Finally home

We brought the boys home last evening. They spent their first three nights in the nursery at the hospital so we didn't know they had their days and nights reversed. What an indoctrination into parenthood we had last night. I loved every minute of it, though.

Going to keep this short because I'm really tired and have another long night ahead of me. Here are some photos of our trip home.

Getting ready to head home

About to go for their first car ride

Sam ... one cool customer
Ben ... preparing to nap so he could stay up all night once he got home

Life ... day 3

Ben, Sam, and Mama are doing great. The boys are eating regularly and have healthy diaper deposits to give me something to do. Sam particularly likes to play a funny joke on me by pooping and waiting for me to have him almost all cleaned up and then going some more. He gets quite a kick out of that little joke. Ben likes to remind me who the boss is by crying so I'll will pick him up and walk him around. Then he goes quiet for a while, waits for me to put him back down and start to forget who's boss, and then repeats the process, lest I forget.

Mama is doing a great job. She's healing well and got her staples out today. She's learning to feed the babies. That's kinda PG-13 stuff, so I'll just stop there on the whole feeding thing. She has taken to motherhood so well. I am so proud of her. She completely turned over her body to these boys to get them this far.

Ben is now 5lbs, 9oz and Sam is 4lbs, 14oz. The nurses and pediatrician are thrilled that they've held their weight so well.

We go home tomorrow. We're looking forward to it and, of course, scared at the same time. We'll have great help with Chris' family being so close and my Mom coming next week.

I'll post pictures in the next couple days of our trip home and the boys in the nursery.

Ben on left, Sam on right

Ben on left, Sam on right

Ben

Sam (notice little bulb squirty things keeping him from rolling)

Welcome Sam and Ben !!!!

Samuel Joseph and Benjamin Patrick were born today at 10:16 and 10:18 respectively. Sam was 5lbs, 2oz and Ben was 5lbs, 13oz. Sam took a little while to figure out his breathing, but he rallied and is doing well. He's skinny and his body temp drops on occasion, but the nurses here take good care of him. Once Sam puts a little weight on, he'll be fine. Ben is doing very well. Dude has been pooping all day. I got to change my first dirty diaper earlier.

As a result of the drugs she got after her c-section, Mama was forgetting to breathe, so we ended up in recovery longer than expected. The nurses got that worked out and Mama is doing well now. She's about to have a big ole milkshake, which she hasn't been allowed in a long time with her gestational diabetes.

Thanks for everyone's prayers and support. Please keep them coming.

Babies coming November 10 !!!

After all this drama, it looks like we're gonna have to just go get these guys out. We tried to schedule the c-section for 11/11, but that was booked, so we're doing it the day before on the 10th.

Can't wait to meet these guys. Looking forward to figuring out which end the diaper goes on. If you see our sons with diapers on their heads and hats on their butts, please feel free to turn the babies upside down to correct the problem.

Mama is doing OK, but basic tasks like rolling over are getting really difficult. While I'm sure she'll have some apprehension leading up to the delivery, there will be a part of her that feels a huge sense of relief.

I find myself way more composed than I expected, so that basically tells me that I have absolutely no idea how fast the train is moving that's about to hit us.

I'm so thrilled that I get to ask everyone to pray for healthy babies and an uneventful delivery rather than asking them to pray that the babies stay inside her and survive.

Thanks as always for everyone's love, prayers, and assistance. We couldn't have made it through this without them.

35 Week Update

Had a great doctor appointment on Friday and a calm, uneventful weekend. The doctor even started talking to us about scheduling a c-section if she goes to 37 weeks. Today is 35 weeks. Unbelievable.

Here's the update on the pool ...

Nurse Kelly G. - October 2
Ringy - October 3
Barb Ryan - October 5
Kari "I don't put my name on my paper" Robins - October 8
Rick's Mom - October 9
Kristen Davis - October 10
Seahurst Teachers - October 12
Shane McGraw - October 13
Cousin Jeanie - October 15
Lindsey Baker - October 16
Jenn Siegrist - October 17
Melissa "Southern Fried" Chickering - October 23
Lisa Parish - October 25
Annette Estel - October 27
Seahurst Teachers - October 28
Christie Fix - October 30
Ruth Anne - October 31
Nancy Estep - November 1 and 2 ... her quote: "It could happen :)"
BT - November 3
Seahurst Teachers - November 4

Check out Mama's belly

Moved the picture that was here to the right so it stays active. Keeping this post live so we don't lose the comments.

Home, part 1

So we got home yesterday around dinner time. My wife went from having wonderful, competent nurses working with her at the hospital to me as her caretaker once we got home. What a downgrade that is. Poor girl should get hazard pay.

Chris loves the nursery. She's commented on it enough times that I'm pretty sure she's not just humoring me. Now that she's seen it, I'll post pictures of the nursery tomorrow for those who haven't seen them yet.

Next doctor appointment is Friday. Just a regular check-up.