Luke's Surgery

I'm so sorry that it has been weeks since I have updated this thing, but as you can understand, time slips away from me everyday.
Well Luke is on his 5th cast and will be having surgery on April 10th at 7:30 am.
This is the surgery where they will clip his Achilles Tendon in both ankles. Since he is so small, it repairs itself. Once they clip the tendon, they will set his feet accordingly and then cast him again. This time his cast will be on for three weeks. After the three weeks, NO MORE CAST. YEAH! I don't know who will be happier, him or I? Once the cast comes off, he will wear a brace on his feet. This brace looks like Brickenstocks with a metal bar connecting at each shoe. He will wear these 20 hours a day for the beginning of his treatment and slowly reducing the number of hours as he grows. He will wear these braces until about age three. The doctor's say that he will still crawl and walk on time as Adilynn. This is one reason they like to start this treatment at such a young age that the children do not know any different.


Other than weekly cast treatment, both Luke and Adilynn are doing great. They will be six weeks this Friday and growing better than ever. They are just shy of eight pounds and 21 inches. They are 'perfect' babies as they understand the difference between night and day. They only wake up once in the night for a quick bottle and then back to sleep. Adilynn has beautiful blue eyes like her father and Luke's are in between blue and brown. We are still taking guesses at what color they will be in the end. Adilynn is more of the eater than Luke. She always lets you know when it's time to eat. She is like clock work every four hours. After almost six weeks, we still cannot tell the difference between their cries and moans. It's always a game to guess who we think it is and 99% of the time, we are wrong.
Austin and Dylan are in love with their new brother and sister. They both are great helpers for me as I can take all the extra hands that I can get. I will try to give another update after Luke's pre-op appointment on April 8th. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we live on this adventure called parenthood!