The twins at 2 weeks

Today was another good day, and I am very thankful for that.
Madaline has had a pretty uneventful day. She continues to go up on her feeds and is handling her CPAP (breathing) machine well. There are many times that the nurses will go in to check on her and the machine is off her face. They don't notice it since the machines show that she is not effected by it. They want to continue to keep it on though for a little while longer since they have another things that they are taking off of her. Tonight they'll remove her PICC line (long term IV) and see how she does. I am so proud of the progress she has been making.
Ethan is doing pretty good today as well. He had a more active day. They took out his breathing tube and put him on a CPAP machine that is a little different than Madaline's. It will give him a little more assistance breathing but will not allow him to breathe any less than about 20 breaths per minute. None the less, it is a step forward. With him being on this new machine, it meant that I could now Kangaroo with him. In other words, I GOT TO HOLD MY LITTLE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY! Wow, what a feeling. We spent about an hour and a half cuddling with each other and we both loved every second. They also put him back on feeds every 3 hours in stead of every 6 hours. By friday, if he is responding well to that and everything else is going well, they will start to increase it.
Awww.... If every day could be this way, it would make for a much easier process. It sure made for a good 2 week birthday to see both my babies moving forward in their care.
Pictures:
Holding Ethan for the first time. The machine that covers his whole head is his breathing machine. The yellow tube that goes into his mouth is his feeding tube. The stuff around his mouth is what holds the tube in place so that it doesn't come out.