April 22

Well, we had a pretty quiet weekend up here. Mary was extubated and taken off the ventilator on Saturday and has done pretty well with that. She is still on the cycled CPAP, so is getting more respiratory support than Vivian is. She seems more back to her usual self though, and is more alert and wiggly.

When I held her Saturday evening, they were able to go down 6% on the amount of oxygen that she was on. She loves being held ;) She is currently on 43% oxygen, and we are hoping to wean her down today.

Vivian is doing great and is usually at around 30% oxygen through her CPAP. When I held her yesterday we got her down to 22% for a little while which is awesome because room air( what you and I breathe normally) is 21%!

Slowly but surely they are getting bigger and growing. The days are long, and its hard to see only the small changes, but everyone assures me that they will eventually grow out of all this.

They have both gained weight too, and are each a few ounces above their birth weights which is a very good sign! They are both getting 21ml of breastmilk every three hours and doing well with it.

And, I have to say I think we are going to have two little blonde girls! Its hard to see their true hair color with the dim lighting that there is here but we turned on a bright light and took some pictures while I was holding Vivian and she definitely looks blonde! You will have to judge for yourself from the pictures. All three pics are of Vivian.

We have started to get some more consistency with the nurses that take care of the girls and that helps so much because they are able to pick up on their little signs quicker than a nurse who is not familiar with them might. We cannot say enough good things about the nurses up here. They are so good at what they do, and it is definitely their calling.

Norah spent the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa and had a great time of course. I did spend the morning with her Saturday because we were really missing each other:( We went to Target and Starbucks and then played outside and got out her big girl bike from her cousin Anella. She was pretty much in heaven! She is doing surprisingly well with all the transitions. Probably it will be more difficult for her when the girls come home and she is stuck with just me and two babies ;)

They will be 31 weeks this Friday which is hard to believe! I'm hoping we can get them home in time to enjoy the summer months.