The past few weeks have been a big mash up of fun and hard times. I've been to my fair share of doctor appointments with Leah, Levi, and Allison- all follow up and future planning things. Dave caught a stomach bug and was quarantined for 3 days. He was nice enough to pass the bug along to my mom, one of Leah's therapists, and several of my regular volunteers. Needless to say, that week was TOUGH! I am thankful that I avoided it and the babies too. But, now the babies are catching colds- especially little guy Levi :( I feel so bad for them! And I'm really hoping this doesn't turn into anything worse.
Amongst the sickness and doctor visits, Dave and I have managed to get out of the house a little bit- thanks to some fantastic friends!! I went to the Nutcracker Market for the first time. It was fun and overwhelming, and a little embarrassing when my friend asked every booth "Do you give a sextuplets discount?" Although it did pay off once :) One lady was from Wyoming and knew all about me from the news- weird! And NO she did not give me a discount. Dave and I have also had separate movie dates with friends- I saw Twilight and he saw James Bond. I've never been to opening night before and the screaming girls were quite amusing! I really appreciate everyone who helps with the babies so we can get a break here and there; it's nice to miss them sometimes :)
2 major things that have happened recently.... baby dedication and first solids!
Our church does baby dedications twice a year, it's a casual deal, but something meaningful and important to me. As with all events, it took some special planning to have us there- like our secret hideout room, but it went smoothly. I wanted us to go last so we wouldn't steal any attention from the other babies being dedicated. No babies cried or vomited! Can't say the same for the adults. It was more of an emotional experience than we anticipated, reminded us of everything we've been through the past year.
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| Babies and their holders ready to be dedicated to the Lord |
The 5 have officially started eating rice cereal every evening! Ben and Caroline have taken to it (surprise, surprise) and Andrew likes it, but hasn't quite got the hang of keeping it in his mouth. Allison does surprisingly well, but she is the messiest eater. Levi HATES it! His faces are hilarious. What makes feeding time soooo much better is our new feeding table!! I was totally and completely surprised with it this week. Our small group and some regular volunteers pooled together to buy it for us :) It happened to arrive while I was bringing Levi to the doctor and when I got home it was set up in the kitchen waiting for me! We really have the best support system anyone could hope for and I'm so happy these wonderful people are in my babies' lives!
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| Ready to eat! |
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| Levi says "I hate this stuff!" |
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| A little backyard fun on a nice day :) |
In light of everything else going on in your lives, I'm gratefully amazed that you make the time to update the blog. It is exciting to watch those kids grow and develop and your postings are very much appreciated. Thanks, Lauren.
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