The Gospel in Five Minutes

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Question: "Whatcha been doing all summer?"
Answer:

(Don't let those cute smiles fool you. It hasn't been quick, easy, or fun!)

"I've got a great idea..."

It seems like all the action happens during "room time". You know, the time in the afternoon when little ones, who are too old to nap, have some quiet "down" time to make it through the evening. Perhaps, if truth be told, their mom needs it just as much as they do. But regardless of who needs it most, it is the time when all the fun seems to happen. How two kids who have very limited language skills agree to all the mischief is something we still haven't figured out. (We've actually set up our video camera to try and record the progression of events...)

Here are Mom's top 5 suggested room time activities...
#5 Read
#4 Play with blocks
#3 Play with dolls
#2 Write on the magna doodle
#1 Take a short nap

Emily and Ashley's top 5 room time activities...
#5 Get a brand new package of wipes and pull out all 100-one at a time.
#4 Sneak into the bathroom, get a new tube of medicine and smear
it all over our bodies.
#3 Take out every article of clothing from our drawers.
#2 Get naked and put on snow boots.
#1 Poop together in our diapers.

The big day

Today the girls went in for bilateral cochlear implant surgery. (It was definitely not the route we had planned when we got the girls, but feel that over the past year God has clearly led us to this decision. Long story. I'd be happy to share with you sometime if you're interested.) 13 hours later we're home and the girls are doing well.





Sharing a recovery room. Recovery took a little longer than expected for Ashley. Lots of nausea and vomiting.



Obviously, the nausea is gone, because Ashley was enjoying this cheeseburger that was brought to our room by mistake....She was supposed to be eating chicken soup.

They implanted the internal parts today. Now, we wait a month, and then they get the external parts and have it activated. It is not a quick fix by any means. There will be months of speech therapy to learn how to listen/speak at some level.

The morning after....

...getting stung by a yellow jacket. Poor little Ashley got stung on her nose this week. She woke up the next morning with her eye nearly swollen shut and the side of her face red and swollen. She didn't look like herself for a couple days.