Weekend Warriors!!!

37 days old (29 weeks gestational)

Carter 2 lbs. 12.8 oz.

Easton 2 lbs. 9 oz.

This weekend brought us another landmark, five weeks Woo-Hoo! these little warriors continue to run us through the ringer with all the ups and downs. but this weekend was one of those up times. As of tonight these little man boys are both eating over 20 ml of milk. We are happy to tell everyone that both boys are off of the IV nutrition and completely relying on moms milk. Carter is getting 22ml. with 22 calories supplements added to the milk to help him grow big and strong. Easton is at 21 ml. and will be getting the calorie supplements in the next day or two.

As we posted in the last blog we were hoping that Carter would be going off the oscillator which he did, and is now on a pretty low setting on the ventilator which he like much better. Today we spent more than fifteen minutes just talking to him as he looked back at us will those big beautiful eyes. The down side to this weekend is that Carter's head circumference had grown nearly a centimeter which starts to raise the question, "is he going to need a shunt now?" only time will tell as we wait to see what the nuero-surgeon has to say.

Lauren adjusting Easton's temperature gauge on his tummy.

Easton has just been cruising along not really doing much in way of better or worse, he is just uneventful, which most would say is a good thing. He is still on the oscillator and is still needed a higher pressure to keep his lungs open. He has been trying so hard to catch up to Carter on his feeds making it within 1 ml. These little angels are just a joy to be around, it is funny after five weeks the nurses, Lauren and I are all starting to be on the same page, we know what the little temperaments of the boys are and how to fix them, we are really becoming a well oiled machine.

Today's fun fact:

(usually i am not a fan of boys wearing bracelets)

I wear a size 13 wedding ring.

Carter wears a size 13 bracelet.