The Boys Are Together At Last!

The boys had yet another move. This time, they were finally moved together in the same crib! We had no idea this was coming today, either. Imagine my surprise when I walked in to find Ja.son's crib/tub missing. I nearly had a heart attack! It took me a second to realize what was going on.

Here is the new crib--and it actually looks like one, too!




Me trying to console the boys. Both were crying at the same time. It is going to be fun when they do that at home. (Yes that was sarcasm.)


They're a little dark so we didn't wake the boys up with the flash.

Sh.awn and Is.aac...





Me and Ja.son...





Sh.awn is a little like me.

Exhibit A: Here I am with Ja.son. Notice the "look" I'm giving Is.aac.



Exhibit B: Here is Sh.awn. Notice the "look" he's giving Is.aac.



Poor Is.aac. What did he ever do to get such looks from everyone?

The NICU gave out stockings to all the babies on Christmas. A former patient brings them every year. She wrote a letter and filled the stockings with pencils and small things like that. It was really sweet. We took some pictures of the boys with them...




Here is Sh.awn showing his disinterest in the whole picture taking scene...

"Whatever!" says Sh.awn.

Ja.son could care less, too...



We also got the good news that Sh.awn had his oxygen turned off today at around 1:00pm. If he continues without his oxygen levels dropping, they are taking out his cannula this afternoon. I hope he'll be cannula free when I go back tonight! The bottle thing is still evading him much of the time. I can usually coax him into taking up to 1/2 of his feed by bottle when I am there, but he wants nothing to do with the bottle when I am not there.

Ja.son is now taking 1/2 to 2/3 of his formula by bottle for each feed. Yeah! He is still on a minimal amount of oxygen, but he is sooooo close to coming off of his cannula, too!