THANK YOU!

What an exceptionally GREAT Thanksgiving we had this year. I can't even begin to tell you how thankful Ryan and I feel right now. We thank God EVERY day for choosing to share Addison, Emily, and Hailey with us. We're so thankful for so many things this year that it really is overwhelming! We cannot believe the generosity and love and prayers that we have felt through this whole journey and we just wanted to thank all of YOU for all that you have done for us. We feel so incredibly blessed and our prayer is that somehow, in some way, we can be a blessing to all of you some day. We hope to raise our girls to be a blessing to tons of people just like YOU have all been to us. THANK YOU so much for all the prayers, cards, gift cards, cute baby clothes, hugs, meals, cookies, visits, calls, emails, and help that you've already given to us. We really don't even know how to express how thankful we are. We would not be doing as well as we all are if it weren't for the love and prayers that you have given to us. We praise God for you all of the time!
We had a great week last week since my brother and sister came out for a visit. And again, we have so much to be thankful for! On Friday, we took all 3 girls in to the pediatrician because Addison had thrush, Hailey had puked, and Emily had her eye exam done. We are thankful that Addison's thrush is just a mild case and that it hasn't spread to the other girls. Hailey hasn't thrown up again...and her poop came back negative (no blood!) for the first time in a month! Yay! :) We still need to keep an eye on it but we were so pumped about that! And Emily's eye exam came back normal so they are all good to go on their eye exams for another year. WOOHOO! :) What else - the girls are all gaining weight. As of last Friday, Addison weighed in at a whoppin' 5 lbs 15 oz!!! Emily - 4 lbs 14 oz!!! And Hailey - 4 lbs 11 oz! They are getting so big!
Ryan is off of work this week and then my mom comes for the month of December on Saturday. We can't wait! :) We're still getting about 4 - 6 hours of sleep depending on the night but I think this lack of sleep is making Ryan a little whacky. :) Last night, he woke up, stood by the side of our bed and was flipping the covers and sheets all around for some reason. I asked him what he was doing and he said he couldn't find Emily under the sheets. What??!!! He got back into bed cuz she was in her crib. Then, at 2 a.m., all babies were sound asleep but for some reason, Ryan jumped out of bed and started walking to their room. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was going to feed Hailey even though she was sound asleep and they weren't due to eat until 4 a.m. Oh man.. :)
We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The pics below are Uncle Kyle and Auntie Kara with the girls....and then the first 4 generation picture with Great Grandpa Kuiper, Grandma Kathy, and Dad and the girls. :) And the last one is a picture of how we had to fit everyone in the "mini." :)