Monday, January 18, 2010

Family of Five

Well, we are officially a family of five! After a very quite year and a half after Addison we are fairly sure things are about to get a little more exciting (they already have). Everyone is doing great. Cooper and Kennedy are just trying to get their little premie bodies to regulate temperature, blood sugar, and get the hang of feeding regularly. They will most likely be in the hospital for a few more days to make sure some key hurdles are overcome before they come home. The doctors and nurses seem to be very pleased so far with where they are at, and it is expected that being early they might have a few struggles. The good news is that breathing does not seem to be an issue and that is what they were most concerned about while we were in the hospital a few weeks ago, though because their lungs are premature RSV will be a real threat to them. We will be keeping everyone up to date.

The doctor has also instructed us to limit our visitors at home to avoid RSV during these winter months. We would like everyone to know that while we would love to see you and visit that it will be very important to keep these kids healthy! (especially because they are so small) While we are at the hospital anyone is welcome to come see them through the window (just call or text us so we can let you know if it's a good time), when we go home the doctor's orders are that we follow the current hospital guidelines and not have children 0 -14 come in contact with them for at least 6-8 weeks. If anyone, including adults are experiencing cold symptoms (runny noses, coughs, etc.) we hope you won't be offended if we wait to see you until you are feeling much better. We are grateful for everyone's love and support through all of this!!! We are so glad Cooper and Kennedy are here!

Here are a few pictures:

Cooper (left) and Kennedy (right) looking at their mommy about 10 minutes after they were born!



Cooper hanging out with his dad trying to get warm (look at all that hair!) too bad his sister was not so abundantly blessed. She did get some though so there is hope she will not be bald forever

Two peas in a pod.






7 comments:

J Fo said...

Love the picture of them together. Such sweet little faces. I totally get the RSV scare! Emmy can just wait a few months to see her new little buddies. By then I'm sure she'll have some naughty tricks to teach them. Let me know if you need anything!

I love that the little pregnancy ticker at the top says you have 30 days to go! Haha.

Megan said...

I love these little munchkins so much already! I will stay away, although it may not be difficult since I live 300 miles away... We're coming down this weekend but Josh and JP have been feeling yucky so I will come look at them through your front door window and kiss the glass!

sarahflib said...

I love your babies. They are adorable. And wow, a family of five! I'm so happy that you have two little babies to snuggle now. Hopefully they'll learn to regulate their temps and blood sugars quickly so you can enjoy them at home as well.

Nate and Holly said...

Congratulations! We're so excited to have Cooper and Kennedy here. Thanks for letting us stop by and spend some time with you.

Nancy said...

Curtis and Andie,
Your babies are adorable! Congratulations on your twins. We'd love to see you all, but will most definitely wait for the warmer season.
Bill and Nancy Endsley

AshEnds said...

Ok so looking at the pictures again, Cooper totally has Andi's mouth shape. I love them. I will see them soon enough I am sure. Call me if you guys want to talk. :)

Jord said...

Congratulations you guys! They are beautiful babies and I hope they get to go home soon.