New Additions to the Family

Vondy,
   Congratulation, I am so happy that both of them are healthy and at home. I missed this thread. I wish both of you the best.

Anthony

must_dash wrote: Congrats!!!! Have you done a mod on the CC yet to fit the car seats in???

That would be cool, then the car seats could automatically inflate if they bounce out into the water

Doubt they will see much of the Mustang this year, they'll be hanging out on my brothers pontoon or my dads deck boat I'm sure. We can give them a ride or two on ours but that boat is just too small and rough for an excursion with infants. Once they are walking it will be easier.

Excellent. Congratulations. Let the fun begin.

BKH

Awesome! Man I bet that is a great feeling to all be home together. I am so happy for you guys!

It's a challenge I'm sure but at least you all will be at home.

Thats great news David,Mom doing ok too? Hardest thing ever is watching them get wheeled off for the operation. Ours who is going to be 27 soon had some major work when he was 1

Update on the girls.

Julia had her surgery a week ago today. She did great! She is now back in the NICU learning to bottle feed, we hope she is home the first week in March.

It's amazing what they can do these days, operating on a 4.5 lb baby. It was tough seeing her afterwards, she looked pretty rough, but she recovered very fast. Only 3 days in recovery then she went back to the NICU.

Stella has been home for 2 weeks now. We finally feel like real parents. Tired like them too

Here's Julia this morning, finally a good shot without breathing tubes, etc all over her. Just the feeding tube.



Stella at home

Hey David glad everything is going ok.I was just thinking about you today and was wondering how it was going.It will sure be great when you get them home,even though you'll still be busy

didn't see this until today, congrats Vondy! all the best to you and your family!

by the way, was that congratulatory spam right above me? that's new...

Vondy,

I was in you shoes nearly 12 years ago. 7 weeks pre, 4.5 lbs each. Many here now know my twin daughters and you wouldn't for a second think that they weren't fully cooked when they ran out of room in Mom's condo.

NICU is scary yet wonderful place. What doctors can do these days is amazing. You are in good hands.

If you are an observant person, you'll learn more about how humans interact while raising your twins than any other time in your life. Things you think happen much later in life, you'll see very early on and much more so than 2 random kids of the same age playing with each other. Be very aware and as involved as you can be. We caught them cracking each other up in their crib when they were like 3 months old. One was making a funny noise and the other would laugh then the other would laugh. I never would have believed it unless I saw it with my own blood shot eyes.

Do everything you can to keep those two little buggers schedules synchronized. 1 baby is tough but 2 of them with off schedule feeding and sleeping cycles really, really sucks. We went so far as to wake one up when the other got up. Same with feeding. Seems insane at the time but it works out in the end.

-Steve

Very COOL!

Congrats to Mom and Dad... Beautiful girls you got there.Thanks for posting the pictures. Nothing I enjoyed better about being a new Dad was when both girls would sleep away laying on my chest while having the death grip on my finger. Now it's getting poked in the chest because I've fallen asleep on the couch and " DAD...your snoring too loud!"

Congrats! I had a new neice and nephew also born 6 weeks early and almost the exact same weights this august. Amazing how not small they are now... best of luck to you all in getting home, and then in getting some sleep in the next few months!

Beautiful....lifes greatest miracle!



john

Congratulations