Fiona and Molly are home!

Wow what day is it and what time is it? I'll tell you what time it is. Its always time to feed the babies :) We are loving being parents. And I hate to tell you this but one baby is boring, and two is totally managable. Not sure what it will look like with 3 though HA! 

Wednesday we brought home Fiona and Molly. The first night they were a little fussy but we realized it was because it was too quiet for babies from a noisey hospital setting. So since then we've been leaving the radio on and no problems! 

When it was time to leave the hospital we did not make it out of there without hearing a "you've got your hands full!" and a "Did you have twins?!?!". Imagine the shock when i said no triplets!! and the hands full is ridiculous. Multiples moms hear it at least 90 times a day depending on how many people you encounter. 

The animals reacted how i expected. Zoey is obsessed with the babies and would love to constantly lick and cuddle them if we let her. Gavin is concerned enough to check on them but then does his own thing and Larry is avoiding them.

We are keeping to our feeding and changing schedule and it is working good. I was shocked to learn that my milk really did come in more once we got babies home. still not enough to feed three but that's alright. the doctors want them on special formula at least twice a day for the first 6months. I'm still working on figuring out when to breastfeed who and when to pump and how to divide it up between three especially with Oswyn still in the hospital. 

Oswyn has decided she doesn't like formula which has made it difficult for her to finish bottles. She is still being tube fed part of the time. She needs to be able to take bottles for all feeding times and finish the bottles. She is taking 2 out of 3 feeds on bottles, but doesn't always finish them yet. She is still on a bit of oxygen too-almost room air though. So we are hoping that in the next couple weeks(our guess of how much longer she will be) she can get off the oxygen completely before she comes home. its so hard to have her still in the hospital. i have been able to go once a day since wed. corey has not been able to go. i don't think we will get a chance for both of us to go in one day. we were advised to keep the girls away from the hospital and any public places til they at least have their next vaccines. even though they are home they were still preemies and are more sensitive. i feel guilty when i'm not with Oswyn and i feel guilty when i'm with her and not at home helping with Fiona and Molly. the nicu nurses said that's totally normal and how everyone feels with multiples. i made it through most of the nicu stay being strong but now is the hardest part. i cry when i leave now. hoping and praying Oswyn can click with everything really soon. the days and weeks go by fast but i don't know if i could go longer than a couple weeks. 

so today we went for our first walk before it got too hot. we walked to the coffee shop. so fun! i love our stroller. its super light and easy to maneuver. we also got these cool covers from brica for the car seats that keep bugs and sun away. 

so blessed to have team stisser! corey and i have always worked well together, but now we've got a whole new adventure to step up to :) and we are doing really good so far. i do the midnight feeding while he sleeps and then he wakes up for the 3am and the 6am!! he lets me sleep through 2 feedings :) :) i don't do well staying up late, but he can do stuff anytime of day or night no problem and still be fine during the day. amazing! 

 Leaving the hospital!!

 look at that sweet daddy daughter moment!

 tummy time

 "what is a baby anyway?"-lady and the tramp

 Oswyn

 Going on our first walk!

 made it to the coffee shop :)

 walk and tummy time makes for passed out babies

Fiona to Win, Molly to Place, Oswyn to Show!

This past week was a little up and down, but overall we all came out ahead! Monday Oswyn was taken off her high flow oxygen-this was probably the best news. She has not only stayed off of it but has gotten pretty close to room air levels on the low flow. Now she just has to catch up on her bottle feeding. She will probably be another couple weeks in the nicu unless she really surprises us.

Fiona started off strong with her feedings then had a dip in them but then by thursday she hit the ground running and hasn't stopped. She is taking all her bottle feedings and then some and has continued to gain weight. If she can continue to do this AND pass her car seat challenge tomorrow, we will be rooming in the hospital monday night with her and taking her home tuesday!! Rooming in at the hospital is something our nicu offers. You can spend a night at the hospital before you go home, virtually on your own as a trial run for what it will be like, but have the nicu nurses just down the hall in case you need someone that first night. Fiona also came off her oxygen two days ago.

Molly, not to be totally outdone by Fiona, has been close behind in handling her feedings as well and still gaining weight. If she continues this and passes the car seat challenge tomorrow as well, she may came home a day or two after Fiona. She also was taken off oxygen 24 hours ago.

We are so grateful everyday for the miracle of these babies and how strong and healthy they are. They are doing so well and continue to amaze us each day with their accomplishments. We thank God for everything He has given us along this journey, and pray He continues to amaze us. Praying that the girls can stay off their oxygen and pass car seat challenges so they can come home very soon. There is a good possibility that Oswyn will also come off oxygen now before she comes home too. This would be a huge answer to prayer as well!

We are so thankful for everyone's support and sharing in our excitement to bring home healthy and strong babies. One thing we hope everyone can understand though is that even though they are well enough to come home, it is not the same as bringing home a term baby. Therefore, we have been advised not to bring them into contact with a lot of people or places that are enclosed. So for other reasons than just being sleep deprived new parents, we will be hiding at home for at least a couple months once everyone is home, and not having many visitors. Basically the only visitors we will allow will be grandparents, unless people are dropping off food :) We hope that everyone can understand and respect this. Thank you so much :)

All I Really Want is GIRLS!

oh man have i mentioned how much i love having three girls!? its awesome and i had no idea i would love it so much. i mean i knew i would love being a mommy but i didn't know when we were wondering what we would have that i would enjoy 3 girls as apposed to other combos as much as i do :) that's why God knows best i guess.

i just got back from an excellent Carter's sale. i got sleepers for $5 each!! i had almost no 3mth clothes so that was super helpful. now we are set for the 3mth mark :) i really don't want them to be matchy matchy but i do like coodinating outfits. i find myself not wanting to get outfits if there are only two color varieties, which seems just as silly to me in a way. i mean why do they even have to have similar outfits at all? but i can't help it! anyways...

the girls are such troppers! All are over 6lbs! Fiona is at 20ccs of oxygen today which is practically room air, so the nurse said she will try her off oxygen today and see how she does. She is also taking 3 out of 4 feedings on a bottle and finishing them like a champ. Molly is not far behind. She is also doing 3 out of 4 bottle feeds and finishing most of them. She is on about 50cc of oxygen i believe. Oswyn is still on the high flow at 2 liters. Its better than 3liters, which is what she was on last week. Once she is on 1 liter they can try her on low flow oxygen like her sisters. She is allowed one bottle a shift-this is still a challenge for her with her high oxygen so she hasn't finished a bottle yet. but today the nurse said she got pretty close. She seems better than yesterday on oxygen too as the doctor ordered some doses of this stuff called lasix that helps get rid of extra fluid that can make it harder to breathe.

so proud of my miracle babies-making strides every day. we are now in june-my due date was june 30th-this is when doctors said they should be home by. we fully expect them to be able to do this. we think Fiona or Molly will be home soon. They are neck and neck it seems. Oswyn will be a little longer, but we think as soon as she can get on low flow oxygen she should be able to catch up quickly with the feedings. again, in order to come home babies must be at least on low flow oxygen, able to take all feedings by bottle and finish them, and pass a car seat test(they put baby in car seat for an hour and baby can not have any breathing issues in order to pass).

 Fiona snuggles

 Molly after bottle

 Oswyn in bouncy chair