Christmas is coming, the twins are getting fat

I keep thinking that I should write a post where we thank all of you publicly who have given so much to the cause of our boy's safe arrival. To acknowledge that all of your many meals, house cleanings, house moves, calls, prayers, e-mails, gifts, cards, flowers, offers to help with literally everything, entertaining Megan, grocery runs and bringing more meals has helped us more than we could ever express. If I were to make a speech at the Academy Awards I would get cut off by the bumper music before I was half way done. So I won't do it. But know that our gratitude runs far deeper than something we could put in a thank you card, or a blog entry. I keep trying to say it in person, in some form or another, but I keep stumbling over a word to make it sound important enough. How long can I say the "So" in thank you soooooo.... much? We would all get embarrassed if I could somehow get across how much I mean it when I say thank you. It goes beyond gratitude. You all are like shareholders in a start-up company. We needed your investment to make it work. We often comment that we have no sense of what this all would have looked like if we did not have your long-lived and active support. Collectively, as viewed from our perspective, all of your contributions large and small have made a clear picture of God's love for us and for our boys. Thank you.

The boys are doing great. They are both still very healthy and hanging out in the "growers and feeders" section of the NICU. Ian may come home with us tomorrow or very soon after. Jeremy has to stay until he grows to the minimum release weight of 2 kg (4.4 Lbs). Ian is teetering on crossing that weight now and Jeremy will probably need a few weeks to get there. Megan is doing well too, minus the expected tiredness associated with getting off of 101 days of bed rest, recovering from surgery and food production.