Steps Forward

Today was an awesome day. My mom flew into town this morning and was able to visit with the twins for the first time. She had a really great time and we're looking forward to the next week while she's here. Nathan made some big steps today. He is now off of his temperature monitor and is maintaining his own body temperature on room air. He also had a great day with his feedings which is just awesome! I wasn't able to be at the NICU today, but Jaime said that he really became more aware today of his surroundings, and he had a lot more energy. It was a huge step for Nathan.

We also were able to schedule Nathan's evaluation with the doctors at University of Chicago for his cleft lip surgery. We'll be taking him in the first week of December and we're both really excited. The group seems really excited to care for Nathan.

The doctors and nurses have started preparing us for Nicholas' release from the hospital. He is doing really well and our biggest fear at this point is that Nicholas will be released before Nathan. Obviously having a 3 year old and a newborn at home with another child in the NICU will present a rather difficult situation. We're working with the NICU team at Memorial to make this as easy as possible.

Nicholas is now 3 lbs. 13-1/2 oz. and Nathan is 3 lbs. 9-2/3 oz.

A special thanks goes out to the boys' primary nurses in the NICU. Stephanie and Brittany have been outstanding (along with all the other nurses in the NICU) at taking care of our two little boys.

Here's a couple more pics...

Nicholas

Nathan