The Twins are here!

The babies are here! Vicente and I never realized how much you could instantly love. We have the most adorable children and we are so grateful for these two amazing spirits.
Bryce is a fighter and he is working so hard to progress and he surprises all the doctors with his ability to do things for his age. He is silly and does little things that make us laugh all the time. He is in love with his sister and often just sits and stares at her and he cuddles with her as much as possible and it doesn’t bother him when she lays her arms across his face. He loves to kick and when he roots for food he shakes his head back and forth almost as if he is saying no.

Kathryn is a very independent person that is very content with her way of doing things. She is very sweet and easy going. I haven’t noticed her notice Bryce too much, but she definitely is willing to wait her turn when Bryce needs a little extra attention. She also surprises the doctors with her progress. She loves to stretch out and take as much space as possible, she also loves to rest her hands on her face. They are amazing!

Kathryn and Bryce arrived on March 29th at 11:08 am and 11:16 am. Kathryn weighed 5 lbs. 4 oz and Bryce weighed 4 lbs. 11 oz. They are both very small, but they are both very healthy. I went into labor when I was 35 weeks and 3 days, which makes them preemies (obviously), so they still are at the hospital learning how to be strong enough to eat on their own. Their cords are their feeding tubes, but, other than that, they don’t need any oxygen support or help maintaining their own heat. They actually didn’t even get jaundice.
Right now they are above their birth weights and gaining weight. Bryce hit a growth spurt and caught up to Kathryn fairly quickly, but now it looks like she is hitting hers as well. They are eating 4 times a day on their own (orally). So we eventually need to get them to the point that they can breast feed or bottle feed on demand for 8 times a day. Right now I go down to the hospital to feed them, but when they get to the eating on demand I will board in the hospital and go down to the nursery every time they are hungry.
The labor went well, I actually only pushed for like 20 minutes, and I was grateful to not have to have a c-section. I was also really lucky because my doctor wasn’t on call, but he still showed up to the birth. He told me that he would do what he could to make it, and it was so nice of him to spend Saturday and Friday with us when he didn’t have too.
Here are some pictures. They are cute. Also, you can go to http://www.hospitalportaits.com/ and type in either March 29th or Kathryn and Bryce and their professional photos will pop up.

Here is Kathryn with her arm on Bryce's face!
Here is Bryce cuddling with Kathryn. Bryce (left) Kathryn (right)

Close up of Kathryn, sorry it is sideways.

Close up of Bryce, sorry it is sideways.

The tiwns with their pasifiers.

Bryce having a rough moment!