Latest Dr's Appointment

Sorry it took me so long to get this on here. I just can't believe how fast time goes by sometimes. On Thursday we went to the girls 2 month appointment. Dr Miller said the girls are doing great on their growth. Juliette is still in the lead at 9lbs 1 oz and Caroline is 8lbs 14oz. I had to take back a box of newborn diapers yesterday and get the next size up. It makes me sad when I have to do that, but I am glad they are growing. We talked about the adjusted age thing. She asked me some questions about what milestones they are doing. She said all babies are different, so for my girls although they are officially 2 months old they are not doing all the 2 month old milestones. Right now they are more like a 1 month old. They smile and coo (so cute!) and follow our voices. Eventually they will catch up with other children their age, usually by the 1st or 2ND year. They are doing good on their height and weight percentile (they use a preemie one). Now we can let them sleep longer at night and let them let us know when they are ready to eat. We were so excited that we might actually get some sleep that night, but that didn't happen on Thursday. The girls each got 3 shots and their blood drawn so they were fussy. Juliette especially. She would not let me put her in the crib that night. I even gave them some Tylenol before we went to bed, but I think she just needed to be comforted. Randall and I were so exhausted yesterday. He took care of them last night so I could get some rest. It felt so good to get some sleep. He is catching up now. They say you can't catch up on missed sleep, but I would have to disagree.
Yesterday I went to work to get clearance to go back to work. I had to go to employee health clinic and give them the form from my Dr and get them to sign off that I could go back to work. Then I took it to human resources and turned it in. So I am officially cleared to go back to work. I signed up 24 hours next week. My first day back will be Monday. Of course it is bittersweet because I am ready to go back, but not ready to leave the girls for such long periods of time. But unless I win the lottery this weekend (which I don't even play) I must go back. Randall is going to stay home with the girls for now until I get adjusted back to work then he will start looking for a job (with all the other millions of people who don't have one) after that. My mom is also going to watch the girls when we need her to, she wouldn't have it any other way. I am still trying to figure out what happened to the last 2 months. It's so surreal when I say the girls are 2 months old, just seems like yesterday they were born. I know now that I am going back to work it's going to go by even faster!