Another Rolly Polly!

Hope everyone had a great week, I sure did! I got a much needed break every evening this past week to go to church and help with Vacation Bible School, one of my favorite things. Can't beat loud music, crazy dance moves, lots of sugar, and seeing God work in the hearts of those around you! On Wednesday the babies got to spend time with Robin, one of their nurses from the NICU, while Bret and I went out for our anniversary. It was great we got to see a movie (first since the babies have been here) and I got to CHOW DOWN as planned at On The Border! Thanks Robin :]

Update on cranial helmets. UGH. The first place we had gone to that was denied by insurance agreed to lower their price to $2000 per helmet. Yeah, still not happening. We took the babies to another place on Monday and we are still waiting on insurance to give us a yes or no. Meanwhile Kylee's head shape has improved slightly! Thanks to all of the therapy and torturous stretching, she is now looking to her left while she sleeps therefore "reshaping" her head! Hopefully we will hear something soon as far as insurance, time is a BIG factor at this point as their heads are less and less moldable as they grow. We will keep you updated.

Speaking of Kylee, the girl rolled over yesterday (7.31.09) from her stomach to back for the first time! I (for some reason?) flipped her over right after to snap a congratulatory pic! YAY Kylee!

"What. The Heck. Did I just do?!"

"I am big Mommy!"

"Excuse me Korb.. Baxlyn... did you see me? I can roll too!"

We ventured out to target today to grab a few things, but mainly for sanity reasons. Getting out of the house is a must for us and the babies need to see something other than our four walls and/or people in scrubs. I'm still not used to going into public with the babies. The only other place we have taken them is Babies R' Us. When pulling into the parking space today I asked Bret if he was scared to death, which he wasn't, but I was for some reason. My heart literally pounds at the thought of walking into a store with all of them. I can't describe how strange it is to have so many people "Oooing" and "Awwing" and "Holy... 'ing" when seeing us. Our situation seems normal to me when were at home of course, but every time we venture out I am quickly reminded we are anything but "normal". One statement I have heard A LOT is "Oh you poor thing!" "Oh I feel so sorry for you...". These people are dead serious too. If I could only take a few hours or days of their time to explain to them the feelings of not knowing if you will ever have a baby and tell them about our journey through the NICU and about how my babies literally fought for their lives, and won. I can't help but feel unbelievably blessed to have all four with us today. Unfortunately I can't explain that to everyone, so I simply reply "We wouldn't change it for the world!". It just amazes me how some people see it as a burden, that's all.

L-R Kylee, Korbin, Baxlyn, BrodyI'm thinkin' we might need to invest in a few more mirrors!

Hats! Hats! Hats!

One of the NICU nurses knitted little hats and matching blankets for the babies right before they were discharged (Thanks Mary!). I had to get a picture before they outgrow them. Obviously they were not so thrilled at the idea to begin with.
Brody & Baxlyn

These are a few given to us by the Gerwer Quads.

L-R Brody, Baxlyn (she's under there!), Korbin, & Kylee

I love this pic of Baxlyn! No clue what was so amusing to her at the moment!

Brody and his oh so serious look!

Last but not least, an update on Korbin and his GI appointment. We did see another doctor for another opinion on his choking/turning blue/scaring mommy and daddy half to death episodes. Basically he has "bad" reflux is what we were told, that doesn't come all the way up. He was given another prescription to help. So far so good. We also got these Angel Care monitors that I TOTALLY RECOMMEND. I wish we had heard of them sooner, we would have been getting really good sleep when they first came home. Our developmental pedi called and told me about them and we ordered them that day. Basically they're these monitors that have a pad that go under the babies' mattress that alarms if there is no movement for more than 20 seconds (they stopped breathing, are taken out of their/have climbed out of their crib). Talk about peace of mind! I'm loving it! Like I said I totally recommend them to any parent, especially of preemies who don't come home on monitors or that have breathing/reflux issues.

Korbin at the doctor enjoying mommy all to himself!

Until next time!

-Heather