Tomorrow (Mon the 25th), the twins will be 11 months old. We can't believe how fast it has gone. We're already planning their first birthday party. It feels odd to be parents, especially of two kids that are almost a year old.

Tomorrow, Dylan goes in for his swallow study to see if there are any improvements since the beginning of therapy. This will be same test he failed which required the tube down his throat and all his food to be thickened. He shouldn't need a tube again, but we also don't expect him to pass it perfectly as he is still having difficulty with thin liquids (water) during therapy. Even if he doesn't pass on thin liquids, our main goal is that he does better than the last swallow study and hopefully decrease the amount of thickener we have to put in his bottle. One scenario that would be great is that he passes the test on formula consistency and then we wouldn't have to worry about him getting hold of Kiera's bottle or making sure that any caregivers give him ONLY his bottle. It is rather stressful leaving him in daycare, nursery or with anyone and praying that they don't forget and give him the wrong bottle. As an example, after he got tubes put in his ears last Friday, the nurses gave him a bottle and a half of pedialyte (a very thin liquid) without asking or telling us. To make matters worse, they had him lying on his back (he has to be at a 45 degree angle or higher to eat). So there's a great chance that he aspirated (the fluids went into his lungs) most of that feeding. We will try to update blog tomorrow with results.

On to happier and less stressful things. Dylan and Kiera are having a lot of fun playing together. Whether they're at the house, preschool or the church nursery, they stick together. They separate some of the time, but for the most part, they play follow the leader. If we're at the house, they'll make laps crawling from our living room through the kitchen, dining room, entry hallway and back in to the living room. They'll play some and then take another lap. Even with all the other kids around at preschool or church nursery, they would rather stick together. We want them to learn to play with others, but they have time for that later. Right now its too cute that they like each other that much.

Sorry, no pictures this blog. We will hopefully post pictures soon.