The girls were born on November 16th, 2007, 16 weeks early. Mallory Kate – 1 lb 8 oz, Evan Reese – 1 lb 1 oz, and Kelby Grace – 1 lb 5 oz. Upon their delivery, Mallory and Kelby were transferred to St. David’s South and were doing fairly well considering the circumstances. Our little Evan Reese was a fighter, but she had a lot of problems and she was with us for about 5 hours. We love you Evan and we miss you everyday, but we know we’ll see you again one day. Mallory and Kelby both went through a lot in their 105 day stay in the hospital, from heart surgeries, to brain bleeds, to infections. Many prayers were answered and we thank God everyday for everything He has done for them. Today they are perfectly healthy and growing bigger and stronger everyday. We started this blog to keep everybody updated on their progress. You can scroll down to the bottom of the page for a slideshow from the NICU days.

Monday, June 7, 2010

"Biggirlbed!"



We conquerd the task of big girl bed transition in a weekend. After taking down the cribs we taped off the walls, painted and the set their beds up the following day. A simple painting task took longer than expected. You may remember that we had diamonds painted around the girls room. Well we foolishly assumed they would easily be covered with two coats of paint. Unfortunately, it took two coats of primer and two coats of paint. Not exactly in the plan or budget for that matter- but it finally got done! We have a few more things we want to add to the room, but for the most part it is complete!

The big reveal! They were SOOOO excited!!!

Mallory's bed

Hanging out on Kelby's bed.

Baths before our first night in the big girl beds.


The first night and really pretty much every night so far has gone well. There is the occasional giggle fest or late night gab fest, but for the most part they lay down and go to sleep easily.

Kelby's first night in her bed.

Mallory's first night in her big girl bed. (she refuses to wear pants to bed!)

1 comments:

Leigh Ann said...

Girl, you are ambitious! The beds and bedding look great! We started painting Z's room Memorial Day weekend and still haven't finished. Where do you find the time???