8 days old

Yay! We have turned a corner. Today, both babies moved to south hall nursery. This is a a step down nursery where they prepare for home.

Ella Clare: weighs 4#9oz. She is bottle feeding and/or nursing every meal. We are doing a car seat test with Ella Clare this afternoon. She will have to show that she can sit in the car seat for two hours...assuming she will have a two hour car ride home to MP. She might be released early next week.

Jake: weighs 3#9oz. He finally had a BM yesterday...cheers to that! Now, we will try to bottle feed or nurse him every meal. He also has his nose tube in case he decides he wants to sleep through a feeding. They took the IV out so no more poking him with needles. He won't be too far behind sister if she is released first.

Rules to leaving NIcU: 1. Show weight gain (both have lost but now gaining) 2. Bottle or nurse every meal (Ella Clare has proven this) 3. Be able to regulate temp (EC has proven this and Jake is close) 4. Car seat test-this is to make sure they can sit and breathe correctly for the car ride home

Hannah has been with uncle Keres and aunt Katie all week! I know she thinks she is on an extended vacation. She goes to tumbling, the park, the circus...so fun! She is headed to Dallas today with papaw. We have the weekend all planned out. Also, we get to celebrate daddy's bday tomorrow.

Now, I get to go baby shopping. Good thing about Dallas...there is lots of places to shop.