The Jones Girls

I took Amanda to see the spinal doctor  @ Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.   Her posture leans to the right, which is the club radial hand side.    I wanted to make sure she doesn’t have any spinal issues due to the posture.  She also has a dimple at the tail bone of her spine between her but cheeks. 

She had X-Rays done and the Spinal Dr. said everything looks fine.    He said the dimple is totally normal and no concerns.    He said signs for concern would be if the dimple was not centered, which is an indication that the spine might not be straight or if the dimple was never closed and looked really alarming.  Amanda’s looks normal. 

There are  different things that can be associated with Club Radial hand such as kidney problems or even absence of a kidney, vertebrae problems in spine, heart problems, renal failure problems, bladder problems and more conditions too.    I haven’t had Amanda’s kidneys checked, but I really don’t think she has any kidney issues.  She has no problems going to the potty and potty trained herself when she was 2-1/2 years old.  She doesn’t even need to wear a pull up at night she holds it all night long.  Yay!!

 When Amanda had her 2 genetics test done after birth plus I had fetal testing (CVS) while pregnant, all indications showed there is no genetic or chromosomal issue.  I had 2 different visits with Amanda’s geneticist, once at birth and a follow up when Amanda was 1 year old.   Amanda has club radial hand only on the right hand.   The geneticist told me that if she had club radial hand on both sides, it would probably be related to a syndrome of some kind, which is usually genetic or chromosomal.    The geneticist’s final conclusion and diagnosis is that Amanda’s club radial hand is an anomaly – unexplained.

 So in a nutshell, I am thrilled that Amanda’s spine is doing well and that we don’t have to worry about that.  We do have to help her work on her posture, but the doctor said it won’t affect her spine – thank goodness!!   There is enough to worry about raiding her with her club radial hand condition.

I have a $10 off coupon at JCPenney’s so I took the girls there to get some school shoes for Savannah.    I was pleasantly surprised to learn that JCPenney’s was having a killer sale called “BOGO”    The deal is buy a pair of shoes and get the 2nd pair for .01 (1 cent).

Well you know what this means….I would be able to get all of the girls new shoes!!     We spent an hour trying on different sneakers, cute flats and sandals.    We got 14 pairs of shoes for a steal!!    Gotta love the deals.

They fitted the girls feet while we were there.  Savannah is size 11-1/2, Amanda and Miranda are size 9 and Maryssa is size 8.  When they tried all of the shoes, everyone actually fit in a size smaller.  We got lots of attention.    Everyone was treating us like celebreties.   This was the store’s first time to have The Jones Girls shopping for shoes!!  LOL.   

Miranda, my shoe diva, was in all of her glory trying on women’s high heeled shoes and looking at herself in the mirror.  Then all of the girls started doing it.  It really looked so cute and adorable to see all 4 of my girls in shiny, glittery and colorful high heel women’s shoes.

It was a ton of work for me and I had to work hard not to lose my mind amongs the organized chaos.

Savannah has had a loose bottom tooth for the past few weeks.    She has 2 new bottom teeth coming in and it has been pressing on the lower tooth causing it to get loose.  It has also caused Savannah a lot of pain and aggravation.

So today she showed me the loose tooth.  I asked her if she wanted me to loosen it for her and help her pull it out.  She said no that she wanted her daddy to do it since he has done the other 2 for her.    She realized daddy wasn’t here, so she went to the bathroom and started working on that tooth loosening it and then she pulled her own tooth out!!  W>O>W !!!!!

She asked if the tooth fairy will come by for a visit and leave her some cold hard cash.  I said of course. 

I am so proud of my baby girl.   She is all gums now!! LOL.

Cliff’s niece Mindy has been visitng with us since July 13th.  She flew out to CA with us from VT.

Today was her last day here.   We drove her this afternoon to LAX.  We had to wait in long lines at Southwest and the service at Southwest sucked.   They told us Mindy’s luggage may not make it to the plane and that it may show up on the next flight out.     If that happened, they could either wait for the next flight or have the luggage FedExpressed to their home at their own expense.    They told me the luggage needs to be checked in at least 2 hours before departure.   Sheesh!!  We waited at least that amount in line.    What a crappy airline.  I have never flown Southwest and after this experience, I will try to avoid using them.

Me and the girls got a pass so we could walk with Mindy to her gate. 
 
It was a tight time frame but with no time to spare she walked right onto the plan.

We had so much fun with Mindy.  We all cried and watched her plane take off down the runway.     The girls cried through the airport missing Mindy.

We love you sweetheart and we can’t wait till you come visit us again – sooner rather than later!!

Today was the triplets 3 year old birthday party at a really fun place called Scooter’s Jungle.  It is an indoor child’s fantasy place and has a 2-story bouncy slide, a 100 foot bouncy activity center and another bounce house.  There were tons of different activities for the kids to play and do.  

The party began at 2pm.  About 20 adults and 22 kids were there.     At 3:45 we all went into the party room.    Each child had their own lunch sack filled with munchie goodies.    Then we sang happy birthay, the girls blew out their candles and everyone ate cupcakes, cake and ice cream.  

The party ended at 4:45pm.   Each child received a special plush Scooter monkey with balloon as a party gift favor.   

There was a ton of presents for the triplets. 

When we got home, I gave the girls dinner.  Then our neighbor Sid came over and the girls opened all of thei presents.  They had so much fun.    Lots of cute and fun stuff.    Then we all had more cake and dessert.

Happy 3rd Birthday to my sweet girls – Amanda, Miranda, and Maryssa.

Boy was this a busy day!!    Today the triplets had their 3 year check up with Dr. Gonzalez.    I am happy to report no shots were required this visit.

Maryssa is slightly “toe in” which is like pigeon-toed.   Dr. Gonzalez says they don’t do braces anymore for that.  She said it is usually corrected by therapy of surgery.   We have a referral for Maryssa to see an orthopedic.

Maryssa also has a large freckle spot above her right ear   The dr. says it is a little birth mark.   I asked if she thought it was cancerous and she said no. 

Miranda has learned to make her eyes go cross-eyed.   Now sometimes when she does it her right eye will stick in the cross-eyed position…. the little stinker!!    Miranda has a referral to see a Pediatric Opthamologist (Dr. Fierson) for this.

Amanda may have astigmatism.   Dr. Gonzalez wants her to see a Pediatric Opthamologist also (Dr. Fierson)  If she does have this, she inherited from me.    I hope not though…

The triplets are in overall good health and no one is considered over weight or underweight.

Here are their stats:

Amanda is 31-1/4 pounds and 38-1/4 inches tall.  She is tallest.

Miranda is 34-1/4 pounds and 38 inches tall.  She is heaviest.

Maryssa is 28-1/4 pounds and 36-1/4 inches tall.  She is smallest

After the dr appointments, I had my dental check up and cleaning.  I am thrilled to say no cavities – yipee!!

At 3:30pm we ventured out to Disneyland.  We just can’t get enough of the place I guess.   We went to California Adventure and watched the Electric Parade.  It was just beautiful and amazing as ever!!

Then I took them shopping and got them some fun Disney trinkets.

Good Night Mickey Mouse!!

We decided to go back to Disneyland and do some more fun stuff in Fantasy Land and ToonTown.  The girls had a meet and greet with Mickey Mouse.    They saw the “Celebrate” Parade and then we headed over to watch Fantasmic again.   

Last night we learned that if you want to get a good seat to watch Fantasmic, you need to be there at least 2 hours before the show.    I know, I know, it is totally ridiculous.   Apparently, Disneyland has been advertising their new dragon character for Fantasmic in attempts to draw huge crowds.  Well  it worked!!   It used to be that people marked their territory about 1 hour before the Fantasmic Show.

Last night we had a horrible spot to watch Fantasmic.  It was a bit disappointing for all of us.  I was determined to get a good spot this time.  After all, my girls are the biggest Fantasmic Fans ever!

We found a great spot.  I went and grabbed some dinner, laid out some blankets and we had a picnic dinner while waiting for the show.

We enjoyed the show a hundred times better tonight.  Then we saw the fireworks.  Totally amazing!!

On the way out, we stopped at Mad Hatter on Disney Main Street and I got the triplets cute Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse Ears and Savannah got a Fantasmic Mickey Mouse Ears hat.   We also got our traditional departing Mickey Mouse lollipops too.