THE FIRST 3 WEEKS

Well it is hard to believe, but we have had our little girls for almost 3 weeks!!...which is funny because when K turned her calendar to December she saw that this Monday is our scheduled C-section.
First, here is info about K...since if I put this at the end no one will read it because the girls are the stars now. K is feeling really good. The first couple of days were doozies because as it turns out c-sections are more painful than she thought. In fact it is major abdominal surgery, and we have the video of the surgery to prove it (and yes we are making people watch the video, but don't worry it was shot by D from a vantage point up by K's head. The best part is watching how they pry open her belly with these giant metal things!) However, by the time K was discharged she was feeling much better. K is excited because she has already lost 30 pounds as demonstrated in the pictures.

Now the girls. As of the last post, we only had little Brooke home with us. But Audrey was a super-star in the NICU and was able to come home well ahead of schedule. She came home only a few days later on Tuesday. So we were able to spend Thanksgiving together as a new little family.

The girls are absolutely adorable (also as demonstrated by the pictures). So far they sleep a lot and eat even more!! So far we are on a 3 hour schedule for sleep, eat, and active awake time. The awake time is very loosely interpreted as "active." The feeding and diapering part takes about an hour to an hour and a half (only one blow-out so far and only one projectile pooping) then we "play" for about 20 minutes and then back to sleep.

We went to the pediatrician on Wed the 28th for a weigh-in. Audrey is up to a whopping 5 lbs 2.5 oz and Brooke is topping the scales at 7 lbs 1 oz.

We are still working to figure out their temperaments and identifying who is making noise through the baby monitor. So far they consensus is that Brooke is laid-back (read sleeps all the time) but stubborn (read will just look at you and purse her little lips) and seems to look more like K. Audrey is the little mover and talker (read is constantly grunting and wiggling and just making lots of noise) and looks more like D. Audrey seems to cry only when hungry and Brooke seems to cry only when she has escaped from her swaddling.

There are so many pictures, but here are a few.