7 days old

Today is our first anniversary! It went by so fast and was so eventful. If the rest of our years together keep going like this, we're in for some pretty amazing times. For instance, who would have thought going in to this that we'd have two kids before our first anniversary and we didn't even start early. Married in June, honeymoon in October and then we figured we'd let nature do it's thing after that, figuring it would be at least fall if not 2010 before we had a kid. Most people we knew took anywhere from several months to a few years before getting knocked up, but Sean and I surprised ourselves with a positive pregnancy test in November! And then there were two babies. And then we had them 7 weeks early. Everything was on an expedited timeline for some reason. And we couldn't be more pleased.

Happy anniversary, sweetheart. Here's to the rest of our lives. *kiss*

Today Charlotte was back on the lights for her jaundice since her bilirubin levels went back up a bit. We were warned that it would probably rebound again, so it wasn't a surprise. But both girls are off the nasal cannulas and getting their feeding levels increased every 6 hours. In addition to breathing on their own and maintaining body temperatures, they also have to eat independently. Lilah is doing great at sucking on a pacifier and once she does that and has her respiratory rate stay at about 40 consistently, they'll start trying out bottles on her. Charlotte, on the other hand, was not impressed by the pacifier or even a finger. She just kind of looked around with her brow furrowed in either confusion or concern. We'll keep trying, though!

For the first time, Sean got to experience skin to skin holding and Lilah was enjoying every minute. She even completely turned herself over while in his arms. It was wonderful to see them so cozy.

I also got to hold Charlotte, but swaddled this time since she couldn't stay away from the lights for very long. Her first few minutes she was wide awake and checking us all out. We've never really seen her open her eyes for this long (much like Lilah yesterday), so it was a great treat. Everything was so close to her vision that she got a little cross-eyed.



But then for the next half-hour she was sound asleep, and for most of it, so was I.