just wanted to let everyone know that they are feeding the girls milk now. addie is getting .8cc an hour and cara is getting 1.9cc an hour. there have been no other big changes.

Cara update

Cara is still doing well on her c-pap. she is still picking at it and pulling it off. when we were in checking on her earlier she decided that she was not getting as much attention as she wanted to be getting so she decided to Brady down to about 30 beats a minute and as soon as we opened the incubator her heart rate went back to normal. the nurse weighted her when we were back and she has lost 2 ounces, down to 1 lb 11 ounces. the doctor put her new pic line in this morning so they would have a iv dedicated to her fluids and one if they needed to give her blood products. the doctors are still pulling off between 5 and 8 cc of fluid off from the reservoir.

Later this morning Cara has a head ultrasound to check on the swelling in her brain. she also has a heart echo to check her pda .

caroline has her momma's skin tone but its hard to tell whos fetures she has. She does let us know that she has an attitude and hates the cpap in her nose. cara loves to listen to mommas heartbeat and look around, but she sleeps best in my lap- she is a daddys girl.

Addie Update.

Addie was the first to break the 2lbs mark. YEAY ADDIE!!!!

Adelyn is still very sick but is making good progress. they were able to whein her oxygen some today, and are hoping to take her off of the vent and onto C-PAP by the first of next week. This is a goal Tim and I are looking forward to, we want to hold the baby that kicked and rolled around in my tummy the most. She was a huge belly hog. Addie is still very "touch me not" as the nurses say, she doesn't tolerate light, sound or touch very well. It is too stimulating and causes her to de-sat. She has my attitude- she doesn't like anyone in her space and has no problem showing out and letting us know it.

We are in love with her thick hair and pointy nose, she looks so much like her daddy, she even has his hairline! She is such a beautiful baby, we are so proud of her.

Adelyn has a Cat scan later this morning, we will post results soon.

Big Brother hanging out at the hospital.

I just looked at this picture of me holding Cara and loved it. i remember looking down at her while she was fighting with that Binky to stay in her mouth i didn't know tim had taken a picture. I would try to take the Binky from her to make her cry but she would desat to low. so i would have to give it back. Sometimes it would fall out and it was almost like she was rooting- she was licking me trying to get to her Binky. It was all very cute .

Daddy holding Caroline for the first time. He is such a proud daddy !

Kangaroo Care... Holding our Cara

Adelyn Michelle

One more of Ms. Addie, she seems to get slighted during photo times. shes very light and touch sensitive, shes had the roughest time gaining weight and fighting the sepsis infection. Shes still a fighter.

Caroline and her first Binky. She LOVES it. This is good for her learning to suck and swallow, it also helps her to breath on her own and soothes her. The very next day Ms. Cara was off of her ventilator and on C-pap :)

She doesn't like the C-pap right now, here she is holding tight to her new Binky. How sweet :)

Braxton playing with Lance. Two cute boys :)

Caroline sucking her thumb

Adelyn with her eyes open

Cara Sleeping, and under the blue light(on her back).

Adelyn under light (stomach)

These photos are posted backwards. I uploaded them in order, the last two are the first photos of each girl. The first 3 are the oldest photos of the girls both at Brenner hospital, 1 Cara 2 Addie 3 Cara.