Abby is going to be in the newspaper!

That's Right Abby Fans,

Our Li'l Abbylicious has gone and increased her fan base even more. She will be in The Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 edition of the Orange County Register. Man, our little munchkin has a knack for this stuff, doesn't she?
So how did this all come about? It's like this; Abby's acupuncturist Dr. Ruth McCarty works with CHOC on top of running a very successful practice in Aliso Viejo. One day, she got a call from a friend of hers that works in the PR Department at CHOC and they start talking about Abby. And if I'm not mistaken, this particular lady had recently spoken with Greg (the writer of the article for the OC Register) and decided to call him to tell him about Abby. He then reached out to Ruth who set up the interview.

As you all know, my goal and major incentive for keeping this blog going has always been to try and make our story one of hope and love with the intention that it's heard by families in our similar situation. Greg and the OC Register have done a great job at helping us out in that regard and for that we are very thankful. The title of the article is "The Triplet who survived is a tiny, surprising fighter" Pick up a copy of the OC Register on Wed., or click this link here and check it out.

Here are some pics of when Greg came over to learn Abby's story.





So on to the update: Abby is doing great. She is really starting to walk everywhere now! She still uses the wall for support a lot and likes to grab the hand of whoever is nearby to help walk her around. When nobody is there she manages to take a few steps on her own from one chair to the next, or from the ottoman to the couch. If nothing is there she'll test out a few steps and then plop down on her bum. She is still very inquisitive too. She is all about figuring out the clip on her high chair safety belt for example. She will sit there for literally 30 minutes sometimes and try to get it undone. I have encouraged this in an effort to support her curiosity...but it backfired. She figured it out! So now I can't just leave her in her high chair and feel comfortable that she won't ACTUALLY undo her safety belt. That little stinker can unclip the thing. (I'm secretly super proud of her though!)

She also opens and closes doors again and again and again, she likes to draw (or scribble), and she loves to do her best to push Eddie around a bit. He still loves her, but he's starting to stand his ground so it will be fun to watch that situation progress.

On Thursday morning, Abby is onto surgery number....uh....15? 16? Ahhh who cares. Anywho, it's a surgery to get rid of a hernia. She got the hernia over months and months of car rides. How's that you ask? Well, when Abby is strapped in, she arches her back and grunts in an effort to break through the straps and free herself from the car seat. Yes, it sounds cute at first, but after doing this a gazillion times, she gave herself a hernia. Nice!

There are actually some more things on the horizon as far as surgeries go... but this update has gone on too long and you guys just want some pics.



Alright alright. I have a few new ones...