Homeward Bound!

I am sooo proud of our little boys! We are going to be coming home this weekend!!!!  The boys just need to pass their carseat challenge.  They will get circumsized on Thursday morning which makes Daddy nervous :) They eye docotor looked at the boys and said everything looked great with their vision so that is a blessing, because preemies born around their gestation can have eye problems. The boys will also be getting their newborn hospital pictures done. Words can not express how excited, nervous, and ready we are for this. We have been waiting on this to happen for quite sometime now. I spent nine weeks in the hospital and they are six weeks as of today......so we have been at St. Mary's for a total of fifteen weeks. We are ready to get into a routine at home, but will miss the nurses and doctors. We were so blessed to have such wonderful care.......we couldn't have been at any better place. A huge thank you to everyone at St. Mary's that helped us out in any way and to anyone that was a party of the Diesel Twins journey.

I am sure there are many people that will want to come and see the boys. We ask that nobody comes over that is sick or even feels sick. Keaton and Kendall are preemie babies so they can get sick a little easier than a regular newborn baby. I have hand sanitizers and soaps for hands. Please don't have any smoke on your clothing because it isn't good for them to breathe in and RSV is another serious thing we don't want our boys to get. We apologize for our rules, but the last thing we want is to be right back in the hospital.......we have been there long enough :)

I will never be able to repay Holly and Ryan for letting me live with them for the past five weeks. I couldn't ask for any better friends. I am very blessed to have them. They have done so much just by letting me stay with them. Here is a recent picture of Holly, Payton, and I. It is amazing how life works, because we never dreamed we would basically be living together. Holly has been wonderful.....she has been there for me when a day has been stressful, given me a hug when needed, listened to me talk, visited me when I was in the hospital and has visited with the boys as well, and has provided me a place to stay. She is the true meaning of a friend. Holly, I love you and I am so thankful we have stayed friends since Pre- K.

Here are some pictures of the boys room all decorated. These pictures were taken before the boxes were moved out of the room and the beds cleared out. My aunt has the quilts she is bringing with her this weekend when she comes to visit and the curtains. Monty and Andrew are going to change the light fixture that is bought just still sitting in the box and we have some more blinds to hang. I don't have the changing pad done yet and the stuff on the dresser sat up because she won't be here until the weekend. The quilts are Eric Carle and the changing pad cover. She made red curtain toppers for the windows. It will all be complete asap. It is def. ready for the boys though. The crown molding is yet to be done, but I don't think the boys will mind that it isn't up just yet.

In Memory of Pappy.......we miss and love you so much!

So thankful he got to meet Keaton and Kenall.

Growing, Growing, and Growing

                                                               Keaton Allen Diesel

                                         
                                             Mommy and Keaton Allen

                                                Daddy and Keaton

                                                                         Keaton

                                                                        Kendall

                                                                  Family Picture

Daddy and Kendall's hand

                                             

                                                               Kendall's mohawk 

                                               Daddy, Mommy, and Kendall

                            Kendall Chayse Diesel.....so precious!

                                                                    Kendall Chayse

Well I have been very busy with the two cutest boys a mamma could ask for. It has been a while since I have made a post and the boys sure have changed since the last time. They are growing so fast and getting so big that it makes me want to cry just thinking about it. Keaton and Kendall will be six weeks told tomorrow.  I like it that they are getting big and stronger, but I know we will never get this time back. Keaton and Kendall will be six weeks old on Tuesday and has flown by.

The past couple of weeks have been an emotional rollar coaster for me. My Pappy (grandpa) on my dad's side past away, I had a kidney stone, the boys turned a month old on the 13th, and I am trying to finish up things at home to make it perfect for the boys. My Pappy will be greatly missed. He was an amazing man that could make anyone smile. We are so blessed that he was able to meet Keaton and Kendall. We have some pictures of him with them and I can't wait to tell them all about him and how wonderful he was. I know he will be looking over these boys. He was so excited about Keaton and Kendall.  So it has been very busy with lots of emotions. It seemed like everything was happening all at once, but I kept telling myself that God would only give me what I could handle.

Keaton is doing really well. He is now six pounds seven point two ounces and going strong. He is taking sixty ounces on his feedings now and has not feeding tube. Keaton and Kendall both have their stat moinitors off that keeps track of their oxygen levels. Keaton is so close to coming home. The only thing stopping him from coming home is having had a heart rate drop. He has to go forty eight hours without one. I know he can do it and will hopefully be home by the end of this weekend. We are so ready to be home with our precious baby boys.

Kendall is doing really well and not too far behind his brother. He is weighing six pounds one ounce and trying his best to catch his brother. He is taking sixty in his bottle as well and has no feeding tube. He has had a couple drops in his heart rate and that is putting a hold on him coming home, but hopefully he won't be too far behind Keaton. The drops that they have are just part of them being premature, but they are just about to outgrow having them.

The doctors and nurses have told us all along that they might not get to come home at the same time. Andrew and I are prepared for this, but we would really like it if they were able to come home at the same time. We are so very proud of our boys. They have grown so much and are doing really well. They have been strong little guys through it all.

The boys have really caught up with me on the milk supply. They are taking breast milk and they also get some formula every now and then. It makes me sad that I haven't been able to keep up, but atleast they are getting what they need out of it and can handle taking the formula as well. Before we know it they will be taking baby food and crawling......I feel that in a blink of an eye they are going to be all grown up into handsome little boys. I just can't believe how fast they are growing.

It is kinda sad to think that our journey at St. Mary's is almost over with. Looking back it doesn't seem that we have been over here for fifteen weeks. I am sure it does to Andrew though. He has been driving back and forth this whole time and has been such a wonderful and supportive husband. I don't even think about the time that I was on bed rest with the boys. Andrew and I have got to know so many people since we have been at St. Mary's. They staff of nurses and doctors have been nothing but wonderful to us. We have had the most amazing care that anyone could ask for.

Andrew and I are looking forward to hopefully being home by the end of this week with our two precious baby boys and not leaving the house for a long time. We are so ready to relax at home and spoil our little boys rotten. We can't wait for everyone to meet our little miracles. I hope to keep the blog updated with new pictures and just updates on how they are doing. I will try my best, but I am not going to promise anything......hope you enjoy the new pictures of the boys!

Precious Boys

                          Keaton taking a bottle for the first time!

                           
                                                        Kendall Chayse Diesel

                                                              Family Picture

                                           Kendall taking his bottle!

Keaton Allen Diesel

       
 Hungry and ready for pictures to be over with......Kendall

                                          Bonding time.....Daddy and Kendall!

                            Kendall sleeping in Daddy's arms!

              Mommy and Keaton bonding time......love this time!

Our little guys are growing up so fast. Mommy and Daddy want them to slow down.......we can't believe they will be one month old on Thursday, October 13th. Time is already flying by way to quickly. Mamma's boys will be all grown in the blink of an eye. Daddy and I are so very proud of our boys. They have done an amazing job. They are both taking bottles, both are in open cribs in the front of the NICU, gaining weight, keeping up body temps, and having very few to no drops in their heart rates. Once the boys are taking the bottles really well, they will get their feeding tubes out and we will start breast feeding as well. These are all things we need to keep doing to get to come home. They are both taking 45ml plus on their feedings. Keaton as of tonight is 5 lbs 0.6 oz and Kendall is 4lbs 13.7 oz and continuing to gain every single day. They are putting on about two ounces a day. They have def. caught up with me on milk. They are having to take some formula some throughout the day. My milk is in high demand and I am just not keeping up. It has been a little upsetting for me. I can't stress though or they will get nothing from me. I am trying my best to get some rest, not stress, eat, and take care of them to get them all they need. I just have to keep telling myself that I have twins and if I would have had a singleton pregnancy I would be like a dairy cow....lol!

Andrew is still driving over every night to spend time with the boys and I am still staying with Holly, Ryan, and Payton Legg. Andrew is giving the boys baths, feeding them bottles, changing diapers, and spoiling them rotten. It is the most precious thing to see him with the boys. He gave Kendall a mohawk after his bath last night. We spend as much time as possible with our precious boys. I go to the NICU in the mornings and don't leave until around ten o'clock each night. I am getting tired but trying to be the best mom that I can possibly be. We can't wait to all be home.....the nurses said it would be much easier once home. We are hoping to only have a couple more weeks as long as everything is going so well.

Andrew and I would like to thank you for all your love and support. Without all the prayers and love from everyone.......this would be a more difficult time for us. We can't wait to get home and show our little bundles of joy off. They are awfully precious if we say so ourselves :)