one week old

We're adjusting to life at home with Adi and Mae and they're being pretty patient with our lack of skills. Dave does pretty much everything while I simply sit and feed them. We are very lucky to have lots and lots of help; my parents have spent every day with us and now Dave's parents are here to do the same, my sister has come over several times and friends have brought us meals and even fixed the car. When feedings can take up to 1.5 hours, and they eat every 3 hours, there isn't much time for anything! I don't know how anyone does this without so much support.

Yesterday we had our first outing, to the pediatrician, and we were only 20 minutes late! Both girls weighed in at exactly 6 pounds which is amazing because they had lost 8-10% of their birth weight at the hospital, then gained over 2 oz a day since we got them home. The doctor kept saying she couldn't believe the numbers.

Thanks for all the emails and comments, I obviously haven't had a chance to respond but it is great to hear from everyone. In fact, Mae is stirring now, just in time for her feeding.

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On the way home from the hospital

Grandpa Bundy does a 'syringe feed' of pumped milk with Adeline
Grandma Coleman holding Adeline
Dave 'preps' Meredith for lunch while I try to figure out if Adeline really needs more food (she never stops rooting)
Dave and the girls get a little sleepBurping Meredith