tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20762715433178154542024-03-05T16:33:13.265-06:00Our Triplet AdventurePregnancy and life with triplet girls and their big brother and sister!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-83483452332661064872012-03-11T17:42:00.000-05:002012-03-11T17:42:06.650-05:00More 1 Year Pictures!<div style="text-align: left;">I don't have a whole lot of new stuff to share on this post, but I have a lot more cute pictures from the girls birthday photo shoot that I wanted to share. Otherwise, we are all doing good! Ava has started walking when she feels like it and has taken up to 12 wobbly steps that I have counted. Mya is walking on her knees, but that is as far up as she has gotten. Lia is getting faster all the time with her crawling. They are getting more vocal all the time...they babble and yell at each other constantly. They are still eating good, sleeping good, and following a two nap a day schedule. We have cut down to two bottles a day and are running to the end of our formula supply so when that is gone, we will be done with the formula. In general, they are just happy, fairly well behaved girls!</div><br />
Simone and Noa are doing great as well. Simone is doing well in school and brings home mostly As with a few Bs every term. Noa is doing good also. He has his rough "behavior" days at school, but always follows it up with several weeks of great behavior before he has another bad day. He starts soccer practice this week, so hopefully that will help use up a little of his pent up energy.<br />
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Well, here are the pictures. Hopefully I will manage to get some walking videos to post soon as well!<br />
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</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-73802791159554018902012-02-18T07:26:00.003-06:002012-02-18T07:33:42.433-06:00First Birthday!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> We did it! We have survived the first year! I don't think that there has been a single year in my life that was as much of a blur as this one has been. Thank goodness for the thousands of pictures that I took, because I don't think I would remember much of anything without them. At my age, I can only pray that the next ten years with triplets don't go as fast as this one did...I am already approaching 40 much faster than I would like.<br />
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I just can't begin to imagine how we would have made it to this point without the support of so many people. This is where I begin my acceptance speech for the "surviving triplets" academy award :) Above all else, we thank our families for everything they have done for us...for being here day after day and night after night, for the diapers, wipes, clothes, gifts, and meals. Also, for helping to get Simone and Noa where they need to be when we couldn't do it. I don't know how we would do it without all of you. We would also like to thank our friends and coworkers...for baby showers, gifts, and the understanding of my coworkers after a rough night at home!<br />
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Thanks to Aunt Dana's awesome birthday gift, we had some adorable first year birthday pictures taken. It was much more challenging to photograph 3 mobile and somewhat sick/cranky babies than it was to photograph 3 sleeping, premature 5 week olds. Nonetheless, the photographer did a great job. Here are the preview pictures that she sent with more to come!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia & Ava in their cute Valentine's Day outfits</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls in birth order with their birthday cakes...poor Ava was having a rough day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia, Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
</tbody></table> We had a pizza party on their birthday. These spoiled girls have more toys than they know what to do with now and enough clothes to get us through the spring/summer. We used gift certificates they received to further stock up on diapers and wipes. The girls also got an awesome Step 2 Choo Choo Wagon from grandma which I know we will get a lot of use out of. We took it to Wal-Mart last weekend to go shopping and we were definitely the center of attention. I didn't think we would ever get out of there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday cakes....made by mom's friend Kathy who also made our wedding cake almost 13 years ago!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Lia & Mya with their personalized smash cakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava really dug into hers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia - their new sun hats were a big hit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All cleaned up after the cake smash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing in the new choo choo wagon</td></tr>
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On February 6th, we had the girls' 1st year checkup. Other than the non-stop colds and runny noses we have had this winter, we have 3 perfectly healthy girls. Here are where we are on heights and weights compared to one year ago:<br />
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At Birth:<br />
Ava - 3 lbs 4 oz. - 15.5 inches<br />
Lia - 4 lbs 14 oz. - 18 inches<br />
Mya - 4 lbs 8 oz. - 16.5 inches<br />
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1st Birthday:<br />
Ava - 20 lbs. 12 oz. - 28.25 inches<br />
Lia - 25 lbs. - 30.5 inches<br />
Mya -22 lbs. 4 oz. - 30.5 inches<br />
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Of course, I couldn't resist making another video to commemorate their first birthday. It's fun to watch it and see how much they have grown and changed over the past year. I think I have already watched it 20 times just because it amazes me to see it. Click on the play button on the picture below if you would like to watch. I give you fair warning that it is about 14 minutes long...I just could't make myself cut it down anymore! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are still waiting for our first walker...but I am putting my money on Ava at this point. We will have to wait and see. She is starting to take a couple of steps, but she is always in such a hurry that she doesn't make it very far. She takes two running steps and then lunges at her target with all the confidence that they will catch her. If she would just learn to slow it down a little bit, I think she would have it. She has modified her kickstand stance a little bit so that now it is somewhere between a crawl and a walk. She kneels on one knee while pulling herself along with the other leg. There are no hands involved, which makes it amazing how quickly she gets around. The other big news for Ava is that she went from 0 teeth to 4 teeth in the past month!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mya is still the little instigator of the group. She is a bit of a diva with all the charm and attitude to go along with it. I am guessing she is going to be the talker of the group. Her favorite thing to do now is repeat "no" everytime we say it to someone which is about 10 billion times a day lately. Quite a few of us have sworn we have heard her say "thank you" also when she is handed something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sweet Lia is my lover of the group. She just kind of hangs back most of the time and does her own thing. Every time you look at her and smile she always has a big smile to give right back to you. We have been in physical therapy for the past month or so with her to work on her trunk strength on her left side. She was having some balance problems and was often leaning to her left side, but she seems to be doing much better now with exercises. She is such a cuddle bug...she is always the first one to clap and she has been waving a lot lately. Her latest thing is to smack her lips and blow kisses...so cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, one year down...I can't wait to see what the next year has to bring for us and to share it all with you! Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everybody for all you have done for us during this first year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Mya, Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The look on Ava's face cracks me up...it like she's saying "see what I have to put up with..."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava's mean face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava - love this smile :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-70942884636077332482012-01-02T20:58:00.002-06:002012-01-04T10:48:50.171-06:00Happy New Year (and Halloween, and Thanksgiving and Christmas)Yes, I am hanging my head in shame over the fact that it has been nearly 3 months since my last post. I really have no excuse, I mean other than having triplets and all! I realize that it has all become so normal and routine to me...the novelty of being the parent of triplets has started to wear off. But, as 2011 has come to a close (and what a year it has been) and the babies are quickly approaching 1 year old, I am starting to become a little nostalgic that our year of "firsts" is almost over. We have had our first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. We have had our first teeth (except Ava, the toothless wonder), our first time pulling up, first time sitting on Santa's lap, first time trick-or-treating... the list is endless. While I know that this is just the beginning of all the things they will accomplish in life, I am sad that my babies are quickly turning into toddlers.<br />
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I can't even begin to think of all of things that I should have posted in the past few months...but here are the current highlights. All 3 babies are sitting, crawling and pulling up. I mean, these girls are seriously mobile now! Our playroom has been opened up to the living room so that they can have more room to go back and forth between the two areas for plenty of opportunity to practice their speed crawling. Ava actually stands by herself now without pulling up or holding onto anything. They cruise along the furniture, but no first steps quite yet. No one likes to be confined anymore. Exersaucers, walkers and bouncers are quickly becoming a thing of the past. <br />
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Teething babies has become the norm over the past few months. Lia is working on her 7th tooth and Mya is cutting her 8th. And then, there is Ava. At 11 months old, we are still awaiting her first tooth. I think she is trying to beat her Uncle Matt's record of 14 months old. This has in no way deterred her from eating everything her sisters eat. The girls are down to 3 bottles a day. One when they wake up, one at bedtime and one right before their afternoon nap. They also do 3 meals of solid food a day. So far, they like pretty much everything. It is my goal to raise 3 little foodies who will eat anything. I have raised two of the pickiest eaters in Simone and Noa, so I really hope that I do a better job this time around in that department. I am not exaggerating at all. Last weekend, we went to a family reunion brunch. Simone ate a biscuit, a piece of ham and cookies. Noa just ate cookies. The babies, however, ate pretty much everything on the menu...ham, pork, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, fruit salad, etc. Hopefully their good eating habits continue!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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The girls have become much more social with each other. There is nothing better than to be in the kitchen and here them laughing at each other in the next room. I often here them babbling back and forth in their cribs before and after naps. They have started to pass toys and pacifiers back and forth between cribs as well. I first noticed this when I found pacifiers in Mya's crib, even though she is the only one who doesn't use one. Of course, the flip side of this is the screaming when one of the girls takes something from the other, or crawls over top of someone who is in their way. I'm sure that this love/hate relationship will continue for many years to come...hopefully a lot heavier on the loving side!<br />
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It has become next to impossible lately to get a good picture of all three girls together...but here is a little photo gallery of the past 3 months. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The countdown is on for the big 1st birthday!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor's Mansion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woo Hoo! Holding our own bottles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out in Ava's bed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia, Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our photo shoots quickly fall apart these days..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Ava, Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First bath in the big tub!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween - Winnie the Pooh x 3</td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>November</em></span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Play time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia stealing Mya's food.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 Month Photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Ava and Mya </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for bed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving our new quilts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Grandma on Thanksgiving</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">December</span></em></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ponytails!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 Month Photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava's kickstand leg</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pulling Up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and Ava with Daddy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa has arrived</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya checking out the new rocking horse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simone the Gleek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa's Power Rangers Clawzord</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was a little excited!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking out the stockings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with all the new toys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava has not quite got the concept of the slide yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava and her best buddy Sam...this poor dog gets chased all day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All dressed up at Great-grandma Kolb's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ipod Touch...the only thing she truly wanted. Grandma and Aunt Dana rock!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma & Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Dana and Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana with Ava and Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newly stocked playroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No way were they all gonna smile for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M76wx-qq4bs/TwJrIvwyMTI/AAAAAAAAAkk/gsuMRTxohYU/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M76wx-qq4bs/TwJrIvwyMTI/AAAAAAAAAkk/gsuMRTxohYU/s400/034.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-46322978652302335662011-10-10T21:04:00.001-05:002011-10-10T21:14:16.737-05:008 Month Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It is getting harder to find the time to do these updates! Work has been crazy...6 days a week most of this month, so once I get the babies down for the evening I haven't had energy for much else. I did want to make sure that I got a quick post in this month, though, because we have had a lot of milestones.<br />
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First off....we have teeth! Well, 2 of the 3 have teeth. Both Lia and Mya have cut their two bottom teeth in the past month. While Ava is constantly chewing on everything, she has not yet got any teeth. As you can imagine, 3 teething babies has led to more than a few sleepless nights. <br />
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While she may be toothless, Ava is leading the pack with her sitting skills. She now sits unsupported for long lengths of time. Yesterday, I left the playroom with Ava laying on the floor and when I came back, she was sitting! I thought maybe I was imagining it, but twice today she did it with witnesses, so not only is she sitting, but she is able to push up to a sitting position as well. Lia and Mya will sit for a brief period of time, but both of them are still toppling over pretty quickly.<br />
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I am afraid that we are just days away from being seriously mobile. Well, actually, they are all pretty mobile already. Lia drags herself all across a room using sheer upperbody strength. Ava gets up on all four like she is going to crawl and eventually just lurches forward. Mya is also scooting all over the place.<br />
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We took advantage of the great weather this month to take the girls to the park for the first time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everybody swinging together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Lia, Simone, Noa & Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my girls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya'd had enough fun for the day...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ava has graduated from physical therapy this month. Her torticollis seems to be pretty much resolved. She no longer has any problems with turning her neck to the right and her head tilt is almost unnoticable. Her headshape has visibly improved with her helmet and she seems to be getting pretty much used to it by now. I'm sure we will have to continue wearing it for a few more months. My hope is that maybe we can be done with it by the end of the year.<br />
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I have been on a mission to try to take all the kids on at least one outing per week in order to get used to taking them places. The park was the first of these outings, followed by a big grocery shopping trip, and then last week, a trip to the pumpkin patch. While the trip ended up going well and the kids had a blast, we did have one mini-disaster. As soon as I got all the babies loaded up into the stroller, the wheel fell off of it. After momentarily panicing, we realized that we might be able to fit the car seats into one of the pumpkin picking carts. It was a tight squeeze, but it worked!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simone and Ava </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We decided Ava was much lighter to carry than Simone's massive pumpkin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pumpkin Simone picked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa</td></tr>
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Well, I think that is most of the major baby news from this month. I did just remember that we are starting to have some babbling going on too. Ava says "dadadadada", Mya says "babababa", and Lia is still just screaming. Noa is doing pretty well with school. We have had a couple of rough days and one call from the teacher, but it has been getting better. After a little bit of an adjustment period, Simone seems to be doing well with middle school and brought home straight As on her midterm report.<br />
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Here are some more photos from this month...check in next month for Halloween pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Ava, Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Ava, Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava & Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya: "Why do you keep putting me in the middle of these goofballs?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and her sweet chipmunk cheeks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modeling our halloween pajamas: Lia, Mya, Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya and Ava pinning Noa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Mya, Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya - if you look close, you can see her teeth.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-85402180778266598282011-09-10T19:08:00.000-05:002011-09-10T19:08:48.128-05:00A Kindergartener, A Middle Schooler & 7 Month Old Triplets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Things have been busy around here for the past month, which is why I am so late with posting 7 month updates. Simone has started middle school this year and Noa has started kindergarten. This has been a new experience for both of them and keeping things busy around here. Here are a couple of pictures of Noa's first day of school...I have none of Simone because apparently when you are in middle school you are too cool to be bothered with posing for school pics for mom :(<br />
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Noa is doing really well in Kindergarten. All of his weekly reports have come back very good and so far no calls from the teacher. Thank goodness we put him in the summer school program so that he would be prepared for starting school this year...I think it made all the difference in the world for him being able to adjust so easily. Plus, he still gets a kick out of riding the bus every day, so that makes things a little easier most mornings! Simone seems to be liking middle school...although most days she doesn't give me a lot of details. Oh, the joys of a preteen...can't wait to see what is in store for me during the teenage years. We just celebrated Simone's birthday last weekend since she turned 12 on September 7th.<br />
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The girls have been doing well this month, but Ava has been keeping us busy. I'm not sure if I have wrote about this in any of my previous blogs but Ava has plagiocephaly and torticollis. Plagiocephaly is basically a flat spot on the back of her head that resulted from a preference to lay on the left side of her head. Torticollis is a shortening of the muscles on one side of her neck that causes her to hold her head at a tilt and made it difficult for her to turn her head to the right. It's not really sure which one of these conditions started first, but they often go hand in hand. We have been going to physical therapy to work on the torticollis for the past couple of months. She has shown a definitely improvement in her neck mobility since we have started doing the exercises. In order to correct the plagiocephaly, Ava will have to wear a helmet for the next 3-5 months. We just got it this past Tuesday, so we are wearing it longer stretches every day in order to acclimate her to it. By Monday she will be wearing it 23 hours a day. So, in addition to physical therapy, we have to go to have the helmet adjusted every 1-2 weeks and also go see her specialist every 6 weeks in Columbia. Hopefully it will resolve quickly and maybe we will have the helmet off by Christmas. I think it bothers us a lot more than it bothers her!<br />
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Other than Ava's minor issues, the girls are all doing good. They are still taking 4 bottles a day and eating solids 3 times a day. Breakfast usually consists of oatmeal, yogurt and fruit; lunch is vegetable and fruit and dinner is meat, vegetable, fruit and whole wheat cereal. Our schedule is still working pretty well for the most part, but we seem to be going through phases with sleeping through the night. We usually have a couple of good weeks followed by a couple of rough weeks. We are going through a couple of rough weeks at the moment...so hopefully the good weeks are coming up! Although we feed all of the girls the exact same amount of food, Lia continues to pull ahead in the weight department. I don't have exact weights, but last week Lia was already weighing about 20 lbs. when I put her on the scale! This girls just won't stop growing! Mya was about 17 pounds and had gained the least of the 3...but that is not surprising since that girl is in constant motion. Even when she is sitting in her bouncy seat, she is constantly bouncing herself or twirling her feet and hands in the air. Ava weighs a little over 15 pounds now but continues to put weight on steadily.<br />
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All three of the girls are still pretty easy going and are doing more and more to entertain themselves. They have really started paying a lot of attention to each other. Wade walked into the room last week to find Lia taking her pacifier out of her mouth, putting it into Ava's mouth, and then taking it back out again. They both seemed to think that this was just hilarious! We are trying to work on sitting so that hopefully they will be sitting unsupported within the next couple of weeks. Ava and Lia are doing pretty good at sitting, but Mya has no interest. I think it's because it would require her to be still in order to balance and the girl just can't sit still.<br />
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Well, it's bathtime around here which means that I am about to have some tired and cranky babies on my hands if I don't get this show on the road. Here are a few more pictures from the past month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia has always got to have her hands on somebody, or in this case, inside Mya's mouth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia still has her hands on everyone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Rosie meeting the girls for the first time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Mya & Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa on papa's Harley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia with Aunt Becky at Simone's birthday party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia blowing raspberries with every mouthful of oatmeal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Mya & Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia & Ava</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-22296741430570669962011-08-05T14:58:00.000-05:002011-08-05T14:58:39.311-05:00Happy 1/2 Birthday Ava, Lia & Mya!!!I am in complete shock that the girls turned 6 months old yesterday. I don't know where the time is going. These will quite obviously be my last children and I am a little sad that they are getting so big so fast. While feeling a little sentimental, I started looking over the girls' pictures from the past 6 months and decided to throw together a little photo montage for fun. Warning: this video is a little long and complete with super sappy songs!<br />
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Or here is a you tube link to the video also:<br />
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As far as six month weight updates, we haven't been to our checkup yet, but here are their weights this morning:<br />
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Ava - 13 lbs. 15 oz. - 15th %<br />
Lia - 17 lbs. 15 oz. - 85th %<br />
Mya - 16 lbs. 1 oz. - 52nd%<br />
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They are still growing like crazy and climbing up the growth chart for actual 6 month olds. The girls adjusted age is just over 4.5 months, so they would really be big if we looked at that growth chart! Just in the past couple of weeks, the girls have been really progressing a lot. They have all started rolling over regularly. Miss Ava has decided that she will no longer be sleeping on her back and flips over to sleep on her tummy every night. Lia rolled completely across the playroom mat one night. Mya is capable of rolling over, but she can't kick as well on her tummy so she prefers to stay on her back. They have also started to enjoy spending time in their exersaucers and bouncers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya LOVES her bouncer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bounced to exhaustion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia in the Walker - she can scoot around in it!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>The other thing that we have been working on this month is eating solids, which we started at about 4.5 months. We are trucking right along with trying something new every 3 days. So far we have tried: rice cereal, oatmeal, peas, green beans, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, applesauce, bananas, peaches, pears, plums, mangoes, avocados. They have taken so well to baby food, that they are already going through ALOT of jars every day, so I have started to make homemade baby food whenever possible. Just this morning I made sweet potatoes, squash, peas, green beans, plums and peaches! There isn't anything that they refuse to eat, but their favorite veggies are peas, squash and sweet potatoes. They aren't quite as enthusiastic about green beans and carrots, but will eat them. They love pretty much all fruit, of course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing to make baby food.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to chow down</td></tr>
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We have been to a few doctor's appointments this month. We had our NICU follow up in Columbia, but it was pretty uneventful. They are a little bit behind their actual age developmentally, but that is to be expected from preemies. We also had to take Ava to Columbia to see a pediatric plastic surgeon concerning the flat spot that she has developed on the left side of her head. He has diagnosed her with deformational plagiocephaly (a fancy way for saying flat spot), that has developed as a result of a preference for laying on that side of her head. In addition, she has also developed torticollis, which goes hand in hand with plagiocephaly. Torticollis is basically a tightening of the neck muscles on one side which causes her to hold her head at an angle and makes it difficult for her to turn her head to the right. The dr. in Columbia feels that Ava will need a helmet to correct this flat spot. The helmet would be worn for 3-5 months for 23 hours a day. In addition, he had requested that she start physical therapy as soon as possible to correct the torticollis. We are scheduled to go back to Columbia on August 15th to take measurements for her helmet.<br />
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Since that last appointment, Ava has started to willingly spend a lot more time on her tummy, including sleeping at night. I feel like I have seen a pretty noticeable improvement in her flat spot. In addition, we saw the physical therapist and she feels like Ava's torticollis is pretty mild and that as long as we do exercises at home, we don't have to go back again for another month. I am really torn about the helmet issue right now. The whole thing seems like such an ordeal...I am really hoping that when we go back for measurements, they will tell us that she no longer needs one. Here is a picture of her head that I took last week that kind of shows the flat spot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava's lopsided head</td></tr>
</tbody></table>There is not much else going on around the household. I am anxiously waiting for school to start...these kids need something to do! We registered Simone for middle school this week. I can't believe how grown up she is getting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simone with her new haircut in preparation for middle school.<br />
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</tbody></table>Here are a few more pictures from this past month:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Mya and Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa reading to Ava about dinosaurs, of course...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Ava & Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya actually enjoying tummy time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great grandma Kolb with Noa and Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Josetta, Sister Bernadette & Sister Laura with Noa & the girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember how little they used to look in this pack and play?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Lia & Mya</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-91165529092148060362011-07-07T21:42:00.000-05:002011-07-07T21:42:47.011-05:005 month Weight UpdatesI just realized that I forgot to include weight updates in my 5 month update from a couple of days ago. So, as of 5 months 3 days, their weights are as follows:<br />
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Ava: 12 pounds 8 oz. - gained 1 lb. 8 oz. this month - 12th percentile<br />
Lia: 16 pounds 8 oz. - gained 1 pound 10 oz. this month - 84th percentile<br />
Mya: 14 pounds 13 oz. - gained 1 pound 3 oz. this month - 34th percentile<br />
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So, I think that I had written down the wrong info last month when I thought they said Mya was in the 65th percentile. I think it was more like the 35th or so according to my internet growth chart:<br />
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<a href="http://www.infantchart.com/">http://www.infantchart.com/</a><br />
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Is Lia ever going to slow down!?! 84th percentile! They are all eating pretty close to the same amount these days...if anything, Lia eats less because she always sleeps through the night, so the other girls often get one more bottle than she does. Yet, she continues to pull ahead on weight. Mya has stayed at about the same percentile, so she is growing steadily, and Ava keeps getting further up onto the growth chart :)<br />
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Never in my wildest dreams did I think that my 34 week preemies would weigh this much at 5 months old!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-61172099054122222112011-07-04T12:20:00.001-05:002011-07-04T12:27:45.203-05:00Happy 4th of July & Happy 5 Months!It is hard to believe that the girls will soon be 6 months old! I'm afraid that their first 4th of July will be rather uneventful. I am not even close to brave enough to take them to the mob scene downtown today & I figure it is not worth messing around with their 8 pm bedtime to take them to see fireworks that they couldn't care less about and would probably sleep through, anyway. Instead, we will be celebrating by heading to the Lake tomorrow for a couple of days to stay at Grandma & Grandpa's condo. This will be the girls' first overnight trip anywhere. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to take Simone and Noa swimming and most importantly, get a little color to my shockingly, blindingly, white skin. Keeping my fingers crossed that we are able to maintain our schedule with the babies during our little mini vacation.<br />
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Speaking of schedules, the girls are 100% committed to their 8 pm bedtime which has been awesome. It gives me some time after they are down for the night to relax. I wish! More like, it gives me time to pick up the house, wash bottles, make bottles, fold laundry, make lunches, etc. etc... Oh well, it beats trying to do all of that while the babies are awake! Lia is still my champion sleeper, usually sleeping anywhere from 10 to 12 hours a night. Mya and Ava are still not 100% on board. Lately they have been taking turns sleeping through the night. When they do get up, it is usually a quick change and feed and right back to bed 15-20 minutes later, so we can't complain too much about that. I definitely can't complain because I still have Mom and Dana each helping with overnights a couple of days a week so I am usually well rested for work. <br />
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We have started baby foods the past couple of weeks. I was hesitant with as busy as we already are, I just wasn't sure how we would fit one more thing into their schedule, but it has been working out so far. So far, we have tried cereal mixed with applesauce, squash and bananas. They seem to like everything, but we are still spending a lot of time scooping it back up off their chins. It will just take a little practice to learn to eat from a spoon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Personality wise, they seem to have done a complete 180 from the time they were born. We used to think that Mya was the calm one, Lia was more on the demanding side and Ava would just kind of go with the flow. Well, Ava hasn't changed that much actually. Most days she is content to swing away. She is the smiliest of the group right now. If you just look at her and smile she usually smiles right back at you. And Mya, sure she's still calm, as long as you are devoting 100% of your attention to her 100% of the time. OK, that may be a bit of exaggeration, but she definitely likes your undivided attention and she wants to be talked to all the time. She can go from perfectly happy to hysterical in a matter of a heartbeat if she feels ignored. She is just a bit of a princess. She is also a bit of a stinker. If her and her sisters are laying on the floor, she will maneuver a way to turn her entire body around so that she can kick the crud out of the other two. And Lia, well, Lia is usually just a fat, happy baby. As long as you don't miss her feeding time, she is usually good to go. The look of excitement on her face when she gets to try a new food is priceless!<br />
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</tbody></table>The most exciting event of the past month was the birth of my niece Audrey. I can't wait for all the girls to start having playdates. She was born on June 16th (yes, another June birthday) weighing in at 8 pounds 15 oz.. She is definitely a sweetie. It astonishes me to think that the girls were less than half her size just 5 short months ago. It's hard for me to even picture anymore!<br />
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Another big deal around here is that Noa is now a TV star! I think that I have mentioned that Noa is a bit of a dinosaur nut. Well, check out how he managed to turn his news interview about T-ball into the Noa Dinosaur Show!<br />
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Noa just had his last day of summer school on Friday, so he has a little bit of time off until his real first day of kindergarten. This summer school program is awesome because I feel much better about him going to school now and I know that he will be prepared and confident on his first day.<br />
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Simone has spent the summer so far doing what most pre-teen girls do...hiding from her parents. She has spent the vast majority of the summer hiding out in the "cave" in the basement, only emerging when threatened. She has done a better job of helping with the girls lately, especially when grandma or nana are here. She has actually even changed a few diapers! She enjoys picking out their clothes for nana, although I am amazed at how she manages to find something not pink to put on them every day!<br />
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Well, duty calls (ie babies scream), so I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July! Here are a few more pictures from the past month.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-63398420631809809612011-06-10T19:02:00.000-05:002011-06-10T19:02:39.513-05:004 Months Old - Busy, Busy, BusyIt has been FOREVER since I have posted anything. Since I have been back at work, the days seem like an eternity, but the weeks fly by! Going back to work hasn't been as bad as I anticipated. While I do miss my babies, being around adults every day is almost like a mini vacation and has been good for my sanity and brain function. If only there was a way to work half as much I would have the best of both worlds. The girls were sleeping so good when I first went back to work, but that has gone a little bit down hill. A few weeks ago, Ava and Lia got congested and started waking up at night. They are better now, but are out of the routine of sleeping through the night. Fortunately, they usually eat quickly and go right back to sleep. I still have mom and Dana each spending the night a couple days a week to get up with the girls on the nights I work. I have started taking on the weekends by myself and it has been going pretty good.<br />
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So, I realized that I don't post nearly enough about Simone and Noa. Both have had some pretty significant events in the past couple of months. Simone has become an Honor Star at church. It is something she has been working towards for several years now and gone to weekly classes and put in a lot of time and effort. In May there was a ceremony to celebrate their accomplishment.<br />
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Simone also had her 5th grade promotion at the end of May. This was her last year in elementary school and next year she will be moving on to middle school...a depressing thought for dear old mom :( We were very proud of Simone for receiving the business partnership award for her class for showing outstanding leadership skills!<br />
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Noa also had a couple of big events in the past couple of weeks. First we celebrated his 5th birthday which was May 31st, the same day that Dad/Grandpa turned 60. We also celebrated my nephew Andrew's 11th birthday on the same day. For those of you that haven't talked to Noa lately, he has become quite the dinosaur expert/fanatic, so of course we had a dinosaur themed party and pretty much every gift Noa received had something to do with dinosaurs.<br />
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And that was just the beginning of the "birthday season" in the Cunningham/Schmitz households. June 3rd, 4th and 5th brought birthdays for Munai (Nana), Aunt Becky and Wade. In addition, we have Uncle Kenny (6/7), Aunt Dana (6/11), Paulo (6/12), Uncle Matt (6/14) and Me (6/15). To add to the madness, we will also be welcoming my brother Matt's daughter Audrey Rose on June 16th if all goes according to plan. Hmmm...I hope I remembered everyone and I am not 100% guaranteeing I didn't get some of the dates mixed up...my brain is kind of mush most days! Anyway, Happy Birthday to all!<br />
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Noa also started his first day of pre-kindergarten summer school. It is a program where kids who are entering kindergarten in the fall can go to school during summer school in order to get used to the classroom and the routines. After the first day which brought two calls from the teacher (surprise,surprise), Noa has transitioned well. We have been letting him ride the bus which he loves! Here are some pictures of him waiting at the bus stop on the first day, and a video of our bus stop conversation that morning.<br />
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Ava - 11 lbs. (3rd %) 22 inches (8th %)<br />
Lia - 14 lbs. 14 oz. (75th%) 24 inches (50th %)<br />
Mya - 13 lbs. 10 oz. (65th%) 24 inches (50th%)<br />
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The percentiles listed above are for full term 4 month old babies, not preemies. So, Lia, for example, is bigger than 75% of full term 4 month old babies! There is not much preemie about Lia and Mya anymore. Both are bigger than average. And the most exciting news is that little Ava has finally made her way onto the growth chart and I am sure that she will continue to climb.<br />
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I am sure that there is much more to report in babyland, but I am kind of drawing a blank right now. We are trying to work on things like pushing up when they are on their tummies, and hopefully rolling over in the near future. The pediatrician has told us we can start solids anytime we feel ready...not sure, though, if I can possibly fit one more thing into our day. We will probably go ahead and start trying cereal occasionally to get them used to it.<br />
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The babies have started becoming extremely sociable. The are starting to coo and all 3 are giving lots of big smiles in response to people talking to them, especially in the mornings when they are at their happiest. Just in the past couple of days, Ava and Mya have started laughing out loud which is hilarious! Hopefully I will get it on video sometime soon. And Lia has started amusing herself by blowing bubbles. We also found that the girls LOVE being read to. We set their chairs up into a reading circle and they will give us their complete and undivided attention most days while we read. They even seem to look at the books. It is good that they enjoy this because, as many of you know, my profession (Scholastic book distribution) means that my kids have large quantities of books at their disposal!<br />
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Well, hopefully it will not be so long before I am able to post again! Below are some pictures of the girls smiling and a few others. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging in the Bumbos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for Storytime</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-73583230703597531332011-05-13T20:41:00.000-05:002011-05-13T20:41:15.386-05:00Finally Got the Girls' Birth Announcements Made<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Better late than never!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Craig with Mya, Lia and Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana with Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my gorgeous kids...and me with my eyes closed, of course!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Mya and Lia....Thanks Robin for cute matching outfits!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia, Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Dana with Ava, Lia and Mya</td></tr>
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There really hasn't been much else excitement around here. The girls are getting bigger and bigger all the time. As of yesterday their weights were:<br />
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Ava - 8 lbs. 12 oz.<br />
Lia - 12 lbs. 7 oz.<br />
Mya - 11 lbs. 5 oz.<br />
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Everyone is putting on about half a pound per week. Maybe someday Ava will catch up, but for now she is gaining weight at about the same pace as they are. They are getting closer and closer to sleeping through the night. We usually have at least one good 6 hour stretch out of all of the babies. We have stopped waking up all three to eat when the first one wakes up and just doing demand feeding at night. Some nights it works out great and other nights not so much. The past three nights we have had at least one baby sleep through the night so hopefully they are starting some good habits. It would be nice since I will sadly be heading back to work next Tuesday. I know that after 6 months off it is time, but I can't imagine how much I will miss being home with the kids. It will take a big group effort to keep things going once this happens. Hopefully we don't all fall apart! I'm sure it will be fine!<br />
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I am sure there are plenty of other things I should talk about, but they are all escaping me at the moment. We have been working on getting responsive smiles out of everyone. It doesn't happen easily, but with lots of attention and talking we are usually able to pull a smile out of them. They are starting to be awake more during the day which is more work, but hopefully it means that we are getting closer and closer to sleeping through the night on a regular basis.<br />
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I guess my next post will be as a working mother of 5 so wish me luck! Here are a few more pictures of the cuties..enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Ava, Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya and me with a new haircut (finally!)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-21351054770053547652011-04-06T18:44:00.000-05:002011-04-06T18:44:10.746-05:002 months old...A week of firsts!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava, Lia and Mya - 2 months old</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Well, believe it or not, the girls are already 2 months old as of last Monday! In celebration, we have decided it is time to start tackling the world outside of our house. Believe it or not, we have not taken the babies anywhere since they have been home! We have been unbelievably fortunate to have an awesome pediatrician who made house calls for us for the first couple of months so that the girls did not have to be exposed to any unnecessary germs. But, since two months old brings with it a plethora of vacccinations, it was time for us to head to the doctor's office.<br />
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We decided to do a dry run on Sunday and make a visit to Great Grandma Kolb's house. All in all, everything went very well. The girls were out cold the second the car started moving. And, all of the carseats fit nicely across the middle seat of our SUV, so that was a relief as well!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All strapped into the truck - Ava was happier once we started driving.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa now climbs in through the tailgate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snoozing after the car ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great grandma Kolb and Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 Generations</td></tr>
</tbody></table>On Monday, we made our trip to the pediatrician. Between filling out paperwork times 3, weighing, measuring, examining and vaccinating 3 babies, we were there for 2 and a half hours! But, we were declared to have 3 perfectly healthy babies...2 of which you would never know were preemies! Little Ava is still not on the growth charts quite yet, but is much closer than when she was born. Miss Lia, however, is already at the 50th percentile in weight for a full term 2 month old baby and Mya is at the 25th percentile for a full term 2 month old baby!<br />
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Ava - 7 pounds 2 ounces; 18.5 inches<br />
Lia - 10 pounds 13 ounces; 21 inches<br />
Mya - 9 pounds 8 ounces; 20.5 inches<br />
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Our big adventure of today was our first walk outside in the triple stroller. I'm not sure what exactly motivated me, but I got the girls strapped in and we headed out for a walk around the block. Anyone who has been to my house knows that is not quite as easy as it sounds. Not only do I have an extremely long, steep driveway, but our entire street is hills. After nearly 6 months of complete inactivity, I was completely wiped out by the time we got home. I am sure that I will be sore for days!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First walk in the stroller</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya<br />
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</tbody></table>So, the babies are doing great. They are starting to sleep longer stretches at night. The past week or so we have had 4 or 5 hours between feedings most nights, especially for the bigger girls. They are still napping a lot during the day, but they are starting to have a little bit more alert time. Lia and Mya are both doing really good with holding their heads steady, and Ava is starting to work on it but is still pretty wobbly. We are trying to do more tummy time to practice, but these pictures show how that usually ends up:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>And last but not least, every child has to be embarassed with infant bath pics, right?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya<br />
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</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-37093470006810197372011-03-30T11:42:00.000-05:002011-03-30T11:42:44.727-05:00All I Do Is Feed Babies!I have realized that my days revolve around feeding babies. Every three hours like clockwork they are ready to eat. If I am by myself, it takes about an hour to feed them. Then I wash bottles, pump, pick up dirty bibs, burp cloths and outfits, clean up the inevitable spit up off myself, rest for a few minutes and start all over again...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 hours worth of bottles - yes, this is only half a day's worth!<br />
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</tbody></table>But, the results are obvious! Yesterday's weights are as follows:<br />
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Lia - 9 lbs. 13 oz.<br />
Mya - 8 lbs. 15 oz.<br />
Ava - 6 lbs. 11 oz.<br />
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I like to say I have babies in all sizes...small, medium and large! But, everyone has at least doubled their birthweights already. They will be 2 months already on Monday! We will be making our first ever outings this week with a trip planned to go see Great Grandma Kolb this weekend to meet Uncle Bill and Aunt Loretta. Then we will make our first trip to the pediatrician on Monday. So far, we have been fortunate that she has come to us to make house calls, so this is the first time we will be going to see her. Wish me luck!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-13047703970848117952011-03-17T13:36:00.000-05:002011-03-17T13:36:53.877-05:00Full Term Babies!As of Monday, March 14th, the triplets were officially full term babies. So, today, their actual age is 5 weeks and 6 days, but their "adjusted age" is just 3 days old. Adjusted age is often important for developmental milestones in preemies. It can be expected that they will reach many of these milestones such as crawling, walking, etc. about a month behind other babies. We will see...they seem awfully advanced to me:) All three of them seem to have really strong necks and are already lifting their heads alot. They are becoming more and more alert all the time and are following objects and turning to voices.<br />
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As for weights...these girls are getting huge! <br />
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Ava - 5 lbs 15 oz<br />
Lia - 8 lbs 4 oz<br />
Mya - 7 lbs 14 oz<br />
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Here is a picture of our two sumo wrestlers Lia and Mya, and then a picture of our little peanut Ava who is still working on catching up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava<br />
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</tbody></table>I thought this picture was funny. Obviously they are getting used to cuddling with each other in the pack and play at nap time! During the night they sleep in their own cribs, though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Lia and Ava - getting close while napping</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closer shot of Mya and Lia snuggling up</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The other exciting event of this past week is that the girls had their first photo shoot. I think we got lots of great shots of the triplets. We also got some pictures of all the kids together, which is the first time we have been able to do that. I can't wait until we gets the pics...I will post them as soon as they come in.Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-45447943028057590612011-03-08T17:13:00.000-06:002011-03-08T17:13:24.633-06:001 Month Old - Where is the Time Going?This blog is a lot harder to keep up on than I thought it would be! For those of you who don't know, Lia and Ava both came home from the hospital on Saturday, February 26th after 22 days in the NICU and 6 days after Mya came home. The difference between having one baby at home and having three babies at home is beyond words. I can't believe that I ever thought that having one baby was hard :) <br />
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We are fotunate, however, that we have really good babies who pretty much sleep between every feeding...but it feels like feeding is pretty much all we ever do! They are on a self-imposed 3 hour feeding schedule for the most part...I can't wait until they start going 4 hours! At least one baby usually wakes up like clockwork at exactly 3 hours. In order to keep some sort of a schedule, once one babies wakes up to eat, we wake them all up to eat. Otherwise, we would be feeding babies around the clock and would never get any rest. It usually takes at least a good hour to feed the babies, even with two people. So, on a good day we spend 1 hour feeding and up to 2 hours pumping/sleeping/cleaning/doing laundry/washing bottles etc...then start all over again. Since Wade works nights, I have had lots of overnight help to make sure that I don't have to take care of them by myself. The days go pretty good, even when I am by myself, but the nights can be rough. I am getting better at feeding multiple babies at one time. Maybe once I get that perfected I may be able to attempt to do a night without help. <br />
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At the moment, we go through about 24 bottles every day. I was able to stay ahead on pumping until they were a month old, but the past week or so I have had to start adding some formula to their bottles. Lia and Mya are each taking 4 ounces a feed and Ava is taking 3 ounces, so they are already taking 11 total ounces every 3 hours, which is a couple more ounces than I pump on average. But, I am going to keep at it so that they get at least part of their feedings as breastmilk.<br />
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I definitely underestimated the number of diaper changes we would be doing daily. I figured a diaper change every three hours for a total of 24 diapers a day. So, we always change their diapers to kind of wake them up and get them comfortable before their bottles. However, they seem to find it amusing to let it rip during their feedings...so we usually go through more like 30 diapers a day at least.<br />
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All the feeding and diaper changes are paying off, however, because they are growing like crazy. Today's measurements are:<br />
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Ava - 5 pounds 4 ounces 17.5 inches long<br />
Lia - 7 pounds 3 ounces 20 inches long<br />
Mya - 7 pounds 0 ounces 19.5 inches long<br />
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Next Monday would have been their actual due date so it will be interesting to take measurements on them then! Well, I'm sure I am leaving out lots of info, but I have reached my limit of free time...the fussing has begun. Here are some recent pictures...enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma with Lia, Ava, Mya, Noa and Simone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Ava, Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gifts made by Aunt Dana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and Daddy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and Mya</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia, Mya and Ava</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-57473364465144454002011-02-21T22:36:00.000-06:002011-02-21T22:36:45.056-06:00Last Born...First HomeOn Sunday, February 20th, Miss Mya was the first of the triplets to come home after 16 days in the NICU. She is now up to 5 pounds and is doing great. We are adjusting to having one baby at home now and still visiting the other two in the NICU. Fortunately, it doesn't sounds like we will have to be running back and forth for long. If all goes well, Ava and Lia will likely be home by the end of the week...then the real fun begins!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya's first car ride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going home outfit - preemie clothes were too small!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big brother Noa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great-grandma Kolb with Mya and Ava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First time holding all three babies - and no feeding tubes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya, Ava and Lia</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-86323614521904019472011-02-14T13:44:00.001-06:002011-02-14T20:05:29.306-06:00Life in the NICUHappy Valentine's day to everyone! Today, the girls are 10 days old, and 36 weeks gestational age. They are still in the NICU, so we are putting a lot of highway miles on the old Trailblazer running back and forth every day. Wade has gone back to work, so he tries to come up every other day to see them. I have been coming up every day after I drop the kids off for school and coming back home for dinner every night. It's pretty tiring, but I can't imagine skipping a day at this point. I am feeling really good. I had a couple of rough days right after the delivery, but I came home from the hospital on Feb. 8th and have felt fine since then. My biggest gripe is that I still have a lot of swelling. My feet and ankles are way more swollen now than they ever were during the pregnancy. I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow for a quick blood pressure check so I'll have to see if this is normal or not.<br />
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For the most part, the girls are doing wonderful. They have all regained their birth weights now and are starting to gain. They all moved into open cribs several days ago when they were able to maintain their body temperatures outside of the isolettes. The best thing about that is that we can now hold them whenever we want, and guests are able to hold them also now. Mya and Ava have both had their IVs removed also because they are now receiving their full feeding amounts through a combination of bottle and tube feedings, so they no longer have to receive any of their nutrition through IVs. They have both been moved from Level 3 to Level 2 status, which basically means that they are now "growers/feeders". So, as soon as they are able to take all 8 of their daily feedings by bottle, they should be able to head home. Ava just took her first bottle yesterday, but she finished the whole thing and also finished today's bottle. Hopefully they will move her up to 2 bottles a day starting tomorrow. Mya is starting to do really well with her feedings. She has moved up to taking every other feeding by bottle starting today. She has finished both of today's bottles....I think she is putting in her bid to be the first baby home!<br />
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And, then there is our big girl Lia. Lia started out doing amazingly well. She is an extremely aggressive eater and was taking 4 bottles a day in less than a week after birth. As it turns out, she may have been taking on more than her little tummy could handle. We got a phone call shortly after midnight last Thursday morning stating that they found blood in her stool and that they ran labs that shows some immature white blood cells which is a sign of infection. They told us that they were stopping her feeds completely, putting her back on her IV for her nutritional needs and starting antibiotics. In addition, they did some X-rays that showed some thickening of her intestines. As a result, they decided to treat her for NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) which is a condition that happens in preemie babies where the intestines become infected. The bacteria that lives in the intestines naturally and aids in digestion begins to attack the intestinal wall in NEC cases. While this can be extemely serious, the neonatologist believes that we caught Lia's case extremely early and we may not ever be sure if she actually has NEC or not, which is a good thing. She is not showing any of the normal symtoms of NEC except for the instances of the blood in her stool. So, they are treating it extremely aggressively in order to make sure they are not taking any chances.<br />
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So, this is day 5 for Lia without food. While the IVs provide her everything she needs nutritionally, it does not fill her stomach and does not prevent her from feeling hungry. So, needless to say, the poor baby is not happy at all. The first couple of days were very rough. We had to take turns holding her all day with a pacifier in her mouth to keep her content. While the doctors say that her hunger is a good sign, it is still hard for us to watch. Over the days, her stomach has shrunk back down some so she doesn't seem to be quite as hungry as she was a few days ago. She is currently on some heavy duty antibiotics for 10 days and they will be checking on Thursday for improvements in her X-rays so hopefully we will be able to start back up on her feedings again later this week.<br />
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We are thrilled that Ava and Mya are doing so well and that we may be bringing babies home in the near future. However, we are not looking forward to the inevitability of having some babies at home and some still up here in the NICU. Dividing our time will become very difficult at that point, so hopefully it won't be very long before we have all three of them at home with us.<br />
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I will update soon when we know more about Lia's condition, but keep her in your thoughts and prayers while she is going through this rough time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ava Munai</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma wih Mya and Ava</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-720846829211473022011-02-06T08:30:00.001-06:002011-02-14T20:09:57.372-06:0034 weeks 4 days - The Girls are Here!Ava Munai Cunningham (Baby A) was born on February 4, 2011 at 8:39 a.m. She was the smallest of the girls at 3 pounds 4 ounces and 15.5 inches long. Lia Rose Cunningham (Baby B) was born next at 8:40 a.m. She was the biggest at 4 pounds 14 ounces and 18 inches long. Last, but not least, Mya Anne Cunningham was born at 8:41. a.m. She was 4 pounds 8 ounces and 16.5 inches long.<br />
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We arrived at the hospital at 6 a.m. on the morning of the C-section. By 8 a.m. we were heading back to the operating room to prep for the surgery. The operating room was quite the mob scene, but totally organized chaos at the same time. The first thing I noticed was the room next to me, which was set up with the warmers for the babies to go to as they are born. The room was packed with probably a good 20 hospital staff awaiting their arrival...a team for each baby.<br />
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There were at least 10 additional doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists in the operating room with me. Once I was in there I had to receive my spinal block shot to numb me. This was easily the worst part of the C-section. It took a couple of sticks, but once they got it in I was numb within a couple of minutes and things moved quickly from there. By the time they got Wade into the room, they were already starting the incision. It's pretty amazing how quickly they get in there and start pulling out babies. Wade, of course, is standing up watching everything over the curtain. <br />
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Ava came out first and was kicking and crying. They briefly brought her over to me to see and then whisked her away. Next, as they are attempting to pull Lia out, I hear the doctor kind of laugh and say "oops"....not something you want to hear in the middle of a surgery! It turns out that Mya did not want to be last to be born and while they were trying to deliver Lia, Mya stuck her leg straight out to try to block her way. It was a nice try, but Lia still got to be born second. She was born with an attitude and an angry cry. They brought her to be also and she was obviously bigger than her sister and she did not look happy at all about being born! Finally, Mya got to come out and join the others. It was a relief to here all three of them crying!<br />
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While they were finishing up the surgery, they called Wade back to where the babies were. As they were checked out, they cleaned them up a little bit and had Wade bring each one out to me so that I could see them for a little bit longer and touch each one of them before they took them down to the NICU.<br />
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Wade stayed with me while they finished the surgery. Then, when I went to post-op, he went down to the NICU to stay with the girls. It turns out that little Ava was doing the best of all three. She scored the highest of the three on her Apgar test (newborn assessment). She was on room air from the beginning. Lia needed a little bit of help and was on some low flow oxygen for a few hours but was on room air by the end of the day. Mya was on a high flow oxygen for awhile after she was born, but was also on room air by the next morning.<br />
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The girls are continuing to do well in the NICU. There are several things that need to happen before they are able to come home. They need to be breathing on their own, which they are doing already. They also need to be able to maintain their body temperatures. Currently they are in isolettes to help keep them warm, but I was able to start kangaroo care with them yesterday (holding skin-to-skin) and they all did well with that. It was very exciting for me to get to hold them for the first time. Hopefully Wade will be able to do it today. The third thing that needs to happen before they go home is that they need to be eating on their own and gaining weight. Yesterday they started tube feedings for all three of them and they are tolerating it well. I have been pumping for them so we will see how long I can keep up with their feedings. Lia and Mya are much happier now that they are being fed. Lia especially was a little fussy, but is much more calm now that she is getting fed. I guess it's because she is used to hogging all the food. They are both really going to town on their pacifiers so it sounds like we will probably try a bottle feed today as well and see how that goes.<br />
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All of the girls are showing signs of jaundice which is very common in preemies. They started Ava on bili lights yesterday, so she's hanging out under the sun lamp with her sunglasses on. It sounds like it's a good possibility than Lia and Mya may have to do the same pretty soon. Ava has been getting pretty fiesty and kicked her IV out of her foot last night, so now the poor thing has the IV in her head...looks like she has a unicorn horn :( <br />
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So, all in all, everyone is doing fantastic. I will probably be heading home tomorrow, so we will have to start trekking back and forth to see the girls everyday. Hopefully it won't be for long and we will be able to get them home with us soon. I'm having a lot of cramping, but I am recovering well. I have been up walking back and forth to the NICU since Friday evening and that is getting a little easier everyday. Thank you to everyone for their thoughts and prayers during my pregnancy. Obviously they worked because we couldn't have hoped for things to go better than they have. I will continue to update often on the girls' condition and as soon as I get home, I will post some pics on here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya aka Baby C</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-77294741017800063952011-02-01T20:00:00.001-06:002011-02-01T20:06:24.576-06:0034 Weeks - Snowbound and NervousI wasn't going to add a post this week until the girls were born on Friday, but I figured that today's snowstorm deserved a mention for future reference. Just to add a little last minute excitement to this rather uneventful pregnancy, we are in the middle of the biggest snowstorm of at least the past 15 years, just 3 days before the babies are scheduled to be born. Anybody who has been to my house knows that the likelihood of even making it out of our driveway in nearly 2 feet of snow is slim to none. Although Wade and his brother are out in the dark as we speak shoveling as much as they can just in case we have an emergency and need to get out tonight! So, I am currently putting this uterus on lockdown until Friday. Nothing is going to get out of here! Of course, since the governor did declare a state of emergency, I figured that if absolutely necessary they can call in the national guard that is on standby to get me to the hospital :) So, now we just have to make sure that we dig out before Friday because I am getting to that hospital, one way or another!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over 20 inches of snow predicted for Jeff City</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 Hours of shoveling - As you can see, you can't even see the street because our driveway if such a nightmare...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-88919474845142638772011-01-27T17:20:00.000-06:002011-01-27T17:20:16.643-06:0033 Week Checkup - Last Dr. Visit :)So, it looks like this will most likely be my last post as an extremely pregnant woman. Turns out, we'll be having babies next week instead of Feb. 7th, so my next post will be about babies and not just me for a change! But, more on that later....<br />
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Today was probably one of the most stressful doctor's visits I have been to. For almost all of our visits, we have been very lucky and gotten in almost immedately. Even with ultrasounds, we are usually in and out in under an hour. Today when we walked in, the waiting room was absolutely packed. Still, we probably only waited about a half an hour before we got in, so it wasn't too bad.<br />
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And of course, once we got back to the ultrasound, these stubborn children wanted to do nothing once again. I mean, they were painfully active on the car ride to Columbia and we get back to the room and all activity comes to an immediate halt. Their heart rates were all good as usual and after about 20 minutes of inactivity they finally came to life just enough to get all of their movement and tone points. We had our favorite ultrasound tech, Margaret, today. So, Margaret tells us at this point that she is a little worried about the amount of fluid around Baby B...that it looks to be quite a bit less than what Baby A and Baby C have, so she wants the doctor to come back and take a look at it. I guess this was probably the beginning of my escalating blood pressure for the day...<br />
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So the doctor comes back to take a look and says that the baby has enough fluid so that is not a problem. Margaret then tells him that we haven't been able to get any practice breathing points for any of the babies today. So, he watches a little bit longer and makes a comment that we may be having the babies sooner rather than later. And the blood pressure goes up a little further.... Then all of a sudden Baby B takes like 3 or 4 breaths and he decides that is good enough. Huh? There's still 2 other babies in there that haven't done their breathing and none of them has completed a full 20 seconds like they are supposed to. But, whatever, he is the expert.<br />
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Then, we get back to the exam room and the nurse asks me if the doctor has talked to me about the C-section date. I tell her, yes, we scheduled it several weeks ago for February 7th. She tells me she knows that is when we were going to do it, but that the doctor is now going to be out of town that week and that she has reminded him several times to discuss a different date with me, which he obviously hadn't done. So, for some silly reason this is the date I have my heart set on, and now it is out the window. Oh, by the way, now it's time to take my blood pressure. Um, if you think that it might have been a little bit high at this point, then you would be correct. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 160/100.<br />
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Of course, that bought me a ticket to labor and delivery for the afternoon. When I tried to bring up the C-section date before we headed over there, I was told to wait and see what the monitoring shows. Fortunately, it was not quite the ordeal that it was a couple of weeks ago. They got all of the babies hooked up to heart monitors and they took blood to run labs. While I waited for the lab results, I had to lay flat on my back without moving for over an hour while they monitored the babies. Talk about uncomfortable. But, thankfully, all of the labs looked great and the babies were good, so they let me head home after a couple of hours.<br />
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So, once I got home, I immediately called the doctor's office to get the C-section date sorted out. At first they told me that they would call me and let me know first thing in the morning. Fortunately, I think that the nurse pushed the issue and called back almost immedately and asked how I felt about having babies on February 4th instead of February 7th....so that is the new plan, just 8 days away! While I want to keep the babies in as long as possible, I am really not comfortable with the possibility of going into labor while my doctor is out of town, so I think that February 4th is the best solution. 34 weeks and 4 days...can't ask for much better than that. <br />
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Unless anything crazy happens between now and then, we will be welcoming Ava, Lia and Mya into the world next Friday. As soon as I am up to it, I will update with details and pictures!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-77483385404653306582011-01-19T13:49:00.000-06:002011-01-19T13:49:12.417-06:0032 Week Checkup - Still CookingI'm happy to report that our 32 week checkup was significantly less eventful than last week's visit. Since I have been behaving myself and staying in bed, my blood pressures have been great. Even in the doctor office is wasn't too bad - 142/84 - which is much better than last week. I was pretty nervous because the nurse at the hospital last week told me that if I had another bad blood pressure reading this week that they would send me right back to the hospital. So I figured that statement alone would be enough to guarantee me a record high number, but thankfully that wasn't the case. For good luck I decided to go completely prepared for any possibility this week. I took everything to the doctor with me: suitcase, laptop, pillows, even the diaper bag. I guess my strategy worked! I don't have to go back until Thursday next week...only 2 more visits until the big day...19 days and counting.<br />
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During the ultrasound, the babies decided to be less than cooperative today. We listened to loud music all the way to Columbia and the babies were just bee-bopping away in there. I guess they wore themselves out because they didn't do much of anything but lay there like bumps on a log through most of the biophysical profile. Baby C did finally get a score of 8/8, only because she got the hiccups and that counted as practice breathing. After a lot of pushing around on my stomach, we finally got everyone to move around enough to get most of their points, but neither Baby A nor Baby B did much of anything in the way of practice breathing so they each got 6/8. Nobody seemed too concerned about it, so I guess I won't be worried about it either. Everyone's heart rates were good. Baby A and Baby B were around 135 and Baby C was a little higher at 156 because of her hiccups. Also, we finaly quit doing the cervical measurements today. I guess we are at the point where it doesn't really matter what the measurement is because they wouldn't take any steps to stop labor at this point anyway...so that's one less thing I have to have done every week.<br />
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Well, I guess I am going to hunker down and enjoy the snow storm. Hopefully we are good to go for another week. I have had several requests to see the baby bump, so I have broken down and taken a picture for your entertainment...although I think the black may have a slimming effect ;-)<br />
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They did go ahead and give me a couple of medications to give the babies a boost in case they would end up delivering early. I had a steroid shot today and have to get another one tomorrow. These help strengthen the babies lungs. They are also giving me magnesium sulfate, and all I can say about that is that it sucks. They start out with a large dose that more or less makes you feel like your skin is on fire for about a half an hour. OK, that may be a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea. Now I am on a lower dose, but apparently it's pretty cold in the room from the way Wade is bundled up and I am still on the verge of sweating. Anyway, the magnesium apparently has some neurological benefits for the babies if they are born early and has been shown to decrease the chances of issues such as cerebral palsy.<br />
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Well, other than all of that, everything is still looking fine. We did a growth scan and biophysical profile on the babies this morning at the doctor's office. All of the babies scored 8/8 on their profiles. Also, all of the babies gained over a pound since the last growth scan. So, at 31 weeks 2 days, here are their weights:<br />
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Baby A - 3 lbs 1 oz. - 14th percentile<br />
Baby B - 3 lbs 7 oz. - 25th percentile<br />
Baby C - 3 lbs 9 oz. - 31st percentile<br />
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It looks like Baby A is still a little bit of a runt, but she did put on about the same amount of weight as her sisters. They are all a little lower in percentile than last month also, but that is not really unusual with triplets...at a certain point their growth slows compared to singleton babies just because of the lack of room.<br />
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So, I am officially carrying around over 10 lbs. of baby now and boy am I feeling it! My cervix was still measuring at over 3.5 cm and I am not having any regular contractions so it looks like they are content staying where they are for awhile hopefully.<br />
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Well, I will update tomorrow when I have a better idea of what the near future holds for us. Let's hope that the update comes from home and not here!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076271543317815454.post-31457803957534816132011-01-05T13:58:00.000-06:002011-01-05T13:58:44.370-06:0030 Week Checkup - C-section Has Been Scheduled!!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today was an interesting dr. visit. I didn't realize that we would start doing biophysical profiles on the babies every week from here on out. This test is done during the ultrasound. The babies are given a half hour of observation to make sure that they are performing certain actions. If they do everything, they are given an 8/8. They watch for the following things:<br />
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<strong>Amniotic fluid levels</strong> - there should be at least one pocket of amniotic fluid per baby - 2 points<br />
<strong>Practice breathing</strong> - each baby must show 30 seconds of breathing movements with diaphram - 2 points<br />
<strong>Body Movements</strong> - each baby must show at least 2 large body movements such as kicks or punches -2 points<br />
<strong>Muscle Tone</strong> - arms and legs are usually flexed and head rests on chest (fetal position) - two or more flexes or extensions seen such as opening and closing of a hand - then a return to this position. - 2 points<br />
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Babies A and C both did everything they were supposed to and scored 8/8. Baby B did not show the full 30 seconds of practice breathing within the 30 minute period, so she only scored 6/8 this time. They did say that the babies are really just now starting breathing movements, so they are not worried about that yet. At this point, they are more concerned with the body movements and fluid levels which were all fine. In a couple of weeks they will be more concerned if any of the babies are not doing their practice breathing. She did take a few breaths that we saw, she just didn't do it for the full 30 second period. Hopefully next week she will show us what she can do. <br />
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All of the babies were pretty active during the ultrasound and all of their heart rates were right around 145. Baby A is still breech and Baby B is still head down. Baby C moved a little bit this week and is now head down instead of transverse. Another exciting thing we discovered today is that we were able to get a pretty close look at Babies A and C and it has been decided that they definitely have hair! Baby B's head was hiding behind Baby A so we couldn't tell with her. Also, we finally got a good face profile shot this week, but Baby A was the only one cooperating.<br />
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My cervix measurement was down a little bit to 3.8 cm, but still doing very well. At some point it's bound to start shortening up anyway, so at this point they start being a little less concerned and will actually probably stop checking all together pretty soon. Next week we will do another biophysical profile and a growth scan, so I am hoping that they will be well over 3 pounds each...3.5 pounds would be even better!<br />
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My blood pressure was great at 128/72, but my swelling is getting worse, causing me to gain 5 pounds this week, which is a little worrisome. I think that this is what prompted the doc to decide to go ahead and schedule our C-section for Monday, Feb. 7th which will be exactly 35 weeks. He did make it very clear, though, that I should not have the expectation of making it that long and that we could very well go anytime between now and then. He said that if I start having any contractions at all that I should come in so that we can start the steroid shots to strengthen the babies lungs for delivery. So, in a maximum of 33 days the girls will be here!<br />
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Not much else to tell from the past week. We had an uneventful New Year's. Wade had to work as usual and I only made it until 11:30, of course. The kids (finally) went back to school yesterday. It was nice to spend extra time with them, but I was ready for things to quiet down around here. We did get a little bit of work done on the nursery, so I will leave you with a few pics of our progress. Hope everyone has a good week!<br />
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Otherwise, my blood pressure was 134/82, so still an acceptable reading and my blood sugars have remained good for the most part. Of course, it was Christmas this week so I had a few high sugar readings, but the doc said that they were awesome, all things considered. It was at this point that he declared me to be his "superstar patient"! I may not have a lot of talents in life, but apparently I am a Samoan triplet growing fool! I'll take whatever compliments I can get at this point. Of course, he then said that there was really no point in measuring my stomach...it's large, so we'll just leave it at that.<br />
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He also pointed out that we are at the point now that any time anything feels weird, I need to come in and have it checked out. So, any unusual cramps, back pains, etc at this point are a cause for concern. Hopefully I don't get too paranoid trying to decipher unusual pains from the usual ones. He has still given me the OK to continue my modified bedrest, but has encouraged me to start taking advantage of any handicapped transportation available in the stores. So basically, he wants me to start riding the motorized cart around Wal-Mart...that should be quite the sight. Wade has been trying to get me to do this for weeks now, but I figured it was mostly so he could take pictures and make fun of me!<br />
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Well, 29 weeks and 2 days down. Yes, I feel the need to include the 2 days because I figure that every day counts at this point. We'll go back next Wednesday for 30 weeks (and 2 days) checkup, so hopefully there will be nothing else to report in the meantime.<br />
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Hope everyone has a Happy New year! Have a New year's drink for me...it is definitely going to be an interesting 2011!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622252540768242867noreply@blogger.com2