More Pics of the boys- They are 3 days old today!

Kathy and Jenn with Christian.

Brandon and Jenn with Christian

Kathy and Jenn with Brock

Brandon and Jenn with Brock.

Hi- We were able to visit the boys two times already today and they were both looking good. Brandon's mom Karen was in town yesterday and today and got to spend lots of quality time with the boys. My aunt Kathy was able to come by and visit the boys this afternoon in the NICU and meet them. I know they love all their family already even though they are not able to tell us :)

Christian got a blood transfusion this morning to help him out and they hope to start feeding him in the morning. He and Brock both will have a brain scan on Tuesday to look for brain bleeds, this is a typical NICU test for premies. Brock was working on keeping his food down today as he is being feed every 6 hours. They tested him without his breathing tube last night and he didn't tolerate just regular air well so they had to put it back in. As soon as they put it back in he ripped it right back out again so they got to put it back in again! Little stinker.

We found out today that they try to touch the boys about every 4 hours and not in between. The boys don't really like to be touched at this stage since their systems don't understand what it is. So... they touch them at 7a, 11a, 3p and 7p. They have said the best time for Brandon and I to visit is on this schedule as to not over-stimulate them. Personally, I get this since I feel like I get overstimulated pretty easily! This won't be such an issue in a few weeks, but for right now we will try to do the same thing.

I can most likely go home tomorrow which will be nice. I am ready to be home for myself and we feel so lucky that we live to close to the hospital.... so many families in the NICU are far away and can't just drive 5 mins to reach their little ones.

Jenn