A sneak peek at Griffin

Finn is getting a shameless plug here. He is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his sister and brothers. He tried to help us put the second of three cribs together today. Or at least he thought he helped....really we had to keep telling him to move out of the way. He's done a great job sniffing the blankets we bring home with the babies' scent on them.

This video is actually old but it is of Griffin and I when he kangaroo'd with me. They have us put the kids inside our shirts so that there is skin-to-skin contact. It helps their development and also helps the Mom's milk production. The neat things for Moms is that when the baby's temperature drops, my body knows instinctively to heat them up. I didn't know I had such capabilities! I just wanted to post some video of him. This is the one day they took him off the CPAP. It didn't work so well for him so he went right back on it but at least we could see his whole face for a little while.

As for what is going on, we have a three-pounder in Braddock! He looks pretty big but the shocker is that Griffin is just about three pounds, too. He was 2 lbs 15 oz yesterday. Julia is now the peanut of the crew at 2 lbs 10.6 oz. She is wearing clothes now and we are allowed to take her out of her crib as we feel like it without the nurses there. We attempted it ourselves this morning for the first time but decided to wait for someone to oversee just in case. We did, however, put her back in all by ourselves. Her nurse last night took pictures of her in her little outfit and left them hanging in her incubator for us when we came in this morning. She now has laundry that I take home and bring back to her. And so begins the never-ending laundry that comes with three babies! When she puts on her preemie clothes, everything has to be rolled up in the arms and is ridiculously baggy, but soon enough she will fit into them. The doctor, again this morning, commented on just how incredible she is for such a premature baby. The boys are starting to turn the corner, too. Braddock should be off his CPAP soon and Griffin's PICC line (long-term IV) should come out any day now. He will have his CPAP longer to help his lungs along, but I'm sure he isn't too far behind Braddock anymore.

So they celebrated their first Labor Day today. I'm not sure they were really aware of it, but one day it will be the Labor Day before they start school....such a hard concept to grasp when I look at their tiny little faces. For now I won't get ahead of myself. We'll just push towards four enormous pounds for each!