This roller coaster ride is never ending...

I wish the "two steps forward one step back" was more like a dance then an amusement park ride. It's been a rough ride. Mom & Dad were awakened Tuesday at 2AM with news of a potentially very sick child. Kian had decided to follow his brother and stop tolerating feeds act funny and his belly grew 2 cm within 4 hours. So, the complete work up (like Ethan's) was done on Kian too and they were extremely concerned about him. They started him on 2 different antibiotics and watched him carefully. They stopped feeding him, put an IV in him and we waited patiently.

Thankfully, nothing very serious came about from it but lost sleep and some tears. They've taken turns acting up- first Ethan then Kian and we've just finished acting up round 2. I'm not ready for round 3. Is this any prediction of how the future will be??We're slowly going back to feeding both. They both have IVs. They're both doing well on the respiratory side. They've had more awake time and they're showing their own personalities. We are so proud and so exhausted all at the same time. Thanks for all the extra prayers. We're not quite out of the woods yet, but it's starting to clear for the moment!




Kian's favorite position with his tongue out and acting a fool. He's a goon!


Dad's hands holding Ethan. Do you remember the other photo with dad's hands and Ethan. He's growing like a weed!


Mom & Dad with Ethan in his isolet. We hate those isolets, but they're better for the babies.



Dad snuggling with Kian.


We are making remarkable strides in the growing department. Each was measured on Monday. Ethan is now 16.5 inches long and Kian is 17 inches. They were in the 15 & 15.5 inch range 1 month ago. We're inching closer to 4lbs as the days go on. Dad even is proud to say that he's become a professional diaper changer and his diapers look better than Mom's. We wonder if he'll still be boasting that loud in about 6 months??!!