Booted?

Melissa and I voluntarily left the hospital tonight at 6:59 p.m. before our scheduled booting at 7:00 p.m. We are very appreciative of West Allis Memorial for allowing us to stay an extra two days for free. The staff was very kind to us over these last few days. We are now home, but the boys will remain for a while. We will head back tomorrow morning. Right now, we are trying to get settled back into our home.

Both boys no longer have IVs, but not by the boys through brute strength. The hospital staff removed them. Grandma Sue got to be the first person besides us and the hospital staff to hold them. The boys are still primarily eating from the feeding tubes, but they will start on bottle feeding tomorrow afternoon, with the assistance of the tubes of course. Donovan also had his glow lamp removed today. Hayden will probably give his up tomorrow afternoon. They may get them back since they were somewhat borderline.

Last night, Hayden beat out Donovan in the nightly weigh in by weighing 5 lbs 3 ozs to Donovan's 5 lbs 2 ozs. Bodog.com has the over/under tonight set at 5lbs 3 ozs for both of them. Betting ends at 10:30 p.m.

Both boys are exhibiting some very cute and funny traits. Hayden will inch-worm his way down to the base of his NICU crib and the completely unravel himself from the swaddling wrap without even making a sound. He is very quick at it too, and he does it while he is sleeping. We call him "Houdini" because it is like he breaks out of a straight jacket. Donovan gets the hiccups really badly and just sits there in his NICU crib hiccuping and staring at the nurses through the window. He has big handsome eyes. They will hopefully develop more redeeming traits as they grow. For now, we get great enjoyment out of these two boys.