I got puked on

Yesterday we took the twins to Children’s for a follow up eye exam. Although the exam took a very long time, it was pretty uneventful. It took so long that we needed to feed the girls at the hospital, so I started feeding Ella in the waiting room, and then continued to feed as we walked down to the cafeteria. Once we sat down, the ever content Ella let loose w/ the biggest, most aggressive vomit that I have ever witnessed. So, I went back to work w/ the look and smell of fortified breast milk on my dress shirt and slacks. Mmmmm.

-tinny out

Family

Aunt Reggie and Jocey came to visit the girls on Tuesday. It's hard to believe that Ava and Ella are two weeks older than their cousin.
Ella wasn't very happy to have her cousin that close. Check out the chins on that girl!! -Rachel

2 Month Birthday

Here are a few pictures from the girls' two month birthday this past Wednesday.
-tinny out

Visitors

Rachel and I are obviously really excited to have our girls home. First off, we have a really large dose of "first time parents" going on for sure, both of us have asked the other "is she breathing?" several times (OK, like a hundred times...each). We'd love to throw a huge party to celebrate their coming home, but preemies are very susceptible to germs (way more than normal term babies), so we'll have to wait a while for the party. The NICU staff said that if either of our girls get sick in the first month of going home, they will end up back in the hospital.

So, we are very excited to have visitors, but we just need to limit the twin's stimulation and exposure to germs. So, all we ask is that if you want to visit us, please call first and we'll plan a convenient time. If you are sick, have been sick or anyone around you has been sick, please wait to visit. Once you are here, we'll put you through a rigorous washing protocol that you'll probably laugh at. Please do not take this as a put off, because we do love and desire visitors.

Thanks for all your patience, and we hope to see you soon!

-tinny and Rachel

Several folks suggested that we keep track of how many diapers that we go through w/ having two twins at home. While this was very intriguing, and I would have loved to see how bad our environmental foot print is, I can barely figure out which end of the bottle goes in the mouth in the middle of the night, much less put a tally on a dry erase board. So, here is a picture of the diapers from the first couple days at home.

-tinny out

Pictures from the first week home

Here is a picture of Ava and Ella a few hours before we brought them home. The Twinsler's maiden voyage.
Rachel and the twins in front of our house.
We had Giro on his leash when we brought the girls inside. He was very curious and interested. He has done great, w/ the only anoying thing being that he has gotten very protective of the house, barking at all the evil people that either walk by our house or try and deliver mail.

-tinny out

We're Home

We knew/hoped that it was coming since late last week, but Rachel wouldn't let me blog about it b/c she thought that the blog was the jinx that was keeping the girls in the NICU. On Tuesday, 3/31/2009, we brought both of our girls home, and its been pretty surreal. We have been so used to planning everything around feeds at the hospital, but now it feels like we have a lot more time. More details and pictures to follow, but the first night was not that bad...

-tinny out