12/6/06, 2 weeks old!

My sweet babies are 2 weeks old today! It seems unreal that it has been 2 entire weeks since they were born! I am humbled and amazed by how well these little ones are doing!!

I have some wonderful news to share :)

*First of all, both babies had another great weigh in last night - Evie was 3 lbs 6 3/4 oz and Jackson was 3 lbs 7 1/2 oz! I will call the NICU in a little while to see, but both babes are expected to be back up to their birth weights tonight!!

*And the super exciting news.... today, at what would be 32 weeks, 2 days gestation, both babies were offered a bottle for the first time!!!!! Evie drank 13 cc's from the bottle and Jackson drank 11 cc's! the rest was given through their feeding tubes. It was wonderful,wonderful,wonderful!!!!!! The criteria for going home from the NICU is to be about 4 1/2 lbs, take all feedings by bottle or breast, maintain body temperature on their own and be gaining weight consistently. It really feels like they may be home for Christmas after all!

Evie was pulling at her feeding tube today so the nurse left it out while i offered the bottle. We got some beautiful pictures of my baby girl without any tubes on her face!! Also, we got some pics of the bottle feeding :)

First of all, my beautiful babies together at 2 weeks old! This was after Evie's feeding tube was replaced.


My little man Jackson, getting a bottle from Daddy!


Evie getting her bottle, being fed by me!


Evie, tube-free!


Sweet Jackson, chillin in his incubator ;)