Home!

This is rather old news, in blog terms at least, but both baby girls are now here at home. Yay! Sylvia came home Friday February 17, and picked out her room, favorite seat at the dinner table, and wardrobe choices from the communal baby dresser, acing out Magnolia, who came home 5 days later on Wednesday Feb 22. Good thing Magnolia is scrappy. I think she'll have no problems getting what she wants down the road. We'd been warned by the doctors and nurses at the NICU that one twin usually goes home before the other, but of course it was still hard leaving Magnolia at the NICU for the extra days - not to mention logistically challenging getting back to visit. Thank heavens for grandparents! However, the silver lining is that both girls got to wear the Sanders Family Going Home outfit -- hand knitted by Mimi and worn by Samantha, Jason, and Rosemary before them.

Here is Sylvia on her day of departure:

And a few days later, Magnolia:

And waiting for them at home, Rosemary and her stuffed milieu (including some new additions for the babies, for which R is self-appointed guardian until further notice):