Thursday June 26, 2008

I might be spoiled and crazy because I started the day with a round of water-skiing and wakeboarding at 9am and 50 degrees. This was necessary because Joe needed to get to work back in Missoula and I’m not sure when I’ll have another chance. Back in Missoula, the girls were about the same, Maggie’s hanging out squirming and sleeping and close to room air on her oxygen mix. Evie is still having issues with de-saturating often and having oxygen needs between 40%-60%. They’re both still growing though! I got to hold both of the girls this afternoon since Dad was working. I could really tell how much bigger Evie is, and also realized what it would be like to hold a normal sized baby (~7.5 lbs). Evie wasn’t being very good at sharing and expressed it by not being very efficient in her breathing. She wouldn’t necessarily stop breathing, but would breathe so shallowly that she wasn’t getting enough oxygen in her blood. Maggie was being funny because at first she just held her sister’s wrist and then tried to see if Evie wanted to suck on her fingers. Then Maggie decided that Evie didn’t smell very good (which she didn’t) and Maggie flipped her head back so she was looking at the ceiling instead of her sister. I eventually moved Maggie back up; however, she didn’t like being on her tummy upright, and wanted to lie on her back. Thus, Maggie wiggled down to the crook of my arm and on her back; then she was fine. The girls only snuggled for an hour and then just weren’t being good enough to stay out. I told them they are going to have to learn to share and be good girls or they wouldn’t get to play together.