Today's PT went really well. The PT said she thought Liz was improving. She helped Liz get into a supported standing position, and the little Princess refused to sit down! It was so cute... and encouraging. After having a whole week with LizBeth, Stacy and I are convinced she likes to be the center of attention. Stacy pointed out that she has never been alone. The NICU is a very busy place and our house is usually a very busy place. Since Liz is over her aversion to strangers, she likes church and company.

The girls are still having fun. They went to the Omaha Zoo this weekend and had a blast! Evidently Sarah has a way with baby monkeys. They were all watching the monkeys with their babies, when one ran up to the opposite side of the glass from Sarah. He raised his arms in the air and just looked at her. Of course, she loved it. Katelyn told my mom that she was going to have to eat some healthy snacks. She liked junk, but could she please have some apples and broccoli? Way to go, Kate!

Do you hear that? Silence. It's too quiet!!! The big girls are gone; Stacy's at the church; Liz can't make any noise; and our cats aren't even purring. I'm not used to this. It is, however, a beautiful day over here. It feels a bit like autumn. Liz and I went outside this morning. She seems to like it. We have started tummy time everyday now. She tolerates it very well. Occasionally, she will left her head, but most of the time, she just laughs and squirms.

My girls are turning into water rats. They've been swimming everday except yesterday. My mom and dad are trying to spoil them: popsicles and ice cream bars before bed, going to the movies on a week night, a zoo trip planned on Saturday. They may never want to come home to good ole boring us! However, last night Sarah asked me how many more days until I came to pick them up; four or five? When I told her it was more like 20, she sighed and then added how much she missed me. Katelyn was too busy with Kayla to chat more than a few seconds. But hey - I will take what I can get it at this point! :)

Liz went to church again tonight. We stayed in for almost the entire service! She is feeling much better today. She's not so sleepy or fussy. Stacy and I are renting movies tomorrow night. We are living dangerously, oh and we're gonna eat in the living room too. (Don't tell the girls.)

There's nothing new to report, so I thought I would add some pictures.

This would be my sister teaching LizBeth bad tricks.

This is what happens when there's only one fudge bar left.

LizBeth likes her Nana!

We are so missing these two little munchkins!!!

It's very quiet around our house. Mom, Dad, Kayla and Jacob came down for the Fourth. They left yesterday taking Katelyn and Sarah with them. We had a great time and the girls were so excited to go Nana and Poppy's!

Liz is pooped out today! We wore her out this weekend. She practically slept through PT today. And her teeth are making her fussy. It's pitiful when she cries b/c no sound comes out. Despite that, she has no trouble communicating how she feels!

We went to some friends' house after church last night for some Smores. (I like Smores!) Liz was the Bell of the Ball. She thoroughly enjoyed all the attention. But then it was time to eat. She doesn't take eating time lightly. After we got home, we hooked her up to her tube for the night and the fight was on! She refused to go to sleep without the bottle. She's pretty strong for a hypotonic baby! Anyway, we turned off the feeding pump and gave her the bottle. She was asleep in like two minutes after she drained it.

It rained last night. And it wasn't a sissy rain either. A good old-fashioned storm blew up and it rained hard. (Thankfully, it was after I, I mean we, had eaten our Smores.) We have been praying for rain out here. God answered last night.

LizBeth has two teeth! Her bottom two teeth have broken through the gum. We are so excited, so by default, Liz is too! Every time we pull her lip down to see, she laughs and kicks her feet. It's so much fun! I'm thinking she'll be eating a cheeseburger soon.

She did great at PT yesterday. She performed all her tricks for about 45 minutes, then went to sleep. Right now she's watching a movie with her big sisters in our bed. She thinks they are great. I do too!

Well, as of Sunday, Katelyn and Sarah are not getting married or having children. They are always going to live in our house. I think I will remind them of this conversation when they are teenagers. However, they are friends with a nine year old boy who is going to put his folks in the nursing home here in Guymon and go visit them every Tuesday and Thursday night. He did not specify at what age this will occur. (I may have to limit their time together. :)