Coming Home

Today is the last day Brice and I will have as a couple without children in the home for a long time.  Chloe comes home tomorrow.  We have spent most of the day cleaning, organizing, and getting ready for her.  One really cool thing Brice has been doing is working with our dog, Sunnie, to help her prepare for Chloe.  We brought home an outfit Chloe had worn and put it on my doll from childhood.  Brice put the doll in the car seat and bassinet and gave Sunnie treats as she behaved appropriately near the baby doll.

Chloe is now 5 lbs 12 ounces.  She is taking eight bottles a day and is growing stronger each day.  It is so hard to bring home Chloe and not Lily, but I know Lily will be with us soon.  These are a few recent pictures of Chloe.

The wonderful news we received this week was that Lily does not need surgery.  It appears her issues were due to maturity.  She is now bottle feeding and has doubled her feeds in two days.  She is now 5 lbs 10 ounces-almost as big as her sister!  We now need to make sure she can digest her feeds and pass them.  The only recent issue she has had was spit-ups, but I feel she will do better as she gets used to feeding again.  She has had multiple procedures, including blood transfusion and biopsy, and she never complains.  The only time I have seen her be fussy is when she is getting a bath.  She hates baths!  She is our little fighter and amazes me every day.

If you go back to the beginning of the blog and compare pictures from one month ago to now, you will be amazed at how far they have come.  They are both close to 6 lbs and are alert, looking around, and are proceeding developmentally.  I just can't wait to have them home together.  I wonder what it will be like when I put them together.  Will they remember each other?  They have been separated since they were born.  Do they know they are twins?  The one thing I do know is that all of us, friends and family included, have a lot of exciting times ahead with these adorable girls.  Lily and Chloe...let the adventures continue!