Friday, September 04, 2009

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.....THIS IS NOT POSED....THIS IS HOW I FOUND THEM ALL LINED UP FOR INSPECTION BY THE "GENERAL" WHEN I CAME INTO THEIR ROOM LAST EVENING!
THEY HAD THEIR TWO-WEEK WEIGH IN LAST NITE AND THEY ARE GROWING AND GAINING WEIGHT AT AN EXCELLENT RATE. WE LIKE THEM TO DOUBLE THEIR BIRTH WEIGHT AT ONE WEEK AND TRIPLE IT AT WEEK TWO...AND CONSIDERING THEY WEIGHED FROM 4.8 UP TO 7.7 OUNCES AT BIRTH...THEY ARE NOW WEIGHING IN AT 17 OUNCES UP TO 28 OUNCES!!!
ALL EYES ARE OPEN; ALL EYE TRIMS ARE COMPLETE; ALMOST ALL NOSES ARE COMPLETELY FILLED (WITH EXCEPTION OF 3 WHOSE NOSES ARE 95% FILLED)....
ON MONDAY THEY WILL HAVE AN EXCITING NEW EXPERIENCE: WILL BEGIN EATING FROM A DISH IN ADDITION TO NURSING OFF MOMMA JETTA! WATCH FOR PIX.
NEXT WEEK WE ALSO START WATCHING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR (WHICH IS PRELIMINARY TO THE OFFICIAL HEARING TESTING, NOT IN PLACE OF IT).