Two Weeks Old!!!

Miss Emma Grace 2 weeks old today and wearing clothes for the 1st time!




Miss Molly Ann 2 weeks old and also wearing clothes for the 1st time :)





Where does the time go? My baby girls are getting so big! I cant believe how much they have changed in just a short time.
Emma finally broke 3 pounds 2 days ago! This was a major deal for her so Mommy and Daddy were very excited about this! She is now 3 lbs 1oz and Baby Molly is steadily packing on the pounds at 3 lbs 8oz. She is still below her birth weight because of all the fluid she had from the TTTS is the only reason she was 4 lbs 2oz at birth. Once all the swelling went down she dropped about 13oz. So now both girls are gaining a healthy weight and we are proud!

They finally got removed from the critical care rooms into the intermediate room. This is also a major accomplishment for them! This is the section they will be in until time to come home.

Both girls having been breathing on their own with no oxygen help since they were about 4 days old they both maintain their body temp very well and they are able to tolerate their milk thru their feeding tubes. They so far have been able to increase how much they eat every day.

They have tried the bottle. This is pretty much the last major thing they need to learn to do before coming home. They have to know how to eat from a bottle 8 times a day. Molly did well the first time not so great the 2nd time. Emma didnt quite catch on her 1st time either. They will try this again next week.

The cyst on Emma's head seems to be getting better but it is still there. Please pray it goes away soon.

Earlier this week Molly started having drainage in her eyes. I asked the nurse about this and she said it was common in preemies no big deal.
The next day drainage was worse. I asked their nurse that day about it and she said the same thing.
This was not sitting well with me at all. So I asked to speak with the nurse practitioner. She and the nurse kinda smiled at each other and agreed it was fine and told me that I should just trust them. I started crying because I did not feel comfortable at all that her eyes weren't infected. So the 3rd day for my reassurance they ran a culture on her drainage and today I get a phone call that her eye is infact infected. So she is now on antibotics for her eyes to get rid of it.

Please pray that her eyes heal quickly.

Other than those 2 things...the cyst and the eyes the girls are doing absolutely perfect and we could not be more blessed.

We are so fortunate for how well they are progressing considering that they were born 8 weeks premature. God has really had His hand over both my angels since the moment of conception.

Rick and I are so blessed and we love those little cuties with every breath that we breathe.

Thank all of you for your continued prayers and support. It means so much to us that so many of you continue to call, email, and ask about our miracles.

I wish I could update more often but my computer is still down! I will do my best to keep you informed whenever I am somewhere with internet access.

Oh some fun news both the girls lost their umbilical cords. Molly lost hers March 31st and Emma on April 1st ;) Their nurses were nice enough to save them for me. Dont laugh...it was the very thing that connected me to them for 32 weeks so I wanted to save it for their baby book. :)

Both the babies are very content little ones. Up until the past couple days Molly has been the more alert one but Emma is now getting to where she likes to be awake too. I held them for an hour each yesterday and the entire time they both stayed awake just a staring at their mommy.

We talk about all kinds of things together. I tell them about Easter and what it stands for, I tell them about their nursery waiting for them at home, I tell them every day how beautiful they are and how proud they make us, and I tell them how sad it makes me when I have to leave them. I tell them about coming home and how they wont have any more cords and how they wont have to be away from Mommy and daddy anymore...I am convinced they know every word I say. ;)

The other day when I was talking to Emma I told her how beautiful and perfect she was and the moment I said that she SMILED! So see she DOES know. And if you still dont believe me, the very next thing I said to her was that it makes me so sad to have to leave, and I lie not...she flipped over her bottom lip. :(

Maybe it was just by chance, but I choose to believe they get me. :)

Molly and Emma both smile a lot lately while sleeping. Rick says they are in their happy place when they do this. haha

Emma is in the habit of pulling her hat over her face. She does this several times a day. She likes things snuggled to her face. Which could be bad but also good cause that means she will LOVE lots of cuddle snuggle time with Mommy when she gets home.

Molly's favorite thing to do is crinkle her toes. I LOVE it when she curls those cute little things up.

They both love holding on to something. Whether its my fingers, their cords, their blanket, they love that security of having something in their hands.

Gosh, just blogging about them makes me want to sign off and go pay them a visit.

I miss them so much when Im not with them.

They are just beautiful, perfect, miraculous little blessings and I couldnt ask for anything more!