Gerwer Quads 4th BDay Festivities!

I LOVED catching up with my Multi Mamas: Case & Teryn @ Amazing Jakes for the Gerwer quads 4th birthday party!

 

 

Sav loving on her BFF, Cam! (LOVE Cameron’s smile, so happy!)

 

 

Enjoying a “Reid Sandwich”… (Sav, Reid, Trey)

 

 

More of the kiddos playing (Tyson, Zach, Brady, Sav, Taylor, Reid, Trey)

 

 

My fellow quad mom and BFF, Amy Jo, was there with her precious cargo. Savi loving on Madison & Elizabeth. Aren’t they adorable?!

 

 

The dudes doing a little bowling (Ryan, Tyson, Jake, Drew, Ethan, and Joe)

 

 

Taylor (Teryn’s oldest) is the sweetest girl EVER! Sav & Taylor have a LOT in common!~ 3 brothers (2 are identical)…THEY ARE THE ONLY GIRLS!…like kindred souls, these two~ they just clung to each other!

 

 

After the party, the Steeces & Todds decided to take over an On The Border restaurant.

Crazy? perhaps…. Fun? absolutely!

 

 

Pictures around the table. Taylor & Sav (they could totally pass for sisters!)

 

 

Ben & Jake (the 2 “non-identical” brothers)…they were so cute together!

 

 

Tyson & Zach~ Teryn’s identicals. These dudes crack me UP! ALL BOY, these 2!

 

 

A fireman and a nerd.    (Ryan & Joe. Love them)

 

 

Teryn & Suz! (*Happy Birthday today, T! Love u!)

 

 

My tweedles~ Andrew & Ethan

 

 

 

Jake and Benny boo~ reaching their “limit”

 

 

We had a blast! Thanks for a great party, Case & Rob….and we LOVED having dinner with you Todds! MUST. DO. AGAIN. SOON!

 

Joe & I Have a Stalker

So, these are what have become of our fun-tastic Friday nights…We are wild & crazy, let me tell ya! A game of Parcheesi! (I laugh, so I don’t cry…)

 

 

Joe noticed something odd, hanging from the upstiars balcony around 10pm last Friday night. (nevermind the furniture in the entry way, the carpets were getting cleaned)

 

 

Going in for a closer look…

 

 

 

Oh, little Savi-stalker…what are we going to do with you?

 

 

This is a nightly occurrence. Savannah always sneaks out of her bedroom and will just sit at the top of the stairs, and spy on us.

 

 

It is annoying, yet hilarious at the same time because we will find her asleep in some pretty crazy positions/places.

 

 

I guess Mama and Daddy were just having too much fun on our little “Friday-night-in”. Sav wanted to join in on all the excitement. Little Stinker.

 

Happy Friday, y’all! Get those game boards out…

I Have a Confession…

Nope, still haven’t taken them down…

 

and no, not because I am lazy~ all of our Christmas stuff is put away.

 

I just LOVE seeing you greet me as I walk through the door every day! Makes me happy!

 

What We Have Been Up To…

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Breathing treatments around the clock & pill poppin’! ‘Tis the season, y’all.

(Ben, Sav, Drew, Ethan)

 

 

This little darrrrlin’ has been passing around her virus from last week, complete with fevers and lots of coughing.

 

 

Poor Benny…those sick-feverish eyes kill me!

 

 

Ethan and his sad eyes

 

 

And then there’s Drew with a slight fever and a big smile. Love that kid!

 

 

Hope you guys are avoiding the *crud*…its about this time when I start wishing for warmer weather!

Hopefully Sav’s FINAL Kidney Surgery

 

Poor baby girl, who is currently running a fever with a cough, will need kidney surgery AGAIN on Wednesday, February 1st~ to correct a UPJ obstruction on her LEFT kidney (which has always been the “better” kidney). BUMMER.

 

Here is a very good interactive video of the procedure that she will undergo: a Pyeloplasty. Much more serious than the last 2 surgeries.

 

She has had a pyeloplasty on her R kidney—it was her very first surgery. The doctor was very bummed to see that she had developed an obstruction on her L side as well…especially since that is the better kidney (which isn’t saying much). He just couldn’t believe it. Apparently, Sav’s medical renal history is very rare and uncommon. (Not something you want to hear from a world-renown Pediatric Urologist)

(I had asked her to give me her “mean face” during her December testing)

*The GOOD news/ the SILVER lining, if you will:

She will NOT have a stent placed this time (due to anatomical changes after her previous reimplantation surgeries)…

so that means only ONE more surgery, NOT TWO!!! Yaaaaaay!!!!!

 

(Dr. Pinto laughed at me when I brought that up---that’s me, always trying to find a silver lining).

 

Other good news is that all of Sav’s previous surgeries have been successful and have fixed THOSE problems. This is a NEW problem. Once she has this surgery--- THIS SHOULD BE IT!  DONE.  FINITO. (I’ve never been able to say that before). So that’s a huge relief!

 

God is good and I have all the faith in the world that this operation will be successful---but that isn’t to say that I am stressed out of my mind, not sleeping, and slightly freaked out a bit. I just HATE HATE HATE this for her with all of my being. It is difficult to understand these emotions unless you’ve had problems with your baby needing multiple surgeries/treatments, etc. It sucks.

 

Thank you SO MUCH for all of your prayers and well wishes. It just means the world to us. Sav has watched her surgery on TV (Texas Multi Mamas Episode 3) and I’ve told her about all of the people praying for her.

These are our conversations about it:

Sav: “Are your work friends praying for me?"

me: “Yep!”

Sav: “Are Daddy’s work friends praying for me?”

me: “Yep!”

~then she runs through every member of our family and all of our friends~

me: “Yes Sav---and so many more! People who don’t even know you.”

~then she gets this huge grin on her face and just cuddles into my arms. God love her.

 

SO, from the bottom of our hearts…

Thank you and God bless.