Flashback Friday: Sharing, Sleeping, & Surgery

Brina and Karlie sharing a pacifier

Today our Flashback Friday hits when the girls were only between 1 – 2 months old after coming home from NICU.  They shared everything and could sleep peacefully in the most unusual positions.  It was much easier to get their pictures at this stage because they were not mobile yet.  Thankful for these little blessings.  It doesn’t seem like these days were that long ago.

They were preemies and came home on heart / apnea monitors for the first few months.  You can see the wires coming out of their clothes in many of the early pictures.  We never had to worry about them stopping breathing because the monitors would always alarm if they did.  It wasn’t long before we got used to it.

During this time Karlie also had to go back into the hospital to have surgery.  Her stomach wasn’t getting the milk she was drinking and she was throwing up after feeding.  It was pretty scary taking our little one back in for surgery.  Watching her being wheeled off to the operating room in the huge crib broke my heart.  Thankful for Doctors and their help during this time.

Baby sleeping pile

Somehow Karlie managed to scoop herself until her bottom was against the wall and had her feet resting up on the wall while snoozing away.

Karlie resting after surgery with her huge IV bandage

Brina hanging out in the pillow.  She thought it was pretty cool standing up at first, but decided after a few minutes she would rather be free.