It's Quad a Life

Jane and Virginia waiting for their bottles. We can feed both of them at the same time in this chair. Thanks Mary!

Hanging out after a bath in their precious monogrammed suits from Aunt Anne.

Activity Mat with "Wubba Nubs." They love these pacifiers with the stuffed animals on the end. It's so cute when they grab onto the toy. They don't fall out all of the time like the others, which we love about them too!

Having fun moving and shaking! (Jane and Rainer)

The nursery in our new house.

Rainer is going to be a computer whiz. He was glued to that screen.

I've got thirty minutes until the babies' next feeding and I'm determined to get some new pics posted. Things are going well here at the Garrett household. We are a very happy bunch and are having so much fun. Gray was able to take some time off from work this week and we have really had a good time being by ourselves as a family for the first time.

We have been keeping the babies on a four hour schedule and so far it works better in the day. Jane and Virginia are happy to wait that long to eat and usually fall back asleep quickly. Broox however is sleeping about an hour and a half after eating and then getting up again, and Rainer likes to get up an hour before feeding time. They refuse to go back to sleep at that point. We usually have to take them to the den and continually rock them and give them a pacifier while they wait it out. This makes us very tired and them very fussy. Hopefully, they will soon decide it's just not worth it and sleep until feeding time! :)

The babies all had their 2 month well visits over the last two weeks and got great reports! Their new weights are:

Broox: 7 pounds 7 ounces

Rainer: 6 pounds 2 ounces

Virginia: 5 pounds 3 ounces

Jane: 4 pounds 14 ounces

We won't be going again until next month, when they'll receive their immunizations. We're taking the whole crew next time, and I have no idea where they will put us. It is already a tight squeeze in the examination room with two babies and two car seats.

A New Chapter

Rainer
VirginiaJane
We love our Boppys!

Broox

The night before we brought Jane home.

Jane

Uncle Marshall feeding Broox.

This is where the babies spend a lot of their time right now. On their way to their new home.

Pal and Honey are old pros.

Bottle Time with lots of great help. (Daddy, Mama, and Broox)

Jane's Turn

Taking Jane home and our last trip to the hospital!

She was not happy with the carseat.

About to join her brothers and sister again.

The Garrett Quads!

Isn't Broox a great big brother?!

Tummy Time (No one was really interested on this day)

Virginia and Jane love to cuddle up at night. This is how I find them when it's time to eat.

Broox with his fingers interlaced. What a smart boy!

It's only been a little over a week since my last post, but it feels like at least three! Since last Sunday, we have packed up our old house, brought our fourth infant home from the hospital, had a new house painted, strategically moved everything we own to our new house around four babies, unpacked and unpacked and unpacked, diapered and fed Jane, Rainer, Virginia and Broox every three hours, went to the pediatrician, spent time with our parents....it wears me out just thinking about it again. All in all we have had a very successful week. I really cannot believe what we were able to accomplish in that amount of time. It has been quite a whirlwind but with the help of our parents it went smoothly. We are now settling into our new home with all of our babies here with us finally!

Jane was able to come home on Tuesday of last week. We agreed with our nurses when they said that Jane just wanted to have her own "big day" and wasn't about to share it with one of her siblings. She adjusted right away to being home and now it seems as if the babies were never apart.

Now that we are with them 24/7 their personalities are really starting to shine. They are all so unique and special. I love getting to know them better everyday. I will post more soon about our daily lives with quadruplets now that we are beginning to get caught up.

Happy Easter!

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Three's Company

Rainer made it! He had 5 successful days with no "Bradys", so we were able to take our second little boy home. I can't tell you how good it feels every time one is released from the hospital. Even on our third time, I am still thrilled and amazed as we drive home that they are letting us keep them. It's an overwhelming feeling to know that your whole life's happiness is sitting in your back seat for the first time. I think Rainer is happy to be home now with his brother and sister.
Rainer on his way to the elevators.

The hand-off. He's all ours now!

That's one proud papa.

Welcome to your new home.

Three babies snug in their crib. I can't wait to see four little heads soon.

Our sweet little Jane. She was scheduled to go home today with Rainer, but started dropping her temperature this morning. They put her back in the isolette temporarily and have decided to wean her into a crib a little more gradually this time. The nurse still says that she should be home by the end of the week. She is an amazing little girl. She is now four pounds, which means she has doubled her size since birth. It was sad to leave her all by herself, but she was all smiles when we left.

Things at home are going great thanks to the help of our mothers. We have learned to feed two babies at a time and will have some experimenting to do tonight with a third thrown into the mix. Right now we are feeding the babies every three hours which makes 24 bottles a day. We also diaper them each time we feed and sometimes in between if they need it. By the time Jane gets home, we'll be going through 2 packs of diapers a day. We don't know what to expect when they all get home, but we're looking forward to the day.

Virginia's Big Day

Virginia was able to check out of the CCN today and come home to us and her big brother. Last week they decided to significantly up her feeds since her heart murmur appeared to be improving. She was so happy to get more food and handled the extra beautifully. Yesterday the did an echo and saw that the hole was closed up and she was ready to go home. We're very glad to have another of our children home and closer to having our whole family together.

Wheeling Virginia to the elevators.
She was very peaceful through the whole thing.

Leaving the hospital

Getting her ready for the carseat.

Gray and Kirk babysat Broox while we picked up his sister.

Virginia and Broox taking their first nap together.

I think they are going to be great friends.

Jane and Rainer are both in cribs now. We look forward to them coming home in the next couple of weeks. They are still doing great!

It won't be long before she comes home too.

Rainer loves his new crib! We can't wait for him to have his big day.