Second year Day 46 - Monday January 28, 2013

We woke up to snow here in Provo.  I drove to the store at 7 a.m. and did Jenn's shopping for her.  Next to the house to help out with breakfast, etc.  My car was driving just fine.  Anyway, after several hours at Jenn's, when I had fixed lunch etc. I left to go get Tyler.  My car was making a very weird clunking noise.  I called Arri and she could hear it over the phone.  I tried to get a hold of Mark but he was unavailable.  I then called Scott and he listened to it and said to park it. I drove the block back to Jenn's and Arri came and picked me up.  Luckily she had a break between classes.  Tyler came over and looked at it, checking underneath etc.  Finally I talked to Mark and he talked to the dealership and it was decided that they would tow it to check it out.  I spent the afternoon calling, waiting, etc and finally got it towed just in time to go back and pick up Arri at the school at 6; she lent me her car for the afternoon.  Anyway, it was a kink in the program for sure, but I'm glad that it happened now and not while we were driving home later this week.  Bridgett helped me cook some dairy free, gluten free blondies while we waited at Jenn's; that seemed to ease some of the pain.  Tyler and Steph spent time holding the cute little babies so that Jenn could play with the boys. 

Second year Day 45 - Sunday January 27, 2013

Tyler Fenn goes back to work full time tomorrow, so Jenn will need help all day.  We are all trying to plan to make sure that things work out OK and we will keep our fingers crossed.  I stayed at the hotel until noon today (wow!) and spent time with Bridgett working on her program.  I have been very worried that she would slip some with the erratic schedule we have had.  Actually on Lumosity she got her highest score ever on one of the games!  That made me feel better about things!  I do think that seeing Faith as much as we did helped out so much and I just wish she had not got sick!  I was able to relax a little bit today and that was good for me too.  It's been a BUSY couple of weeks!

Second year Day 44 - Saturday January 26, 2013

I seem to always forget to tell about some things.  First, I forgot to mention that Mark's sister Deb stopped by the hotel on Tuesday and played a game of cards with Bridgett.  It was fun for Bridgett to see Deb.  Second I forgot to tell you what happened on Wednesday that was so sad.  I took Bridgett shopping with me and when she opened the door to get back in the car she somehow hit her nose on the door.  I was loading the groceries at the time, hear her cry out and ran to see what happened.  Right as I got to Bridgett, her nose started bleeding everywhere.  I found some napkins in the car, got her in the seat and reclined it and tried to get her soothed down.  She actually started crying, because the pain was so great.  It was so sad to see an adult cry like that!  We were supposed to be going to Jenn's and I figured that she would have arnica, so we headed over after I got Bridgett calmed down a little.  At Jenn's we also put some ice on her nose.  I was worried that she would wake up with two black eyes, but actually she did not.  Her nose was very red and there was a scratch on it, and there was swelling but no one would know about that unless they looked closely.  The inside of her nose was swollen as well I believe, because for several days she has said that it feels like she needs to blow it but not really.  Anyway, we got through it and from now on I will keep on eye out when she opens doors!   Mark said, don't you always open her door and I said no--she does it herself and has from months and months.  I only help out when it is icy and she needs help getting in without slipping. 

Second year Day 43 - Friday January 25, 2013

Today is Jenn's birthday.  She got a picture while she was holding the twins with a sign above her head that said something like best present ever and arrows pointing to the babies.  Cute!  We all had a fun day with her!  I made stew for lunch and my Tyler brought the girls over to eat with Jenn.  Also Arri came over after school.  In addition was had a very quick visit from my sister, Sue, and her daughter Heather.  They got to peek in at the babies sleeping (no one dared wake them up since Jenn had to leave).  It was great to see them!  Jenn ended up leaving early for her doctors appointment, while the babies were sleeping, so that things would go smoother and she wouldn't stress about them.  Then I had to leave to get Bridgett down to Josh's and Arrianne took Tyler and Stephany back to the hotel.  We had a great appointment with Josh.  He was very happy to see Bridgett and said she is definitely his most fun client!  Bridgett was very talkative all during the appointment, telling Josh about our trip to New York among other things.  She actually did a pretty good job of remembering things, with just a little cueing from me.  Later after dinner (Tyler Fenn ordered dinner for Jenn) we stopped at the house and made Jenn some gluten free, dairy free brownies.  The girls took turns holding the babies and we got a few pictures.  All in all it was a very fun and productive day! 

Second year Day 42 - Thursday January 24, 2013

Boy were the roads sick today!  There was freezing rain and it was just not good.  Mark had bad roads through Malad I think he said, then luckily everything was good after that!  When I left to Jenn's house early the roads were bad and I had to stop twice to hop out and scrape my windshield.  Bummer!  But the good news was that although there were numerous wrecks that day, no one in our family had a wreck!  Jenn and Tyler (Fenn) had to take the babies to the doctor today for a check up and their circumcision, which needed to be done before two weeks.  Since they had a time frame, they didn't cancel, but it was nerve wracking to be on the roads with the babies when there were wrecks everywhere!  The babies are doing great!  They are almost back to birth weight.  Lincoln is just 1 oz shy of birth weight and Logan is just 3 oz shy.  The doctor wants to have them weighed again next week, just to make sure that Jenn is able to nurse twins; he told them that not many people are able to successfully nurse twins.  However, she is not supplementing with formula at all and the babies are doing great and gaining weight.  They say to eat 500 calories extra to nurse one baby and so for twins, 1000 extra calories.  She said she is just so hungry and trying to eat as much good quality food as she can.  Of course, if you eat junk you can easily add 1000 extra calories, but it's a little more tricky with good quality food! Almost every evening when I go to cook dinner at Jenn's, the girls go with me to hold babies.  Everyone is just having so much fun holding babies! 

Second year Day 41 - Wednesday January 23, 2013

I forgot to say this yesterday.....as we drove past Jenn's old house on the way home from the dentist Bridgett said, hey, that's the turn off for Jenn's!  She remembered!  I do think that she has lots of Provo memories that are slowly coming back.  Also, whenever she's around Jenn or Arri she remembers lots more things.  Of course, she is close to all of the kids but lived with Jenn and Arri as an adult so she has other, different memories.  Faith was still sick, so we couldn't go to see her again today.  Bummer!  I mean, she can't help that she's sick, but we really were counting on these appointments!  I'm glad that we can see Josh while we are here.  He doesn't have near the expertise and experience that Faith does (who is also a ND) but he does relate well to Bridgett and he has helped her in the past.  Tyler drove down from Bigfork today to help out when Mark will leaves back for home tomorrow.  The roads were only bad through the swan, but are supposed to be bad in Utah tomorrow when Mark leaves.

Second year Day 40 - Tuesday January 22, 2013

So at 9:00 Mark took Bridgett to the dentist to have her teeth cleaned and checked.  The dentist then evaluated her tooth and said that he could do another buildup that should last better than that first one.  They had another appointment saved for us in the afternoon to actually do the procedure and I took Bridgett to that appointment.  This dentist, Dr Leishman, is super nice and we really like him.  Jenn found him for us!  Back in the day, she dated his nephew and she met him socially.  Then when she decided to go on a mission and needed her wisdom teeth removed, she went to him.  After getting married she switched dentists because he wasn't one of the ones she could use on Medicaid, but we started seeing him when we were down visiting because he is so good.  All of the kids love him and his office staff.  That makes going to the dentist so much easier!   Anyway, Dr Leishman did the new buildup on Bridgett's tooth and it looks great.  He wrapped the buildup around the entire tooth and so now this way it is stronger and as an added benefit the tooth is all the same color.  One thing I didn't like.....Mark did discuss this with the dentist and they decided to do it....was that they left the tooth not entirely the same shape because the dentist believes that Bridgett is grinding her teeth at night and that is what caused it to break off in the first place.  Mark said that ever since the wreck she does grind her teeth at night.  I have never noticed it lately, although I do remember that she did it after the wreck.  Anyway, the tooth does look really good, and most of all it didn't require any numbing to get it done and it only took like 15 minutes.  As soon as we got there they were ready for us and called us back.  After it was finished Bridgett looked in the mirror and was so excited to see it fixed.  She said can I shake your hand? Of course he said yes!  Afterwards they gave her a carnation and she was also happy about that!  All in all a good day!