Fun Times At Our House

Just some fun pictures I thought I would post. Happy Wednesday! It's Hump Day! Hooray!


Anthony showing off his mad skills. He can squeeze in between the high chairs and then he can get out. Side walking takes talent!

Michael climbed in this basket all by himself and sat down. Jaileigh saw him in it and decided that she wanted to sit in it too so she crawled in as well. She plopped down on his lap. It was too funny!

Jaileigh has turned into our little climber. I found her climbing the book basket the other day. If I leave diaper boxes out she climbs those too. She is my most fearful baby yet she climbs?!

"Is there something on me?" Look at Jakes eyebrows! They are so expressive of how he is feeling. The feather must have been tickling him.

Bath time- Can you tell the kids love their bath. In fact they cry when they have to get out.

5 Days Old

Here is the quick update for all of you who have been waiting so patiently. I am exhausted and not functioning correctly so I am going to keep it short and I’m not going to explain. I will try to explain later. Key word is TRY.



Jakob
Had PDA treated with Indosin (same stuff they gave me to stop contractions). The indosin closed the PDA.
Was reintubated, on ventilator again. He was working too hard and used all his energy to breath. When he was being reintubated he was throwing such a tantrum that they had to sedate him.
Loves to stretch out his legs and arms. Very determined to have things his way.
He has a sense of humor. Today I was changing his diaper and he starting peeing again as soon as I got the old one off. He filled the new diaper so I had to change it again.
Received blood transfusion.
On bilirubin lights.
Received PICC line Friday.

Jaileigh
Jaileigh has been a very strong girl. She is such a fighter. She ran out of energy and had to be intubated (can’t remember what day maybe Thurs).
Received blood transfusion.
She is very determined to have things her way. Will throw herself out of her bunting when she is mad. HATES wet diapers and will let you know when hers is wet.
Had PDA treated with Indosin. The indosin closed the PDA.
On bilirubin lights.
Being weaned off her ventilator.
Received PICC line Friday.

Michael
Threw a tantrum for the first time yesterday. I think our children are going to be very stubborn and determined.
He was bruised so badly in the womb that he has been on bilirubin lights the whole time. The bruises are faded now.
When he gets mad he holds his breath so that he brady’s (heartrate lowers).
Pulls his Hudson CPAP off so today they put him on nasal canula and he is doing great.
Loves to have moves his arms all over and often gets his lines tangled.
Received PICC line early Friday morning.
Has scratches on his eye because he was opening them while he had his goggles on. They are treating the scratches with ointment

AnthonyHe has been our sick child even though he was the 2nd largest.
He had PDA surgery on Wednesday night. After he was born we found out that he was the one that was really stressing inside and he has been suffering for it since.
Received blood transfusion.
Yesterday he finally started to feel better and the sibling trait showed up- he is determined and stubborn too.
Being weaned off his ventilator.
On bilirubin lights.
Had glucose problems because of his high stress level but once he received his PDA surgery the glucose went down to normal again.
Received PICC line Friday.

Mom- I was released from the hospital Saturday night and was not happy about it. I have grown attached to the place and even more attached since my babies are long term residents. Yesterday was probably the hardest day of my life because I had to walk out empty handed. All I had was the 4 bracelets on my wrist stating to the world that I did have babies somewhere. I am staying at the Ronald McDonald house across the street from the hospital. Our commute turned out to be long and hard enough that we were able to stay here.

Dad- He has been holding up for moms sake I think. He is exhausted physically and mentally but keeping it all together so we both aren't messes. He is staying at home with the dogs. Tomorrow he has to return to work. He will take paternity leave when the babies come home. He loves his little boys and little girl. He sits in the NICU for hours with them. He is such a sweet man and I love him more everyday! I feel so blessed to have him for a husband.



Aunt Rori and Michael. He is trying to pull his CPAP off in this picture and he usually succeeded. They took him off of it this morning and he was much happier about life today.





Jakob and his Scalp-Hawk. They shaved the side of his head when they were trying to put in his PICC line.




This is baby Anthony Joseph he is learning how to not get tan lines while tanning. His nurse undoes his diaper so that his skin can be exposed to the bilirubin lights.





Michael taking a break from the lights. His goggles are removed. He is still on a ventilator but is being weaned off. You can see how small he is next to my hands. He was our biggest at 2 lbs 11 oz.




Mike and I- the proud parents. Anthony again. We love his primary nurse. She takes pictures for us and when we are too tired to recognize picture moments she reminds us of them.





Jaileigh in action. . . . . . .


She is grabbing her left foot with her right hand and then . . . .



decides to stretch and . . . . .

stretch alllllll the way out. Her nurse has the hardest time keeping her in her bunting. She loves to stretch out.

A few notes on the babies

I was able to kangaroo hold (skin to skin) Jakob and Jaileigh on the first day
We have been able to bathe Jaileigh and Michael
We have been able to change all diapers
All babies were intubated except Jaileigh
All babies were extubated by the end of their first day except Anthony
All babies are on lights for bilirubin
All babies are on room air except Anthony
The second day I was able to hold Jaileigh because she was the only one not on lights

Mom and Dad are still holding up. I am finally getting sore. I was on an adrenaline rush for awhile and didn't feel pain, it was sooooo nice too.


Anthony Joseph


Michael Huston


Jaileigh Addison


Jakob Thomas



We would ask all of you to give us some recovery time. I know everyone wants to visit but we are trying to spend as much time in the NICU as possible right now. I have changed rooms and no longer have cell phone service either. The best way to keep updated is the blog or leave messages and we will try to get back to you. We really appreciate all the calls and visits but are feeling overwhelmed at this time. Thank you again for all that you have done. We look forward to visiting you soon. Keep the comments coming, we really read all of them.