The girls continue to try to make us laugh with their silly antics every day. Morgan is especially fond of the gross-out type humor - tooting, burping. She thinks she is hilarious! Just another example of silly girls... I hear giggling and "mommy, come look at us". This is what I found. :)
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| New fashion trend??? |
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| We went on a walk looking for puddles |
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| Then we rode bikes around for a long time! |
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| Morgan is our daredevil - always pushing the limits |
Then, I said good-bye to my gallbladder. Yep. Fun times. Turns out the pain I had while pregnant was not only due to two babies pushing my insides around in uncomfortable ways, but I actually developed gallstones (unbeknownst to me). Over the past four years, it has started bothering me more, so I finally had it checked out and found out I needed to have my gallbladder removed. The first 24 hours after surgery were seriously un-fun! But, once the CO2 and anesthesia were out of my system, I felt tons better. It still amazes me that you can go into a surgery center at 10AM, get put completely under, have an organ removed, and be home by 2PM.
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| Before surgery - smiling (no pictures after surgery - I was not smiling!) |
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| The girls got me a super cute card and flowers |
While I was recovering, my parents were helping out with the girls. My dad is a "teaser" as Morgan and Avery always say. I found this "edited" note from school. My dad had change bear to beer. Funny, Papa! But, seriously, they were so much help during the few days after my surgery. I didn't feel like doing much except laying around, and they made the daycare runs and kept the girls entertained!
At our house there, there are many "injuries" every day. Most are invisible, but band-aids are requested for everything. We mostly go for the "it has to be bleeding to get a band-aid" rule. But, sometimes crying wins out and a band-aid is applied to a bruise. The other day both girls fell down and hurt themselves. Apparently, ice packs were needed. :)
The girls started taking rhythmic gymnastics at a nearby gym and are having an absolute blast! They get to do ballet moves with hoops, play with ribbons and balls, jump on a trampoline, do some tumbling, etc. They love watching the gymnastics episode of Dora and this is just like that to them.
This past weekend, we celebrated Papa's birthday at the Wilken's house. Matt smoked a brisket in the Green Egg, which although there were some rough times getting it done, it turned out really tasty and was a big hit! It's always fun when the kiddos all get together. They were so excited that Papa let them help blow out the candles!
We had dropped off some baby toys for new baby boy Duesterhaus who will be making his appearance sometime at the end of May (yay for Brett and Sandi!). Apparently, the girls are never to old for baby toys!
