Bassinets!

The boys are progressing wonderfully!  They are both now in bassinets! Each have gained over a pound from birth.  Jack now weighs 4 lbs. 7 oz. (birth- 3.3) and Will weighs 3 lbs. 10 oz. (birth- 2.7).  We are so proud of their growth! Jack is now taking ALL his feedings from a bottle. Will is up to three bottles and getting better at taking them every day. Pumping is still going great and I have actually built up an excess and have started freezing the milk for when they get home and are eating more! Woo hoo!

We did have one little scare the other day.  Jack had to have an echo because he has a heart murmur.  They determined the flap between the two upper atriums hasn't fully closed yet, which is very common (1 in 4 people have this). It should hopefully close up soon.  They will continue to listen and he will have a follow-up echo at 3 months old or so.  He isn't having an negative symptoms as a result of this, but it is something they will keep an eye on.

We are so thankful for our many blessings and that the boys are progressing so well.  While we cannot wait to have them home, we are overjoyed that they are doing great and don't have any major issues.  We anticipate that Jack will come home before Will, which is going to be difficult, but will hopefully only be for a short amount of time. 

We truly appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers and kind words!  We are so blessed!

 Yay for bassinets!!  Will is on the left, Jack on the right.

Snuggled in to sleep!

JACKSON THOMAS:

WILLIAM DANIEL:

BROTHERLY LOVE:

Kangaroo time with Nana!

Friday night we went to our old stomping grounds, The Fox and the Hound, and had a BEER!!  I was really excited, but beer definitely didn't taste as great as I remember.  Since I have a surplus of milk right now, I "pumped and dumped" my couple of beers, but decided it WAS TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT!! I kept thinking, dang, this is milk the boys could use later! So, I guess it will be awhile before I have drinks again, which is absolutely fine! :) It's amazing how quickly your priorities change when you become a mom. 

 I know my boys are super young, but I truly cannot imagine the pain that the parents in Connecticut are feeling right now.  I already love Will and Jack so much I cannot stand it.  The Devil was definitely at work and I can only take comfort knowing that all of those sweet babies are in Heaven, where they will never suffer.  It is definitely scary though and Jason already said Will and Jack are never the leaving the house! Unfortunately we cannot live in fear of living our lives though, and just have to know that we know our Lord and if something horrible does happen, we know where we are going to live for eternity.  I cannot wait to raise our boys in a loving, Christian home.  I feel so blessed to be surrounded by wonderful friends and family that will support this way of living and be excellent role models for the twins. 

Will and Jack will be THREE WEEKS OLD on Tuesday! Time flies! I'll update as soon as we have more developments! :)