"normal" fun?

hey... im going to start out saying that is a really long post... and im sorry.... you dont have to read the whole thing... but feel free to linger over the pictures... just kidding..... okay.. so i loaded these pictures all out of order, but wasnt going to delete them and then re-load them.... so... anyway... this picture is of my aunt kathy and uncle lee when they were down from el paso at the beginning of the month.... we all had supper at my parents house since they were down and the babies really enjoyed playing with my aunt and uncle... this pic of bekah and my mom is right after my mom put her hair into pigtails... shes getting better about putting her hair up, but is still kinda fussy when we are in the process of fixing it... i thought that this was the cutest picture....
this picture i actually took today..... we went outside to play and i saw some ants on our porch so i sprayed them with water and they were loving it, so i thought well lets get the sprinkler out... seth was the biggest fan of it.. he loved it.... bekah on the other hand hated it... she barely got two drops on her and she started to cry... luckily about 3 minutes into playing in the sprinker daddy came home so we went back on the porch to play....

here is a picture of my babies with their friends from church... (they are twins).....they came over on thursday..... it was so fun.... everyone was sooo good..... i wasnt sure how my babies would do because other than sunday while in the nursery they dont see other babies... they did really good.. they shared their toys and were overall really good... so im pleased with that... i do need to get them out and about with other kids... just so they know that they arent the only kids in the world... we'll see.... anyway i had a really good time on thursday and i think the babies did too.... (thanks stacy for coming over)....
this is from last sunday.... this is my favorite dress for bekah right now... and they just look so cute...
this also is from last sunday..... these are the "miracle babies".... the little girl is one of my really good friends daughter.... i took i think 10 pictures and this was the best out of all of them... we're going to try another "photo op" again to see if we can get a better pic...
this is acutally a couple saturdays ago.... we went to the zoo.... it was soooo dead..... we went into the lory landing.... they absolutely loved seeing the birds so up close... this was the first time we went because every other time we go to the zoo it is soo packed that we do good just to walk around well when we went this time it was so unpacked that we were able to do that and take this picture on the lions... there was this nice lady who when we first came in saw us and asked about them... and we would see them as we walked through the zoo... then when we were leaving i was talking to bobby as this might be the best time to take the pic.. she overheard and offered and we took her up on her offer.... and im glad we did....
well.. like i said we have some very busy weeks... last week wednesday bekah and seth went to premiere care and did beautifully.... they scored on some of their skills at 22 MONTHS.... how exciting... but then on gross they scored at 16... still within limits.... i was greatly encouraged at this appointment.... the tester that tested seth was very impressed with how well he was doing and gave me some encouragement on how we are raising them.... the tester that tested bekah (bobby was with her) said that bekah behaved beautifully... so im really happy... our therapist was also very encouraging about how they are doing... so im very pleased and happy and excited.... that was really the only thing that happened last week, but it was such a major ordeal it really made the week seem packed....

this week we had speech therapy on tuesday with a new therapist.... she is very nice and has given us some tips on how to get them talking more words.. so im excited about that... our physical therapist came on wednesday... (she is the one who is very pleased with how they are doing).... she thinks they might not be in therapy for much longer since they are doing so well.....

thursday... my friend from church came over with her twins... it is the first time that we have had someone over other than therapists..... it was really nice and fun.... my mom, my aunt bertha, and i (with the quads) went to lunch at red robin later that afternoon.... i am greatly surprised with how well they did with eating at a restaurant.... this was like maybe the third time we have taken them out, but usually its my whole family... so each baby has an adult... this time it was just three adults... they were very good and ate very good...i did feed them a lunch before we left for the restaurant, but they still ate really well at re d robin.... it was fun to do something normal...

that evening bobby and i (with the quads) went to the fair.. i took my camera but didnt take any pictures... that did really good, huh.... it was fun.... we ran into a lot of people that we knew and a lot we didnt.... its funny when strangers are like " i bet your done with having kids" and im like actually i want at least one more.... its like they are speechless... its pretty funny.... it was nice going to the fair as a family... again something "normal" is just so nice...

and then today we ran through the sprinkler in the late afternoon.... so it was fun and busy week...

tommorrow we are getting a BIGGER VAN.... i am super-duper excited about that.... a family from our church is selling it to us at a great price and its just going to be so nice to have all that extra room.... i really am excited... im going to have to get used to driving a bigger van though... i have driven bobbys truck before so its kinda the same... but still... i already hate driving so... im just going to have to practice..... but im really excited....

im sorry for the late and long post.... but better late than never, right???? anyway we have some fun things going on next week so ill let you know what and how they go next week.... anyway thanks for reading....

me

hey all

well we are all doing very well... bekah continues to heal.. we got excellent news from the doctor today at another one of her post-op check-ups...he said she is looking wonderful... i havent really seen her cross her eyes either... so im very happy... she no longer needs for us to put the ointment in and once we finish this bottle of drops we wont need to put anymore drops in... im very excited... i never had to put the ointment in, since we only had to put it in at bedtime, but i did try once and it wasnt not easy since her eyelids were slick from the eyedrops and if you did the ointment first her eyes were greasy...so im very happy.. and the bottle of eyedrops is halfway gone.. so woohoo... very excited... she also is teething she is getting two of her back teeth in... she hasnt been fussy or anything but this morning i noticed shes been biting on her arms.... not hard but hard enough to make them red... we have been very blessed to not have extremely fussy babies when they are teething... austin too is getting some back teeth in... and evan is getting one of his back teeth in....

today after bekahs appointment my mom and i went to the mall.... we have been numerous times and i thought peolpe were getting "used" to us... but today we got stopped so many times... i think we got stopped at least 20 times... there was even one time i thought we were taking the "different route" that others take to get to a department faster well we got stopped for about 10 minutes from i think 10 different women who would come over and talk to us... i dont mind... because i think if it were me i would be curious too... i used to when asked if we were done i would say "im not sure" now i tell them "no, i want at least one more" and then more conversation goes on... but oh well... if they're going to ask i might as well tell them... right???

last week evan and austin went to premiere care... development testing... i went in with evan for his and he did AWESOME.... he was scoring into his corrected age and above... i was very happy and excited for him... and so while i was with him bobby was with austin while he was being tested... i thought if evan is doing this well then surely austin is doing just as well if not better... well... not so much... bobby and i both agree that he seems further advanced then the rest but he is like me and he has to warm up to you before he's going to do anything you ask.... he is painfully shy when it comes to strangers.... bobby said it took austin between 5 to 10 minutes to warm up to the tester.. and after that he wouldnt do simple things that he did the time before and even the days before he did for me.... i do my own type of "premiere testing" about 3 times a week things that our therapists have told us we can work with them on.... he did everything i asked him to the day before testing... the next day (testing day) he wouldnt.. not couldnt... he scored in some areas around 16 months which they said is still within normal range for his corrected age which would be 18 months instead of his actual 20... the doctor was not concerned.... although when she was checking him... i guess he was nervous around her and he kept holding his hands very strangely and i could tell the doctor was seeing this and she asked me if he did that all the time... i had never... he fianlly relaxed and then so did she.... but even though he scored below the corrected age... both bobby and i and our therapists know what he is capable of and are not really concerned with his scores... they do ask us after the testing is over if how they were is how they are at home and for austin it definately is not how he acts at home... the minute we were left alone waiting for the doctor to come examine both evan and austin.. austin was chattering away... the minute she stepped in he stopped... just like me...... i am glad that they ask this.. because i know he can do better.... it took all morning.... after we left we stopped at wendys and ate a quick lunch... it was very strange to eat at a restaurant with children let alone only two of our four... it was fun though.... strange but fun.... it felt like we were a little family... it was nice....

bekah and seth go this coming wednesday.... seth in the past on premiere testing days has been like austin.... it takes him awhile to warm up but lately when our therapists come he warms up to them fast and plays with them and does wonderfully... so im hoping he'll do just as well on wednesday... bekah has done well in the past on testing days... i really have no concerns for her as far as warming up... shes an easy going kid.... i think she will do well.... i am really excited about these testing days.... i know what they are capable of and am not really concerned at all... i am praying that they will do as well on testing day as i have seen them do at home...

they are all going back for more premiere testing at the beginning of january because once they turn 2 they will not adjust the age they will go by their actual age rather than their adjusted age if they would have been a full term baby.... again im not concerned... not yet anyway...

well i am still a bit addicted to facebook.... i found my best friend from high school... or rather she found me... so i am very excited... bobby is doing well.. working ... getting ready for deer season.. also looking forward to dove season... im getting ready for christmas and the quads birthday.... i finally have decieded what they are wearing for their 2 year old pics.... so im excited for that... i found a pretty dress at kid to kid kinda like the one my sister in law got her daughter (which i absolutely loved) so i was very excited to find the dress i found.... very exciting..... oh... also a friend of mine gave me a blog site of another quad mom whose kiddos are just a couple months younger than mine and get this she too also has three boys and a girl.... very cool....

anyway.... i will try to update again next week after bekah and seths testing to let you know how they did.... anyway.. im missing the movie im supposed to be watching with bobby so... i better go... i was thinking of doing a blog about what it was like 2 years ago now, but if you dont want o read it let me know... im not too sure...