Quads meet their Nana - Matthew off assisted breathing! - And a Competition!

Hi everyone, a couple of really cool things today! Melissa's grandmother, Olga Nina Martin (aka Nancy) arrived today to help out. She was so cute with her Great Grandbabies!! She was an instant hit and an incredible help. Now we have her, my Mom, Melissa and I. The extra persons help with the feedings, cleaning, etc is a real welcome break.

Melissa and I went over to see Matthew again today. He is doing very well. He is completely off assisted oxygen and is out in a open air bassinet (without any heat support). They are waiting for him to be able to take a complete feeding in 30 minutes consistently for a couple of days without fatiguing. Currently he needs 46 mL of formula every 3 hours. He is able to take about half of that in the 30 minutes and he gets tired..But, that is up from only 10mLs. He is making progress. Still no definite ETA on his discharge. We are hoping very soon. We took a couple of pictures at the NICU (posted!)

And finally, the 3 that are home are doing great. Feeding really well and generally heathly. Posted on the right is the 3 together in one bassinet. We thought that was so cute..

We'll give a special reward, a night with the quads :), to who can first post the correct order of the 3 in the picture! Matthew will be included later..

One more thing, Melissa and I went out to dinner for the first time since May! We went to a nice Sushi restaurant within walking distance of our apartment..That was fun, thanks Nana and Abue for babysitting!!