Happy Monday everyone. I am so excited to share our marvelous news with all of you.
McKenzie is coming home today.
It is such a strange feeling knowing we are bringing one of the twins home. It is like knowing when your going to give birth and have the babies. All last night after we found out I was anxious and excited. Steve said it was like Christmas Eve; the anticipation and excitement. I seriously got everything ready in a couple hours. I washed all the sheets, set up the basinet (on the first floor) and the arms reach co-sleeper (next to my bed). I am going to talk more about the Full Sized Arms Reach Co-Sleeper in the next few days. It is seriously the best thing ever made. And I love that the full sized co-sleeper can also be a used as a pack ‘n play. It is so versatile. I wish we would have had one of these with the girls. But at least we have it now!!
McKenzie is now weighing 5 lbs. 1 oz. (she had gotten all the way down to 4 lbs. 10 oz.)
McKayla is now weighing 3 lbs. 6 oz. (she has really picked up her weight gain; I think she knows her sissy is going home and doesn’t want to stay here much longer without her.)
McKayla has also taken all of her feedings from a bottle or breast for the last 24 hours. We are well on our way to an open crib, then home to be with all of us.
Tandem Fed for the First Time
I came up to the hospital today for the 11am feeding so I could spend some time with the girls together. For the first time McKenzie and McKayla nursed at the same time. It was truly a marvelous “mom moment”. I seriously just watched them in awe of how sweet they are. I was looking at the tiny features and think how they came from Steve and me. I was thinking how much a like they look. Right now it is easy to see differences between them because of the sizes, but their features are the same; it so sweet and so special. We are truly blessed to have been given such a marvelous gift. When I first got pregnant I didn’t think God knew what he was doing choosing me to be a mother of twins, but I am so glad that he had all this faith in me. I am not going to let him down. I am going to be the best mom I can be. I will always try my hardest to give my girls all of my love. I am blessed and I never going to forget that. I vow to remember to take a step back and always be thankful for my family and my life.
At Home with her Sisters
A siblings love is marvelous!! Watching our girls together was an amazing feeling. I can’t wait until the day all four of our girls are together.
In the Comments Below:
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What marvelous things are happening in your life?
- Do you always remember to take the time to appreciate what you have? I know I sometime forget, but everything that we have gone through these past 9 months has shown me to appreciate what you have and life is wonderful!!
As always thank Katie for hosting!!
I realized I had left a comment on an older post so i dont know if you saw it! So… This is a late congrats but a congrats all the same! Im so happy your girls are doing so well! They are absolutely beautiful! I know how hard having the babies in the nicu is and it must be harder with your other 2 at home! Im so happy you have one home now and soon you will all be home together! Im glad breastfeeding is going well too! I definitely know how hard that can be!! We are just now settling into a good routine but its a lot of work! If your ever up at odd hours and need to talk feel free to email me since im up what feels like all night with our triplets!
Oh I am just crying reading this! Your girls are so very sweet and precious and you’re right, God knew what he was doing and I know you’ll be the best mom that those girls could ever imagine having!!
Oh thank you; you are so sweet. These moments made me cry. 🙂
Oh what wonderful news!!! So happy for you all. What a beautiful gift these babies are 🙂 I wanted to let you know that I have a few preemie girls clothes that are pretty cute if you want me to send them to you. If so, email me your address and I’ll get them sent this week 🙂
Oh I’m just SO excited for you all that McKenzie could come home! Can’t wait for McKayla to be home too. She’ll be home before you know it! xoxo
It is such a blessing to have her here. I am loving our Mommy and McKenzie time. 🙂 I can’t wait to add little McKayla to the mix. Thank you!!!
I am so happy one of the girls is home!!! And I can’t wait to tandem feed. It is seriously the thing I am most looking forward to. Question – did you have to have help from someone to latch on the second baby? I’m trying to figure out the logistics of that one, lol!
It is a miracle and I can’t wait for both girls to be together again. Tandem feeding is unexplainable; it is amazing. I seriously loved every minute of it. Looking at both their sweet little faces. This first time I did have help from the nurse. But as long as you are sitting somewhere where you can lay one baby next to you then you put the weaker nurser on first and lift the stronger nurse onto the other side. It was much easier than expected. I will talk about my journey in breastfeeding twins soon.