First, Jaime is doing much better today! Dr. Wozniak says she’s finally rounded the corner, or reached the peak, or gone Over the Top, or some such medical cliche that means she’s finally getting better! I know it was a combination of finally being able to hold the babies and God answering a ton of prayers that did the trick, so thank you everyone!

As for the babies, they’re still doing great! Yesterday, they actually got to spend some time together in the same crib (although Kiwi isn’t quite ready to regulate his own body temp yet, so he’s back under the heater for the time being). They’re so cute, all cuddled together, just like the good ol’ days (which for them was only 3 days ago).

Now, on to the pictures!

Our son, Kiwi, looking handsome as ever:

Our beautiful little daughter, Raisin, all bundled up:

The twins, snuggled together in the same crib!

So, now that Jaime is finally off her magnesium sulfate, we hope to both be awake enough to pick some names. So stay tuned — if you’re lucky, you might find out those names today!

Just a quick update posting to explain the situation in a little more detail: Jaime is doing alright, but still needs your prayers for recovery. They still have her on magnesium sulfate to try to get her blood pressure down and her platelet count up, and that stuff makes her very groggy. Incidently, this is part of the reason that we haven’t come up with names yet — as fun as it would be to take advantage of this to choose some interesting names for our babies, I’m still currently capable of some self-restraint (and self-preservation).

Anyway, the main frustration of Jaime still being on total bedrest and being on the loopy drugs is that the doctor isn’t letting her go down to visit the babies as often. The prescription for getting better is plenty of rest in a dark room, making sure to move around enough to heal well, but stay calm enough to let the body rest and recover. Of course, being told you can’t go down and visit your babies because you need to relax and lower your blood pressure does NOT help anyone lower their blood pressure. It was horrible, especially since as of noon today, Jaime still hadn’t even had a chance to hold our babies!

But, the good news is that: 1) Both babies got their CPAP removed at 10am this morning, so they’re both breathing on their own and doing great! 2) I got to go down by myself for the first feeding at 11am, and was able to hold Raisin during her feeding (Kiwi was still a little too stressed at the time), 3) the babies’ first feeding was all breast milk, which is great for their little immune systems, and 4) We finally got to bring Jaime down for the babies’ first baths at 2pm today, and Jaime was able to hold the babies, which was fantastic!

So things are getting better each day, but it’s still very hard. We’re not really able to do visitors right now because Jaime does need to rest as much as she possibly can. I’m hanging out with her as much as possible, reading through baby name books and baby care books and just being there for moral support. But overall, things are slowly and steadily improving. And as soon as Jaime’s able to get out of bed, things are really gonna start to pick up around here 🙂

Thanks again for all of your prayers, and perhaps tonight I’ll have time to post more pictures of our incredibly adorable, beautiful babies!