2008

I think this was my craziest year yet.  

We were looking at pictures last night and I found a drawing I made in the hospital.  Originally I'd had tally marks on the white board for each day I was going to be in the hospital.  It was comforting to erase one mark every day.  It helped me see that my time away from my family would come to an end.  Then the marks were all gone, and they wouldn't deliver the babies.  There was no room for them in the nicu!!

The next two days were really hard.  ....until I drew myself a picture of my family waiting at home for me.  So, left to right, that's Delightful Finch, Strong Bear, Beautiful Rabbit, and Sexy Haqon.  I missed them sooo much while I was inpatient.

It's been almost a year since I started this blog....since I found out I was pregnant...since I found out we were having twins...since Finch started walking!  Our prayers have become simpler this year.  We're thankful for simpler things like our house and Sexy's job and each other.  We ask for simpler things....like breathing efficiently.

I can't believe Angel and Seraph are 6 months old.

I wish Seraph could be home with us again.  I'm glad we got to have the twins together for a few days.  

Seraph is on cpap to help her breath right now.  They just inserted a pic-line (like a permanent IV) to use instead of poking her when they have to draw blood for labs.  (they test her blood gases a couple times every day to make sure she's getting enough respratory support.)

I look forward to next Summer when we'll all be playing together at the park or by the lake or just walking around with the strollers. Angel will be crawling or walking.  Seraph will be crawling or sitting up.  Finch will have an even better vocabulary.  Rabbit will be jumping, dancing, and spinning.  Bear will be shouting "look at me" as he climbs.  Sexy and I will be smiling....and we'll all be very happy.

Hope you and yours have a great 2009 ;)

The Day After...

Sexy Haqon drove off this morning for his one-day-work-week.

Beautiful Rabbit is playing Oregon Trail on the computer. Angel is sleeping.

Bear, Finch, and I just spent a few hours playing in the snow. We shoveled from our front door to our neighbor's front door and their neighbor's front door. It made a nice little maze for the kids to play in. Then we had a snowball fight:
Bear: haha - I got you, Mom!
Mom: Aaaaaahhh!
Bear: Do you wanna throw a snow ball, Mom?
Mom: Ya! I'm gonna throw a snow ball at Finch!
Bear: No!! [Bear ran in front of Finch and blocked her with his body. Then he waved his arms all around to make an extra "shield" for her.]
Mom: Are you protecting your sister?
Bear: Ya! You can't get her!

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Seraph's right lung already looked a lot better on this morning's x-ray. They're going to give her a spontaneous breathing trial later today.

Seraph Update

They intubated her again.  They felt she was working too hard to get her oxygen.  The x-ray on her right lung was cloudy.  They put the tube back in and added some meds to take some of the work off of her heart.  They'll be watching her closely and hope to take the tube back out in 3-4 days.

Merry Christmas!!

Seraph is happy.  She's alert and active.  She has lots of cool Christmas presents.  Rabbit was thrilled to hold her.

Angel slept in late!  She was the last one up, and slept 45 minutes later than she ever has.  The kids played with their santa presents until she 

woke up.  Then we opened

 

the rest of the presents.  Everyone had fun :)

Delightful Finch.  I think she's liked every present. 

 But the one she won't put down

 was this doll from her cousin.  It's adorable!  It makes little baby sounds.  She was too busy dancing with her baby to hold still for a picture.

Strong Bear. This poor kid's been asking to open the christmas presents every day since we put them up on the cupboards.  He's running around crazy with chocolate and candy straws.

Beautiful Rabbit's been trying to guess her present.  She didn't guess, but her eyes almost popped out when she opened her purple scooter!

Now we're watching Wonder Woman (Haqon hasn't seen  them and I LOVED it when I was Finch's age).  Some of these I don't remember. I threw in a pot roast for dinner.  It smells fantastic.

It's snowing like crazy.  We love you guys - hope everyone's having a Merry Christmas :)

Seraph Update

They took out her breathing tube this morning!  She woke up and gave me an earful.  She sobbed as she told me about her whole week in her tiny voice.  When she was done, the tears stopped and she just looked around.  She liked sitting up (with support).  She seems stronger and more alert than last time.  They'll start weaning her oxygen tomorrow.  She won't be home in time for Christmas...but she will be home soon.  She's looking good :)

[Seraph (left), Angel (right)]

Good Night, Bear

3 weeks ago:

Mom: Good Night, Bear.

Bear:  Stay here with me, Mommy!

Mom: OK

Tonight:

Dad: Good Night, Bear.

Bear: I love you, Daddy.  I love you Mommy.

Mom: Good Night, Bear

Bear: Bye.

Bear:  Finch is jumping!

Welcome to Winter

Bonus points to the first person to bring me an invincible summer!

BwaaaaaaaAAAAAA!

Nintento fixed our Wii!!  (no, I didn't win the contest).  Our Wii was broken when......SOMEONE fed it a handful of plastic beads.  I tried to fix it myself (sniff sniff).  Finally I logged on to Nintendo's website and

 discovered it was still under warranty.  They sent me a shipping label and I sent it back.  They got it in the mail Friday, replaced the broken part, and shipped it back that same day!

Amazing! It didn't cost me a penny.

My kids are playing with Rabbids again :)

er...Strong Bear is hoarding the game, but that's OK so far.

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Delightful Finch jumped down from the dinner table to dance!  She started singing this song.  ...and it was so cute, I couldn't bring myself to make her come back to dinner.  

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Seraph - no changes, no real news.  They've ruled out RSV.  They're watching her decreased heart function very closely.  They still don't know if it'll get better.  It's just too soon to tell.....but that's the part that worries us the most.

Aside from missing her, we're all doing well.

Back to the Hospital

Saturday was heavenly.  I can't remember the last time we were all so happy.  Everything felt right.  We celebrated with chocolate cake!  

Sunday was an adventure.  Seraph visited 2 different hospitals to get her feeding (NJ) tube replaced.  It was frazzling, but worth it.

Monday was a little troubling.  Seraph had a slight fever and seemed kinda puffy.  She seemed less agitated though, and slept well through the night.

Tuesday.  Seraph had a high fever in the morning.  She is back at the hospital now.  They're working on bringing her fever down.  Her cardiologist is worried because she seems to have decreased heart function that may or may not return to normal once her fever is gone.  She seems to have an infection.  They had to re-intubate her.

I'm not sure what will happen next.  It seems she'll be at the hospital for a while.  antibiotics and etc.

She was really passive this morning.  Later she started moving/looking around more.  Her color is better - more pink.  

We miss her.

Seraph & Angel

I don't even know where to start.  Angel likes watching her sister.  She seems to recognize her or atleast really like watching her.

We've already had to take Seraph back to the hospital once - to replace her NJ tube.  They can only place it while they're taking an X-ray. She was home after a few hours.  She had a fever today, but she's pulling out of it.  She has meds every 4 hours.  

It's been crazy.  really crazy...but my whole family is happier.  We're smiling.  We're hugging.  We're dancing like crazy chipmunks.  It's nice.

Seraph Sweet Seraph

Tomorrow, Tomorrow. I love you, Tomorrow...

It's only a day away!

They wanted to keep her overnight to make sure they got her meds just right.  The discharge nurse called today to get things set up.  I already had everything ready!  We'd planned on having Seraph come home today.  So, I cleaned a bit so I wouldn't just be sitting here all day.  Mom, if you're reading this, don't be shocked when you walk in and my house looks clean!  Er....actually the kids'll have had time to mess it up by then...

We had waffles for dinner.  Cinnamon waffles with peaches on top.  Beautiful Rabbit thought it was the best dinner ever.  Clean house and best dinner ever.  I'm doing pretty good!

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Me:  Seraph is going to come live at our house tonight!

Strong Bear: Can we open the [Christmas] presents?

Seraph Coming Home :)

Yep, she's coming home this weekend!   Her stats look good.  They've weaned her down to 1/4 liter oxygen.  She's going to come spend Christmas with us!  

I told Strong Bear that Seraph is going to come live at our house again.  He smiled and jumped up and down.

Seraph still has some reflux problems.  But the doctors want her to heal up...and have a wonderful Christmas.  We can worry about the reflux stuff some other time.

In other news.....Angel went to see a physical therapist today.  Months ago, she had a flat spot on the right side of the back of her head.  It's a lot better than it was, but the doc was still concerned.  PT gave us some stretches to work on....but it's pretty much corrected itself.  We've been working hard to keep her off her back.  It's paying off!  I'm sooo happy. The PT was especially impressed with how well she did with tummy time.

It was nice to show Angel off a bit.  She was smiling and cooing during the whole appointment.  I'd been worried about her appointment.  I'm very proud of her for doing so well.

Picture: Gpa & Angel

Angel loves her Grandpa.  She's learned the secret-ninja-baby trick to getting him to pick her up.  While I can't divulge her ninja secrets, I can tell you that she smiles when she sees him and likes to nap in his arms while  he reads books.  

Magpie Musing's Wii Fit Contest GiveAway

Magpie Musing is giving away a Wii Fit! It comes with a wii console and the wii fit board.  So, if you're interested, go check out her contest here. (Thanks, Safire, for pointing it out) Basically you're supposed to post a fitness story on your blog about how the wii fit would change your life and link back to her blog.  So here's my hopeful entry:

A fitness story.  

Once upon a time.......we packed up all our stuff and moved into a bigger house.  I'd never been big on fitness, but my new neighbor was a total fitness nut.  She gets up early to work out each morning before her day starts.  She bikes around the park for fun!  She teaches weight training and aerobic classes.  Somehow we hit it off and she started dragging me to early morning runs at the high school track.  She even started working out an hour early twice a week so she could be back in time watch my (sleeping) kids so my hubby and I could run over to the gym  before work. (My dear hubby walks too fast and I walk to slow, so side-by-side treadmills are perfect for us!)  Then she introduced me to Bikram (hot) Yoga. My stress level went way, way down.

My mom used to do yoga in our front room when I was a kid.  Sometimes she'd let me do it with her.  My favorite part was that bit at the end where you're just relaxing. Bikram Yoga was everything I liked about yoga PLUS a relaxing sauna. (and our water heater at home was broken at the time!) I felt so warm and cozy and sure of myself.  No one seemed to care how big my tummy was or how long I could balance or how far I could stretch.  

My youngest was 10 months.  I was some 30 lbs too heavy.  Those extra pounds started melting off.  I felt great.  More energy. More smiles.  More drive. More clothes that fit. It was great!

Then one week it all disappeared.  My wonderful neighbor was hit with a messy divorce out of no where. She moved.  I found out I was pregnant.  Twins.  Identical twin girls.  All my new fitness plans stopped dead. I spent the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy in the hospital.

One of the twins was born with a heart defect. Now she's the one spending time in the hospital.  My secret to staying sane with one twin in and out of the hospital?  Chocolate.  Cake.  Brownies.  Add Skittles, Twizzlers, & Sweettarts for variety, but it's mostly the chocolate that helps. The twins are 5 months old now, and I'm some 60 lbs too heavy. Seraph is coming home from the hospital this weekend (yay!)!  

Except for doctor's appointments, I'm pretty much stuck in my house until RSV season is over.  Stuck inside with twins...and a 2 yr old girl...and a 3 yr old boy. Thank goodness my 8 yr old (girl) gets to go out for school.  We're all brimming with stress...and stuck in the house.

I'd like to be one of those people who gets through stress with exercise.....I've been thinking about introducing my 8-yr-old daughter to yoga.  Yoga is so good for stress.   And I remember how good it felt to do Yoga with my mom.

Only.....I've done Yoga, but I don't really know how to do it on my own.  The Wii Fit would be perfect!  It would change my life!  So, Magpie - pick me pick me pick me!!! :)

Seraph Leaves the PICU

Seraph was transfered out of the PICU(Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) today!  Yay!  They have lots of plans for her, but all of them focus on getting her home and keeping her out of the icu.  Yay!  Way to go, girlie :)

Picture: Angel & Seraph

Seraph squirmed too much for pictures, today.  She's very happy.  I think she knows she's almost ready to leave the ICU.  Beautiful Rabbit loved holding Seraph.  

Growing up too Fast

My sweet little Angel is growing up too fast.  I can't believe she's already 5 months old.  I'm still trying to catch my breath!

Angel is my cute little smiley girl.  She is very social. Finch and Bear often vie for her attention.  Bear even pushes her around in her toy saucer when Mom isn't looking.  (He wanted to show her the Christmas tree).

Seraph Update

The newest projections have her coming home in 2 weeks.  They're tweaking her diuretics and then she has one more minor (scope) surgery - tacking her small intestine to her abdominal wall where it's a little too twisted.

She was happy today.  She loves it when she gets to be in her swing.  She's been smiling more lately...and she will be home for Christmas :)  

All I Want for Christmas?

Perfection!  Is that too much to ask? I was surprised to learn Sexy Haqon and I differ in our views on the perfect Christmas gift. Obviously, Christmas is the perfect time to buy that practical gift that we've been putting off because of money or time issues.  See - I'm easy to shop for because I put off buying things that I want in order to stick to the budget.

Haqon sees Christmas as a time to show how well you know someone by choosing the one gift that's deeply personal; a reflection of every aspect of your friendship.  Wow.  I think my gifts have been falling flat.  Sorry, Sexy.

I'm more of a "oh, I think he'd like that" or "oh, I think this would make his life easier" kind of gal.

Sexy Haqon and I stayed up late wrapping presents.  I was grumpy.  My family is doing the "draw names" thing for Christmas this year.  I thought it would be easier, but in a lot of ways it's just been a grumpy mess.  In the midst of it all, I looked down at Baby Angel on the floor.  She was kicking the wrapping paper with her feet.  She was wearing the biggest (wet) smile her face could hold.  That's my perfect Christmas right there on my Angel's face.

It has very little to do with gifts.  I want to enjoy a little happiness with my family and friends.  So I revised my perfect Christmas:

-Wake up and open presents at home

-then eat breakfast (muslix that we made the night before as a family...everyone getting their own tupperware to add in the perfect mix of the fruit they want)

-drive to grandma's house where we meet up with all our siblings that are in town (without exchanging gifts)

-play card games/board games all day long and into the night -- stopping only to make turkey or (in the dream world) lamb sandwhiches when we get hungry.

-using Skype on Gpa's laptop to spend time with family that's far away

-calling other family on the phone because we love them and want to wish them well.

oh, and no one is sick in my dream world Christmas, so I don't have any worries about the twins and rsv or hospitalization.  My kids run themselves silly with their cousins without actually breaking anything or making a mess that's too big to clean.

(When we're richer and not bound by the distance from Seraph's Cardiologist, we'd like to spend some of our Christmas holidays at Haqon's brothers' houses.)

It's hard enough to get the perfect gift for my own kids and I spend 18 hours a day with them!  I still can't think of anything Strong Bear would like more than the cardboard tube the wrapping paper comes on....so I wrapped it up and tossed it on the pile of gifts!  I may not know my extended family well enough to pick out the perfect gift, but I do love them enough to want to spend Christmas playing with them all day long.

And that sounds perfect.

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Portabellopixie's Pick a Pattern Contest!

My favorite Hullabaloo fabric designer is having a contest on her blog.  Please click here to vote for your favorite pattern. I love the blue set they picked :)

They're doing gift boxes, storage boxes, and basket liners. Go vote!

Seraph visit - happy :)

Seraph looks much better without the lung-tube.  Her voice is soft, but sweet.  Her vocal chords are out of practise, but not damaged.

Her eyes are pretty glossy.  She has lots of healing to do.  She's breathing better enough to keep the tube out, but they're watching her closely.  She's on the high-flow oxygen.  They'll ween her off it slowly and then she'll be home.

We missed having her home at Thanksgiving.  She will be home for Christmas.  She wiggled and squirmed the whole time we were there.  and the very best part--we got to hold her!!  Haqon sang her songs and she settled right down.

Picture: me and Angel

...was just playing with my camera phone.  I'll try to get a better comparison picture of Angel for ya in a couple days ;)

Seraph's House

Bear: Are we going to Seraph's house today?

Seraph Extubated :)

They took out the tube that went down her throat and into her lungs.  She's breathing too rapidly, but they're going to give it 24 hours to see if her breathing rate settles down.  The more worn out she gets...the faster her breathing rate gets.  They might have to put the tube back in.  

but hopefully...hopefully she's done with it.  She hates that tube.  Now that it's out, her voice box is working again and she can suck on her binky :)  She's on high flow oxygen.  She still has a lot of recovery to do before she can come home, but taking the tube out is a huge step in the right direction.

Mommy is happy :)

Happy Birthday, Delightful Finch :)

We had a delightful day centered around our sweet Finch.  We're so happy that she's in our family.  She is sooooo independent!

Today, the cake was topped with miniature marshmallows.  Every time we brought the cake close enough for her to blow out the candles, she grabbed a handful of marshmallows and stuffed them in her mouth!  

We opened presents and played at the park until our noses were too cold.

It's been a crazy 2 years.  We were still living downtown when she was born....in a 1 bedroom house.  We moved into our current home just before her first birthday.  At her first party, we didn't even have our furniture moved in yet.

She was born with really dark hair and red cheeks.  The first day Strong Bear met her, he only spared her a glance before finding mommy and then playing with the hospital drawers.  Now Bear doesn't go anywhere without saying, "Finch, come on!" or asking "Where's Finch" when she's taking her nap.

Beautiful Rabbit treats her like a princess.  She can do no wrong! (except that she doesn't give good presents yet!) Lately, Rabbit lets Finch wear some of her shirts as dresses.

Finch's favorite song is "Can't Stop" - RHCP.  She runs and twirls to dance...and pats her tummy during the start.  She loves reading books.  She likes Dora and counting books.  She's an excellent mimic; addicted to her Binky; willing to be put in her crib for naps and bedtime; loves to pat the twins heads and give them their bottles/Binkies; finally willing to let us hold her hand now that she saw her cousin, Butterfly, holding her mom's hand. She's finally tall enough to open (and lock!) doors. She'll try any food as long as you say "mmmmm, yummy" when you present it to her.  She likes showers and baths. When I put her hair up, she says "all done, all done, all done" cuz she wants it to be over.

She gives sweet, careful kisses. She has a very kind heart.  She has to find out why someone is sad and make sure they're going to be OK.  She sometimes pretends she doesn't understand what you're saying so she won't have to clean up a mess or give up some cookies.

Yesterday we went for a walk around the lake.  Finch and Bear were throwing pebbles into the lake.  It was time to go.  After many warnings, I finally said, "OK, mommy's leaving now...you'd better run if you want to catch up.  Bye bye."  Bear came running - almost ready to cry, "wait for me, wait for me!" Finch waved and said, "Bye bye" and turned away.  She picked up 2 more rocks to throw in the lake.  Bear hesitated.  ...and ran back to play with her.  bah...I had to go scoop her up and dump her in the stroller so we could leave.  She giggled and gave me kisses.

When she's sad and you ask her if she's OK, she never says "no."  She either says "yes" and then stops crying or says "Binky" over and over until you find her Binky and pop it in her mouth.

She brings you her shoes when she wants to go outside and says "shoes." She likes throwing powder in the air....and sculpting with butter.  (thankfully not at the same time...yet)

Finch talks a bit....and somehow gets nearly everything she wants just by wanting it. ...and we love her to pieces :) 

Seraph

She's responding well to the antibiotics.  Her blood pressure is back to normal.  They've weaned her off her blood pressure meds.

Seraph -

They put her on antibiotics for an infection.  They said the soonest she could come home is in two weeks.  She's already been there for two weeks...so we're pretty bummed about it.  They said it'll probably be 4-5 days before they take out her breathing tube.

We're grateful that we haven't caught any of the colds that are going around - cuz then we wouldn't be able to visit her.

Thanks for all your prayers and support.  

Minor Surgery

The right side of Seraph's Diaphram seems to be taking a vacation.  Today they'll make a small incision and use a few stitches to keep it down out of the way.  Then her right lung will be able to fully expand.

She's 3rd in line for surgery...so I'm not sure when exactly they'll take her in.  It's very minor compared to what she's already been through.  It should only take an hour or two.

Seraph

Slowly.

She's getting better...ever so slowly.

They're taking her in for some tests today to see if there's anything physical that's slowing down her healing process.  I should know more tomorrow.

Yesterday I woke up with a toothache--shooting pain as I tried to eat oatmeal!  Happily, my dentist squeezed me in and I was feeling better by noonish.  :)

We took Beautiful Rabbit and her friend to see "Into the Woods" last night.  They did a great job.....and the girls got to meet Cinderella.

Seraph Update

Seraph is getting better, but slowly.  They have yet to extubate her.  They don't want to take the tube out too soon.  She's having trial runs where it doesn't breath for her.  The heart and lung machine makes you get very bloated.  She's still too bloated...they have her on several diuretics to help the swelling gone down.

Naptime!

Hey, it's a nice, dark, quiet spot....as long as no one turns on the disposal :)

Seraph's doing great :)

Her surgery went well.  She's sleeping comfortably today.  

During the surgery, the nurse comes out every 30-60 minutes to tell you how things are going.  Haqon decided that next time we need to tell the nurse to just walk in the room with a thumbs up if things are going OK.  A whole eternity can pass in the time it takes the nurse to walk across the room, squat down, politely ask how you are doing, and then go into details on how your baby's surgery is going.

She looks great.  I didn't take pictures this time.  She's in a crib instead of a glass box this time.  She has all the tubes and wires as last time, but she's 3 times as big....so they don't overwhelm her nearly as much as last time.

Angel & Seraph

The twins - 4.5 months old :)

Pictures!

Seraph's Surgery Re-rescheduled to TUESDAY 11/11

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Seraph's Surgery: The Glen Procedure

Tuesday, Nov 11th, Seraph is scheduled for the 2nd stage of the Norwood Procedure (aka the glen procedure.)

She is 4 1/2 months old.

They'll remove the artificial shunt that was inserted last time.

They'll rearrange the blood vessels that bring blood back to the lungs.  (The vein coming down from the head (superior vena cava) will be detached from the heart and attached to the artery that goes to the lungs to get oxygen.)

So, after this surgery, all the blood returning from her head will go straight to her lungs instead of going back to her heart and then being pumped into her lungs.

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In her next surgery (2-5 years old) they'll rearrange things so that the blood coming from her lower body flows straight to her lungs, too.

My other post on Seraph's heart defect and the surgeries she'll have is found here.

For more information on the Glen Procedure, click here.

We expect things will go well.  Thank you all for your prayers and support.  It's hard watching someone so tiny go through so much.  I really think she's going to be OK.  We expect she'll be in the hospital for a week or so. ...and then back home feeling better than ever :)

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

I think I sleep-walked through most of today.  P&J took the opportunity to fill the tea kettle with beef bullion cubes.

I went with Beautiful Rabbit to parent/teacher conferences.  We were a little early so we danced in the gym.  There were 2 face cards stuck to the ceiling.  Rabbit told me the story behind the cards - it involved a magician!  She said she often eats under the 10 of diamonds.

We had fun spinning each other.  Her teacher had wonderful things to say about her.  Then we snuck in a treat before heading home.

my pillow is looking awfully nice....

Seraph Update

Seraph had a sedated echocardiogram today.  It was quite a mess driving to the hospital in the snow.  Luckily, Grandpa offered to drive me.  It was crazy snowy on the way and crazy icy on the way home.  (black ice - yikes!)

Everything went well for her echo.  The sedation clung to her and I ended up staying up with her all night.  She had trouble keeping down her formula, so I switched to pedialyte.  She's doing better now.  It was so cute when she woke up - she stuck out her tongue an gave me a HUGE smile.

She's such a cutie!

I Voted :)

I think the "I voted" stickers they hand out at the polls are a cool idea.

Good Morning!

The first words out of Strong Bear's mouth this morning:  "Is grandma and grandpa home?"  He only had to go half way down the stairs before he knew:  "awwwww...grandma and grandpa not home yet"

On the 2nd Day of Nov my true love gave to me...

Seraph Update :)

She had surgery in the cath lab on Oct 30th.  The surgery went well.  They finished quicker than expected.  They said she's good to go for her open heart surgery on November 11th :)

Seraph recovered well, and we brought her home that same day.  She's had some minor water retention...but other than that everything seems normal.

Happy Halloween

Beautiful Rabbit thinks Finch looks like an angel - she just needs wings!  I thought Finch looked like a sorceress.  Really she's a ghost.  But she just needs a bit of flour to finish getting ready.  Delightful Finch was having sooo much fun throwing flour that it was hard to pull her away for trick-or-treating.

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Dad:  OK, pick out 3 pieces of candy to eat tonight....

Mom: Eat as much candy as you want!

Who do you think they listened to?...hahahahaha

(Mom thinks if we just let them eat it, we'll only have to deal with candy this weenend instead of for months and months.)

We had TONS and TONS of kids come this year.  The costumes were great....and 1/3 of the adults were dressed up, too.  Darth Vadar  and Frankinstein scared Finch.  

You know your kids are listening when....

Delightful Finch:  Pbbbbbbbbbt!!

Mom: Hey! Don't spit.

Strong Bear: If you don't stop spitting, I'm a put you in TIME OUT!

Delightful Finch: 3...2...1...

Delightful Finch's Doll

Finch loves her baby sisters.  Lately she gives them tons of kisses.  She likes to feed them and is always trying to put binkies in their mouths (usually upside down!)

I think she'd like a real doll, but these wiggly dolls are much more fun!!

(Finch feeding Angel)

October 30 - surgery

Seraph has a preliminary surgery on October 30th.  They'll make a small incision and go in to test the pressures in her heart to make sure she's OK for her next open heart surgery (Nov 11th.)

After her Nov 11th surgery, she shouldn't need another surgery for several years.  Yay!

one more picture

The twins :)

pictures

Delightful Finch running through the neighborhood.

Strong Bear came over and said, "This is Baby Angel, and this is Baby Angel."  I guess he didn't recognize Seraph without her cannula.  (Seraph is NOT off her oxygen, she just had a short break for pictures.)

Haqon was out on the lawn.  I brought him Baby Seraph first, but didn't tell him I'd taken her cannula off.  When I came back with Baby Angel, he said, "Hey, you tricked me!"  He didn't notice it wasn't Angel until he gave her a kiss on her cheek and then he figured it out.  It's much easier to trick people when the twins aren't together.  Everyone relies on Seraph's tubes too much to figure out it's her.

Beautiful Rabbit and Delightful Finch LOVED having the twins outside for our picnic.  Great idea, Sexy Hakon :)

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