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While giving the boys their first bath, Grandmother Karen found Benji's temperature tag, a sticker placed under an infant's underarm allowing hospital nursery personel to quicky check the baby temperature. Nine out of ten babies agree this beats the traditional temperature measurement method pants down.

Belly Boys Best Buds

Sandy's Aunt Roberta Hand sent the boys a Baby Einstein activity mat. Dad put it together and decided to let Davey try it first. Laying on his belly for the first time was scary at first, but when Dad got down on his belly and showed him how fun it could be it got better.

The James Gang

Sandy's parents in Florida were packed and ready to roll as soon as we went to the hospital. Arriving Sunday as we left the hospital, they have been a God send watching the boys during the day and allowing us to sleep. Judging by Grand daddy Jim's smile, this is a labor of love. He is holding his namesake, Benjamin James.

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

Babies typically lose 10% of their birth weight the first week, and ours are no different. As they were five weeks premature this means they didn't have all that much body weight to loose. In order to get them up to their playing weight, they need to eat, eat, eat.

We returned to the hospital on Tuesday to check our weight gain progress. Here they are on the scales with Benji weighing in at 4 lb 13 oz down 11 ounces and Davey weighting 5 lbs 7 oz down 9 ounces.

Busted! - Sleeping on the third shift

When your stomach is only the size of a marble, you can't eat much in one setting. Consequently you must eat more frequently around the clock. Fortunately for all, Santa delivered a new recliner for nursery duty. Here Mama captures Daddy feeding Davey at 3:30 am. Both apparently have nodded off on the job.

Coming Home from the Hospital

We brought Sandy, Davey and Benji home Sunday evening. The light teatment healed the boys' jaundice, and the rest greatly returned Mama's strength. Dave's parents took the luggage and Sandy's parents helped Daddy load his family in the car. As a mother in a wheel chair can only hold one child in one car seat, Grandmother Karen was only too willing to take the other baby.

It's a celebration!

While in the hospital we were very blessed with many visitors, gifts and flowers. A very fun example is this flower arrangement in a fire truck sent by Aunt Kristin and Uncle Wesley Price in Utah.