Although Nick & I were super happy to hear the news on my expected "due-date" (March 26th) that the twins were being discharged, we were also very nervous. Hadlee was coming home on oxygen, so we had to be trained in proper use of her equipment & monitor. Also, since she failed her car seat test 3 times, she would be traveling in a car bed. The nurses & docs went over the seriousness of their lung disease & how important it would be for us to limit visitors & absolutely no public places until around summer time. This of course is hard because a lot of our friends & family would love to come help us with them & get to see them, but we have to do what is best for their health.
Their primary NICU nurse was Kristin. Not only did we spend most of the 7 wks. & 2 days with her, but her daughter used to compete gymnastics at Nick's gym so he already knew Kristin pretty well. It was wonderful having her with us on our day of discharge!
Here is nurse Kristin rolling us out of our NICU 2 room!
Loading up in the truck....we had a few people staring as we loaded up all of our belongings after being at the hospital for so long.
The twins slept the first couple of nights in our bedroom, in the cradle that Nick's great grandpa built back in 1966. They are just 2 of many babies that slept in it.
They were quickly moved to one of the cribs in the nursery to sleep though. The cradle was too short for both of them to stretch out in. Here is a pic of the twins 8 weeks old! Hadlee weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. and Kooper weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. at their 8 week Dr. appointment!
I was super excited when my Mom sent me a text saying that her & my Dad were going to stop by our house in SC on their way back from their Disney vacation. They had went to Florida with Tera, Alex, Braylee, & Brynna for spring break. Mamaw & Papaw brought the twins Donald & Daisy stuffed animals from Disney World. It was a wonderful Easter weekend with my parents.....plus it was near 90 degrees so it was perfect weather!
Yeah- it's so good to see pictures of the twins TOGETHER!! :) Love those wooden blocks too!
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