Twins 5/28/09

We are finally at home and doing great. We got to come home from the hospital on daddy's birthday, May 21, 2009. Daddy says that he got the best birthday presents ever! My sister and I have been doing pretty good since we got home. I like to scare mommy and daddy every once in a while and make my monitor go off. I still have a brady every now and then but for the most part, I am doing great. Mommy and daddy took us to the doctor on Tuesday and he said that we look great. Kali weighed 7 1/2 pounds and I weigh 9 pounds. Can you believe how big we have gotten....well really me? Mommy calls me her little chunk. We have had a lot of visitors since we have been home. We really enjoy getting to see all of our friends and family. We are already so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives. Mommy told me that in the next few days, she is going to update pictures of me and my sister. She has been pretty busy with us and has not had much time for the computer. We like to keep her up throughout the night. The doctor told mommy not to wake us up every 4 hours like they did in the hospital to let us eat when we want and how ever much we want. We are just so use to every 4 hours so that is pretty much when we are getting to eat. Some times through the night we give mommy a break and let her get an extra hour here and there. Well I am ready to go back to bed so I will talk to you soon.

Keaton

Twins 5/21/09

Well.......Keaton and Kali are now home! Keaton weighs 7lbs 13oz and Kali weighs 6lbs 14oz. Today is daddy's birthday and he has gotten the best gift he can ever ask for...two precious babies at home with their big sister. Kenna has been such a great big helper already. Aunt Cecyl picked Kenna up from daycare for us and they went around town and we ended up pulling in our drive way the same time as them so mommy went and got Kenna out of the car and took her over to see the babies and she immediately started laughing. She looked at both Keaton and Kali and followed them in the door. We put the babies on the floor still in their car seats and Kenna just sat down by them and started talking to them. She was calling them by their names. She did such a great job not getting them mixed up. Grammy and Pop came over to see the babies and Pop got Kali out of the car seat and Kenna followed him over to the couch and wanted to be a big helper. Kenna was putting their pacifiers in their mouths and she even got to hold and feed Kali. She is really wanting to be a big part of their lives. Mommy and daddy are so proud of her. I will update pictures tomorrow so check back to see them.

Twins 5/20/09

Keaton and Kali are both doing good. Keaton weighs 7lbs 12oz and Kali weighs 6lbs 12oz. They are both getting so big. They look like two totally different babies from when they were born. Well lets see, Keaton had another brady today so we have finally made the decision to bring him home with a monitor. This is all that is keeping him from coming home so we decided that we will monitor him from home instead of the hospital. Anytime Keaton quits breathing or drops his heartrate, the monitor will go off and it wont shut off until we manually turn it off. He will have to be on the monitor for a full monthy 24-7 and then we will meet with the pediatrician and go from there. If he stops having these bradys then maybe we can be done with the monitor and if he keeps having them it will probably be longer. Only time will tell. Kali is still scheduled to come home tomorrow. If she doesn't brady tonight, we should have our little ones home with us tomorrow. We are very excited. Kenna is finally going to meet her brother and sister. I don't know who is more excited....Kenna or mommy!!! Well, check back tomorrow for updates to see if one, both, or none is home with us.

Twins 5/18/09

Keaton and Kali are doing good. Keaton weighs 7lbs 6oz and Kali weighs 6lbs 8oz. Keaton had a brady today so his 7 day countdown will restart. Kali is still scheduled as of right now to come home Thursday. They are both now eating every 4 hours. This is a great thing for mommy and daddy when they come home. We can get an extra hour of sleep! Today Pop came up to the hospital to visit and he held Keaton and Kali today for the first time. He did a great job! He also got to feed Kali for the first time. He fed her like an old pro. He is really great with babies. There has not been any other changes other than that. Keep checking and maybe we will have a baby home Thursday!


Keaton


Kali


Pop holding Keaton for the 1st time


Pop holding Kali for the 1st time


Pop feeding Kali for the 1st time

Twins 5/14/09

Well......I was not able to come home today. I finally realized that I was going home without my brother and I got really sad. So, Keaton and I planned out that we were going to brady together so that would start our countdown back over together. We did a great job at faking the nurses out. They are just telling mommy that preemie babies do this and it is not uncommon to see this happen but really, we did it on purpose so we could stay together. Keaton owes me big time one day! Keaton weighs 7lbs 1oz and I weigh 6lbs 2oz. One day Keaton and I will be home with all of our family and we are just as excited as mommy, daddy, and Kenna. We just don't want to come home too soon so maybe next week we can make it happen. We will see. Well, I better get back to Keaton. He gets pretty moody if I am away from him too long. See you soon!

Kali

Twins 5/13/09

Keaton and Kali are doing great. Gaining a lot of weight. Keaton weighs 7lbs 0oz and Kali weighs 6lbs 0oz. They are doing so good with their weights. Keaton is doing really good and Kali is coming home tomorrow. They both are getting their eyes checked today and as long as everything is looking good, I will have Kali home tomorrow. Hopefully Keaton will be coming home shortly. He has done great today. I know he can do it! We had a talk again today about how he is going to do great and get home to be with all the family. Tonight is our last night of rest for a while so hopefully we have a great last night of peace and rest.

Twins 5/12/09

Keaton and Kali are both growing very much. Keaton weighs 6lbs 11oz and Kali weighs 5lbs 13oz. Keaton had two brady's over night so his countdown will restart. Kali is still scheduled to come home Thursday. Keaton had his car seat test today and he.....PASSED! Way to go Keaton. They are both doing really well and growing so much. They look like totally different babies. I can't wait to get them home!


Keaton passed his car seat test


Keaton wide awake


Kali sound asleep

Twins 5/11/09

Keaton and Kali are doing wonderful. Keaton weighs 6lbs 10oz and Kali weighs 5lbs 14oz. Kali is still scheduled to come home this Thursday. Keaton had a sleeping brady this past Saturday 5/9/09 so that is going to start his 7 day countdown all over. So as of right now, if everything goes good and he doesn't have any more brady's, he will be coming home this Saturday. They count sleeping bradys because had he been at home, I would not be right there watching over him and if he bradys and I am not aware of it, something bad could end up happening so he has to go 7 days without any bradys. I would much rather him be ready to come home versus something happening once he gets home. Keaton is going to have his carseat challenge tomorrow so check back to see if he passed. Keep your fingers crossed and please pray that he passes.

Twins 5/8/09

Keaton and Kali are doing great today. Keaton weighs 6lbs 6oz and Kali weighs 5lbs 5oz. They are both doing great with their bottles. Kali had her car seat test today and she passed. She had to sit in her car seat for 1 hour and keep all her stats up (heart rate, oxygen, etc.) and no brady's (dropping her heart rate). She took it like a champ. Keaton will have to do his in a few days because..... he is on his 7 day count down also. Yeah, hopefully I will have both of them home with me next weekend. WOW ~ mommy and daddy can't wait for that day!


Keaton and Kali snuggling



Keaton


Kali


Kali passed her car seat test! She had to sit in it for 1 hour.

Twins 5/6/09

Keaton and Kali are doing great. Keaton weighs ......... 6lbs 1oz and Kali weighs ..........5lbs 1oz. They have both hit their next goal for their weights. They are both doing so great with gaining weight. Keaton and Kali are both getting to take as much as they want with their bottles and it is averaged around 2oz. Keaton is completely off his feeding tube and has nothing on his face like his sister. Kali is still on her count down to come home. If everything goes well, she is still planned on coming home Monday. Keaton is still not on the count down yet because he is still on caffeine and he is having brady's (dropping his heart rate). They are going to have the occupational therapist take a look at him while he feeds because they think he may have a little acid reflux. He forgets to breathe during his feeds the most and the amount of brady's that he has, they think it is due to the reflux so they are going to check him out tomorrow. He should be coming home pretty soon though. Mommy and daddy are getting ready for them.


Keaton and Kali


Keaton nothing on his face!


Kali with nothing on her face!

Twins 5/5/09

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Keaton and Kali are doing great. Keaton weighs 5lbs 15.6oz and Kali weighs 4lbs 15.5oz. Keaton finally got 1 pound heavier than Kali. He has been trying to do that for a long time now. He finally reached his goal. It is now time to set a new goal for Keaton. Kali's goal is to go home right now. She is doing a great job. Keaton and Kali are now getting to pig out. There is no set limits on their bottle amounts. They are letting them eat until they get full. They removed Keaton's feeding tube today so they both have absolutely nothing on their face. I will update pictures tomorrow. Today has been a great day!

Twins 5/4/09

Keaton and Kali are doing great. Keaton weighs 5lbs 14oz and Kali weighs 4lbs 15oz. Kali got off her oxygen today. Yay!!! When they were un-taping oxygen from her face, she pulled out her feeding tube so they decided to go ahead and up her bottles to 8 a day therefore, she has no need for the feeding tube as long as she is taking all her bottles. If she is unable to take all her bottles, they will put a tube back in but they wanted to give her the benefit before putting one back in. She is such a big girl now. They uped Keaton to 8 bottles a day also and they will remove his feeding tube if he is tolerating all 8 bottles. Kali was ready to get everything off her face. She knew what she was doing. Both Keaton and Kali have been getting caffeine every moring and this is to help with their brady's (not dropping their heart rate) and they stopped Kali's caffeine so Kali is on her 7 day countdown to come home. She has to be cleared for 7 days straight in a row. This means she can't have any brady's, she can't have any issues that she shouldn't be having, etc for 7 days straigh and then she is released to go home. If she does have an episode, they will start her back at day one. I talked to the doctor and she said that she expects her to have at least 1 set back and we will have to restart the countdown. Hopefully in the next day or so we can get Keaton on his countdown also. Today has been a great day.


Keaton and Kali sleeping


Mr. Keaton Jon


Miss Kali Ann


See anything different with Kali's face....NO tubes what so ever!

Twins 5/3/09

Keaton and Kali are getting so big. Keaton weighs 5lbs 12.6oz and Kali weighs 4lbs 14oz. Keaton and Kali both got moved to 6 bottles a day and only 2 feeds through the feeding tube. They are getting so big and doing such a great job. The doctors and nurses told me that they would really pick up with the bottle around 35 weeks and they sure knew what they were talking about. They are 35 weeks and they are totally taking to their bottles now. I guess that is why doctors get paid the big bucks.....they sometimes know what they are talking about! Well, I will get new pictures and post them tomorrow.

Twins 5/2/09

Keaton and Kali had a great day. Keaton weighs 5lbs 12oz and Kali weighs 4lbs 13oz. Keaton and Kali are both getting 4 bottles a day and 4 tube feeds a day. They are both doing a great job with the bottle. They are finishing their bottles anywhere from 15-30 minutes. Keaton has taken a few of his bottles in 10 minutes. He is a champ at the bottle now. Kali seemed to pick up on the bottle a little faster than Keaton but now, watch out! He likes to race to finish his bottle. Keaton is doing good with his brady's (dropping his heart rate) during feedings but he is having brady's when he gets burped. They aren't holding that against him though. Kali is doing good with her oxygen. She is still on a little oxygen at 21%, which is what you and I breathe but she has a few desats (where her oxygen level drops below 85) during her feeds so they haven't taken her completely off the oxygen yet. Maybe in a few days she will be completely off. Other than that, they are both doing excellent. Hopefully they will be coming home before too long.

Twins 5/1/09

Kenna finally got to see Keaton and Kali. Mommy and daddy took Kenna up to the hospital to meet Nana and Pepaw and they gave Kenna a sticker to go back to the babies room. We didn't say anything and let her go back there so she finally got to meet Keaton and Kali. Mommy wouldn't let Kenna get close to them because she had a little cough and Kenna didn't really care about the babies. She was in a new place and just cared about looking around and seeing all the new things. So Kenna didn't really get to get close to her brother and sister but we can now say that she has seen them. Keaton weighs 5lbs 8.9oz and Kali weighs 4lbs 12oz. They are both doing great. Nana got to feed Kali a bottle for the first time. She did great for Nana. Nana also got to feed Keaton a bottle. Nana is great with the kids and really enjoys getting to be with them. Pepaw got to hold the babies also. Keaton and Kali really enjoy their guests coming to visit. They are so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family.