The Sherwood Twins

Happy 1 Month Birthday Trenna and Ellison!

(Now 34 Weeks Adjusted)

Today is a huge milestone and we thank God for bringing these little girls so far already. Their progression has been amazing, and to watch them from the day they were born till now has been an exciting time. Every new detail learned has given us another reason to sing His praises, and we do every time. We have gone from tears of being scared to tears of extreme happiness, and there will be so many tears of joy to follow. These little girls are loved by so many friends and family and they are lucky to be supported by each and every one of you. We appreciate the many prayers and words of encouragement throughout this journey thus far. Truly Blessed

On May 25^th, with an emergency c-section, Trenna Brinely was born with a large tumor the size a grapefruit attached to her backside. It was unknown if she would even survive delivery let alone a high risk surgery. She weighed roughly only 1 lb 9 oz, and the tumor was the same size as her. Today we celebrate the incredible nurses and doctors that took amazing care of Trenna in removing the tumor in a 4 hour long surgery into the wee hours of the night, and of course being able to remove 100% of it! Today, we celebrate that her healing wound has made a great progression and that she is now able to put her calories towards gaining weight. The mass amount of tubes and IVs that were attached her; we celebrate that she is down to only her CPAP and a feeding tube. Today, we celebrate that she is NOW 2.1 POUNDS!!!!! We are so proud of you Trenna. Keep fighting, growing, and proving your place in this world. Although you are so little, you have already impacted ours and other lives in so many ways. You have shown us that God is here and he is a powerful, almighty, and miraculous God. We already know that you are meant for great things, and we cannot wait to see what God has in store for you.

Trenna is 2 pounds 1 ounce. She loves her paci and kangarooing with mommy. She is eating 18 ml of feed a day

On May 25^th, Ellison Makenna showed us that no matter how small you are, you can always be an amazing sister. She was delivered 10 weeks premature so her sister could have her fighting chance at life. Ellie has shown wonderful progress in everything. She is healthy and moving right along each step of the way. She was born at 3 lb 5 oz, and today she is weighing in at a whopping 4.8 POUNDS!!! She has learned how to suck on her pacifier and how to eat from a bottle. She is taking up to 35ml from a bottle! We are so excited that she has graduated from her incubator and has moved into a crib, so funny how teeny tiny she is in such a big crib! She is doing wonderful holding her temperature. We are so proud of you Ellison and we are excited to watch you continue to grow into a beautiful young girl and see the continuous love you will have for you sister. God has great things planned for you and we love you so much!

Ellie is 4 pounds 8 ounces. She is in her crib now, eating from a bottle, beginning to breast feed, and eating 40 ml each feed. Loves stretching her feet out and sucking her paci.

Enjoy the wonderful photos of the girls below; we are so excited to share these with everyone!