Happy Father's Day! And what a happy Father's Day it was! We got to hold Dylan and Kaylan kangaroo style for the first time! It was so sweet and precious. To actually hold them to our chest and feel their little bodies nine days after their arrival,was amazing. I held Dylan for almost 2 hours. Landon held Kaylan for about an hour. Kaylan's CPAP tubes were really irritating her as she was laying on Landon's chest so it wasn't as comfortable for her because all the equipment on her little face is just so big. She's still really small for holding, but as long as they will let us do it, we will enjoy every minute! Dylan was really comfy and pretty much slept the whole time. Tomorrow evening, Landon will hold Dylan and I will hold Kaylan. They don't let us hold each of them on the same day cause passing the babies around and moving them a lot stresses them out. So for now, it's one Kangaroo hold per day for each of them.
I know there will be a day that we may start to feel some burn out and frustration with the back and forth trips to the hospital. Our life is now IN a hospital. But, we continue to see God working through this process. Although we are only 9 days in, we've already had some really sweet encounters with the nurses who are caring for them. Our nurse today (Darla), openly spoke with us about her faith and how she prays for our babies. That is SUCH an encouragement to us to know that other believers are taking care of our babies! What a blessing. We've tried to be transparent (to everyone) about our faith, trust, as well as very real fears, as we go through this. We don't really care who sees us praying over their isolettes every night. It's all we can do. It's all we want to do. We have letters and scriptures all over their rooms. My fabulous co-workers also made a ton of decorations for our babies that hang all along the windows. We love being there with them. It's hard to leave at night but we have to remind ourselves whose hands they are in.
Please continue lifting us up. More importantly, please pray for continued progress and health for Dylan and Kaylan.
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer." Romans 12:12
(A nurse made these for us last night.)
6 comments:
What a wonderful day! I am so thrilled that you both got to hold your sweet babies, that will never get old! I love that the nurses made Landon a card and that they truly love your babies too! What a blessing! I am praying for a great week for Dylan and Kaylan!
Love,
Megan
Yay!!
Scott and Linda
What a special day! Daddy's girl with Daddy, and Mama's boy with Mommy. Could Dylan look ANYMORE like Landon? I cannot wait to see Kaylan's little face. Does she look like her Mommy, or like Bro and Dad? We are praying for continued growth and a great week. I'm glad ya'll had a good day with the TWINCE AND TWINCESS. Love you!
Kathy
Those cards are so sweet. You guys seem to have to have such a great team taking care of your whole family. I'm overjoyed that you actually were able to hold them!
Love you guys.
Jenner This is Robby We are keeping up with your post everyday and realy look forward to getting them, and the Pictures as well. Jenner I know you and Landon have realy been thru it lately but I have also noticed that YOU have not lost your Beutiful Smile, it is so uplifting.
Keep up the good Work We LOve you
Robby & Kim
That is so precious.
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