Anyone who knows me, knows I am awful at goodbyes! I cry easily anyway and goodbyes are so hard. So how do you say goodbye to friends who have meant so much? Anyone who has followed our story for any time knows that Alex's early years were shaped by his playgroup. Those friendships carried us through some of our hardest days and created memories that we will always treasure. So when Maddy was born I immediately turned back to MOMS club to form the same kind of bonds that were so crucial to us. In came Katie and Wyatt...Our first "playdate" was when they were 3 months old. I am pretty sure they slept through the whole thing. It was the first of oh so many times together. Playdates, adventures, Kindermusik, lunches, birthdays, we shared them all. So many times Katie stepped up and kept Maddy while Alex was having surgery or in the hospital because I knew with them was where Maddy was the most comfortable. When Katie told me they were moving it was with dread that I thought of the day we would say goodbye. It wasn't any easier then I imagined. Maddy and Wyatt will always be each others "first best friend". I could find hundreds of pictures of these two together, but I will post some of our earliest and some of our last pictures.
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| Not the first, but one of our early playdates |
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| Pumpkin Patch 2014 |
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| These two are always hugging |
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| Horseback Riding |
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| Saying goodbye |
After the heartbreak of saying goodbye on Friday, I was so glad to have something to look forward to on Saturday. We had a Kidd's Kids Reunion which meant a chance to spend time with the Glenn's! We always have such an incredible time together. It always surprises me how well all nine of us get along and the five kids never have disagreements. We spent the morning at the Crayola Experience. It was fun, but for us the time together was so much more important.
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| Making a Crayon Ring |
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| Drip Art with the girls |
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| Labeling our crayons |
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| Maddy and Jayla |
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| The Kids |
Medically we hit a big milestone this week...After 10 months with absolutely no feeds going in Alex's feeding tube, we started pedialyte at 10 cc/hr on Thursday. The plan is to creep up ever so slowly as Alex tolerates with a goal of 30 cc/hr. If we can get there we will switch to 1/4 strength formula. This is a big step forward. We would appreciate any prayers or good wishes for him to tolerate feeds into his intestines.
Ali
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