Hilary's Got Mail!

We woke up this morning and found a mailbox in our trees....

The mail was obviously for Hilary and most importantly included an 

invitation to PROM!

These boys were creative and apparently installing the mailbox in our trees around 1:30am!

Hilary is so excited!!

My Other Child

I really do have 4 daughters.

However, this one seems to be non existent as of late on the blog.

She is alive and feeling better for which we are very grateful.

I have so much to be grateful for and she is a big part of it!

The Curse of the Retainer

is still alive and well with Hilary. Even the orthodontist's receptionist thinks so.

The entire staff knows us quite well. I believe we've set their office record for the number of times a retainer has either gone missing, been destroyed, or severely contorted. This time the culprit is a bedroom door being left open (oops dad) and the white animal pictured that is smart enough to not destroy the appliance, but dumb enough to mold the metal portion into unrecognizable shapes. I believe that Emily can drive to the ortho office with her eyes closed and that they recognize my voice when I muster the courage to call.

This office is SO nice to us! Just when I think this is the last time I'll have to call them about a missing or deformed retainer. I'm not holding my breath...

My Girl

My girl Hilary is doing great post-op!

Thanks for your love and prayers...

test results in a few days.

G-Free Living

Can I brag a little bit about this one here...

She has been on a roller coaster ride the past four years with her health.

I know we have the answer now--three doctors later--she has celiac disease.

The roller coaster ride began in Atlanta in 2005 when blood work and an endoscopy confirmed

she had celiac. A year of living "G-free" still didn't completely relieve her symptoms so we got a second opinion, second round of blood tests and another endoscopy. The second doctor said she merely had food allergies, especially to nuts and corn.

So Hilary dedicated herself to living nut and corn-free and was doing pretty well.

Call it mother's intuition, but I sensed she still wasn't 100 percent even after all she was doing to eat right and exercise.

A chat with our current allergist led us to test her a final time for celiac disease.

Let's just say that when our doctor got the results back she said she had never seen numbers so high in all her years of practicing medicine.

Today we met our new pediatric g.i. doc and she was fantastic.

Another endoscopy is most likely in the near future and then we'll be living G-free again.

I'm so proud of Hilary's amazing attitude and her dedication to living the healthiest lifestyle possible. She is such a great example to the rest of us!

I love you!

Choir Concert

Tonight was Hilary's final Choir Concert of middle school. It really isn't her favorite thing to do but I absolutely love listening to her and watching her perform.

You made my day Hilary!