Big helper

The Craigheads (our very good friends) are always willing to help out with anything or to just come over for dinner or to just hang out.  Their daughter Madison LOVES the boys well their son does too but you know how girls are.  She is always willing to help in anyway if has to do with the boys.  She absolutely loves folding their clothes/laundry.  Of course it is nice to have the help so if there is laundry in I always let her know:).  Her dad says to her Maddie, "why don't you ever fold your clothes are home, she just smiled and laughed." These pictures show how much Maddie loves the boys!  When they are sleeping when she comes over she is not very happy! 

Priceless



Maddie LOVES the boys




Maddie folding the boys' laundry, gotta love the help...Thanks Maddie



Austin LOVES the boys too!!

Mama's bebes

Landon left Tristan right and they enjoyed the K'tan

One lazy Saturday morning

Gotta love lazy Saturday mornings! 

Tristan on the left, Landon on the right

Grandma and Grandpa Rosenmeyer came to visit the boys!!

Loving our pajamas, except grandpa because his pajamas are not allowed in pictures :)

Maybe I should say gotta love lazy SATURDAYS...not just mornings

Daddy and boys enjoying some floor time before bed

Day 1 A.D.

It was a long night as we don't think the boys were ready for the quiet of our home.  We were both pretty tired and took turns napping as the boys slept.  Day one A.D. (After Dismissal) went pretty well.

Released...

We were awaken today by our NICU nurse saying, "Dr. B says they can go home today!"  It took a minute or two for the shock to sink in.  We were going to be taking our boys home... there were lots of emotions, excitement, nervousness.  We had home basketball games today, Daddy had a tripleheader at the Cliff, while Momma's Mustangs played at home as well.  Since they had to pass the car seat test still, we decided to bring them home after the basketball games.  We had to fill out some paperwork and pack up the room which had been our home for the good part of 50 days.  That was the amount of time we all spent in the NICU... 50 days.  Carrying the boys out of the NICU, down the hall, into the elevator and out the door was an amazing feeling.  Momma sat in the back between the boys and was all smiles the enire trip.  Daddy drove slow, so the four minute drive took more like six minutes.  When we got them home and carried them upstairs, the Bodammer clan was there waiting with signs and balloons.  The reaction on Momma's face to the surprise greeting was priceless.  They hung out for awhile this evening and took turns holding the boys.  A few hours after eating soup and some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, they all headed for home and we prepped the boys for their first night of sleep in a new environment.

HuHot Test Night

Between feedings this evening we decided to roll the dice and eat at HuHot.  I guess our nurses will tell us tomorrow if that was a good decision or not.  Both boys made solid weight gains... Landon is now 5-8.1, while Tristan is 5-15.5.  Both gained at least two ounces from yesterday (5-4.8 & 5-13.5)!  Tristan's noggin was 33.5 cm, compared to 33.0 for his brother.  Tristan is also a quarter of an inch longer, measuring 19 inches.  Doctor B said that although Tristan is brady free, he wants to keep him there to monitor his periodic breathing.  The weather has been pretty bad around here lately.  We got about 10 inches of new snow over the past two days and today the wind was gusting a lot.  Temp with wind chill today was -22.  Daddy drove Momma back and forth from the hospital today because of the weather.

UPDATE:  Less than five minutes after the posting above, both boys effectively threw up a good portion of their feeding.  Apparently, they are not fond of the Khan's Sauce...