Doctor's Appointment Today

Well, today we went to see the Pediatric Surgeon that I work with about the girl's tongues. They have Ankylglossia, otherwords, they are tongue tie. I noticed it after we brought them home from the hospital (why they didn't pick it up then, I don't know). All the information I had read was that it might resolve on its own, but it hasn't. I spoke with him a few weeks ago, and he said that he could take care of it in the office. Today was the day. It was really quick, but boy were the girls mad. They held them down, put an instrument under their tongue with a groove in it and clipped the frenulum with a pair of scissors. OUCH! They did pretty well, and despite a pretty good amount of blood recovered pretty quickly. Now we will see what impact it will have with their ability to suck and take baby food. We got the OK to try food last week after the pediatrician's visit and when Rocky got home Sunday, we did. It didn't go very well.

Lots of Happenings...

Well, it has been a while since I posted last. So much has happened. Lets start with the girls. They turned 7 months old on the 14th. They are doing new things every day. They seem to be right on track for your average 4 month olds, even in size. We went to the doctor yesterday and they are....Drum Roll Please.... ON THE GROWTH CHART. They have had amazing growth this past few months. I will plot them out when I get a chance, but they are in the 50th percentile for their length! Isabelle has surpassed Abigail in the weight department. Izzy is 13 lbs 3 oz, and Abby is 12 lbs 7 oz. This is the first time ever Izzy has weighed more. They are both 25 inches long. No wonder they are starting to outgrow those 0-3 month clothes! They got 4 shots each, and are pretty fussy this morning. I have dosed each one with two doses of Ibuprofen, hoping to help them feel better. They both have fevers this time and are pretty crabby.

Now for everyone else. Rocky is in Nashville until Sunday night for a Teacher conference. He Left yesterday, our 15 year anniversary. He spent all day Wednesday helping to move our school into another campus where they will be for the next two years while they tear down our school and build a new one. He is really going to enjoy his temporary classroom. It's also closer to our house, so he won't have to travel across town to get there. The kids have been good and busy since he has left. Josh had Biology camp at UTA last week where he got to do all kinds of fun stuff, including dissecting a pig. This week he is at Lego camp at TCU. Last week was also Bible School for Caleb and Emily. This week, they are at Camp Invention. Matthew and Olivia are having fun playing with each other without all the other kids around.

I guess that is about it for now. I will try to post more often (said that before), but I just can't seem to find time to sit down and do it, (wonder why?).

Home from camp

I am now home from camp. I returned to everyone else's summer break. Rocky is now home with everyone, while I increase my hours back to full time. Yuck. I have been enjoying working just 3 short days a week.

The girls are doing well. They both turned over from front to back yesterday. Abigail was reaching for and playing with the catepillar on her car seat yesterday, and Isabelle will smile from ear to ear whe you talk to her, sometimes belly laughing. I will try to post more pictures soon!

Julie

Happy Birthday

Well, Yesterday was the girls 6 month birthday! We celebrated at Chili's. Imagine all 10 of us at Chili's at 7:00. Needless to say, we waited for quite a while for a table, and then sat in the Bar. The kids were really pretty good, considering we waited almost an hour for a table. Abby is rolling over front to back when she is mad, and Izzy is really smiling and laughing. They are both fascinated by these hand things that keep moving in front of their faces. Where are they coming from? We did our part to stimulate the economy. We spent part of our incentive check on this. Thanks President Bush, we have really appreciated it! The rest will go to bills - sorry. Even with the best of cameras, it is hard to capture a moving object (Olivia) but here is the best we came up with.

Mom and Her Boys

Mom and Her Girls

Mother and her Ducklings

Mom, Emily and part of Caleb after Church

The Great Grandmothers

Olivia

Caleb

Uncle David and Abby

Michael and Matthew on Mother's Day

Joshua and Izzy

Matthew at Emily's soccer game

Abby and Izzy


Mom and babies - 6 months old

Bumbo time

Girls Growth

I stumbled across this neat growth chart online somewhere. My girls are ALMOST ON the growth chart! Look

Abby's Weight

Abby's Length

Izzy's Weight

Izzy's Length


I couldn't put their starting weights and lengths in, the program said they had to be greater than 4 pounds - guess they started out early not listening to directions.

Barf is at our house for a visit

I'm sorry to say that we have Barf at our house. Now, Barf's cousin, Spit-up has visited Abigail and Isabelle pretty much since birth. Spit-up is not quite as evil as it's cousin, Barf. Barf is bad. Barf visited me on Wednesday, Rocky and Joshua today, and who knows who it will visit next. Will it be Emily or Caleb on the soccer field tomorrow? Will it be Matthew or Olivia on the Trampoline? Barf visited Mema a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully, he won't visit her again, that would be an overstayed welcome (welcome?). Anyway - sorry Christine!

Our Big Girls

I will have to update later with pictures but as of their appointments last week, the girls weighed the same - 9 lbs 10 oz! Their lengths were the same also. They are doing well. Eating well, spitting up well, starting to have some personalities, smiling at times...

Everyone is so busy finishing up school, soccer and getting ready for Mommy to go away for her weeklong "vacation" to Camp Reynal, held at Camp John Marc.

Pictures to come soon!