Welcome Magnolia and Sylvia!

On January 26th, we welcomed our two new little tiny girls into the world. Sylvia -- formerly known as twin A -- arrived first at 4:14 a.m. in the morning. Magnolia -- twin B -- came immediately afterward at 4:16 a.m., both with great cries and breathing on their own. They were born at 34 weeks and 5 days, which is early but not so super early when it comes to preemies, and especially twins. Sylvia was 3 lbs 7 oz (or possibly 3 lbs 12 oz? We have differing info in two places) and Magnolia was 4 lbs even. Both girls have lots of dark hair and dark blue eyes, but otherwise look completely different. Sylvia's hair is dark, dark brown and sticks straight up (like her big sister's did at birth), while Magnolia's is maybe a little more fair.

Hoorah! We will soon be changing the name of this blog to plural.

The past week since they arrived they've done well, ramping up their every-3-hour feeds bit by miniscule 2cc bit. Sylvia is going gangbusters, Magnolia is taking a bit more slowly due to some digestive trouble but now she's getting more milk every day too. (Never as much as she'd like though. I think she'll be voracious once she's given the chance.) Both girls are masters of wriggling out of their diapers and IVs. Two days ago Sylvia wriggled out of her IV, and they decided not to put it back in because she's getting a good amount of milk. Magnolia still has her IV, but we're optimistic she'll be off it in the next few days!