Mundinger8: The New Normal!

So we are settling into a new normal as a family now. I was even able to get on the treadmill while Daniel and Lydia play at their kitchen. They bring me things to "eat" but are good about not touching the treadmill. We do the laundry together, then I take a shower while they play in my room. All this before 8:30! It feels like we've put a full day in already! They love to follow me around while I do household chores and can usually find something harmless to do around me. I think that's what their life was probably like before. We had our first "group" experience on Sunday when we celebrated Sally, our cousin George, and Papa (Jay's Dad)'s birthdays at DeAnn and Joe's house. I have to admit I didn't know how the littles would react, especially Daniel, but they did great!! They interacted with everyone and they weren't overwhelmed. They checked in with us, but had a great time with everyone else too!

We had some urine and stool testing done on the kids and it looks like they have giardia so we will be getting the meds tomorrow to start on that and Daniel also has blood in his urine so they are doing further blood testing on him. They think he has a parasite on his liver so we have to do some more blood work and probably see a specialist from Children's Hospital. Poor little guy! Hope we can get this figured out and get him healthy! Please pray for him. He freaks out every time we go into the clinic now because he has had either a shot or bloodwork every time.

We are starting to figure out their little personalities now. Daniel is a little more cautious and really tries to figure out how things work. He is also a little obsessive compulsive about things. Every closet or cabinet door needs to be shut and he likes to know where his shoes are located at all times. Lydia doesn't wait for life to come to her, she goes after it! She is not cautious but jumps right into anything she does. We will find her singing or doing patty cake spontaneously wherever she is. She's a go-getter and a lot of fun but very stubborn! She likes to stuff random things down her onesie. One night we found 4 block puzzle pieces when we got her undressed and tonight she was putting the tennis balls down her shirt while we were playing. We snapped a picture of it! What a riot!