First Outing with the Babies

Today my mom and I were feeling adventurous and decided to take the babies to Target to get out of the house for a bit and to use up all my gift cards we received. It's pretty cold here so we bundled up the girls and got them in their carseats to run our errands. It actually wasn't too terrible! But there is absolutely no way in the world I would be able to do that with both girls by myself so might as well get it done while I have the help here. Olivia pooped her pants right when we got there, and both were a little fussy wanting to eat but we actually were able to get all of the stuff I needed.

Here are a couple short videos and pictures from the past couple days.

Liney happy in her boppy pillow

Livi in her bouncy seat

Daddy, Livi and Charlie lounging

Caroline taking a short nap

Sleepy Tummy Time

We tried for some tummy time today, but the girls just took that opportunity for a nap.

The past few nights have been pretty restless. Both girls just do not seem happy sleeping flat on their backs in the pack n' play in our room. I'm hoping this doesn't mean that they have reflux issues. Anyways, the only way I can get them to sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time is by putting them in the bouncy chairs... so the living room is where I've been sleeping. The girls in the bouncy chairs and me on the couch, taking turns having each of them laying with me when they wake up and cry between feedings. It's amazing how little sleep I'm able to function with (well kinda!). Thank God my mom is here helping me with the "night shifts". Maybe she'll just move in with us! :)

Hospital Photos

The hospital photographer came around to the girls' NICU room to take their pictures the day Caroline was discharged. To see them, go to www.bellababyphotography.com - click on "Website" and then on the "Client" link - type in "krupatwins" for the password. Olivia wanted to steal the whole show and was wide awake the entire time with her eyes open but Caroline slept through the whole thing.

One Month Old!

The girls are one month old today (still negative 2 weeks adjusted age). We had a pediatrician appointment for both girls this morning. Caroline is starting to catch up as she weighed in at 5lb,15oz - just one ounce away from 6lbs! And Olivia is 6lb,9oz. Everything checked out fine and we go back in 2 weeks for weight checks again.

Here is a couple of funny videos of the girls from yesterday.

Womb-Mates Together Again!

We are finally a family under one roof! We brought our precious Caroline home yesterday evening and had so much fun with both girls together. It feels SO good to be DONE with that hospital, with God's blessing that is. Rob and I had spent every single day at that hospital for the last 10 weeks straight. Needless to say, it will be nice to enjoy our babies in our own home, especially now that the weather is getting colder. They are doing great and keeping mom & dad on their toes for sure. Last night they both slept together in the pack n' play in our room. I don't know how long this will last because they both are such squirmers and squeakers! When I got up for the 2AM feeding, they both had squirmed their way towards each other and Olivia was practically on top of Caroline! And their non stop little grunts and squeaks they make keep me up pretty much all night (not Rob - he sleeps like a rock!). I'm afraid we're already off our synchronized schedule of them eating and sleeping at the same time because Caroline was screaming an hour and a half before her scheduled eating time and the only thing that consoled her was giving her a bottle early... so now she's been consistently waking up way before Olivia. Oh well, I knew there would be challenges and this is just one. It's definitely a little overwhelming tending to two babies at one time. Thank the good Lord my Mom is here staying with us for a few weeks. She has been super helpful by getting up with me for all the overnight feedings and making us home cooked meals so we have one less thing to worry about.
Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Grandma Karen

Ready to come home!

Livi passed out
Liney passed out

Sisters!

Caroline is coming home!!!

Tomorrow is the big day... that is, if she has no brady's between now and 5:30PM tomorrow evening. She passed her car seat test last night and had her Hepatitis B vaccination today, so she is all set to come home. She has been doing so great these past few days. She weighed in at 5lb,8oz this morning and has been eating about 60-65 ml's at every feeding, which is just as much as her sister. I'm so proud of her! So hopefully our next post will show pictures of our baby's homecoming.

The girls are scheduled to have their pictures taken by the hospital photographer tomorrow afternoon. I'll post the link to the site so all can view.

Videos of Livi at home!

Here are some vids of Livi at home.

Here she is right after her first kitchen sink bath:





She eats 8 meals per day, here is #3 from Sunday: