Home Sweet Home!!!

We are finally all home together!!

Kai came home from the NICU on Jan 16th, and Katherine came home Feb 1st. It was a very long 2 1/2 weeks while she was still in the NICU....she missed her brother terribly, and we had an extremely difficult time leaving her alone each night. She was having a hard time finishing all of her feedings, and then finally we changed bottles and the light bulb clicked on.

Being at home as a family is so incredibly wonderful. Yes, I'm quite busy. But we're all home, where we belong. And that part is so peaceful. We don't have monitors dinging and bright lights everywhere and people chattering about us. We have a sense of normalcy, and I can't express how great that feels. We cherish these babies more than anything else in this world, and they have done an amazing job so far in their little lives.

Both babies sleep remarkably well at night, and sometimes even go for 4-5 hour stretches! We have them in a twin bassinette in our bedroom, and most of the time they are so happy sleeping next to each other. When one wakes up, we wake the other one up to eat as well...otherwise we would be awake all night feeding! Kai now weighs 8 pounds, 3 ounces and Katherine weighs 6 pounds, 1 ounce. I remember the day I congratulated Katherine in joining the '2 Pound Club.' Wow, what a long way we have come.

Rich was officially off work for one whole day with me so far. Although I am bummed out that he hasn't been able to take more time off work, I'm thankful that he's at least able to take off for all of our doctor's appointments. We've had plenty of them so far! Our babies are pro's at riding in the car already. They also love to go on walks in their stroller, especially along the boardwalk. Beach babies already.

We are so thankful to finally be home....sweet home!