The girls are six weeks old today! Six weeks and six pounds!
Danika:
She is a whopping 6 lbs 0.5 oz!
Johnalyn:
She's close behind at 5 lbs 15.4 oz (we think she'll break the 6 lbs barrier at her weigh in tonight)!
It's been a bit of a 'boring' week this week. They haven't had any tests, nothing new has come up... they just keep gaining weight and gaining stamina. On Tuesday, they both took a little over 50% oral and yesterday they both took around 60% oral... so they're making progress, just very slowly this time.
The doctors and nurses mentioned that they possibly came down with a cold last week which could have hindered their progression.
It's not been a fun week for their mama. I got mastitis on Sunday. Thankfully, it was a mild case of it... but honestly, I'd rather go through childbirth (the childbirth I had, at least) than have mastitis again. I'm on antibiotics now, so we're on the road to recovery. THEN, on Tuesday I came down with a cold... so I took an afternoon off and went back to our room (at Ronald McDonald) to sleep it off. I'm petrified of the girls getting any kind of sickness. I'm so anal about visitors coming if they've even sneezed in the last 24 hours (kidding... kind of), so I followed my own rules..I got the heck out of their room! We're all on the mend now.
So, I did an update on Shadow last week... I think Donny deserves an update too!
Donny:
Seriously, this man is our Superman. He's working Monday - Wednesday in the office in St. Peter, taking care of the house and everything that comes with it, works remotely in the girls' room Thursday and Friday, and then enjoys his time with the girls and me on the weekend before having to do it all over again.. hoping that every week might be his last week of all this running around...
When he is here with us, he's up in the middle of the night when I have to get up, he cleans our room at Ronald McDonald, helps with the laundry, he's always up and ready to feed or diaper the girls... and most importantly, he always makes sure I get my coffee.... Happy wife, Happy life!
When the girls and I get home, he will be taking a week off so we can all get established and acquainted with our new life. Which I can't WAIT for.... and neither can he. One thing is for sure... those two little girls already know what to do to make their daddy laugh... and it's usually when they toot followed by a grin (which they've mastered). :-)
That's all I really have for this week. I've gotten over the constant discharge excitement, and I'll be happy if we get home by Easter. We will see!! Any time before that will be bonus!
Six week pictures!
When he is here with us, he's up in the middle of the night when I have to get up, he cleans our room at Ronald McDonald, helps with the laundry, he's always up and ready to feed or diaper the girls... and most importantly, he always makes sure I get my coffee.... Happy wife, Happy life!
When the girls and I get home, he will be taking a week off so we can all get established and acquainted with our new life. Which I can't WAIT for.... and neither can he. One thing is for sure... those two little girls already know what to do to make their daddy laugh... and it's usually when they toot followed by a grin (which they've mastered). :-)
That's all I really have for this week. I've gotten over the constant discharge excitement, and I'll be happy if we get home by Easter. We will see!! Any time before that will be bonus!
Six week pictures!
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| Johnalyn doing what she does best. |
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| Danika learning to take the bottle. |
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| This is how we chill in our room. |
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