Stuff from the last 6 weeks

The bitty babies are now 6 weeks and 5 lbs. It's so fun (and reassuring) to see them fill out and get little double chins. No tubes in this pic! They actually still have feeding tubes, but they were out this night.

We got to give them baths two nights ago and they both LOVED it! This is Dreyton enjoying his spa day.

Reagan wide awake after getting her bath.

Striking a pose.

They look soooo cute when they're snoozing.

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Rivers told me months before Halloween that she wanted to be a runner and I wasn't sure running shoes and shorts would make much of a costume, but we added some accessories and I had my Mom send my first track/cross-country uniform from when I was 7 and she had a great, original costume. Go Timberhill Harriers!

Can't forget the cornrows. She looked so cute.

Dwight was an alligator or a crocodile or a dinosaur or whatever he decided to answer when people asked him what he was.

I made it out of the hospital just in time to see Rivers last soccer game.

I got to go to church with the family again - notice Rivers cornrows lasted a few days


She loved her kinky hair after taking the braids out and didn't want to wash her hair.

Out on the town again.

Before going to Thanksgiving dinner at Christina's house. CD likes to make funny faces now and thinks this is his smile.

Here's another shot of his camera smile. He's so dang cute.


Last day in their incubators. Yeeha!

They've graduated to real cribs and seem so much older all of a sudden.

Oma came for a quick visit.

This picture was just three weeks ago but Dreyton already looks so much bigger than this.

I had to take a picture of Rivers' outfit because she often comes out of her room dressed in what she calls her "hip-hop" clothes and asks me to turn music on for her. She's got some moves.

I pretty much missed the whole summer outside, so we fit in a bike ride before the weather got too cold. Dwight had been asking to go in the bikecart for days and this is how I found him - sound asleep after the ride. Rivers cruised on my old banana seat bike.

Taking a walk along the creek in Sugarhouse park. CD could have stayed and thrown rocks into the water all day.

I like these pictures of them skipping through the leaves.

First time being next to eachother since they shared a womb.

They were about 5 weeks old here.

Another sleeping picture of Dwight. This time eating was just too tiring.

Don't think he just sleeps all day though. This is a better representation of his days. Naked and pretending to be a PowerRanger.

We went and cut down our Christmas tree at this weird little Christmas tree farm that consisted of three rows of untrimmed weird pine trees mixed with a few spruces and they charged $50 bucks. I would love to take people from here to see what a real Christmas tree farm looks like.

We looked at every tree there and finally settled on this Spruce. I really like the sparseness of it and at least we still got to cut it down. The trees out in front of the RiteAid by our house have tags on them from McKenzie Farms. Sounds familiar.

Last Sunday we went on a hike in Millcreek Canyon and it felt soooo good to get out of the city and onto some trails.
It was colder up the canyon than we expected so Rivers put on Carlos' sweatshirt. With her walking stick she looks like a shepherd from the Bible.

This is the beginning of the Pipeline trail called Rattlesnake Gulch. The kids thought it was fun to hike in the snow and I tested my out of shape body by running up the trail for a few minutes. Sorry this post is so dang long. I guess I should update this more than once every 2 months.

Reagan and Dreyton arrive

I held on for 13 weeks of contractions and bedrest before the twins decided they couldn't wait any longer. I wanted to make it past 30 weeks so bad (and am slightly goal oriented) so I was trying to get the doctor to wait to deliver them when they came 10 minutes before the 30 week mark at midnight. This picture shows where the newest Nuno's have been living for the last week and a half. They share their own NICU suite staying warm in their incubators.





Here is baby Reagan weighing in at 3 lbs. 1 oz. and 16 1/2 inches. I never actually saw them on the ventilator because they only needed it for about 12 hours and I was in recovery the whole time. I thought I would include this picture though to show the crazy way they started their lives. They have strong lungs for 30 weekers though and have been on just room air since about day 3.





Reagan already likes to suck on a pacifier when they feed her through a tube that goes to her stomach. We were told she gets a little upset if her feedings aren't right on time. Sounds like a Nuno.





The nurses like to put bows in her hair. She looks so comfortable.





Carlos and I go in everyday and do what they call 'Kangaroo Care' which is holding the bitty babies skin to skin. They seem to love it (and we really love it) and their breathing, which they monitor, gets slower and deeper every time.

Here is Dreyton making his debut. Carlos calls him Benjamin Button because he looks like an old man. He weighed in at 2 lbs. 14 oz. and 16 inches long.

Little smile caught on camera.

Dreyton making the "I love you" sign in his sleep.

They finally wheeled me down in a wheelchair to see the cute munchkins. This was on day 2 and I look slightly green because my iron levels were about half of normal and I hadn't been in the sun for months.

Tanner added some excitement to the night by passing out in my recovery room right after the twins were born. He was nice enough to come to the hospital for the whole ordeal in the middle of the night, but when I started dry heaving from all the meds and stuff, it was just too much for him and he just fell straight down and hit head first on the ground. Emergency Response was called and they took him out of my room with a neck brace and on a stretcher to the emergency room where he spent the whole night waiting for a plastic surgeon to come in because the normal doctor wouldn't touch it. It was kind of nice to have the focus off of me for a little bit :) Rivers told him he should be Frankenstein for Halloween with that scar.

Kangaroo care with cute little Reagan.

Dreyton looking especially tiny on Carlos' chest. It will be nice to hold them without all the wires, but it is also very reassuring to have them monitored so closely. Both are tolerated their feedings so well that IV's came out yesterday. Yeah, one more tube gone!

Here is Reagan with my ring to show how tiny her little hands are. Nice view of her little pug nose too.

Dreyton's ring picture with Carlos' ring.

Me finally leaving the hospital after a month of living there.

My first 5 minutes home...I hadn't seen my kids in weeks (except with Skype) because kids under 14 weren't allowed in the hospital my last two weeks there (plus they were sick). It felt sooooooooooo good to be home and snuggle between them again without worrying about contractions or being super careful. I did walk like Frankenstein for a week or so, but they don't seem to mind.

My two year old suddenly seemed like a giant. He is a crack up. Recovery has been incredibly slow and painful with all of my muscles atrophied - even my feet hurt from not walking on them for over 3 months. Every day is a little bit better though and I'm so out of patience with taking it easy. I guess I have about 6 weeks to get strong again before the twins come home and the real craziness begins.