our twins were JUST born... but can't come home :(

I just became a twin girl dad in this

video I'm going to show you my twin

girls and give you an update on the

nicku how we basically went out and back

in well the first house hack babies are

being born and we're on the way to go

pick him up let's go Lauren what's in

this box you call it a push present yeah

it is 3:49 a.m. we made it to the

hospital for hour time change out here

let's go wash our hands first

and then what are we going to do pick up

some babies clearly uh you are not

pregnant and you have not been pregnant

recently no it's been about five and a

half years since you were last pregant

yeah why uh so we wanted to have a baby

in 2019 and we were going to go back to

the fertility clinic cuz that's how I

conceived the first two boys uh but then

Co happened then once they reopened the

fertility clinics I was doing a bunch of

IVF rounds and it didn't work out for me

and so then we had to go through the

surrogacy r out to make it happen cuz it

was taking a long time and it wasn't

working out so that's the the short of

it look at that Ella and Claire meet

Ella and Claire what they pound aart so

I don't think it's boys since they say

you don't think you're getting click

baited is what you're saying yeah all

right so Lauren which baby are we seeing

first Ella Ella mhm Ella meet Ella

meline paffrath 6 lb 2 oz born 850 6

p.m. Ella meline paffrath unfortunately

the bigger of the two babies had a

little bit of liquid left in her lungs

as she came out via C-section and ended

up having to have about 10 hours of CPAP

to help clear some of that fluid in her

lungs I didn't know this but apparently

that's actually normal in fact here's me

talking about that walking out of the

NICU so what I just learned is

apparently when babies are born when one

of the benefits of going through the

birth canal and a vaginal delivery is

the baby's lungs get squeezed and it

squeezes all the fluids out of the

baby's lungs right before it comes out

to take its breath and then its lungs

function but when you have a C-section

babies don't necessarily get that

squeeze and so they're more likely after

a c-section to have to go to the ncu to

get what's called a CPAP machine which

is basically just pressurizing their

lungs to try to get them to you know

cough up some of the moisture that's in

their lungs meet CLA Rose paffrath born

5 lb 2 oz 1 minute later of course also

via C-section Clair has perfect as she

came out and hung out with Mom and

myself in our hospital room in fact

here's some up close shots of her keep

in mind she's in one of these they call

them incubator boxes just to keep her

temperature warm that's because both of

them are technically prey babies they're

both pre term which is relatively normal

with

twins

yeah that's so cool and the twin

setup oh my gosh she's

tiny she's so tiny oh my

goodness oh oh my

gosh here we

[Music]

go so amazing yeah it's like it's like a

little restart yeah it is a restart

effective when Jack and Max are was 8

and 5 years

[Music]

ago she got her eyes open a you see your

mom a see your dad a no oh going back to

sleep on Dad no thanks oh not this

[Music]

guy now later that day Ella was

discharged from the niku which meant

both babies were finally out of the niku

but then we ran into some problems which

I'll touch on those in just a moment I

want to talk to you quickly about Jack

and Max Jack and Max had a Legoland

Adventure planned for Saturday which is

2 days after both of the little girls

were born and the last thing I wanted to

do was tell Jack and Max hey Jack and

Max because of Ella and CLA we have to

cancel your trip to Legoland we want

these twins to come into the world

bringing happiness to Jack and Max

especially since this is going to be a

big change for them in fact we're still

trying to think of what gift Claire and

Ella should bring Jack and Max as sort

of a hey thanks for allowing me into

your home gift if you have any

recommendations leave a link down below

so before I get to talking about CLA and

Ella again it's worth mentioning that

Jack and Max and myself along with McKay

since Lauren couldn't make it since she

was with the twins went to Legoland I

took the boys to Legoland we divided and

conquered Lauren stayed in the hospital

I stayed with the two boys as we

explored Legoland here's some pictures

and videos from our time at Legoland

which was a complete blast as some of

these are playing I also want to remind

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one toone cash valuation which is almost

unheard of in the Venture Capital space

but we're doing that because the only

way we're raising money is through this

YouTube channel as a thank you to

subscribers and supporters we're really

really excited to share that opportunity

and of course here's a little bit more

of Jack and Max are you ready to go on a

roller coaster ride are you ready yeah

what are you ready for the roller

coaster are you sure you're not going to

be scared yeah I might be but well a

little bit yeah what about you how are

you feeling you scared no no not at all

boy Mr Max you ready

[Applause]

sir all right the double deck

go oh

no now if you want more of Legoland

which I want to say it was amazing Jack

on his very own channel has a walkth

through a behind the scenes walkth

through of the master builder workshop

at Legoland California so if you want to

see that check the link in the

description for meet Jack's YouTube

channel or check out the first comment

linked down below is super excited to

show you Legoland's Master Workshop

otherwise phenomenal things to say about

Legoland I'm so excited for the boys I

had a really great weekend bonding with

the boys staying at the Legoland Castle

Hotel together we hung out day and night

watching Star Wars and building Legos

was a complete blast and I'm so happy I

got to spend this time with Jack and Max

right before Ella and CLA come home okay

well we did not double the size of our

stock portfolio but we did double the

size of our children children count yeah

children count two four how do you feel

about that great I don't know why I'm

losing my voice but yeah great this is

really exciting super exciting and I

can't wait for Ella to come out of the

NICU hang out I wonder if you put them

in the same box you put them close to

each other yeah probably not box per

baby separate boxes keep them separate

and then this hospital has a really

awesome thing for um postpartum to wear

you can drop off your baby anytime you

want to a nap as a mom or they'll get

food or whatever I did not have that

with Jack or Max that's really cool and

it's like I don't understand why like

it's not a given with all hospitals cuz

it's so tiring after going through all

the laboring process I mean I didn't

have to go through that obviously this

time but to not have anybody to help you

I remember even asking like is there

anyone that could let me like sleep just

for 2 hours like on you yeah so was

rough it's very rough and then it's

uncomfortable too and then you just went

through the whole

so yeah this is a great hospital this is

really cool mhm so now I guess we have

to keep that at 28.5 it's at 288 it's

heating up Co we'll catch up then when

we have the other oh she's opening her

eyes your eyes you want to see

those now we do have an update though on

Claire because Claire is just 5 lb 2 oz

she did unfortunately fail her car seat

test now you might not be familiar with

what that is it's basically where they

put a child in a car seat for 90 minutes

and and see if the child's circulation

and blood oxygen concentrations remain

stable unfortunately Claire's did not

which meant she had to end up getting

checked into the ncu to get CPAP and get

the same support that Ella had when Ella

was first born this now delays discharge

for Claire and Ella has already been

discharged Ella is healthy discharged

everything with Claire looks good she's

just a pound lighter which when you

weigh six p pounds is a big deal it's

like 20%

smaller and we hope that Claire gets

discharged within the next 24 hours so

we can bring both of them home as

Halloween presents to our family so

here's the latest on Claire apparently

Lauren just texted me and said uh she

went to the NICU which Claire went to

after failing the car SE test now quote

she had an event last night meaning she

needed to be stimulated to get

everything back to normal doesn't sound

good they said this is very common

though for pries but because of that

they probably won't be coming home

Thursday or Friday they're still not

sure though they don't even want to

commit to that uh because things change

every day so hopefully Claire improves

really quickly but sounds like uh

Claire's still got some work to do which

is interesting because she was not the

one who went into the ncu at first Ella

was Alo is the larger baby who went into

the ncu and got discharged Claire after

failing the car seat test went into the

nicku and now it's trying to get ahead

over there but needs a few more days so

come on CLA you got this anyway thanks

all for the support we'll get you an

update video as soon as we have it and

uh fingers crossed for Claire and Ella