In the blink of an eye!

Tomorrow marks a week that we were discharged from the hospital.
They did so good on our drive home and have settled in just perfectly at Joe's mom and dads.
We are learning so much about each other and learning how to work together as a team.
Team Morrow!  From 2 to 4 in the blink of an eye!

Cooper and Clara had their first doctors appt on Tuesday and have both gained weight.  Clara has gone from 4 lbs 4 oz to 4 lbs 9 oz and Cooper has gone from 3 lbs 10 oz to 4 lbs 6 1/2 oz.  They are both a little over 17 inches long and seem so tiny at times but so mighty at others.

They are eating 2 oz of formula every 3-4 hours.  Joe and I are learning how to divide and conquer with diapering and feeding.  We are sleeping when we can and napping when we can too.
Marie and Brent (Joe's mom and dad) have been a ton of help and we couldn't have gotten through the last week without them!  They have lent the helping hand, fed, diapered, burped, and just loved on the babies which has been a true blessing.

In the adoption process we have to wait for the state you adopt from to exchange paperwork with your home state to allow you to bring the babies home.  This is called Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC).  We knew the state of FL typically takes 7-10 days and we were told to be fully prepared to stay the entire 10 days because that is what it was taking these days.  Our adoption agency sent the paperwork to the state of FL on Monday, 11/18/13, they received it on Tuesday, 11/19/13 and we got the call today that said that FL had approved our paperwork and they were sending it tomorrow to Nebraska. (Isn't God amazing...2 days!) That means we can leave FL, we just can't go to NE yet.  FL is sending NE the paperwork today so hopefully by Monday, 11/25/13 we will have our clearance to go home.

What a reason to be thankful!  God has opened the right doors, smoothed the right paths, and shown us the love and kindness of others throughout this process.

Our plan is to have Thanksgiving here in FL with Joe's family on Saturday, 11/23, enjoy Sunday together and then leave Monday, 11/25/13 for my mom's.  We are so excited to get to see her and for her to meet her two new grand babies.  We will stay there and fly home on Thursday, 11/28 which is Thanksgiving.  Its such a much bigger day that just Thanksgiving.
The twins will be a month old, its Thanksgiving, and we are beyond blessed to be able to bring our bundles of joy home on such a great day!

Please continue to pray for their growth and their health as we travel.
Please continue to pray for Joe and I as we are adjusting to new schedules and taking care of new beings.
Please pray for the paperwork and that God would open the doors to make NE's side as smooth as FLs side.

Peace and Blessings to you all!
God is GOOD!