Moving on up

The boys are 3 weeks old today and made a BIG jump yesterday.

Once I was home from the hospital yesterday I received a call from the NICU.....my heart stopped. After identifying herself, the nurse then informed me that Gavin and Riley were being moved upstairs to Pediatrics!!! Ok, so my heart dropped and then soared all in a matter of 30 seconds.

It seems that the only hurdle the boys have left to overcome is taking a bottle at every feed. They both have their days when they will consume a bottle in a matter of minutes and other days they seem to take their time.

When Glenn and I arrived at the hospital last night we were in heaven. The nurses in NICU are wonderful (I was only talking about ONE nurse yesterday), and they were very helpful, but our kids are now in a private room....with no other babies, no monitors beeping all over the place....it's quiet! The lights are low and you are totally alone with your babies.

We figured out the "new" rules and settled in to feed our kids. Glenn streched out on the bed and I took the rocking chair. It was so wonderful to just have the four of us and NOBODY else. The nurse came in and checked on us periodically, but for the most part, we just held our boys and chatted.

Today I made it to the hospital for the 9am feed and both boys took their whole bottle. Both my Mom and Glenn's mom made it up to the hospital this morning and had a visit. I stuck around for the noon feed as well, Gavin took his whole bottle but Riley petered out during his feed.

I don't know how much longer it will be, but moving up is closer to moving out.
Here is a picture of the boys hanging out in the "big" bed, close to the window. That was their first glimpse at outside and daylight (it had stopped raining by then)!



Happy Friday!