Happy Halloween!

Sweet baby pictures

Visiting with family

Here are a few really sweet pictures. Of course these aren't the only visitors the babies had...their fan club is actually quite large :-)

Babies' First Bath

I really was freaked out about bathing the babies and I am a "tad" overwhelmed right now...so my sister helped me give the babies' their first bath. Here are a few of the pictures.

First Night Together At Home

Avery Jr comes home!

Today our son came home. We were so excited. We had to wait for his glucose meter to arrive and then go to the hospital to learn to use it and bring AJ home. Grandma, Aunt Nancy and Debbie came to stay with Christina while we went to pick up our son. It took a really long time to get him because he had to do a "carseat" test to make sure he was big enough to come home. And he was :-) Here he is with Mommy while we wait to be discharged.

And then he did the carseat test...AWWW!

And then he gets to come home...

and everybody is anxiously awaiting his arrival!

Finally we are all together...and most importantly...Christina and AJ are together again.
But mom...she's a little loud!

So maybe she should have this paci instead of me?

I think she wants to eat me.

Christina at home & AJ in NICU (still)

Here is daddy and Christina. We are just so excited to have her at home!

Here is Christina in her bed the first night at home. Isn't she adorable?

Below is Christina at her first doctor's appointment. I can't believe how tiny she is! She's healthy and perfect.

This picture is Christina sleeping on daddy...her very favorite place to be other than mommy's arms!

Daddy loves her.

We also went to visit AJ in NICU. It looks like he doesn't have any infection. We are pretty sure he has diabetes...but they will have to run tests. They are giving him a medication called glyburide and it seems to be working so we do not have to put him on Insulin.

AJ in NICU and Christina goes home!

Well my baby boy is still in NICU. His daddy visits him alot! I visit too, but not as much because I have Christina too...and I cry every single time I leave him. I want him with us so bad. He has alot of visitors though...we all love him so much!

They are trying to get his blood sugar down and waiting for him to be able to regulate his own temperature. They think he may have "Neonatal Diabetes". This is very rare...and no baby had ever been born with it at this hospital. We hoped it was an infection rather than Diabetes. Avery said this is the only time he prayed for somebody to have an infection...we prayed hard.

We should have some results soon...stay tuned.

Sooo...my little princess got to go home today. We were very happy to be able to go home...but it was heart wrenching to leave without our son/brother. Here is my precious daughter going home. I hope she likes it there with us!

Thank you!!!

I received some beautiful flowers and gifts! Here are some of them!

And here is where daddy slept while Mommy and babies were in the hospital...and this is how his daughter happily slept on him!

Avery's Birthday and AJ goes to NICU

Today is Avery's birthday. What better way to spend your birthday than with your two brand new babies? What an amazing gift they are.

Last night I was able to really start to get to know my babies and I was reluctant to send them to the nursery to get some sleep because I wanted to be with them...but I decided to take the advice of many and get some sleep while I could. I wish I hadn't :-( I never got AJ back. His second and third blood sugar test came back too high and he was sent from the nursery directly to NICU. When I found out that he was going to NICU, I tried to get him back first...but he never came back. He went straight to NICU. Here he is. He had trouble keeping his own body temperature so they had him in the incubator.