Christmas 09 Part II

Christmas 09 Part I

Here are some pictures of our first Christmas as a family of 5. Hopefully I will write more about our Christmas later. Lots of good stories to share, especially of Abby.

Identical Twin Boys!!!

Today (December 22) we found out the exciting news I have been waiting for since they were born- the boys are IDENTICAL TWINS!!! That question has been haunting me because I could never answer it when asked. I think the science nerd in me and working in Human Identity for 4 years got the best of me. Here is how it went down:

Yesterday morning I e-mailed Joellen (my friend still working at MPL) and asked her how much it would cost to get the DNA test done and when I could get it done. She e-mailed me that it was my lucky day and Dr. Miltenberger was out of the country and Patsy was going to ask Dr. Hubbard. She then e-mailed me that Patsy asked Dr. Hubbard and all I would have to pay is the supply cost!!! Love Dr. Hubbard!!! That evening Patsy came by with the collection kit and I collected the boys (brought back lots of memories) and she took it back to MPL the next day. I was hoping to get the results back by Christmas but Joellen had e-mailed me saying she was leaving tomorrow for vacation and it would be New Year's when I would hear something. That was OK- I told her not to feel rushed. Well, this afternoon around 2pm Joellen called me and said she had some free time today and ran the test. She said 'they are identical' that she had just pulled the data off. I would get an official report next week but she wanted to go ahead and call me!!! I am so excited because that was my Christmas wish. It would cost a little over $1,000.00 to get the results in one day!!! It's great to have connections!!! I did not care if they were fraternal or identical, but I just wanted to know either way. We are so blessed.

Basketball Practice

Abby has started Basketball on Saturday mornings. It is an instructional league, so they do not play games against each other. They have one main coach and then they have local high school players teaching the kids the different skills. It is so much fun to watch all of the kids and the high school age kids interact with the little kids. Abby looks right at home with the teenagers because she is so use to Uncle Nick and playing with him. This league just teaches them the basic skills and next year she will be on a team.

Merry Christmas!!!

Drama Queen!!!

Here is our story of our little drama queen. The other day I had to get after Abby for not doing what she was told. She then proceeded to get an attitude and mouth off to me (yes, she is not perfect by any means). Anyway I got after her and she started crying and crying. Here is some info you need to know for this to make sense. Apparently Abby believes she has a heart for everyone she loves inside of her (I don't think she thinks they are real). Anyway, she opened her door and said the heart she has for me has broken into pieces, caught on fire and is now ashes. Ouch!! She then told me all of her other hearts are whole and listed who they are for. The list ranges from Mamaw, Mom Mom to Piper and every pet and family in between. I quit talking to her and that drove her nuts, but it worked. She then came in and picked up what she was supposed to. That evening she told me 'my' heart was whole again. Yay!!! Too bad the next day it was in pieces once again. Some day it will hopefully stay whole. What a drama queen.

She has also started talking about her BFF's (best friend forever). She has 2- they are the twin girls at church Anne and Lydia. Abby and Lydia are real drama queens and are a lot closer together. One day Abby told me she had hoped that her BFFs would like her shoes and purse. Well, tonight she told Lydia that she was no longer Abby's BFF. Lydia was crying and so was Abby. I had to play mediator between the two and the hugged and made up while still crying some because they were glad to be BFF's again. Whew!!! I was worn out.

One last story. Tonight in the car we were listening to Christmas music and a song came on from Polar Express. Abby started crying saying that it reminded her of Mamaw Kincer. She then told me she decided she was going to ask Santa to bring Mamaw down from Heaven and that was all she wanted for Christmas. She said she didn't need a toy just Mamaw coming down from Heaven. That broke my heart!!! What a sweet little girl. I love her so much.

Let It Snow!!

This is a little late, but better late than never. It snowed last Saturday and luckily Ben was off work. He and Abby went out and played in the snow and made two snowmen. One was Ben and the other was Abby (at least that is what Abby said). They had so much fun together. The past times it has snowed Ben was at work and wasn't able to go out with Abby. Here are some fun pictures from the snow.

Our Little Monkeys 15wks