Wow...where has the time gone!?!?

I can't believe it has been nearly a year since I have updated our family blog! It is amazing how much our girls have changed in the past year. I guess I will start with a few updates....

In the last post I mentioned Aubrey needing to get tubes put in her ears. She got the tubes put in and did great during the surgery. Mallory had to get another set of tubes put in as well. Whitney actually needed a set of tubes in her ears too. Mallory and Whitney were scheduled to go into surgery at the same time (yes the same day). The night before the surgery Whitney got REALLY sick. She had RSV. This attacked her lungs really bad. She still has to use a nebulizer when she gets a cold. Mallory went in for her surgery as planned. She was supposed to get her addenoids taken out as well. When you just get tubes put in they just do a little gas on the patient and it is a really quick procedure. With the addenoids it is still a quick procedure but they actually put the patient to sleep and have to intebate them. Well of course our family does nothing the normal way. What should have been a 10-15 minute procedure turned out to be over 45 minutes. When they finally came to the waiting room to get us (yes I was getting very worrried by this time) they told us that she quit breathing during surgery. She was fine but she gave them a really big scare. Of course this terrified me! Needless to say we were very nervous about when Whitney finally went in for her tubes but since she was just getting tubes she wasn't put to sleep....just a little gas so no big deal.

January was especially tough for us as well. We lost my cousin, Stephanie. Her and I were really close as kids. We grew apart as adults but still kept in touch by texting. I will miss her dearly!

Whitney started walking right around their first birthday. However, Aubrey was a little slower to walk. Aubrey waited until the day before Easter. I think it was so she would be able to keep up during the Easter egg hunt!

Mallory started Pre-K in the fall. She loves going to school. She has lots of friends. She must have her Mommy's "gift of gab". At school they have been learning about the first Thanksgiving. Her teacher gave each of the students an Indian name as they reinacted it. Mallory's Indian name is "One Who Talks A Lot".

We have found that Aubrey and Whitney both have loose joints. They have issues with their elbows popping out of socket. The last time it happened the girls were all playing in Mallory's room and Whitney and Mallory were fighting over a toy. Needless to say...we had to go to the Mercy After Hours clinic and get it popped back in that day. We have to be so careful with them due to this. Whitney has had it happen 3 times, and Aubrey has had it 1 time. I am so thankful that I know the doctors who fix it. They know we are good parents and it is nothing we have caused. I can only imagine what an ER doc would think who didn't know me!

The next exciting thing we have going on is that Aubrey has been using the potty. YEAH!!! I can't wait until the day when all 3 girls are completely potty trained. It is so hard to potty train twins. When one wants to use the potty the other one wants to as well. By the time you wash everyone's hands it is time to start all over again. It reminds me of when we were giving them both bottles. It is near impossible to get anything else done.

We are excited about Thanksgiving however I would be more excited if Grandma Edwards was out of the hospital. She has been dealing with the return of her cancer she had when I was in college. She went in for surgery to take care of it. The surgery was supposed to be a one hour surgery and an overnight hospital stay. The surgery lasted about 3 hours and she is still in the hospital. It has been about 3 weeks. She is getting better and stronger every day. I know what it is like to lay in a hospital bed that long so I really feel for her!

We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. I am thankful for all of my family and friends who have been so supportive to us. We couldn't have made it through all of our challenges without all of the support.

I will try to do a better job of updating on here! Happy Thanksgiving!