April 8th - Goodnight Moon

Hays was, hands down, the cutest thing on God's green earth tonight. He didn't get off to such a cute start- he peed on himself three times while he was getting ready for his bath. And the second one got him right in the face!! But he was adorable while he was getting his bath. He was hungry so he grabbed his blanket, put it in his mouth and started sucking on it. Then after I got him all snuggly in his cute little dinosaur sleeper, he sucked down his entire bottle in less than ten minutes. Then I read him "Goodnight Moon." It was the first time I'd ever read a book to him, and you should have seen his face. Every time he looked at the pictures, his eyes would get all big and he just looked awed. It was the most heart-achingly precious thing I have ever seen. I would have given a million dollars to have had our video camera at that moment!! That boy is something else. As is his twin brother! Will was doing pretty well today. He was kind of squirmy and didn't look quite as comfortable as he did yesterday. He's not weaning on the vetilator as fast as they expected him to. They tried putting his tube down a little bit lower to see if it would help him, but it really didn't. That's actually a good thing, because it means that his airways aren't giving him a problem. And him not weaning much isn't a huge problem or anything, we just want him to get down to the point that they can extubate him soon because we want him to come back! His lung that had partially collapsed looked much better today, so that's a good thing. All in all, he's coming along fine.