1 Month

Yesterday the girls were 1 month old.  Still unbelievable that they are here and now 1 month has passed.  The girls continue to amaze us with their strength and determination.  Their lives may have started off differently then we would have hoped for but they exactly what I had hoped for, 2 strong little babes!

Note to my 2 tiny girls:
At 1 month old you have shown every girl out there that truly if you don't give up anything is possible. You have fought from the start and show no signs of stopping.  I love that fight!  I pray that you never lose that determination.  Things in life will be hard (I can tell you this past month has been one of the hardest months of my life_ but keep a positive outlook, fight on,  and good things will come.   What you all have fought through the last month many people have never had to do in a lifetime.  There is nothing you can't do, I am confident of that!!

At 1 month old:

MM-You weigh 4lbs 12 oz.   You love to sleep on your belly or right side.  When you open your eyes really big, your face just lights up.  You keep the nurses on their toes, today you pulled out your feeding tube!  All the nurses talk about how cute you are!!

MF- You weigh 3 lbs 9 oz.  You love your belly and right side as well.  The nurses call you Mighty Margaret but you are a tiny little thing that is keeping up with the big babes.  You always have a smirk on your face, you love to smile when your sisters dings, she gets you back!  You are a mover and grunter. Already always on the go!!

Update from today:  The girls had their eye examines today to check on the development of the eye.  Not a seeing test.  The docs says nothing looks abnormal and later this week we will have the report back from STL Children's hospital doc.  MF had been having some breathing episodes yesterday and today, she would hold her breathe and forget to take that deep breathe.  This afternoon they put her back on a very small dose of oxygen.  Very normal and they expect to take her off in just a few days or sooner.    Remember a few steps forward and few steps back.  Hardest part of this process. The eye examine is a lot for the girls, they have to dilate the eyes and the process is a little invasive for them so they were tired the rest of the day.