Two weeks

The girls are two weeks old now. At their check up on Friday we learned that Piper had gained 2oz above birth weight and grown 1.25". Rowann has gained 5oz and grown 1".

Both girls' measurements all fall within the 10th-25th percentile. They are small, but that is expected of twins.

Dad is trying to take care of the house and meals, mom is trying to handle at least two kids at once, and grandma Lisa is on backup with the third kid for now and helping us get organized to manage on our own.

Rowann spent a good hour or more this morning watching her brother and studying this crazy world. Piper has settled down a lot and has been doing a lot of solid sleeping. Both girls and Turi have a cold. :(

All in all we are progressing well and are excited (rather than overwhelmed) for the days to come.

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All is quiet

Grandma is sneaking a chance to write a note. Jess is sleeping with the girls. They have been lasting longer times between feedings so they seem to be getting lots of milk and are very happy. This will give Jessica a much needed break for fun things like naps and showers. Thom and Turi are out shopping. They are looking for a good walkie talkie system that will help with the communication between the three floors of our townhouse. Each day the girls and Jessica get stronger so maybe soon they will be able to spend more time out of the bedroom. But for now, the walkie talkies will really help.

Piper helped Grandma do some chores while Rowann had some lunch. After that Grandma had both girls in the wrap while Thom napped with Turi and Jessica got a shower. She taught them how to play bridge on the computer :-)

Stopping to smell the roses

Things are pretty much the same day by day here. Grandma and Mom get to stop to smell the roses at least 20 times a day...and often more. Every now and then Dad gets a smell too. Piper has been learning to manage her hands and can grab two fingers at once and direct them to her mouth. Rowan has preferred less playing time and more time for eating.

Both girls got to go out with big brother and Mom to the park yesterday. Sorry we don'y have more exciting pics of the girls today...more soon.

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Self reliant?

Hardly. But we were left on our own for a couple of hours today and I managed a tandem diaper change/EC, a double latch on, free hands and a little R&R! Plus a self portrait and blog post via BB!

I wouldn't want to be on my own for too long at this stage. We did start to fall apart after 3 hours.

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Home with NAMES and little personalities!

Meet Piper Lorraine (previously known as baby A or Apple) and Rowann Gale (previously known as baby B or Berry).

They were welcomed home by Turi on Monday and everyone has been settling into the new routines. The girls lost some weight at first, but they have turned the corner and started gaining. They visited the doctor today and have passed all their tests and everyone seems to be healthy. The learning curve on nursing is going well and we are learning the art of tandem diaper changing, nursing, and napping. Both girls seem to smile in their sleep a lot. Piper likes to be a little more awake than Rowann to smile, stare and chat. It is probably because she is the older sister.

Piper is the one on the left by the green bear and Rowann is on the right with her pink bear.

New arrivals

Apple was born at 1013am at 5.25#s
Berry was born at 1014am at 6.00#s

Please hold all calls and picture requests for a few days. We have a lot of things to adjust to and even grandma Lisa has enough going on that she can't be on the phone all the time.

Thank you all for your well wishes and your understanding!

The Coburns
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37 weeks and 3 days!

Just a few more short days until our scheduled d-day!

We had a doctor visit today, and though I have been doing everything in my power to encourage movement (sifting, yoga, massage, baths... laying upside down!) miss Apple is still breech.  So the current plan is to head to the cutting table on Friday morning, but they will do one last scan at that time and if the girls have turned into position, we won't need to cut.  Everything else is going well with the pregnancy, and through more rigorous work to get apple to move, I have discovered that I can relieve a lot of the pressure and gain mobility by doing some of the yoga and other things to encourage the girls to move around a little.

We will be posting their beautiful pictures soon and welcoming them into this world one way or another! We are pretty excited over here!