Double Bath

The twins had their first bath on Monday, which was their last full day in the hospital. They will come home today, Tuesday, in the afternoon.

Their bath experience was unique. Here they are in the tub. They are wrapped in blankets and placed in the tub of water. The blankets not only keep them warm, but they help with the shock of being placed in water for the first time. Their bath was a very pleasant experience for them and they never cried. Pam would just pull back the blanket off the area she needed to wash and then lay it back over each one. There was also a heat lamp overhead, which was fairly warm for Pam, but comfortable for the babies.

Now their bath is complete. You can see that the blankets are soaked, but they are comfy and warm--and clean.

Phoebe is on the left and Pfischer is on the right trying to get his thumb in his mouth.

Sound asleep on the boppy, with their bellies full.

The boppy was specially designed for ease in nursing.

This is a double boppy, for nursing twins.

One baby can lay there asleep while mommy burps the other.

These precious gifts get to come home this afternoon and meet their siblings: Lily, Abby, and Ricky.

We are so thankful to Heavenly Father for the blessing of their healthy bodies and the progression and development that they have achieved and pray for His continued blessings as they go home.

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We are the Grandparents of TWINS

Pheobe Jade and Pfischer Lee Outler

to Mitch and Pam Carnline
Born October 26, 2011

Pheobe was born at 2:02am, weighing in at 4.9 and 18 inches long

Pfischer was born at 2:03am, weighing in at 4.9 and 18 inches long

They are 7 weeks early, but doing great.

Here is Pfischer with daddy's hand to show how small he is.

Mitch got to change his diaper on this first day.

Phoebe holding daddy's hand. Day One.

Grandma gets to hold little Pfischer. He loved being held.

The CPAP (hose on the nose)(pronounced see-pap) has been removed.

Then Grandma switched over to hold little Phoebe. She took a minute to calm down because we took her from mommy.

The following are just some random pictures that I really liked

There are many many more pictures on FaceBook!

Mitch with Phoebe (first few hours)

Phoebe with her eyes open (first few hours)

Lily seeing Pfischer for the first time.

Lily was the only child allowed to go in to see the babies.

Phoebe in Grandma's arms.

Pfischer under the bili lite.

That was hard to watch because they didn't like being uncovered on their backs.

Phoebe

Pfischer

Lily, Abby, and Ricky walking through the hospital. They had to stop and see the bear.

Pfischer, so peaceful as mommy holds him.

So tiny.

NICU pronounced nick-you

Pfischer's bed is to the left and Phoebe sleeps in a bed on the other side of the nurse.

Uncle Chris was visiting for the first time.

When they are competely off all the tubes they can be put together in a larger bed.

Pam cannot wait until they are able to hold them both at the same time, and put them side by side.

Big brother, Ricky, waiting on the other side of the NICU door. Waiting, like the rest of us, for those babies to come home.

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