Hello From Abby Town,

Today Abby has a surgery. Nothing too major. She needs to get her GJ Tube replaced. This one only lasted 3 months and it already broke. So this morning, Kelly and Grandma Cindy are on their way to CHOC. Abby will be put to sleep and the doc will have to guide the end of the GJ tube, which is called the catheter, through the hole in her tummy, go past the Gastro or stomach area and into the first section of her intestines, or the Jejunom. While the tube itself goes through the hole in Abby's tummy the doc uses a scope that goes down Abby's mouth and throat, and projects the image on a monitor so she can see what's going on.

The surgery itself takes about 15 minutes. But it's all the stuff before and after. The IV stick is a nightmare because Abby is a very hard stick and usually gets poked about 5 times before they get it. Then of course coming out of anesthesia is terrible and nauseating. So Abby is pretty miserable for the rest of the day.

But it must be done right??!!! We need her to keep growing and this is how she gets fed.

Here are some fun pics to tide everyone over.

Abby LOVES to go into Eddie's crib in the morning. Here are some old shots taken before we moved Eddie into his own room. Abby loves to jump all around and they inevitably bonk heads or trip or something and fall down. The falling down of course causes all kinds of giggles and laughing. It's great!







Here is Eddie at a friends birthday party.



Look at my little guy! I love this little chunker so much! He is truly the best thing that could have happened to us and to Abby. His timing is so perfect. He LOVES his sister so much and is so good with her. I love him I love him I love him. I wanna squeeze him!




Remember how we said that Abby loves the taste of food but hasn't quite gotten the whole swallowing thing down? Well, here is an example of that. Notice the bulge in her left cheek. She chipmunks her food in the left cheek for ever before she gets to it!
But even with a cheek full of food, she is still cute isn't she?!



Momma is very patient with Abby when she tries to "help." Like every other kid who likes to "help" Abby only slows down the process. But again...she's super cute so what can you do?



I mean, come on! I love these hat backwards pics.





Alright then,

Give it up for the Abby Followers! I know you guys are still out there and I love that Abby continues to touch your hearts and you remain faithful to her progress. As long as you all are still watching, Dadda will keep typing. It means the world to me....

Seriously. You have no idea.

I love you.