WOW -- big event today! Gabriel (our little guy) started gaining weight after his post-birth slim-down. :-) The boys have to be over 4 lbs to come home, so this really means we are one step closer to coming home as a family.

Last night, we went to a parent social for the special care nursery. We met parents of babies who are in the NICU for a diverse range of reasons. Some babies had minor respiratory events at birth and are just checked in for observation. Others are there because they delivered at 25 weeks after having water ruptured at 17 weeks , weighed 1 lb at birth, had life-threatening illnesses, under-went extensive surgeries, etc. This was a difficult meeting to attend, but well worth it! The last week has been such an emotional/hormonal roller coaster; it was good to meet people going through something similar and realize we are not alone in our experience. We met a lot of very kind people and heard some really heart-wrenching stories. Most of all, we felt truely lucky that are boys are doing so well -- after all, Eli & Gabe are just small. Other than that, they are normal, happy, healthy babies.

Thanks again for all your help and support! We love hearing from you each day -- even when we don't have much time to respond. We are working on it though!