Happy Easter!

At 6:50am today, Jake was yelling "Happy Easter" from his bedroom, so we got the day started by finding what the Easter Bunny had decided to bring him in his basket. Jake was thrilled with all of the candy and the gift, and we have been trying to contain sugar consumption ever since! :)

Here's Jake with his little Hot Wheels mini track that the Easter Bunny got him. The little car falls down into a tank of water with "pirahnas" in it, and then comes out "scratched" when it gets wet. Hours and hours of fun!

As for Katie and Ryan, it has been an eventful couple of days. Mommy and Daddy got to bathe each of them on Friday, and they got to put on clothes for the first time! Of course, that lasted for less than 24 hours and they had slight setback yesterday, as they both became a bit jaundiced and had to go back under the UV lights. However, it appears that 24 hours under the lights did them some good, and they are back solidly in range that they need to be. Here's a video of part of Katie's bath:

Both of the babies are also taking some bottles now as well, in addition to their tube feedings. Katie is now getting four feedings per day from the bottle and four from the tube, and is doing quite well. Ryan, on the other hand, is getting two bottle feedings and six tube feedings per day, and is a little behind his sister as far as taking to the bottle. We seem to keep missing Katie's feedings, but ended up lucking into one of Ryan's bottle feedings last night. Also, the NICU was a bit short-staffed last night, so they let Tricia try to feed him, which they don't normally let parents do this early in the game:

As we remember Christ's sacrifice and resurrection on this Easter, we get some first-hand symbolism about the new life we have in Him. Some of us progress faster than others, some have setbacks, some take their food more readily than others, but God loves us all, and is actively participating in our development on a constant basis! We praise God that not only is He taking care of and developing our little babies, but He is working on us at the same time as well. Please pray for us and our babies, but also for those who are spiritual "babies" and may have not even had their "birth" yet!

Until next time,

The Johnson Five