New pics...

We have a new update for everyone, Linley and Caden are doing excellent! She is up to 3 lbs 8.1 oz and he is maintaining around 3 lbs 11.7 oz (just below his birth weight). They are both off of their IVs and are no longer receiving fluid, just breast milk!

He is still on his cannula because we are still having a few issues with apnea but they have him on a daily dose of caffeine and if he continues to improve on the number of episodes he has each day they will remove the cannula in a couple days. He isn't receiving oxygen through it, just room air to help remind him to breath via air stimulation.

She is now taking 1 full oz at each feeding and he is getting 1 oz + 2 mls... exactly what they need to be getting at each feeding for their current weights. They will hold at this amount for a couple days and then readjust based on their weight gain. FYI, the next sentence maybe TMI for some of you, sorry! And let me tell you... we are now freezing milk because I have been able to pump so much for them! Thanks for that little answer to prayer, breast milk is so much better for them right now!

They are also doing a better job at maintaining their temperatures, however, they are still getting a little help by the incubators being a couple degrees higher than room temperature. When they put on a little more weight they will be able to regulate their body temperatures a little better and hopefully will be moved to a regular NICU bed rather than the incubators they are in now.

The sweet nurses moved them so they are now in their own cubby hole rather than being in 2 separate spaces... this lets Trip and I hang out with both of them at the same time rather than having to go back and forth.

Every time we visit we get to take their temps, change their diapers, hold them or do Kangaroo care. Soon we will be on to bathing and feeding!

Linley our little frog... look at those legs & feet!

Sorry for the crazy stomach shot but we had to document our little wiggle worm... we were doing kangaroo care and he squirmed all over my stomach for an hour! He moved from one side to the other until he finally settled almost completely off my stomach on the right side!

Daddy & Caden snuggling

Mommy & Linley - she is sprawled out!

Better shot of her hands laid out!

Linley getting comfy

Daddy and Caden

Linley peering through her port hole, she is so alert now!

Caden & his one eye...

Linley

Caden snoozing