Almost Home

Brooks, Mason and Ike wrapped up their last day at the hospital today. We can't wait until Thursday morning when we have the chance to bring them home and REALLY begin the parenting stage. I know it will be stressful at times - we can't push a button and send them to the nursery when we want to grab a moment of peace - but it will be real. We're ready (I think).

Brooks is healing nicely from the C-section and she is up-and-about quite a bit now. The twins look different every time we see them. They are really sucking down the formula between the colostrum feedings and putting on weight by the hour. Now that they're opening their eyes more frequently it's so special to try to project what we think their personalities are going to be like. Ike is definitely the "whiner" of the two, while Mason is a lot more relaxed and just does her own thing between feedings. Brooks had a special "mommy" moment today when she was changing Ike's diaper and got sprayed in the forehead with a strong stream of urine.

Brooks and I were talking today about how special it will be for Mason and Ike to grow up together as twins, much like Corinna and I did, and develop that bond that only twins can have. Then we realized that after spending eight months in the womb together, literally wrapped around each other, they have spent the first four days of their out-of-womb life apart, either being held by different relatives or confined to their different beds. So we made a conscious effort today to keep them together whenever we could. Every time we put them side by side it was funny to see Mason completely oblivious to her brother, while Ike stared at her and tried to wiggle his way closer to her. How ironic. My parents always talk about how when Corinna and I were infants it was me who had to be with her at all times. When we finally got put into different kindergarten classes, my teachers noted that I would sneak away to her classroom. When we finally got our separate rooms, it was me who would wake up in the middle of the night and slip into her room to sleep. It will be great to see if this becomes the case with Mason and Ike.

Mason and Ike

Worried Ike