only needing an oxygen hood for about 24 hours.  This morning he got to escape from his space helmet to plain room air.  He has tolerated a few feedings (I tried breastfeeding, but it only puts him asleep to be that close to me right now), and seems to be regulating his body temp just fine.  Hopefully he'll be moved to level I tomorrow morning.  As soon as that happens he can come to my room and I can spoil him rotten with hugs and kisses get down to some serious attempts at breast feeding.  He got a good latch already, but just had no desire to suck.

Jack (his first name is after my brother, but in my family the men go by their middle names) can nurse very well...when he wants to.  He didn't want to for about 7 hours today.  I figured if this kid didn't want it then I could try to get whatever drops of gold I could out to feed to his older brother.  Go figure, I pump then he wants to eat.  I did let him nurse for a good while but of course he was still hungry and had to be supplemented with some formula. 

Mr. W is so in love that I'm shocked he hasn't spontaneously combusted.  I have yet to change a diaper, even.  He's figured out how to swaddle almost as good as the nurses.  :-o  He's also been doing so much for me that the nurses only come in as a courtesy anymore.  Ha-ha!  I'll have to tell you about one of the sweetest and heartbreaking things some other day, but this man is so in love with these little boys that it looks like it hurts at times.  Of course this just makes me love him even more.

A quick update on me before I get to the good stuff.  The surgery went just fine.  I had the worse case of the shakes during the whole thing and afterwards, but that was really the only bad thing I could say about it.  As soon as they pulled the boys out I said, "I feel skinny!"  Even the doctor chuckled at that one.  I'm following doctors orders and moving around, but not overdoing it.  I'm also making sure to take my pain meds regularly.  I'm uncomfortable, but at most times my pain level is minimal.  :-)

 

This is the first time that Mr. W was able to hold his oldest son.  They stared at each other the entire time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a closeup of Jack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a closeup of Trip.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

One proud Dad holding both of his sons for the first time!

 

 

 

Two more pics to come tomorrow.  The ambien has kicked in and I'm falling asleep at the keyboard.  Thank you all for your love and support!!!