FINALLY...HOME SWEET HOME for all 4 of us!

Yes...today was the day. Kian, Ethan and Mom & Dad were all united again & living under the same roof. Such a rewarding, exciting, yet scary day for Mom & Dad. It will be 12 weeks ago on Friday that Mom & Dad's angels were born. Who knew the outcome of these 2lb, 13week early children would be so great??!! It's been an emotional ride with some tears & smiles and we are forever glad this chapter is over! We've started a new chapter in our lives today- we'll be together forever! We will be forever greatful for all those nurses and doctors in the NICU and for all those that helped us with extra prayers in our time of need! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!


Ethan sitting in his swing


Kian in his bouncey seat


Dad with his boys


Dad, Kian, Ethan and Zio

Cuddle time!

Daddy & Grammie take a trip to visit Kian. Kian is off oxygen (no more nasal cannula), he's in an open crib, and attempting to nipple every feed. We're waiting for him to catch on with nippling. It takes him longer than 30minutes still to take a bottle so he has to keep the NG tube in his nose for food. Love and hugs as we pray for Kian to come home soon!





Here's Grammie, Ethan and Zio all cuddling!

Grammie & Ethan

Here's Grammie holding Ethan for the 1st time. Baba Jun, are you jealous??

Our first few hours home with Ethan

Our first night home together and a few other pictures...

Yes, Ethan has an umbilical hernia. That's not extra equipment!






It's been an amazing transition from NICU to home. We couldn't feel more blessed. We've been busy and Mom even was back at the NICU holding Kian <24hrs later.

Here's Ethan all dressed up and waiting for Grammie to come visit!!



Kian has been nippling a lot better. He's taking his feeds in less than 20minutes (which is the ultimate goal). We're hoping doctors increase the # of feeds/day via nipple. Our doctor went on vaction for the rest of the week so we're not sure how fast the oncall doctor will advance. We're patiently waiting for his arrival home.

Is it home sweet home??

A bitter/sweet start to the week. We are so excited, yet so sad all at the same time. Ethan was discharged home today, but Kian has to stay. It's been such a long journey, and we're super excited for the new chapter to begin! We just have to get our other munchkin home. He's doing well. Just learning how to suck, swallow and breathe without getting exhausted. He should be home in no time at all!



Ethan in his car seat enjoying the ride home. Here he is meeting his "brother" Zio!



It's sweet dreams for our first nap in our new home!



OUR LAST NIGHT IN THE NICU TOGETHER!! We were having fun and goofing off. What great family time!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, MOM & DAD!!!

Kian and Ethan's Valentines Day card to Mom and Dad. They are absolutely adorable!!



After seeing them together, do you still think they look alike???

...and growing...

We're showing off our TU hats! Go TU!! Remember how big they were on us before????




We weigh 6lbs 3oz and 5lbs 12.5oz. Ethan is bottle feeding all of his feeds and even breastfeeding like a champ. His next step is to decrease the amount of calories in his formula from 24kcal/oz to 22kcal/oz and see if he continues to gain weight accordingly.

Here's Dad- he's feeding his first bottle ever to his boys! Go DAD!




Kian is working on nippling 6 bottles per day and only 2 tube feeds. He still has an uncoordinated suck and it takes him more than the allotted amount of time (30 minutes) to get down 2oz of milk. Therefore, he stays at that step until he masters it. Mom & Dad are getting severely anxious and our patients are wearing thin, but we keep being reminded that "they would still be in utero" and wouldn't be doing these things anyway.


We would be 36wks 3days today


instead today we are 2mo old.

We've had our 2 month shots already and we took them like champs. Only a few whimpers and then all smiles!

Still- a discharge is in sight for Ethan. No date given yet. We will let you know when that happens.