Oh My! How they've grown!

Look how big my girls are getting! We've had some unseasonal chili weather lately. However, a couple of weeks ago, we had some really warm weather. So of course, we took advantage of it and brought the pool and water table out of the garage. The girls had a blast playing in the water. I'm sure this is just the beginning of all the Summer fun we'll be having this year. 

They are so tall!

Rachel was really excited!

This was the first picture that I've been able to get all three of them in for quite some time! I bought them some cute one peice jumpers and that day..... they pulled them out of the bag and wanted to wear them right away. I was being lazy and just put them on over their clothes. Can you tell they are watching tv? It was the only way to get them to sit still for the photo op!

I'm determined to teach them to sit still for the camera. Here we are "working on it." I kept saying, "sit down, sit down" and they would repeat it over and over. It was too cute. Morgan, however, didn't want to sit still for longer than 5 seconds! We're going to keep practicing! I want to get some pro pics done one of these days and want them to be camera ready!

I just can't believe that my babies are already 2 years and 4 months old. They are so tall! And their hair... wow, their hair is getting so long. My favorite part of their age right now is how much they are talking. Morgan, who was our quietest one, has suddenly started talking to us! Her thing right now is to walk between Bob and I and say, "Mommy" and then she goes to Bob and says, "Daddy." She does it over and over again and we just love it. Rachel's favorite thing to do is repeat things we say. (Yes, scary.. lol) The other day, she was saying "I fix it" all day because I had told her that morning that I'd fix something for her (it had to do with her diaper if you really want to know.. LOL). Sophia... wow.. Sophia is saying 4-5 word sentences and literally talks nonstop! 

In other news, Bob has been working on a game for Facebook for the past year. It's been both a blessing and a curse for our family. There were a lot of weekends where "Daddy was working" and evenings where he'd drive me crazy sitting in front of the computer all night. I'm very proud to say that the game will most likely launch tomorrow. There have been a few technical errors last minute, but it should launch very soon. I'm really proud of him and his business partner for finishing what they started a little more than a year ago!

Just .... wow!

For some reason, I've been neglecting my blog lately. I guess I've been too busy feeling great. LOL... I know, I know.. that is kinda silly to say. Since my surgery, I have never felt better. I am finally feeling physically good again. I had forgotten what it was like to be pain free. I think I got so used to always hurting and that is never a good thing. I finally have energy and don't feel so exhausted anymore. It's been a really awesome change.

So the girls have one more week of their therapies until we are on Summer break. I'm sad but also a little glad at the same time. Not sure how we are going to fill our days now but I'm also glad that we won't have set times of needing to be somewhere or needing the house and the girls to be ready for the therapists to come here. We're not totally off the hook though. Rachel will still have 2 visits per week from the behaviorist. She is still eating a few of the crunchy foods she picked up about a month ago. We haven't made much progress since then. It's a very slow process, but we're hanging in there.

I have a bunch of pictures on my camera that need uploaded and lots of news to share. Of course I am pressed for time at the moment. I have a new goal though..... In the month of June, I'm going to try and post something every day. Even if it is just a small quick tidbit of our day. My precious girls are growing and changing so fast that I need to document as much as I can.

Now let's just see if I can stick to that goal!

Long overdue...

I had my surgery on the 29th. It was a lot more difficult that I thought it would be. I thought I'd have a nice weekend of rest in bed. You know, I'd read a book, catch up on some movies, and just relax. HA! I guess I had forgotten that when you have surgery, they actually cut you open.

The good news is that the surgery stayed minor. I had 3 small abdominal incisions and that was it. The very surprising part of all this is that my doctor didn't find a trace of endometriosis. I have had previous surgeries and endo was always there. When I heard he didn't find anything, I felt like I had done the surgery for nothing. However, what he did find was a ton of scar tissue that was pulling my uterus and right ovary to the left. I've had pain on my right side almost every day for over a year. It always felt like my insides were being pulled on. In a sense, they actually were. There were spider web like scar tissue that attached those parts to the inside of my c-section incision. Crazy to think about. I didn't actually get to talk to my doctor after the surgery, but will be able to see the pictures and get more information at my post op appointment in early June. Bob got to see all the pictures and talk with my doctor.

Where was I? I was way too drugged out in pain. I basically woke up from the surgery moaning (and I'm told...kinda yelling) in pain. I remember feeling like my left side was on fire and it was throbbing. I woke up at around 1pm and we didn't go home until a few minutes after 4. I ended up spending the entire weekend on double doses of vicodin. It's all pretty much a blur since I slept almost the whole time. So much for watching movies. Bob worked from home for most of last week and we had a lot of help. My mom and sister were here a lot. My friend, Claudine, came over for a whole day to help out. She even gave the girls a bath for me. She's a triplet mom too, and it was obvious since bathing three 2 year olds didn't phase her one bit.  One of my friends even did our grocery shopping for us!  I'm so thankful for such awesome friends!

I'm actually feeling much better physically now than I have for the past 2 years. I no longer wake up at night or in the morning with abdominal pain. I don't randomly double over in pain if I move the wrong way anymore. I haven't even had to take motrin since a few days after the surgery. I used to take 4-8 motrin per day just to get through. I'm optimistic that I'll be pain free long term for the first time in a very long time!  Oh and yes, I did go through with getting my tubes tied. You know....due to the economy, the hotel is closed for business. hahahahaha.....

On a side note..... Rachel tried a couple of new foods the last week of April. Just after that happened, she surprised us again and ate 5 new crunchy foods in the same day. She's not eating all of those foods right now and is refusing 2 of them, but this is still a step in the right direction. Her feeding therapist has decided to take a step back and stop coming for about 4-6 weeks to give Rachel a chance to progress on her own without the stress of us making her touch foods she doesn't want to touch. We have an appointment with the behaviorist tomorrow morning. I'm going to discuss whether or not we should continue as well. I'm just not sure that stressing Rach out right now is the best idea for her. On one hand, I want to let her eat what she wants to eat. But on the other hand, I want her to eat a variety of foods for the nutrition of those foods. I'm very concerned that she doesn't get enough of the right stuff. Ugh, so frustrating. It's hard to explain how I feel about everything right now. It's kind of a "one day at a time" thing.

I keep telling myself that I will post more often. I took some super cute pictures of the girls last Friday when it was so hot that we let them play in their little pool. They had an absolute blast! I'll have to get those uploaded.

For now, as usual......... It is past my bed time!