Baby A - also known as Ethan Koller Blair

I decided both boys needed their own post. Being a twin, they will have to share everything, but at least they can each have a blog post. Ethan was the first one out at 4:55 am on Oct 23, 2001. He weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. That is pretty good for a 34 weeker (as they call them in the hospital). He struggled with maintaining his breathing at first, but he did actually cry when he was born. That is always a reassuring sound when having a baby. When the cry is not there, it is a terrible silence. Anyway, he was taken right to the nursery so he could be hooked up to oxygen, a feeding tube, and a warming bed. Unlike with our other babies, he never got to come to my room. This was a bit depressing, and it made it so the kids couldn't come see the babies. In fact, they didn't get to see Ethan until six days after he was born. The hospital was nice enough to let us take him into his own room for an hour so the kids could come see him. Ethan stayed in the Riverton hospital for ten days before coming home on oxygen. He is now doing well, and is a great baby. He spends most of his time in our room because of the oxygen he's hooked to, but in a way that's good because he is more protected there. Soon enough he will be out playing with his siblings. The kids all love having him around.