The small but mighty Grace Elise! 13 lb 14.5 oz, well above her birth weight of 1 lb 12 oz.
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| Seth and Will at Cranial Technologies yesterday - they get out of their helmets next week! It's remarkable how much their little flat heads (on one side only, in the back) have filled out! Will LOVES this car and loves to have me drive him back and forth. Seth loves to watch. I could never get them both to smile at the same time, hence the two pictures. |
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| Gracie showing off her new little summer outfit from Donna and Florida! At least the quints got something from Aunt Samantha being gone for two weeks. We're SO glad to have Sam back! |
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| Seth is SO funny, looking pleased as punch to have his pretty sister beside him! |
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| Dog-pile! The reality of multiple birth photo sessions. Seth, Gracie, David, Marcie, and Will. The boys' outfits have sharks and the girls' have little crabs. |
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| Five little munchkins in a row. Will, Marcie, Seth, Gracie, David. The boys are learning to sit well, so before too long we'll have some good sitting-up photos! |
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| David exploring the picnic table with Will in the far background exploring the pepper grinder. We spend a LOT of time on the back porch and in the back yard now that the days are so much warmer! |
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| David, Gracie, Will, Marcie, Seth |
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| Big Brother Isaac gets in on the action - as does David! Grace finds David's antics very funny. |
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| Several of the nurses got teary over Seth. This is Sue, one of the ladies who tenderly and protectively cared for him. I remember crying in front of her and her tearing-up as well in sympathy, offering some words of godly wisdom. |
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| Gavin presenting the plaque of appreciation |
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| On the left is the NICU manager Aziza, who planned like crazy for our babies' births and even had a huge whiteboard calendar to mark off each extra day I managed to stay pregnant - 28 weeks had exclamation marks on it! Then one of our NICU nurses, my labor coaching nurse (LOVE Stephanie!!!), Jill the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, and Celeste another sweet nurse who had our kiddos. |
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| Aziza (NICU Manager), Dr. Warner, the UT Southwestern Hospitals CEO, and Dr. Burgess, our beloved neonatologist, the "Chief" of the whole operation of keeping our 1 lb 12 oz to 2 lb 10 oz babies alive - serving under the Ultimate Chief, of course. ;) |
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| Happy family - well, all but Gracie are happy David, Grace, Seth, Marcie, and Will |
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| Love this close-up of Grace's amazing eyes! |
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| Dr. Santiago holding Baby A (Will) and visiting with Baby D (Seth). She delivered all five babies in about 3.5 minutes! It seemed really amazingly fast to me, too. Will's arms and legs were waving from the get-go, but Seth came out grey. Both look pretty great now, praise God! |
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| With Dr. Burgess |
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| With Gavin's parents. Again, David (being held by Isaac), Gracie and Seth, Marcie and Will. My parents couldn't make this reunion, although they would have loved to! We ALL appreciate St. Paul/UT Southwestern beyond words! |
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| I put shoes on David for the first time today. He was obsessed! |
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| Gracie-kins loves being outside |
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| Beautiful blue eyes on Seth in the bath |
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| Seth falls asleep more easily in the Johnny-Jump-Up than any other place! The hilarious thing is he keeps bouncing a couple of times a minute in his sleep. :) |
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| Silly Daddy contorting Gracie's face |
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| That's better! |
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| David |
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| Gracie loves this seat |
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| Papa and Seth |
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| Sandra, Marcie and Gracie |
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| These babies were bonding with Jen's mom! |
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| Marcie-kins |
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| Seth seems shocked at his toy |
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| Handsome Will in Ian's toy bouncer - thanks, Ian! :) |
