This post is a combination of several intended posts that we haven't had time to write.
We're Home
We left the hospital Saturday around lunch time! So we were there about three days and 14 hours. The twins never had to go to the NICU and we didn't have to bring them home with tubes, machines or anything else attached. Pretty good considering we had premature twins from a c-section. We're praying that this continues and Dylan and Kiera stay healthy.
One Week
Dylan and Kiera are a week old today! Of course, you could also say they're negative 2 1/2 weeks old if you look at their due date, but that's too much trouble. We're thrilled that we've made it through the first week with healthy babies and neither parent has been put in a looney-bin - though we're not far off.
Cross-Eyed
Todd's been frustrated that he doesn't burp the babies as well as Madelyn. She keeps tellling him he has to hit harder and he thinks that's cruel. So we were discussing this as we were feeding and burping (yet again). Todd is burping Kiera, when he looks up and sees Dylan go cross-eyed after getting burped by Maddy. So yes, Maddly literally slapped her son cross-eyed! It only lasted a couple of seconds, but is one of the saddest, scariest and funniest things to happen to us so far. Todd's sticking the softer pats and the back rubs even if it takes twice as long to get the burps out!
Cuddling
Dylan and Kiera seem to fit the stereotypes of males and females. She loves to cuddle and he tries to get away. Yes, we know they're only a week old and they don't know what's going on, they can't roll over, they don't know who anyone is, etc. etc. They do just enough, though, to convince you that maybe they do know. They're sharing a crib (there's enough room to put four more kids in there without anyone touching each other) and almost every time we put her down on her back, she rolls towards Dylan and quite often reaches out to grab him. Compare the first picture below, "Snuggling", with the Sept 28th picture, "Two Cute Babies". In "Babies", Kiera starts off close, but not literally face-to-face. By "Snuggling", she's all the way next to him when he hasn't moved. This happens every day. She usually has to move further than that to get next to him and she always finds a way.
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While in the hospital, Kiera was able to get ahold of Dylan's nose and she wasn't letting go. We laughed as she held on for quite a while. Eventually, Todd had to pick Dylan up for a feeding and she still wasn't letting go even as Dylan was in the air. When Todd pulled Dylan free, Kiera was ticked and let everyone know about it!
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Kiera (on the left) Snuggling with Dylan
Got Your Nose!
(Kiera's grabbing Dylan)
Gulliver's Travels into the Land of Giants - What a Difference a Few Weeks Makes!
Neil and Andi Weathersbee visited us in the hospital and brought along 4 week old Jonathon. We were amazed at the size difference so we laid our "biggest" twin, Dylan, on the couch next to Jonathon - WOW!! Technically, Jonathon has eight weeks on D&K since he's four weeks old and our twins were almost four weeks premature, but still. Its amazing to see how fast they grow!
Dylan and Jonathon
Cats
At this point we have three cats in the house, two babies, a mother-in-law (she's not allowed to leave) and the two of us, so we have a pretty crowded house. Why do we have three cats - I don't know! Maddy found Lucky in the middle of the street when Lucky was a small kitten. Eight weeks after getting married we adopted eight week old Peanut from the shelter. When Maddy's father died, we found a home for his dog and younger cat, but we're taking care of Sydney until we find her a home. The cats haven't eaten since we've been home - obviously they're a little bothered by all this. One of them (Todd's blaming Lucky) peed on our bed Sunday. This is a frustrating situation. One bright spot is that Peanut seems okay with all this. Ironic since she's the biggest coward you'll ever see. By Sunday, she was sniffing the babies and even laid down and rested her head on Kiera's bottom.
