<strong>December 28, 2009</strong>

One good thing about writing every day I always know what the date is.  Since I haven’t looked at a calander in over three weeks.

The babies had a good day today.  Tayla took about five complete feedings by mouth and the rest she took at least part of by mouth.  Mostly through using the bottle but she did have one time today that she nursed and took 20cc her feeding right now is 50cc.  Ruben took a bottle for the first time today.  Today was the first time that he had enough energy to try something else after he nursed.  The last several days if he is awake he will take about 20cc nursing before being tube fed.  His biggest number so far for nursing is 26cc and his feeding right now is 46cc.  They both seem to be beginning to get it!

They continue to gain Ruben is 4lbs 13oz and Tayla is 5lbs 7oz.

If we continue on the path with continuing to feed so well I dare hope that we will be coming home this weekend.

Shelby and Cade are leaving for home I guess today as it is after midnight.  For those of you who are going to yell at me for not being in bed I just got done feeding babies and I still have to pump.  Shelby had planned on leaving on Christmas so that Clint, Cade, and herself could spend Christmas together unfortunately that huge snow storm kept her from being with her husband. Not to mention that the snowstorm knocked out the power at their house so they had no powder, no heat, and a water pipe broke so they didn’t have any water either.  They have everything back now. Shelby does have to go home as she is going back to work on the 4th of Jan.  I hope that she will have enough time for the three of them to settle back into life before she has to go to work.  Thank you Shelby for being with the kids that last two weeks!