Six Weeks Down...

The twins are 6-weeks old today!  It has been a very long 6-weeks, but sort of a blur at the same time.  It's so hard to believe that they are supposed to still be in the womb at this point.  That really blows my mind! I am so glad we are able to witness the entire 3rd trimester of Jenn's pregnancy outside of her body.  Crazy to think that we are still over a MONTH away from their official due-date.

Kaylan is doing a little better.  She has responded well to the very powerful antibiotics and her blood levels seem to be returning to normal.  She is still intubated and is breathing on the ventilator but, they started her feeds back today.  We are hoping that she can tolerate them so they can get her extubated and back on the C-CRAP (CPAP).  I never thought I we would look forward to having her on CPAP, but since taking a step back, we are now begging for it.  She is starting to show signs of stability as she is being feisty and moving around a lot.  The only thing sadder than being able to hear her little 2-pound voice cry is seeing her on the vent trying to cry and no sound coming out because there is a tube down her trachea.  I cannot wait to hear her little cry again.  Maybe this weekend. 

Dylan is continuing to run circles around all the other babies in the NICU.  He is now up to 5lbs 5oz and taking the majority of his feeds from the bottle rather than the feeding tube.  He continues to amaze us and the nurses with his progress.  He has gotten a little bit of a bad reputation for pooping on people when they go to change his diaper.  I am pretty sure it is a game to him because at least once a shift, he will projectile excrement in the middle of a diaper change.  He sits and holds it and waits until someone goes to change him and then, like a porcupine shooting its quills, he lets fly.  It may be some sort of primal defense mechanism.  I don't really know but it is really funny when it happens (to someone besides me.)

Thanks everyone for continuing to prayerful lift up these babies.  We are so blessed and so encouraged by people interceding in prayer on our behalf.  We still have a ways to go and  I do not know how we could make this journey without all the prayers and support.