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Hey everyone, we got family pictures today... finally. Thanks to my mom!!! They gave most of them to us on the c.c. The really good ones that we ordered though are not on the cd... kinda bull! Anyway Ive posted a few. We had a busy day today. Well Aryssa and I anyway. Christa thought it would be fun to take just the girls... well the big girls that is to get their toes painted. First we went to lunch (let Aryssa pick....well kinda.) then to target and Christa bought her a birthday outfit and a toy, then off to the nail salon. We let the kids pick out the colors they wanted. I guess Aryssa was feeling pretty patriotic because she picked red and blue, lol. Then she decided she wanted a star jewel thingy on her big toes :) Lakin wanted purple and a almost white with a flower jewel thingy on her big toes. SO cute, they were!!! I of course forgot my camera so as soon as Christa posts or emails me pics I'll put them up. As we were eating the kids decided they were tired, bored, not sure, but decided to get really really loud. The lady next to us decided I guess that they were too loud to handle because she didnt even finish her sundae and told the waitress she should have brought her ear plugs or something along those lines. I tried to get Christa to follow her to the bathroom with the kids, because that's where she went next. Not very nice no, but funny... yes! Poor lady. They weren't that loud. I've seen way worse. After waiting 20 min for our check I was ready to bounce around too. Lakins only 3, she did pretty darn well I think! The lady's lucky they didn't have full blown tantrums. They were just having fun playing with their balloons... very loudly :) They didn't sing happy birthday there so Christa decided to call chilis. In doing so she tells them that we were at Applebees with our kids and they wouldn't sing happy bday. If we were to come there and get dessert would they. They said yes, but unfortunately we didn't end up making it over there. After spending way too long in target the kids were tired and we had to re convince Aryssa to get her toes done. She just wanted to get home and play with her new Hannah Montana makeup. After toes we go back to my moms only to realize I left the pictures at the nail place. So back to the nail place we go... get the pictures and get back to my moms. My mom of course had been home all day and wanted to go shopping. She can't not shop on a Sat. I mean who does that right? Hehehehe. She was too tired and so was I so we called it a night. She did learn how to use Avas feeding pump today though. See ya learn something new everyday. Just think mom, now Ava can spend the night :) Ha! Yeah right she's prob thinking. I think Ava cried a bit for her today. She may be rethinking the whole spending the night thing now. Speaking of Ava... since she was like a month old she had a little white spot on her bottom gums. I thought it was teeth trying to come in but I thought twice because she was so young. Sure enough though that's what it is. My baby's trying to get teeth!! Anywho I'm going to post these family pictures. Imagine me having my hair done and a tan, and they would look oh so much better :) The kids and Eric looked great though! I'll have more bday pics soon. We're having a kids party for Ms Ryssie tomorrow. She informed me tonight she wants to do Lakins makeup. Oh and her and Lakin will be dressed the same, that should make cute pics. I think the little girls will be too!

one of ava and emma's matching outfits... christa bought this one

Dawson opening his guitar

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't wrote in a while. Ms. Ava keeps me pretty busy!! She wakes up around 9ish, we play, she smiles... a lot, she crys, a lot (for about an hour), she takes a nap, she wakes up screams for a min, we play again, depending on her mood she smiles or screams or growls at me, takes another nap, around 6ish when it's time for me to make dinner she screams anywhere from 30 min to a couple hours straight, she finally falls asleep because holding, rocking, bouncing, walking doesn't work but the swing does... she wakes up again, we do bath or whatever, she sleeps all night till about 9 in the am. Long sentence huh? We are soooo lucky she sleeps all night. I get up a few times because of this pump, and occasionally she needs her diaper changed so she crys, but other than that she sleeps!! I wander when she's not getting fed so often how much she'll really sleep though?

I should have posted some of these pics before Halloween, but forgot. Imagine that, me forget? NO way!! We went to Christas a couple of weeks ago and took pics of Ava and Emma. Emma was sick and Ava was half asleep, needless to say they didn't turn out so good. Oh well, we got there first Halloween pics in their matching outfits together. I'm sure there will be many more in the next few years!!! Ava's doing about the same. She STILL won't take a bottle. Her neck is still mega crooked. I call it her "gangsta lean." She has a couple hour long cry sessions a day. Other than that she's still my PERFECT angel. She deff has her likes and dislikes down. We bought her a few diff nipples, again... she deff has one she likes better than the others. It's a lot smaller than the others and she's letting me stick it all the way in her mouth at times. She sill gags every once in a while but for the most part just plays around with it. She actually did a suck the other day. I think it scared her because she started screaming!!! She's off the methadone now. The first day of being off seemed a little tough for her but shes good now. She weighed 9 lbs 3 oz last time we went to the doc. She had her clothes on so not sure really how much she weighted. She goes back to Dr. Bensard (her pediatric surgeon) on the 14th for a swallow study. That will tell us if her belly's any bigger and hopefully she can get a g tube. I sure hope so. Its getting harder and harder putting that tube down. The other day she was so content in her car seat I decided to put it in while she was sitting in that. Bad idea. All of a sudden she started coughing and it was coming out of her mouth. Worst mom of the year award goes to me! I felt awful!!!! I deff won't try that again. It's getting harder and harder to put it in though. She's fighting it more and more. I pray pray pray she can get a g tube. It's just not looking like she's going to eat anytime soon. I'm starting to wander if she is at all? I hope so. I thought about trying cereal but decided I should wait until the next Dr. appt (10th) to see if it's ok. Who knows maybe she'll take to baby food...

Aryssa was a witch for Halloween. She was with her mom so the only pic I have is the one she sent. Dawson was a vampire. He also got his "real guitar" Friday. He got all a's and a couple of b's so he got his guitar. My mom gave it to him a little early but that's ok. He LOVES it. His little eyes lit up. I need to find a place around here for him to take lessons. I can't wait till he learns to play his first song. My son kind of loves himself, you see. It's deff a good thing, but could turn cocky when he's older, lol. He says "I don't know how I got sooooo good at playing the guitar, I'm really good mom" Sooooo funny!!! He also likes to hang pictures of himself all over his bedroom. He has some with the other kids in them, but they all include him, lol. Silly boy. He actually just came downstairs asking if he had any money. He wants to but Aryssa this Hannah Montana book that's in his scholastic reader thingy he brought home. I found a life size card board cut out thing I think I'm going to tell him he should get instead. She will be excited. Her birthday is next Monday. I told Eric we needed to tell people what day to come over but he's yet to say anything about it. If it's last notice blame it on him :) Or just call me Christi, hehehehe. We have her this weekend so Sundays prob the best day. We're getting pictures done Sat. We are going to get a family one finally. I have never even had just me and Dawsons pictures taken, weird huh? I guess I always just got them with just him. I really don't want to get mine done now, I look awful! I need my hair done, I need a tan, and that's just the start. I look like a mangy cat after she has kittens!!!! Anyway, I'm going to post some pics. See everyone Sunday prob.