The boys are keeping us busy!!  Chris went back to work on Tuesday so it is just mom and the boys home now during the day.  They keep me hopping.  I sometimes feel like I feed them and then the next thing I know is that it is time to feed them again, but that is ok because that is what makes them grow.  And let me tell you they are growing.  We went to the doctor on Wednesday just for a weight check(Grandma Raabe went with) and Angelo weighs 7lb 6oz 19.75 inches and Lorenzo weighs 6lbs 2oz 19 inches so they are bothing doing really good.  The doctor said that they like to see them gain 1/2 to 1 oz a day and Angelo gained 23oz in 13 days so he did almost 2oz a day and Lorenzo gained 18oz in 13 days.  The doctor said just keep doing what we are doing.  They are up to eat about every 3-4 hours so I have really learned to nap when they nap.

After the doctors office we went to see Great Grandma Raabe again because she kept asking when we were going to bring the boys back to see her and to be honest we don't go out that much with them becuase it has been so hot and for me alone it is a lot of work, but it is all worth it!

Sorry for the lack of updates we are just spending time with the boys and interviewing daycares.  The boys are doing good they are growing a little all the time, they are sleeping between 3-4 hours a time and then want to eat. 

We are truely blessed with these wonderful boys that we can not even explain it to everyone. 

Got to run as I need to get a few more things done before it is time to feed again and tonight we have a wedding to go to for my co-worker.

F.R.O.G

Michelle

We are HOME

We are home with the boys since about 12:30 this afternoon and things are going great.  I stayed up at the hospital last night and had my first night without any sleep due to the boys were fussy because they got circumcision and shots yesterday. 

We feel very blessed and can't wait for everyone to meet them.  We are up for visitors but just remember if you are feeling sick or have recently been sick we ask that you wait so the boys don't catch anything right now.

We are struggling to find daycare so that is on our agenda tomorrow to call around and see if we can find anyone that can take twin infants.  Our options are out in Hartford that we know of so now we are on to Sioux Falls which scares me a little bit more because I don't know them and don't know anyone else that does either.  At least in Hartford someone else would have know them.  Oh well everything will work out just have to have faith. 

I will continue to update this site but it might not be often just depends on how tired I am.  I am going to go feed the boys in a few minutes and then go to bed for a few hours between feedings.


F.R.O.G

Michelle

Passed the car seat test so should be coming home on Tuesday!!!

Please keep praying everything continues to go as planned.

Will update more after everyone gets settled in.

Michelle

WOW!  What a week it has been, we are very overwhelmed with emotion.  It is truly a blessing that we have been given.  We both have been working and then I head to the hospital about 4:00 and Chris goes to his mom's to shower and eat and then comes up for the 8:00 feeding and bath time. 

Boys are doing great!!  The started bottling on Sunday with 5cc 4 times a day and now today they are bottling all their feedings(8) and as much as they want to eat.  The doctor said today they are doing great and would look at releasing them next week sometime.  We went out and bought car seats today as they are going to do the car seat test tomorrow.  Car Seat test is where they have to be in the car seat for 90 minutes with monitors to see how they do and if they drop their heart rate or respiratory.  So we are praying for good results as that is just one step closer to home.

Birth mom has signed her papers to petition the court to terminate her rights and we have a court date of July 9th so we have a month to go but I think everything will be ok but I am asking for everyone just to keep praying.

Angelo(dark blue) weighs 5lb 3oz now and Lorenzo(light blue) weighs 4lbs 8.5 oz now so they are growing everyday.


F.R.O.G

Michelle

06/02/2012

The last couple of days have been the most rewarding it is unbelievable.  Friday I took mom to chemo got her all settled in and then went over to the other hospital, while Chris went to his great uncles funeral.  I spent the morning with the boys and then once Chris got home from the funeral we went back to the hospital and spent the evening there.  Today we started our schedule that we will follow which is birth mom will be there during the day so we can work and then we will be there in the late afternoon evening.  The weekends are the hardest because we aren't with them, but I guess it does give us time to get a few other things done that need to be done also.

Both boys continue to gain weight each night, hopefully tomorrow they can start bottle feeding again.
Chris changed his first ever diaper tonight and we gave the boys baths also.

I will continue to update but for tonight I am going to call it so I can get some pictures uploaded and sent to Walgreens to print so I can take them to my grandma because I am sure she is waiting..

F.R.O.G

Michelle

First Meeting

We got to meet the boys on Thursday evening at 4:30 so we were there for their 5:00 feeding and got to hold them during that and let me tell that was the best!!  Birth mom has been wonderful about everything so far.  Birth Father went back to Chamberlain to work and birth mom plans to go back once she can got to court to terminate rights and her social worker was going to check into when they could get that scheduled today(Friday).  We spent the evening with them at the hospital and I really didn't want to leave but I have to remember I have to take care of myself and also give birth mom her time with them also yet. 

I am going back up to the hospital this morning after I get mom all settled in at Chemo and then will go back and pick mom up after Chemo.  Chris is going to his great uncle's funeral so after bring mom home from Chemo I will wait for him and we will go back to the hospital.

I am planning on working yet while they are in the hospital and so birth mom is going to be there during the day and then we will spend the evenings with them.  Once they come home from the hospital I am going to take 10 weeks off to be home with them.

Angelo is baby a and as of last night he weighed 4lbs 8 oz, Lorenzo is baby b and a little smaller at 3lbs 12 oz.  Lorenzo is a little more fiesty than Angelo.  They are identical and let me tell you I really can't tell them apart at the point.  Chris says he can tell them apart but I think he is just saying that.

Both boys are doing really good they are hoping to move them to cribs today out of the giraffe beds as they are maintaining their own body heat and lungs are doing good.  They had started bottle feeding at 5cc and then the doctor said they are doing so good lets push them to 10 cc and that didn't go very well so they took the bottles away and they are just getting their feedings through the tube in their nose, but hopefully when they are 34 weeks they will start bottle feeding again. Lorenzo has some matter in his eye right now and it just started Wednesday night so we asked what they were going to do and they said they would watch it over night(thursday) and see if it got better or worse.  The nurse was thinking he might have a blocked tear duct.

Hopefully in the next several days I can get some pictues posted up here but last night I just took them on my phone and I can't figure out how to get them here and believe me I am not going to try very hard so I will just try when I get some with the regular camera.


Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that everything continues to go as well as it is now and the boys continue to grow.

F.R.O.G
fully rely on god

Michelle and Chris