Inspiration

I've been thinking a lot lately about the past almost 7 months. Months and months in the NICU at 2 hospitals. Things that we went through with Parker and Payton and what I saw other families go through while we were there. I wonder what happened to a lot of those babies. Are they home now? Are they still in the hospital? Were their parents prayers for quiet days answered? I remember that - praying to not get a phone call. Sometimes it worked...sometimes it didn't.

Now, we are home. Parker has been home for over 2 months. It's been crazy but I can't imagine what it would be like if we'd had more complications or if we were still there. One nice thing that happened while we were there was getting a micro-preemie parent care package. It made me cry. It came from people who had had micro-preemie twins themselves. The smallest, most unexpected things made me crumble - thinking that someone else understood where we were and lived to see the other side of it.

Well now, we are on the other side of it. Now, I would like to return the favor to other parents who are going through their own NICU rollercoaster.

Coming soon...

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Week of fullness

The past week has been crazy. And so FULL.

Last Friday, we were not only celebrating the twins 6 month birthday - we moved into our new house. We have so much more room. The weekend before, I had a little help and painted their room green. The only thing left to do in it now is set up the last crib. It looks good with their giant tigers in there.

I spent the week trying to get them acclimated to their new home, pointing out to them that all their stuff was here now. Parker was still trying to get over the trauma of a rough appointment last week at the surgeons office.

Friday, I had to take them both to an appointment. Luckily Chris was able to meet me to help haul them and their equipment. Otherwise, it would be next to impossible. They both got weighed and their lengths taken. Parker was 13lbs 4 oz. and 22.5 inches long. Payton was 12 lbs 14 oz. and 22 inches long.

I hung pictures on the wall of our living room this week. A few are CJ's senior pictures. In the middle is a collage frame with pictures from the past 6 months of the twins. Some pictures are recent, some are from those first few days. Seeing how big they are now makes it hard to believe and a little overwhelming that Chris' wedding ring would fit over their foot and be on their ankle when they were born (with room to spare).

We have the cutest kids ever :)