We needed this one

I turned to Doug this morning and said, "it's so great that we have two babies because when one isn't doing well, the other one can be!" Today was a good day, even with a few speed bumps.

Ethan started the day at 1:30 am with another brady where he needed his back rubbed in order to breathe again. This puts him back to next Saturday, the 20th (my due date) to come home. We'll see if he stops here. We are hopeful, but our hope is waning...

Sydney, on the other hand, was placed on a 'room air trial' last night (a.k.a. they took off her oxygen) at 8:00 pm and is still off of oxygen tonight!! This is great news. We are not staying at the hospital tonight because they are watching her for 48 hours to make sure she can stay off. If she does, she will come home without oxygen. We may bring home oxygen just for feedings...we'll see how she does. Even if she fails tonight (after 28 hours being off) we will be excited that she has lasted this long. It gives us hope that she won't need to be on it very long at home.

We visited them twice today in between the wedding festivities. My sister, Christine, was married today in Salt Lake. In our afternoon visit, Sydney was wide awake and SO fun. We loved every minute of it.

For Ethan's cast this week, we've decided to turn it over to the nurses that have taken such good care of him. We have had a great time getting to know that great people who spend time with our babies.

We went back tonight after the reception and they both took record feeds (Ethan over 2 oz--65 cc and Sydney 3 oz). They got a new change of clothes tonight and they were matching. They looked adorable. We got their new weights (taken at night) and Ethan is 7 lbs almost exactly and Sydney is 6 lbs 10 oz--she is starting to catch up with her brother.

Doug and I both said today, "We needed a good day. We really needed this."