Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Hereditary Health Problems, Naps, and Air Travel

We've unlocked the key to where Tinsley's bad knees came from....ALEX! He went to the doctor this week to find out why his knees were hurting after he'd take the dogs running. His surprising diagnosis - he has luxating patellas - just like Tinsley. Fortunately, Alex does not require surgery and won't go lame without it! Whew!

All is well in the world of the Greens. We are just counting down the days until our little girls arrive. 3 weeks and 5 days to go! I've begun practicing the "sleep while the babies sleep theory" - by napping through out the day - since night time sleep seems to now be consistently eluding me for any length of time!

We purchased our airline tickets for Alex's brother's wedding in September. It is going to be a whole new experience flying with infants! I'm also learning that infants actually need a ticket on international flights - even if they are just sitting in your lap - and their ticket can cost 10% of what an adult ticket costs! (Since we are only flying to Canada - the girls tickets won't cost that much this time - but watch out when we go to to Zim at some point!) Who knew!!! Luckily, our adult tickets were free thanks to frequent flyer miles - saving us about $1200! The only downside is that we will have to fly to Houston first and then up to Calgary which makes for a long day of travel!

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