On the Road again....

"The Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes." Psalm 118:23

The boys are officially 3 weeks old (8/12/11) and will be 36 weeks tomorrow (Sunday). They have changed so much over the past three weeks! And have made incredible strides. At 34 weeks they began to take bottles once a day, then up to twice, etc, and are now taking full bottles at every feeding, and their feeding tubes have been removed! They both moved to open cribs toward the end of their 34th week, beginning of the 35th and are doing very well at holding their temperatures. Preemies battle 'spells' where they forget to breathe or keep their heart beating when they're doing other things such as eating (normal) or sleeping (not so normal). Both have had these spells, but thankfully, neither have had large numbers of them. These 'spells' are something they grow out of as they get bigger.

As James and I went to visit them today, we got the GREAT news that we were within a couple of days of bringing them home! By the end of our time there today, Joe had been released to 'room in' with us tomorrow night, with him continuing to hold steady overnight tonight! So, if I call tomorrow and he's still doing great, we spend the night with him in a room with us, and the nurses are just available if we need them - essentially a trial run :) . SO exciting! The doctor said today as well that if Miles continues to do well, with no spells, we get to bring him home on Wednesday!! It's just so humbling to watch it all work, and know that we have been entrusted to take care of these two precious boys, and humbling to know that He thinks we can do it! Ahh! What an amazing story God has given them to use for His glory already in their life. He has completely given them health and strength, and He gets the glory for it. I am just humbled, no other words to express it. Although we're still going to be taking it one day at a time because of the overwhelming nature of it all, we trust that we will have the love, patience, support for each other, sense of calm, and ability to handle each cry, bottle refusal, and diaper change with a smile of our face and thankfulness in our heart that they were born so beautiful and perfect 7 weeks early. What a blessing that we had no control over. Pics to come of their car ride home!!!