Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Now, The Taylors 5

Today we welcomed 2 more nieces to our family. Grace Isabelle was born at 8:53 am this morning and weighed 5 lbs 12 oz. She was soon followed a few minutes later by her sister Madeline Olivia who weighed 5 lbs 4 oz. It is amazing to see the difference 8 oz makes when someone is so small.

Grace is currently in the neonatal unit because she hasn't quite learned how to breathe outside of the womb yet, so they are forcing natural air through her nose. Hopefully over the next day she will learn how to breathe from her lungs and not her tummy. The neonatal nurses say that it is really rare that they see the larger twin in their unit, it is usually the small twin. Aside from the tubes and wires connected to her, she looks great.

Madeline (Ma-de-line, not Madelyn) aka Maddy(ie?) is doing well, but she also needed to add some excitement to the delivery. She was tucked nicely under Michele's hip bone & wasn't too interested in making it too easy for anyone. Michele was quite ready for these girls to come out and join the world, but it seems both of them were quite snug in their little home.

Mommy Michele is doing well and Daddy Robb is definitely the proud Daddy. He was busy carting everyone (2 sets of grandparents, 1 son, 1 aunt & 1 uncle) over to see Gracie. Mr. Max still seems overwhelmed by the whole experience & really who could blame the poor little guy. His world has changed drastically & although I am sure he will love his sisters dearly- I believe he is going to have a tough time adjusting to how busy Daddy & especially his Mommy are now going to be. I think Max will need to have a few sleepovers at our house when we get it back in order. Give him some time on his own.

Here are the pictures that I am sure you want to see.

Grace Isabelle Taylor
"Gracie"

Madeline Olivia Taylor
"Maddy"

Big Brother Max & Maddy

Proud family with Maddy


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very sweet pics. I love the names too. Although this may be tough for Max he does look like a proud big brother. Please send our congratulations to Michele and Robb.