Day Three

After much deliberation we have decided to name the girls. We took into consideration several suggestions. Morgan wanted to name them Ni hao and Kai-lan, my Dad wanted to name them Cheryl and Barrel. However, we decied to go with names that are a little more traditional. Baby A is named Abigail Nell Lighten and Baby B is named Clarie Eliza Lighten (hopefully I got those spellings correct!)

The girls are now three days old and doing very well. They have already surpassed their Dad in the thickness of their hair. They have had no trouble breathing on their own since a couple of hours after birth. Their next big task is learning how to eat. They started off with miniscul amounts of Mother's milk and have tolerated it just fine. The staff will slowly increase the amount of milk each day. They are being supplemented with an IV of nutriants. It really is amazing to see the medical practice at work. Kasey and I have commented several times on how grateful we are that we live in an age and country with such advancement in health care.



Kasey came home from the hospital today. She was a little emotional as we drove away from the hospital leaving the babies behind. She will probably go up twice a day to hold and eventually feed the babies.



I saw something that really touched me yesterday. Kasey and I went to the NICU to hold the babies. The nurse put baby Claire against Kasey's chest and wrapped them tightly together with a blanket. For the first couple of minutes Claire kept looking up at Kasey making sweet baby sounds. I could tell that the familiarity of Mom came back to her and that Claire loved it. She then nestled her head against Mom and fell asleep. Seeing Kasey with her baby together like that was quite tender.

Below are a couple of videos that give a good size perspective of the girls. Thanks for all of your support and prayers.