Tummy time all around

When we went to visit the girls yesterday, both were lounging on their tummies. It's so cute to see them in this position! And they seem to love it. This is the calmest Alaina's been -- she's usually flailing her legs all over the place -- but tummy time agrees with her.

Gabrielle got to spend her second day on her tummy and did her best Maggie Simpson impression by sucking on her little pacifier:

Gaby's nurse shut her phototherapy lights off for a bit so we could peek at her with her eye coverings off. Her little face is so sweet!

We got great updates on both girls yesterday. They're both being fed milk through the tubes they have in their mouths. If they were still in the womb, they would be swallowing amniotic fluid which would kick start their digestive systems so the goal is to do the same with the milk now. They started out getting 1 cc of milk at each feeding and each time they keep it down, their feeding amount gets increased. Last night, Gabrielle was getting 3 cc's and Alaina was getting 2. Once they can tolerate enough milk at each feeding, the lines the have in their arms, which give them supplemental feedings, can come out. When those lines are removed, we'll be able to hold the girls outside of their Isolettes. Since they were taken straight to the NICU after they were delivered, we haven't been able to do more than touch them in the Isolettes yet. So keep up the eating, little ones. We can't wait for the day we'll be able to hold you in our arms!