Friday May 16, 2008

It was a gorgeous day to celebrate one’s 30th birthday. Not too much going on with the girls, just some minor adjustments. Maggie’s lung x-ray showed that one side was having a little issue, but it was due to positioning and the nurses just changed how she was sleeping during the day. Evie had puffy eyes, but that is par for the course for little ones. Dr. Hiller said as long as everything else is fine, she doesn’t get hung up on puffiness. So, the girls mostly slept. Maggie did digest all of her feedings and seems to be doing well with them. The girls did have visitors, Grandpa Paul and Grandma Diana came down for the afternoon, but the girls were too tired to show their eyes. Then John, Zena, Lynzee, and Chloe Hoegger drove into town from Duvall, Washington.

Thus, Mom and Dad had a great day. I started the morning by visiting my girls and then walking the 3 or so blocks to Starbucks for my first full leaded latte in numerous months. Then we had lunch with the Faulhaber grandparents, checked on the girls, and then Diana and I had our fingernails done. We finished the afternoon with Coca-Cola cake that Diana had made (Thank-you!). They headed home shortly before 5pm to go take care of the dogs – Bruce included. Then the Hoeggers showed up after a long drive from western Washington. We did a quick check on our girls. Unfortunately, the Hoegger girls couldn’t come into the NICU, but they could see through one of the windows, and the Nurses took Polaroid pictures for them and gave them little diapers. After expending a little energy outside in the sunshine, we headed to Mackenzie River Pizza for dinner. It took a little work to navigate through Missoula – it’s much more confusing than Bozeman. But it was so nice out we ate on the patio and the fathers “wet the babies’ heads”. So, this posting might be slightly more about the Mom, who thinks that it was a pretty fine way to spend her 30th Birthday. As long as the girls are doing good, Mom’s doing good too!