14 weeks

Kaden and Kaleiah are 14 weeks old this week! I can't believe they will soon be 4 months old!!!!! Because they are preemies they are still very much like new borns so I get to keep them as babies longer than most mommies do with theirs :) Developmentally they are about 9 weeks old.
New years eve they dropped a feeding all by themselves. Normally they would eat for example, at 3,6,9,12 etc and that night after their last night time feed we put them to bed and as usual settled in for our 2 hour "nap!" To our surprise we both woke up 4 hours later! We immediately went and checked on them and they were sleeping peacefully. Every night since then they have slept 4-7 hours in the middle of the night! Last night they were in bed by 10:30 and did not wake us up until 5:45! Randy and I both got a solid 5 hours! And the good news is it's only going to get better!

Also, they have both started to hold their heads up and it's so cute. We practice strengthening their necks with "tummy time." As you know, Kaleiah smiles all the time for us!! She recently starting cooing and it's soooooooo adorable!!!! She tries to imitate what I say like a little baby talk like "a goo!" Kaden is starting to do it as well! He is not as easy to get smiles out of yet though but when he does it's heart warming! They are getting so fun! But it also reminds me how fast they are changing which means they are already growing up! :(

Today was their second round of RSV shots to protect them from the nasty and potentially deadly respiratory virus that preemies are very susceptible to. I HATE when they have to get shots. There they are sleeping and warm and I have to undress them to get weight, temp taken and heart and lungs listened to. Then as they are laying on the table, content and just looking around, they get stabbed in their leg and totally caught off guard! Their faces turn purple and their cry is heart breaking :( Luckily it's only a moment or two and at least it's to protect them. Today we found out that Kaden weighs a hefty 10.07 lbs and Kaleiah 9.08! Here are some recent pix of our little blessings:
Oh and last week Randy and I went on a fabulous date while my mom and
grandma watched the babies: