Both babies are 2.5 pounds!

It's been a pretty good few days for the little guys, thank goodness! Both babies now weigh in at a whopping 2.5 pounds, with Connor at 2 pounds 9 ounces, and Mckenna at 2 pounds 7 ounces. The doctors are pleased that they've been gaining some weight over the last couple weeks, and expect it to continue-- Mckenna is feeling much better, recovering from her pneumonia and is completely off the antibiotics. She opens her eyes quite a bit more often now, and has big blue eyes. It's funny to see her with her eyes open, because premies don't control their eyes very well, and the eyeballs sort of roll around as she tries to focus on things. Connor is very similar, but prefers to keep his eyes closed more often and they aren't as big as hers are when they are open. Mckenna is still on the ventilator right now, and it's still at 50 on the 02 support (still pretty high), but the doctors expect that it will take some time for her lung disease to cure itself, and have warned us about not looking for a quick lung recovery for her. Her kidneys and other organs look good at this point, and she passed her last head ultrasound with flying colors, putting to rest the concern of her slight brain hemorrhage that she had at birth. Connor was a naughty boy a few nights ago and yanked his ventilator tube all the way out of his body!! The nurses frantically put it back in, and I guess it was a struggle to get it in (fortunately we weren't here to witness the trouble, since it was in the middle of the night), but they were successful eventually. He had the ventilator tube in for a few more days, but today the doctors thought they would try the Cpap machine another time to see if it's successful. It's been about 8 hours, and so far he's been pretty good. He's had a few "apnic spells", where he doesn't breathe very well, but he's still hanging with it for now. Last time he lasted one day and then had to go back to the ventilator tube. The reason the doctors want the kids on the Cpap as soon as possible (a helmet-like looking breathing apparatus that has a small plastic tube entering each nostril--there's a picture of the cpap that was posted about a week ago)is because the ventilator tube can cause scar tissue in the esophagus and is a possible breeding ground for infection. Hopefully Connor continues to do fine, and can keep the cpap machine on. It's tougher for a premie to use the cpap because a baby must breathe mostly on its own, with a little support in the nostrils, as opposed to the ventilator which blows air right into the baby's chest. Anyway, the Con-man has done pretty well so far. On Friday the kids will have their eye exams, so we have our fingers crossed for that. We are a bit anxious, because a lot of O2 is dangerous for a baby's sight, and both kids, especially Mckenna, has had a lot of oxygen. We're just putting it in the Lord's hands and praying that his will for the kids will be accomplished. We know that it's been a miracle so far that he's kept our little babies alive (especially our little miracle girl), and have no reason to doubt that our blessings will continue! Thanks for all your prayers and support!