Our 4th Anniversary and Baby May Be Coming Home.

Today is our 4th anniversary. We went to see "Ironman" in the movie theaters. It was a good action packed movie, and we had yummy popcorn and drinks too. We haven't been out to the movies in about 8 months. Thanks mom and dad for the card and check for our special day. We found out that Brenna, the little one will be coming home soon. The nurse pulled out her feeding tube because she drinks bottles at every feeding. Brenna now weighs 5 lbs. 8 ozs. We have been invited to spend the night at the hospital with Brenna in our room. We will feed her and change her every three hours. It is like a trial run I guess and if we have any questions, the nurses are right there to help us. We are going in tonight and she might be coming home with us tomorrow!! Fingers crossed!!! Now Chantrell needs her feeding tube out and she can drink all her bottles too. She has gained weight and now weighs 7 lbs. 3 ozs. We think that they are both ready to come home now. They both drink from bottles and have steadily gained over an ounce a day. This Saturday they will be 3 weeks old, but still two weeks from being full term. It won't be long before both babies are home and then I can have them all to myself. Of course I have to share them with Barry, Tony, and Debbie too. My weight has gone down again. I have lost over 50 lbs. since the girls were born. Yahoo!! Clothes fit better and I feel lighter. My c-section is all healed and causes me no pain. I still have high blood pressure but it is coming down each week. Pretty soon I won't have to take medicine to control it. Here are the latest pictures. Enjoy!!! This picture is upside down or sideways. It is of Brenna having her hearing tested. The girls look like space cadets with all the electrodes on them. Both of them can hear just fine.

Barry holding little Brenna.

Me holding Chantrell during her test. The nurse tried to explain it to me. The girls hear a clicking noise and they react by their facial movements or neck muscles and then the nurse can tell that they can hear. I think that is what she said. Otherwise, how can you tell if a newborn baby can hear?? Make loud sounds and see if they jump??

Picture of Brenna at 10 days old stretching in her crib. There is a video clip of her at the end of the post.

Tuesday night, we went in at 10 pm for the girls bath time. This is me washing Brenna. She hardly cries during her bath.

I am removing the heart monitor sticky tab and getting ready to wash her body.

I love this picture of Brenna all curled up. She is still so tiny and precious. Her hair is a light strawberry blond color.

Action shot of me washing Brenna. One time the nurse washed the babies in the pink tub and this nurse wanted the babies washed on the towel and just use the pink tub to rinse them off in. Each one does it a little different.

Baby Chantrell after her bath. I took a movie with the video camera of Barry giving her a bath and just a few photos of her afterwards. Next time I will film Brenna getting her bath. I love my little girls so much. I can't wait to have them both home!!!

Barry is dressing Chantrell in her pink little outfit. Chantrell cries loud during her bath. She doesn't like getting wet at all. It is so cute to hear her.

Ok, here is the story of why I have flowers, balloons and teddy bears delievered again. When I was in the hospital having the twins, mom ordered two dozen pink roses, two balloons and two teddy bears. I received two dozen red roses, one balloon and one teddy bear. The flower company made a mistake on my order. So, I get a call from the owner who promises me a new delievery on Mother's Day to make up for the missing items. I got nothing from them on Mother's Day. So mom e-mails them and tells them to refund her money or fix the order. Today, I received the beautiful pink roses and two more balloons and two more teddy bears. The company finally came through and now mom and I are both happy. I'm going to press some roses and put them in the babies books.

A picture of the balloons and the flowers.

The teddy bears are white and are on the counter.

Close up shot of the pretty smelling roses. They are really beautiful.

Our visit to the girls today. Brenna, without the feeding tube in her nose, is drinking from a bottle for Barry. In the background you can see the car seats. We were excited when the nurses told us to bring them in for the girls to try out. The babies get to sit in the car seat for an hour and the nurses make sure that they can breath while sitting in a new position.Close up shot of Chantrell sucking on her pacifier. She drank her whole bottle for me today. We want her feeding tube out because she can drink really good from a bottle now. The nurse said that she would talk to the doctor today.