Addyson is wearing clothes!

Addyson is now wearing clothes! She is nowhere near the weight limit required to wear clothes. But since she is an IUGR baby (intra-uterine growth restriction - which means that she has been really small for her age since she was developing inside of me) she is just as developed as her brother even though she is much smaller than normal for her age. When she is all wrapped up in her burrito blanket she is much calmer and doesn't wiggle around flailing her arms and legs. They think this will help her grow even better if she can remain calm; she was able to keep her temperature well yesterday so she'll probably continue wearing clothes! We'll take her some of her own today!

Braden has officially passed the 4 pound mark! What a big boy! We continue to try daily to see if he can eat on his own instead of through the NG tube that he's been using. He knows what he's supposed to do - he just can't get it all figured out! But he's trying - he's still young so it's not a surprise that he's still learning how it's all supposed to work!

We were glad we got to spend a lot of time with the kids yesterday - but we are looking forward to the time when we can have the kids at home and not have to worry about following crazy rules in the NICU. We will probably be headed to special care in around a week if everything continues to go as they expect! Then we'll have a little more freedom with some of the rules too. We are just so thankful that the kids are doing so great!

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