A Busy Weekend

We have been busy. Saturday, Daddy spent a lot of time working outside and Mommy spent a lot of time cleaning inside. Daddy is a bit sore from all the work he did and sick as well, so that is not good. The girls played and had fun.

Saturday night, Mommy's company had a company party and Mommy and Daddy were able to attend - thanks to Gaye who came and watched the girls for us so we could get out. Mommy has been on leave since Rebekah was diagnosed with cancer, but it was good to see everyone and see the new office space (as of earlier this month), not to mention be social and without the girls for a few hours.

Rebekah has been doing a good job of eating. She still has a long way to go, but we are happy to see improvement. Saturday, she sat with her daddy and ate probably a cup and a half of popcorn. It was amazing. She hasn't done that in a very long time. She used to love to sit with him and share his popcorn - it was a special Daddy/Daughter time. It is good to see her able to enjoy that again. Daddy enjoyed it, too. I think I saw tears of joy in his eyes. She continues, at times, to have problems with throwing up. Most of it, seems to be her tummy getting too full.

Some days, she is able to get enough nutrition in during the day (and early night hours) so that she doesn't have to be hooked up all night long. Other days, she gets nutrition all night long, but at a slower rate.

Sarah has been wanting her own fork or spoon at meal time. Today at breakfast, she was doing ok at stabbing her eggs with the fork and getting it into her mouth. At times, the egg would fall off before making it to her mouth and she used her hands at times. At dinner, she insisted that she control the spoon and that Mommy couldn't do it for her. Dinner was soup, so that was rather interesting...