My boys are growing up so fast!!!

So the boys went to the doctor today Aiden weighs 9 lbs 10 oz and Nate weighs 11 lbs 4 oz. The doctor gave us the go ahead to feed them cereal once a day from a spoon! Nate started out great then he was pretty upset half way through. Aiden was really iffy at first but took about 12 spoonfuls! Amazing! My boys are growing up so fast!!!

Milestones this week

It has been a really big week for the boys! Both of the boys are now seeing. I mean looking us dead in the eye as to say "Hello there". Along with that, they are also smiling! SMILING! So many parents take for granted what their children do on a day to day bases. Our boys have been through so much, and they are not by any means "in the clear" yet. Aiden has surgery this coming up week on Thursday. Hopefully he will be home a few days after, but it is all up to him. They told us that they want us to be there as much as we can, basically over night, but there is no way I can swing that. I have two other children here at home that I need to take care of. So Kyle's ma is taking off from her normal day job and is going to stay with Nathaniel while I go be with Aiden during the day. When Kyle is home, I will go down and hangout with him some more. Life has been pretty busy, Kyle is still looking for a job. Not too much luck with that, but we are making ends meet... barely but we are. Being a stay at home mom is proving to be harder on us than we originally thought.

Brotherly Love

Aiden's Suergry Date has been set!!

Hello everyone! I come bearing wonderful news! Aiden will be having his ileostomy take down surgery on Valentine's day, February 14. We have to take him in on the 13th at 10 a.m. so they can start his preparatory work up before his surgery. On February 5th at 1 p.m., he has to have what is called a water soluble digital colostogram to make sure that none of the other parts of the intestine have died. Then after he is cleared from that, we just wait for Valentines day! I will keep everyone updated on his progress and I will also be sure to let everyone know how surgery goes!

Today's Surgeon Appointment

Today is the day we see how his progress has been, and we will also get a date or at least more of a time frame on when his second surgery will be to put everything back together. Certainly we would love to hear that they want to schedule for next week, but it is a possibility that the surgeon will want to wait until RSV season is over, which is not until April. Caring for twins is hard on its own, but when you have to care for twins that are premature, one who has an ostomy, and also take care of an 8 year old, mostly by yourself because your lovely sweet husband in training works and goes to school full time, it gets a bit over whelming. Having to change the back every other day or when it starts to leak or fall off, burp (yes burp) the bag when it is full of air (baby gas), and make sure he doesn't cry (which is not easy to do) so his hernia doesn't get worse is what we go through everyday, and that is just with his ostomy and the hernia that has formed around it. So yes, I want the doctor to see us at 10 a.m. tomorrow for our appointment and then go have lunch and scrub in at 1 p.m. to do his surgery, but we know that is not realistic. Aiden needs prayers that his intestines have had enough time to rest and that no more of the intestine has died, and he has gained enough weight and the doctor is happy with his progress. I will update everyone tomorrow on what the plan is. So cross fingers, knock on wood, or do what everyone has done best thus far... Pray that we are on track for surgery to happen soon.

Another day in the life of Aiden and Nathaniel

So today was a pretty traumatic day for Aiden. Early this afternoon he got his Synagis shot so he wasn't too happy about that. Aiden now weighs 7 lbs 2 oz. Nate weighs 9 lbs even! Huge I tell you! Chunkers. Also Aiden had his eye appointment, and it went well. The doctor said it looks like his eyes are trying to fix themselves, it is just going to take a long time. We don't have to go back for another 2 weeks now. So good deal. Next Friday is a big day for Aiden. We go to see his surgeon to see if he can be put back together! YAY! Here are few pictures for your viewing pleasure :)