Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Finally a new post!




Ok, so I'm about a week and a half later posting Easter pictures but I couldn't find the cord to my camera to upload anything. Turns out it was in Matt's bag all along... I guess I didn't check there. We had a wonderful Easter weekend. I was off Friday and Monday so we had an extra long weekend with Hailey and Hannah. On the Saturday before Easter, we had an egg hunt at church. The girls didn't really "hunt" eggs but they had a good time and got to see the Easter bunny. Sunday, after church we went to Fulton to visit family. The girls got Easter baskets from Matt's parents and a great time playing in the yard and generally being spoiled by everybody.

Just a little update on Hailey and Hannah... Hailey is getting very close to walking! She is still a little scared to let go but will probably take off soon. Hannah has also started scooting forward/army crawling! This is a big step for her. She continues to do very well in therapy. She has started to stick up for herself a little more when Hailey tries to take toys away from her. Sometimes they play together well, but they usually end up fighting over a toy. We enjoy going for walks around the neighborhood in the wagon and maybe one day the ground will be dry and it will be nice out on the same day so we can play outside more. Neither one of the girls have very many words. Hailey will throw her cup on the floor and say "Uh-oh!" She thinks this is very funny. They both say "Mama" "Dada/Daddy" and Hannah is trying to say "thank you".

Overall, we are all doing very well and everybody is happy and healthy!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hannah's Homecoming

Hannah came home from the hospital one year ago on Saturday, April 4th after a 60 day stay in the NICU. It was so hard to leave her there those extra 6 days after we brought Hailey home. After all of the discharge procedures we finally loaded everyone up and headed home, our complete family together at last! I managed to squeeze between the two carseats for the 2 hour ride home. We had to stop on the way and feed the girls and then drove through a huge thunderstorm.

When we got home, Hannah weighed around 5 pounds. Now she weighs about 20. Like Hailey, she was eating 2 oz of milk every 3 hours. Hannah was our fighter. She endured so much in the NICU and is doing so well now. Sometimes we have to push her to get her to do something but she is showing improvements everyday. She is doing well in therapy and has started scooting herself forwards this past week!

Here are a few pictures from last year

Grandma holding Hannah

I'm a few days late posting this because we got incredibly busy for a few days!