Our first WEEK with our NICU Twin Premies
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- The past few weeks have simply felt grueling. Our twins born at 28 weeks are in the nick you and we’ve been there every day not to mention mamas two week hospitalization. We know our kids are experiencing this as well. Their summer came crashing to an end and now mom and dad are gone every single day. Today we’re breaking the monotony and going to celebrate an evening with some close friends. Everybody getting what they need.
My daughter had a NICU baby. It is a roller coaster but they’re receiving the best care. Make sure you get rest Art. You have the weight of the world on you. God will watch over them. 🙏🙏
Wilder looks so much like Bri ...God bless him. So cute Art playing with him with the umbrella and the water.
Yea! Wilder is so adorable! Well, all of you are really!❤❤❤
Awww Wilders giggling during the rainstorm is too cute 🥰 you do all these things that take so much time, effort and strength and somehow make time to let us know how you are and share those beautiful babes with us. Truly and Royal are so incredibly precious. Thank you for sharing your whole family and your memories with us. Xxoo
Art I have never admired a man as much as I admire you but you need more rest. I know it is easier said than done but the good Lord has his arms around those two precious bundles. Bless you for the great care you are giving Bri even when your whole world is upside down. Continual prayers for all of you and God bless you all
Art....I love how you let your kids get in the middle of what you're trying to do. You don't push them out of the way or scold them as if what you're doing is more important than they are. You're a great dad !
Oh Art, I wish you had a really close male friend with enough spiritual maturity to let you get it all out and give you love and wisdom in return.
I’m sure he does. We all need that.
Art you look so tired. Try to remember to take some time for yourself in between taking care of Bri and the kids. Someday you were going to look back at this time of your lives and wonder how you made it through. It will all be worth it once you get those babies home and they get to play with your other babies. Lots of love and prayers heading your way from Iowa.
This is in reality just a moment in time. Enjoy life as it comes you can never go back. This is said by a 71 year old lady.
Art and Bri I understand your emotions so much.
My son was on an active liver transplant list, for his first 2 years of life. The way you describe your mixed emotions resonates in me. I am praying for you. (My son is now 24yrs old.🙂)
You will learn so much from God during this process that is painful, tender, loving, grace, beautiful. I could go on. HE IS GOOD!
Amen
Can see that the little ones have grown and they are so adorable. It's stressful now, but this is but a moment in time. So glad that you have friends and family who can be there for you. Continued prayers for all of you.
Agreed a moment in time , well put!
Everyone talks about the Mama, for good reason but Dad deserves praise as well. Art please take care of yourself, you look like you are on your last leg. Praying for you all
yes often you great Dads get ignored (our peds classes when working at St Jude’s years ago really really worked at this) Get help when you need it because your rest is important Art Bless you
After reading all the comments (and not getting enough sleep last night), Everything that can be said, has been said. So many eloquent commenters, friends, and prayer warriors. Just know that I'm among them. (I hope you slept well, Arthur. You looked so exhausted in those final shots.)
May The Good Lord Jesus put his healing hands on the twins and your family. God Bless you and your family
Amen! Amen! Amen!
You guys are great parents. You’re going to get through this. I’m praying for you all. One day at a time. A Go fund me page should be set up for you to takeoff so much stress. Especially because you were going to have the babies at home. I truly wish that I can help the best I can do is pray for you. Much love thinking of you all. Bri you look great! ❤️❤️🤗🤗🙏🙏
I don't know anything about the house Go Fund Me but I feel that a new Go Fund Me should be brought forth. Let's do this. Liz
@@SheriLatulip Are recipient's only allowed one GoFundMe? I'm not being a smart ass, just curious because I'm sure folks would donate for this.
@@mllee2008 you can do as many go fund me accounts as are necessary they just need different names and info as to what it is for.
It looks like the animals are all happy 😊 to see you & giving ❤ them all loving too!! Art, your eyes are showing that tiredness of carrying such a heavy load of responsibilities . I know that before you know it Bri will be back to driving and that is another step in the right direction for babies to come home. This time too will pass & will become a great 👍 bundle of joyous memories!! God's Blessings for continued love & growing for those precious little 💖 gifts!!!!
Incredibly stressful time for everyone. The anxiety and joy has been part of your life since pregnancy and at each change it has ratcheted up. You are all doing brilliantly. Talking about the experience is the best therapy. Never put a lid on your fears and joys. Such a special time. Love from Australia
Such words of wisdom Jean. Our thoughts too today... God has gifted this family with a peace that passes some peoples understanding and this family is doing as you said Brilliantly! A beautiful observation. So glad they brought us all along in this journey.
You are good parents!!! You just don’t realize how good! The stress & worry but you still have such a good attitude and are so kind to the kiddos!!!
God's blessings to you! You're both doing an excellent job! Glad you got to rest, too. Nothing like great family friends to encourage you!
Pray, anoint the babies, yourselves! Give your fear, anxiety to the Lord!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamen brothers
I do pray for you and your family. Your kids are so great, and the twins are precious. Try to get rest and give yourself 30 minutes a day for nothing but YOU time... for both of you. 🌹❤
I actually dreamed last nite that I went to your house & spent the day canning/freezing all your vegetables so Bri didn't have to. Shame it was just a dream.
Wow, Art, you look really worn out, you are doing an excellent job looking after Bri, she looks well-rested which is great. The animals look healthy what happened to that puppy with it limping? poor thing 'but it does look really happy and content'. You're all doing an AMAZING job well done. Blessings to each of you :)
" The burden of love " no truer words were ever spoken. Nonstop prayers and good thoughts for the whole family and bit more for the twins. Love you all.
Yes, I totally agree and understand. Grateful they are in a safe place with constant care.
It is a great blessing to have friends close by, you love and trust. Having a family the children are happy to be with. God bless you, your family and friends. 🕊♥️🎺 So much to be grateful for.
I hope you all feel the prayers surrounding you as you go through this stressful time. I’m glad to see that you have amazing helpers taking care of you all. Community is so important during times like these. What a blessing.
Community is priceless! God bless❤️🙏🏻✝️
Prayers for your family - appreciate videos cause I know you are so very busy right now. Thankful for friends and family who have stepped in and helped. Take care - we all love you.
Praying for the babies, your children at home, and both you and Bri. May the Lord give you all sweet rest, renewed energy, and most of all Peace.
U haven’t had friends like this before because u didn’t need them before but God sends the people u need when u need them . I’m glad u have them
Omg I love them too moo moo 🐮 my favorite animals
God bless you all! It’s like trail blazing without a map through a thick forest and then breaking through to the sunshine ☀️ Sooner than you think you’ll wake up in the morning, saying today is the day we bring them home. Stay encouraged!
Then the fun begins, lol!
'Peace be still,' for GOD is with you.
I couldn't watch this when ya'll 1st released this because it was the 38th anniversary of the loss of my twins two weeks apart. NOW I rejoice with you the birth of ya'll's twins. 🙏 Blessings to the dear friends who are helping ya'll through this tough time.
Art are you loving on those calves? They are lovely.
I felt overwhelmed watching this. I went through it myself with one baby and one at home. Still... it's hard to comprehend. May God bless you and keep all of you strong!
As much as I'm sure we all appreciate you keeping us up to date with all this, I imagine it's also another load on your already weary shoulders. Remember to take some time out to just rest, because if you don't make yourself do it, at some point your body will give you no choice. Now if that means we all wait a while for updates, so this is where you find the time, so be it. Take care xx
It is an added burden but the vlogs are also an income stream so it is something that kinda must be done to keep the numbers up. We could easily wait while they rest but income is needed. 💞I wish Art would eliminate the editing and just give the raw footage to save him time.
@@gelwood99 I understand the income stream part for them, and from having done editing myself, that can actually be the longest, and most frustrating part of the job. The thing is though, without it, the vlogs may well be far too long, or include things inappropriate for us to see. It's a tough rope for them to be walking at the moment ☹
I think the blogs also help them by being able to get things off their chest. Sharing what they are going through and feeling. God Bless you and the kids. Kids are resilient and they will be fine. 🙏🏼
I wholeheartedly agree, we love healing about you guys but you need to take time to care for yourself Art because you can't afford to get run down or sick, so slow down and take time to relax and recoup. We will be here when you come back. Much love from Utah
Through some incredibly stressful events in my life I’ve learned that we can’t worry and pray at the same time. We can’t be all up in the fear and pray at the same time. Prayer sustained my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being over a long haul caregiving situation. It has given me energy where there was none.
I hope this helps. I continue praying for your family.
Amen!
I agree. Making sure I am spiritually fed, particularly in prayer with the Lord is what keeps me sane.
Lol, Wilder I love the umbrella! I use a snow shovel to fend of the rooster.
Rainstorm is a great idea for fun.
Art, Bri you both are looking so good. Praying for each of you and your children.
Cant wait till ur house is redone an the whole family can move bac in to celebrate. All of ur children r so sweet. Cant wait till all 7 can b together an party. Ya'll have a good day and God Bless all of u.
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Why do you worried? God makes all the decisions here. Have faith.
You all are so dear. Back and forth with your dear newborns, your other children, and the farm. Grueling. Praying for strength for you all through faith.
Friends who support emotionally and physically lighten the weight of the burden you are carrying.
I’m so thankful you have those friends.
Remember to put your bare feet on grass or dirt. Grounding is a free de-stressor.
One moment at a time. It’s doable.
My heart goes out to you both as I sit here snuggling my own premmie baby, he was born at 29+2 and has only been home a few weeks. He was in aNICU an hour away from us. This is a very tough, trying and stressful season of life. Pumping is a rough journey in this circumstances Bri
Enjoy your time with your little ones, take all the skin to skin time you can get, ask ALL the questions you can possibly think of. It’s tough to be patient with your Bubs but everything happens on their own time, celebrate all the small wins - grieve the set backs but most of all Never give up.
I wish you all the best with your beautiful babies and hope they thrive
Perfect love casts out fear.
Put all the family fears 😨 in a basket 🧺
Offer them up to God. He's got this.
RELAX, let go. HAVE FUN tonight. Trust God.
Love you guys! Praying daily and have the extended family praying as well. (And am sharing your videos with them as well). Here’s to that terrific day the twins get to come home. God is good. Amen!
I keep hoping your friends and family will come together and have a barn raising on your house, to take some of the pressure off of you Art and Bri because you both look so exhausted 🥱
Sometimes a short semblance of normality, is Is a welcome break from chaos. Stress is only palatable in small doses. Jesus is watching out for you, and we are all praying.
Psalm 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made, We will Rejoice and be Glad in it
Amen
How appropriate of a name for Wilder, right? The days become a blur with all the tasks you must accomplish. You are right to just focus on that end goal, of the day the babies will come home.
Bless your hearts! We can all tell just how exhausting all this has been for you guys. Poor Art, at the end of this video, I was expecting to see you just passout and drop in the floor. We pray the gap to bringing the twins home shortens as quickly as possible.
Man it seems so much longer than 7 days. Must feel like eternity to you. God bless you.
Brie and Art I know you are tired but, celebrate the babies are a week old. the first milestone. Each day will make them stronger and they will gradually gain weight. Take each milestone as it comes, rejoice in them. One day this will all be a memory. Prayers are with you and family
You both are about to drop. Bless your hearts. Hang in there.
I imagine the extra gas going back and forth to the hospital could cause a bit of financial stress too.I've been caring for a ill handicapped sister for awhile and having someone hospitalized is draining emotionally,physically and financially
I pray that God blesses this family with continued strength and energy to make it through this seemingly endless journey. You both are AMAZING parents and it is so visible all that you are doing to keep each and everyone of your children feeling your love and attention. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us!
I so felt Art when he talked about the burden of love. I have a medically fragile son. It's an agony some days.
My daughter was born at 25 weeks (17 yrs ago) and was in NICU for 120 days. She’s perfect now & a senior in High school. My heart goes out to y’all. You are right it IS grueling. Many prayers for you.
Thank you for taking time to keep us updated. All around the world, we are wishing, hoping and praying for Truly and Royal. Glad you got a good day in with the kids, friends and the twins. 💖
Thinking of you and your family,and sending love and prayers from England.
Praying for your family.
You both look exhausted, God Bless.
You will get to the point where the fear lessens and you will begin to feel a peace and trust the medical team. (I think you are getting there) I know it is hard right now to rest and turn off your mind. but it does get better. My NICU babies were only there 5 days and 7 days, and the other one came home in the isolette with a paramedic due to flu outbreak at the hospital. (What helped with me is I knew the caregivers personally, so I didn't panic as much)
Continued prayers for your family
You are such a beautiful and strong family. Thinking of you all. 💕
Prayers continue for all of you
Recognizing that faith the size of a mountain does not negate the exhaustion of climbing a mountain.... Not the expense of housing and gas!
I understand.a bit.. We had our twins first and were too young and naiive to understand what we were up against. Five weeks of running on empty. But it got better every day especially when we hit the five-pound mark.God bless you all!
Keeping you in my prayers
What a blessing that you can give your super milk to your babies every day, they will be healthy their whole life because of it!
Praying for you guys. 🙏 Hang in there. I didn't have as long a drive as you but they had sympathy for me and since my first premee was doing so well I got to bring him home at 4.lb 8oz. I was nursing him and he was my first. It made it easier to stay with him all day.
Y'all are doing so incredible, I can't even imagine what y'all are going through. But I know that God is carrying each one of you 🙏🏼🥰🙏🏼 big prayers continuing for everyone 🙏🏼
What a challenging time for All 😘.
You two are so strapped I'm glad you got some time out Today and some time for Children and Friends!
Pace yourselves if possible 🙅🙏💖.
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
I’m praying for the babies and both of you and your other children. God bless and watch over the twins so they grow and get home with mommy and daddy and all your siblings.
Love you folks you are soooooooo Blessedly love 💕
Thank you so much for sharing your lives with us. I know it seems like the last thing you want to do right now but we appreciate it so much. Your kindness to your kids and your pragmatism about life in general helps me I know.
Seeing your twins brings back so many memories of when my grandson was born. He was in the NICU and my daughter was in the CICU. She didn't get to see him at all for four days. The units were separated by miles of corridors and because the CICU is a dirty unit (who knew?) they couldn't bring the baby to her even briefly and she couldn't be moved. I was running back and forth between the units from my baby to my grandbaby. I was amazed at how well my son in law handled the tubes and wires, holding the baby and eventually able to feed him. He is a healthy, strong two year old now, never stops running. I'm praying for your babies to grow in health and strength and be able to come home to you soon.
Prayers for stress to be lifted and for those close to you will continue to serve and love you through this. Thank you for taking the time to share the incredible and beautiful journey with us. May God envelope you in comfort, peace and stamina. I love to hear you thanking and praising God through it all. ♥️
I guess, something that helped me as I faced a very long stressful time, was when someone said, “ this too shall pass.” Somehow, it was comforting. And when you get past this time and look back there will be such a realization of how the Lord really was there all along. You are on many prayer lists and held before the lord often. I know how that feels. Yes you can actually feel being upheld, especially when things level off and folks stop praying as much. They drop off as they see things are much better. And you sense too things are just a little heavier since it’s mostly you carrying the load.
It can be felt when many are praying. I agree. But that’s why taking their own time apart with the Lord daily will strengthen them...and I think they do that routinely. However, like for any of us, it’s easy to forget when we are out of our routine or overwhelmed. Looks like they made a good start by hanging out with their friends. I have a feeling we all can, and should, stand in the gap for them right now. 🙏🏼
Thank you again for sharing your hard journey with us. We care so much. Art, when you said “this is the burden of love, the fear” brought tears to my eyes. That statement is the God-given truth. ❤️
Praying, and sending love. Glynny from upstate NY.
We are all praying for you and the family , so much love to you 🥰 !
What a stressful time for everyone. Continued prayers for the beautiful babies and the rest of the family. Take the time to take a deep breath for your overall well being. God Bless to all.
It is such a scary time God love you all, I was the same with my son everything had to be sterile even down to the wrist tag, you are both doing great and this will soon all be just a blur when those babies come home, Prayers said every night God bless xxxx Dede xx
Hugs while you go through this stressful time. Can't wait till everyone is stable enough to come home.
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I picture a glad reunion day for your whole family in the days ahead!!! Savor every moment and it will be history very soon... God Bless your precious family!!!
Wilder sure is getting tall all of a sudden! May the Healing Wings of Jesus wrap you in His love!
This too shall pass! Jesus, I ask that you give this beautiful couple extra strength and endurance during this season in their lives. Thank you for these two precious gifts! I ask for supernatural intervention; Angels be with them and their children. Holy Spirit guide and direct everyday, from the rising up to laying down. Most of all we thank you Jesus Christ that your hand is upon this beloved family!! In Jesus name Amen Every day is a new day! We praise you this day Lord!
Amen
Amen
Love and prayers💗
Oh my ,you are both so tired. I can tell you from long years of experience, you will get through this, and in time, you will be able to rest and enjoy your family. One day at a time ❤
I have gone through this n u being a nurse makes it ten fold I think cause u have the knowledge of the what if’s n ur need to being a care taker of the ill I can’t imagine that.. cause I too was a nurse..
Wow the babies are growing. The beautiful little faces warms my heart. .
It’s incredibly hard and being pulled in so many directions and then guilt.. Give yourself some grace 🥰🥰..
I’m so proud of you Bri and I know you’d definitely rather be nursing but that Momma milk is the best thing for them. I couldn’t imagine the stress you’re under but seriously give yourselves a break..
God bless your sweet family, I loved, loved, loved seeing little Wilders face when the anticipation of rain on his umbrella was on its way. Those little giggles just made my day.
I’m curious, though, what criteria will be used to determine when you get to bring the new babies home?
You two are doing so well and I know what it means to have that wonderful support system for the rest of your kids. Y’all hang in there, I know I’m not the only one praying for y’all. I’m just happy there are others standing with me in prayer for y’all and others in your situation. God bless you all!
Bri- I hope you’re using a double setup for pumping- you will get more milk it’ll take less time. Be patient with yourselves & the other kiddos. A glass 🥃 of Guinness will help increase your milk supply & get you to relax a bit. Are the babies getting gavage feedings yet? Gaining weight? To put things in perspective- I’ve taken care of preemies whose parents hardly ever came to visit, so they got extra attention from the staff & extra loves. Your breast milk at this point is not the same as a full term mother’s milk- the milk has more fat, more sugar, more good stuff that they need right now. Another wonder of the female body…☺️
Guinness certainly helps as a tonic as well
@@robwestley7370 There’s a lot of nutrition in Guinness but the brewer’s yeast is the magic ingredient to boost milk production.,
One of them said in another video that the boy's weight has caught up with the girl's. They seemed pleased by that.
I'm proud that you are sharing your journeys we us. Your babies always reacted too well too your voices and touches . That's such a blessing. God bless you throughout your journeys too come. My prayers will keep coming for you all.
Courage. You are both doing a great job! Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Love how you are counting your blessings through this. Continued prayers for the babies and your family.
Things only last for a season, no matter what it is, then it'll change. You're doing it!! You got this!! You are strong!! The babies have grown, they are so beautiful. This world needs more parents to be like you.🥀
"Things only last for a season, no matter what" Oh my gosh *I* needed to hear that!!
Precious Jesus, lift up Art and Bri, be with their family right now during this season. Bring them peace during this time. Amen
You guys are doing an incredible job of caring for your family!
We love you, Art! You're a awesome husband and father. So proud of the man you are.
Hey everybody...can someone set up a gofund for the family ..I want to help them anyway I can ...
N if everybody ads 👍 it maybe small but everybody can do it easily ...love you guys💖