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Okay, seriously. It’s clear someone’s been cheating hardcore, because Oliver is no longer in the running. I guess he was the 26th cutest baby in the greater New Orleans area. Oh well. It’s also obvious (duh) that people aren’t voting for the actual cutest baby, but for the baby they know. Although my brother actually said that he didn’t think Oliver was the cutest baby in the contest. WHAT? He said I could have picked a cuter picture. WHAT? Hmmph.

Anyway, thanks for voting everyone!

Tomorrow, Friday, February 27, I urge you to wear pink (yes guys, even you!) to honor the memory of Sydney and Carynne, who died earlier this week of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (type 1), also known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease. Their funerals are tomorrow, and it also would have been their six month birthday.

These sweet babies have touched so many lives. Please think of them and their family tomorrow. And you can do something to help. Sign the Petition to Cure SMA, in the hopes that a cure can be found for this horrible disease. SMA is the number one genetic killer of children under the age of 2.

It feels wrong to be posting a normal post after my last awful one. Ah. Ugh.

So Mardi Gras. I took the boys to some parades on Saturday, and then George and I both took them to some on Sunday. It was great fun, even though they didn’t really know what was going on. The wagon was a big hit (as usual) and so were their shirts. I got them matching Mardi Gras t-shirts, and on the back wrote “This One” (Linus), “That One” (Oliver) and “The Other One” (Miles). Heh. We met up with the quads while we were there. We watched the parade in their neighborhood, so I got a lot of comments like “hey, you lost one!” and “oh, do you know the quadruplets” and so on and so forth.

Pictures!

In other exciting news, I got a gallery of all of the pictures my friend Amy took of the boys a few weeks ago. They’re amazing. The gallery won’t be up for long, so if you want to see, go here. The password is Triplets0209. It’s going to be so hard for me to pick which pictures to buy, since I’ve decided my budget will only allow for four. One of each and a group shot, I think! But which onnnnnnes???

Next week is me and Linus’s trip to Los Angeles. I can’t wait!

Oh yeah, and keep voting for Oliver! He’s in the remaining 75 babies, but not in the top 10 (I heard it on the radio the other night.) So while we’re doing okay, we’re not doing nearly enough. I know, how can that be??? What do these other people do all day? Yeesh!

I need to post about Mardi Gras, but first I wanted to do a separate post about something very sad. Remember the twin girls, Sydney and Carynne, that I mentioned before? You see the graphic on the right that you can click on to make donations for her family?

Well, I was very sad to receive an email on Sunday from the girls’ mama saying they lost sweet Carynne that morning.

And then last night, I was devastated to receive another email saying that her sister, Sydney, had passed away as well.

Words cannot describe the unfairness and the sadness and the just all around awfulness of the whole situation. I’m not that eloquent, so I’m just going to leave it at that. These sweet girls were nearly six months old, their mama and daddy didn’t get nearly enough time with them. It’s just so wrong.

So please keep Carynne and Sydney’s family in your thoughts and prayers. It’s unimaginable.

It’s been a rough week, but we’re hanging in there…

Miraculously, Linus never got sick! Thank goodness. I don’t think I could have handled another ER visit, and another set of breathing treatments. Ugh.

I took Oliver and Miles to the pediatrician for a follow up, and Oliver is doing much better, but Miles is still wheezing. Poor peanut. At least they’re in good moods.

Mardi Gras is next week! Hooray! So exciting. Tonight I’m going to my first parade of the year, after the boys go to bed. It’s an all-women’s parade called Muses. It’s really fun. And my friend Alicia, the quad mom, rides in it, so hopefully I’ll get lots of goodies. Woo!

Saturday, I’m going to take the boys to their first parade. That will be fun. Must decorate the choo choo wagon, I think. And figure out what they’re going to wear. V important, that.

It has been brought to my attention that Oliver isn’t even in the Top 10! Apparently, the radio station has been talking about who the Top 10 babies are so far, and Oliver isn’t one of them. How is that possible? Well, we’re just going to have to step up our efforts, people!

Click here, then click on the purple button that says “CLICK HERE TO VOTE”, and then vote as usual. It adds one more step to the voting, but maybe you have to go through that link in order for your vote to count. Who knows, but it’s worth a try. Right?

Here’s the old post about voting, in case you want more info. And by the way, we’re down to 75 babies, so we’re doing something right!

I’ve been feverishly refreshing my Google Reader for the last few days for this…looky!

My friend Amy, a very talented photographer, took some pictures of the boys and Emily on Sunday in the French Quarter. Aside from an Oliver-related mishap in the beginning, the shoot was really fun and I thought went really well. Amy is awesome! Yay Amy! I love them so far! Ack!

I know, I’m behind on posting. Sorry. Sue me. I have just been so worn out lately due to lack of sleep. Anyhoo. Fun weekend. Emily and Jenny flew in, so I took the boys to the airport to pick them up, and then we went to Baton Rouge.

Man, Emily is soooo cute. She is something else! She talks-talks-talks-talks, but only about 1 in 10 “words” is actually, you know, a real word. So cute.

Saturday night, Mom had family over. Lots of family. Which means lots of people to hand a baby off to. Woo!

Sunday, we had pictures taken of the boys in the French Quarter. I can’t wait to get them back! Emily was in some of them. They’re going to be so cute! Ack!

Now, instead of words, I will post some pictures…

And finally, a video of Linus demonstrating his “barfing fake-out”. I am so proud. :D