Everyone is home safe

Getting ready to go home with mama

What's going through my mind: You mean you're actually letting me take these out with me?!?

 Just thought y'all would like to know that we're all home safe... I still can't believe that they let us take two actual living breathing human babies home!  The boys are day sleepers apparently as they kept me up all night last night but are sound asleep now... I've come to realize that I have grossly underestimated my role in this whole parenting thing.  Looking back, I actually believed that I would just hand the babies over to Stacy to nurse while I napped.  When she was done, I'd check for poopies, change the diaper, and then I'd put them down where they'd slip quietly off to sleep for another 3 hours.  Yeah, not the way it works AT ALL! 

Sleeping as of an hour ago

Because of the C-Section, Stacy hasn't been able to move or lift anything really, so, when it's feeding time (which is practically every hour :-/) I'll pick up the baby that is going to be breastfed, check the diaper, prep some formula (since there are two, Stacy is unable to produce enough to feed them both, so we have to supplement) pass him to Stacy who attempts to get the baby to latch on.  While that's happening I'm picking up (usually waking up) the next baby, checking his diaper and prepping another bottle.  Then I wrap him up, feed him, and put him down just as Stacy is finishing her nursing attempt (babies are still learning how to do things the old fashioned way ;-).  Then I wrap and feed the baby who was nursing as Stacy revs up the 'ol breast pump and tries to get what she can from her gals.  After baby 2 is finished eating (and burping... who know something so small could produce so much gas out of both ends!) I put him down, clean all the bottles, rinse off the pump parts, lay down, close my eyes, and just barley slip into unconsciousness when one of the babies starts crying again...

Joseph, our pacifier baby

Dr. Herzog with the boyz... Joseph is not amused!

It's been so much fun getting to know the boys though.  Joseph is going to need a lot of security.  He'll probably be a pacifier baby, he's totally content as long as he's being held or has a nipple or a pinky finger in his mouth; lay him down by himself though, and within seconds no one is sleeping! 

William is totally chill though, he just goes with the flow.  Last few changes he barely even made a sound.  He's not eating as much as Joseph though, which is troublesome, but then again he's a bit bigger so maybe he's just waiting for little brother to have his growth spurt and catch up.

William with Grandma

I can't believe how adorably cute they are though, seriously, I'm surprised baby photographers aren't banging down our door for the opportunity to do a photo shoot!  I've collected more pictures that I'll add later, but I also wanted to share the link to the professional photos they did at the hospital.

William with Mama

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 They look great, and you can order prints if you want... who wouldn't want a print of these adorable little bugs!!!