THEY ARE HOME!!!!!

We are so excited to have the girls home again. They are healthy. This morning we found out that Baylee had contracted two different staph bacterial infections from a contaminate she got from having blood drawn. Amelia's tests stayed negative, and Baylee has gotten rid of the infections. They are both doing well, they need to gain weight. Baylee lost .5 pounds from yesterday to this morning. Apparently, she didn't want to eat last evening. We wake them up every two hours to eat. Baylee and Amelia have started nursing again, mom is producing some milk since the placenta is now all out. They get a bottle afterwards as well, it is hard to judge how much breast milk they are getting so we still supplement. They were put on a different formula again, this one has more calories in it. It is made for preemies so they can gain weight. We were very pleased with the care they received at the NICU. We also stopped into MPP to say hi to Dr. Calvin and introduce him to the two girls he helped save by doing the rescue cerclage on me. We are home now, feeding and changing two little girls. They are so much more alert now, then before. They both lift their little heads off your shoulder and look into your eyes. Amelia was awake a full hour and half today while dad was grocery shopping. She kept smiling at me too as I talked to her. Baylee was snuggling with her Grandma at the time. Having twins is a lot of work, but I wouldn't change anything. They are really sweet babies. Their skin color is so light and pink now that the jaundice is completely gone. They are a little bruised from all the blood draws and IV pokes, but they will heal. Our goal is to have each of them reach their birth weight by Friday at their two week appointment. I posted some more pictures for all to see. The first four are from the NICU and going home, the rest are from friday and Saturday of last week. They have a photo with their Great Aunt Joan as well.