Irby Loves His Brothers

Sorry these pictures are out of order....

Posing with Charlie and Griffin after they got home.

Irby with his new tools and backpack that the baby boys gave him when they came home.

Charlie (L) and Griffin (R).

First time to meet Charlie and Griffin. He was pretty excited and wanted them to come home with him right away! That was last Sunday and they came home last Tuesday, so he didn't have to wait too long.

I heard Irby singing this morning, "Jesus Loves Me," and I went into the play room. He had climbed up on the bed and was serenading the babies and when Griffin fussed, he put his hand on him and said, "It's OK Griffin." What a sweet heart my little Irby is!

Tummy time. Thankfully they don't mind it, for now!

Homecoming!

Goodbye NICU! The nurses were amazing though. (Irby's got Charlie, I've got Griffin)

Griffin (L), Charlie (R)

They LOVE being able to be together now. I love it too. They sleep better, eat better, and apparently studies show they will grow better, I hope so!

We're home!!! We got here Tuesday, and are so thankful to be home with our healthy happy boys! I can't tell you how scary and stressful it was to have 2 4 pound babies in the NICU, not to mention feeling like you abandoned your 2 year old at home(someone watching him of course:)! The night before we left they were up to 4lb5oz (Griffin) and 4lb3oz(Charlie). I'm pretty sure they're going to start growing much faster at home, Dr. Mom has upped their feedings from 35ccs to 50 because they were acting still hungry afterwards! They are chugging it down and doing a great job nursing 3 times/day, so thankful that they are doing both. We go to the Dr. on Friday to get weighed and check some other things. I thought the last 2 weeks was tiring, now we're in for some real fun...

More pictures with little Irbs and his new brothers to come soon.

Charlie and Griffin Pictures

Our sweet baby boys, Griffin (L) and Charlie (R).  I try to hold them together unless

 they're eating because they really seem to love being with each other.  Today they slept on me for a few hours with noses touching,  TOO CUTE.  I think they look a lot like little Irby as a newborn, except skinnier.  Charlie now has his IV out, and hop

efully Griffin will be close behind once he gets up to his max feeding this weekend.  They were increasing his feedings a little more slowly because he spit up a bit more than Charlie at first.  Both are holding down their food great now though and gaining about an ounce a day!

Getting to snuggle both my baby boys at once!  (Charlie-L, Griffin-R) They LOVE it.  I can't wait to get them home so they can be together (they have separate cribs in the NICU because of the 

monitoring wires).

I've got Charlie, Irby's got Griffin.

Charlie loves his Daddy.

And only because you asked...twas the night before Charlie and Griffin...

Irby visits us...he was far more interested in the hospital bed going up and down than seeing pictures of Charlie and Griffin.  He isn't allowed in the NICU beca

use you have to be 12, and they are being extra-strict with all the swine-flu stuff, so he hasn't even met his new brothers yet!  He'll get his fill soon though.  He looked at me today and said, "Mama, the babies are born right?" (I said yes to which he said) "Did your belly POP?"

Ahnie and Papa down by the river, our favorite spot.  They drove up from Alabama as soon as we told them the babies were coming.  It was a HUGE blessing and an enormous help with Irby while we were in the hospital, we were extremely thankful to have them here (and I'm pretty sure little Irby put on a few lbs. while they were here:

)

My mom just left today, and Kirsten arrived.  We'll be on our own for next week, but I think when we'll really need the help is when the babies come home.  My mom will come back, it will be really awesome to have a Dr. in the house with these tiny sweet babies.  

I think next time I post, I'll just post a link to a slideshow, that seems to be quicker than trying to get the pictures right and lined up.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it takes forever!

Thanks for your prayers, we're continuing to pray for good eating so the babies can get bigger and come home soon!  I can't wait to have them here with us:)