Home Sweet Home

So my girls are already 5 weeks old, and the have spent all but one day of it in the hospital. Our doctor told us last Saturday that we could anticipate taking Berklee out of the hospital on Monday, but would have to leave Bailee in for a little while while she caught up. She was born a pound lighter than Berklee and was always a little behind Berklee in her progression. We knew it would probably be another week or two before Bailee would probably get to come home with us, and new that it was going to be extremely difficult having one baby in the NICU and one out. I swear that Twins can communicate because that very same day Bailee started meeting the criteria the NICU has for discharge. She started eating all of her meals from a bottle without having to have any of them pushed through her NG tube, and was having less frequent drops in her oxygen and heartrate, ( which she had been struggling with for weeks.) Sunday morning came and went and still her progression continued, our doctor told us that if she kept up the good work, she could possible leave in the morning with her sister. This was music to our ears. They say that 90 percent of the time twins leave the hospital at different times, but not my girls Bailee is really a fighter and was bound and determined not to get left there alone. We were discharged from the hospital Monday morning and now have been home for two days. Bailee did have to come home on a pulse oximeter to measure her oxygen and heart rate when she ate, with supplimental oxygen I could give her if I needed to, but both have done extremely well. As for me...I never knew what the word tired meant until these last two days. The girls eat every 3 hours and it seems as if I barely get done feeding, changing, and burping both of them and it is time to start over. I am so extremely happy to have them at home with me though and still can't beleive that these two perfect little angels are my daughters. Lassie- Bryant's mom- has been staying with us and it's a good thing because she has done laundry, cleaned bottles, and ran around cleaning up after us for the last two days. Otherwise I'm not sure what my house would look like today. I've been a little late on posting any pictures of the girls, so here are some random pictures of them in the hospital.







Berklee







Bailee






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Introducing our two new baby girls

Well I know that everyone has been waiting on me so patiently to post a few pictures of the twins. These last couple of weeks have been extremely hectic and now that they are 17 days old, I finally found a few moments to update the blog.
I came down to a doctor's appt.17 days ago on July 21 and have not been home since, Dr. Horsley( who is not my regular OB but was filling in for my doctor who was on vacation -just my luck) decided it was in my best interest and the babies best interest that we have a C-section. Bailee was having a few complications, as well as me. I was thinking when he told me I needed a C-section that we would make an appt. and come back in a day or two and have our babies, but NO before we knew it I was on the operating table, and my babies were here. Bailee Jo was born first at 6:12 pm weighing 2 lbs. 12 oz. measuring 15 1/2 inches long. Then came Berklee Brin at 6:14 weighing 3 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 16 1/2 inches long. Even though both babies were born extremely small and premature, they are little fighters. They have both been in the NICU since birth-keeping me extremely busy but have done extremely well, only needing oxygen and IV's for a the first few days. They are both learning to eat from a bottle and aregrowing every day. Last night Bailee weighed 3.2 lbs. and Berklee weighed 4.2 lbs.Their doctor told me the expect them to be in the NICU for 5 weeks, but it all just depends on how well they are doing. They both have to be able to eat all of their meals from a bottle, and not need to be fed through their NG tube. As of right now they are only eating 3 out of 8 meals a day from a nipple. Berklee did get bumped today to eating every other meal from a bottle, so we will see how that goes. It is so much fun being a mommy. It's crazy how they already have such cute personalities. They have both Bryant and I wrapped around their little fingers. Here are a few pictures of my sweet babies.

Bailee

Bailee

Berklee

Berklee