We're HOME!

...and by "we" I mean all 4 of us! We knew on Tuesday it was a possibility but we didn't want to get our hopes up. However, Wednesday afternoon 7/14/2010 (our 3rd wedding anniversary!) all 4 of us came home from the hospital as a family! The first night...sleep was minimal for Matt and I but the babies slept great! Last night there was more sleep had by all. It takes a little bit to get used to the babies grunts, squeaks, stretches, and squeals while sleeping (because of course the babies are sleeping in our room!). Getting up every 3 hours has been a bit of an adjustment but a welcome adjustment to have our babies home with us. This weekend we'll have the dogs come home from my parents house and then our family will be complete again. The babies are still immature and are still kind of tricky feeders but having Matt and I here to feed them consistently is very helpful to Oliver and Vivian. Matt has been off work since Wednesday and won't be going back until Monday after our pediatrician appointment. When we left Wednesday Oliver weighed 7 pounds even and Vivian weighed 4 pounds 12 ounces. Here are a few pictures.....

Day of discharge...headed to get our photos taken!

Best buds!

Oliver ready to head home!

Vivian is ready too!

Our nurse, Tori, going over our discharge paperwork.  

All four of us ready to go!

First picture at home.

Sleeping in their bassinet.  

Oliver getting his first bath at home.  

Vivian getting her first bath at home.  

After bath and a bottle, she's out (and smells sooo good)!

Eating after his bath, smelling like a clean baby!

Day 16

Vivian and Oliver are now 16 days old.  Oliver weighs 6 pounds 12 ounces and Vivian weighs 4 pounds 9 ounces.  They are each just about a pound bigger then their birth weight.  They are still learning how to eat from a bottle and doing better and better every day.  

Vivian gets her first bath by Mommy and Daddy!

Vivian gets her hair washed.

Vivian soaking in the tub.

Squeaky clean relaxing with Daddy.  

Oliver has found his thumb.  

Oliver relaxing in the bouncy seat.  

More Pictures

We have now been in the Special Care Nursery for 9 days. We are still feeding and growing! Oliver now weighs 5 pounds 15.6 ounces and Vivian weighs 4 pounds 0.4 ounces. Today Oliver got his first tubby bath and Vivian moved from her isolette to an open crib. They are still working on bottle feeding, which is pretty much the only thing holding us up from going home. I would say Oliver takes about 1/2 of his feedings by bottle and then gets the rest through his tube in his nose. He just gets too sleepy to take the full volume of feeding. He takes 50 milliliters with each feeding. Vivian takes about 1/3 of her feeding by bottle, then gets the remainder through her tube in her nose. She too is just so little she gets tuckered out after a very short time. She is now taking 34 milliliters with each feeding. She still has the occasional heart dip lasting less then 10-15 seconds (where her heart rate goes below 80 beats per minute but corrects this herself almost every time). Last night Matt and I went home for the first time in a week to sleep in our own bed. It was beyond hard to leave them but I think it was good for us. Now that the nurses know the "ins and outs" of Oliver and Vivian, we felt comfortable leaving them even though we were gone less then 10 hours :)

We appreciate everyone's love and support and please know that we have received everyone's emails, texts and phone calls and have just been so busy it's hard to reply. Between trying to feed two babies, catch a quick nap, and eat...we've got our hands full, but we love every minute of it!

Family Photo

Vivian is sleepy....big yawn.

Vivian has her tube out to be cleaned and changed.

Oliver gets a tubby bath.

He really enjoyed the warm water and looking at Daddy.