The Lane Triplets

Missing my Babies

2010-03-24T10:47:00.003-06:00

Wow! Has it really been almost three years since I meet these three precious babies. I haven't looked at this blog in a long time, but I have a friend who just had her baby 14 weeks early and it has brought back some memories. Please pray for my friend and her beautiful son, Brenyn. They are in for long NICU road and as good as these doctors are today I believe if it weren't for all the prayers we received we could have had different results.

My babies are really not babies anymore :( What are they now? Toddlers? Preschoolers? I don't know it's all too confusing for me. They will always be MY BABIES!!! I was just looking back at the pictures of last year and they look soooo different to me now. I am so glad I have some pictures on here because I put all my pictures on external hard drive and something is wrong with it. I think I have lost ALL my pictures from the NICU til a few months ago. It keeps telling me I need to format it???? I have no idea, but it makes me want to cry!!! I am going to take it to some computer place and see if they can at least get my pictures off of it before I toss it in the Rio Grande.

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T09:23:00.004-06:00

There are some things that daddy's teach our kids and there is really nothing us mommies can do about it. Brandon is the most wonderful daddy in the world, and I am so lucky to have him as a partner in this parenting journey. But the luckiest people are our three little angels because they couldn't hand pick a better daddy than the one they have.

This father's day I am going to share a private story of ours. Brandon wouldn't care if I shared this, but it's a little embarrassing for me :) Brandon thinks tooting is very funny, and sometimes I can't help myself from laughing also, but I have been trying to get them to say "excuse me" after they burp or toot. When I went to Reno Brandon started making a tooting sound with his mouth and then saying "Savannah" or "Brody" or "Cheyenne" and then they would all laugh. Well of course when I got home I became a part of this joke by it always being me who daddy would blame the tooting on. Savannah is a fast learner and she put her lessons in effect the other day when we were hanging out. This is what it sounds like :)

Yes, that is Daddy laughing in the back ground. He was pretty proud of his work :)

Daddy, we love you and hope you have a very special day!

Love,

Savannah, Cheyenne, and Brody

Bowling and a Tattoo

2009-06-17T10:16:00.003-06:00

One constant that I have always had is bowling. I look forward to bowling night, and I enjoy every minute of it. I bowl on Tuesday nights in a league with some of the best friends I have ever made.

Before I had the trio Brandon and I use to bowl in a couple of leagues a week and we would go and bowl often during the week. Now I bowl one night a week and I NEVER get to go "practice".

Well this year I went to Reno, NV to bowl in the women's national tournament. It was very exciting and I had a lot of fun. I bowled terrible, but it was an experience that I loved. The best part about it was that my mom and dad went with me. My family is extremely close and when my parents moved to California it broke my heart. So when I had to oppurtunity to go spend the weekend with them I jumped. I flew into Sacramento and my parents picked me up in their motor home and we drove to Reno. We gambled, drank, talked, had a really expensive lobster dinner, and got a tattoo. That's right my mom and I got matching butterfly tattoos. We didn't plan it, we didn't even really think we would go through with it, but we did. Now my mom and I have a butterfly tattoo on our ankles that look exactly alike. Never in my life did I think I would see the day that my mom got a tattoo. It was amazing a time that will never be forgotten.

It's been too long....

2009-06-15T17:23:00.004-06:00

Since it has been a couple of months since I last posted we will start with some of the newer pictures. I take a million pictures so it is really hard to figure out which ones to post. I could post all of them but it would take forever and I'm really the only one who won't delete the picture of Brody's hand in the camera ;)

The pictures are not in order so I will explain each one.

This first picture was Mother's Day weekend when we got to Gammy and Grandpa's house. Grandpa made them fruit smoothies and they where enjoying every bit (that made it in their mouths).

The following three pictures are from their second birthday. Can you believe that I didn't even post on their birthday??? Well we just had a small bbq with some friends and family. We had a blast!

Brody Vance - May 3rd 2009

Savannah Raye - May 3rd 2009

Cheyenne Dawn - May 3rd 2009

Gammy and Grandpa live in Alamogordo which is about a three hour drive and we have made that trip a few times with the trio. The do pretty good in the car for 2 year olds. Thank God for the TVs in cars. They love to watch tv while we are driving. Their favorite movie right now is Kung Fu Panda so Daddy and I can pretty much quote the entire movie :)

Sleeping in the truck is a different story..... we don't have much luck with that. We always try to travel pretty close to nap time so the kids will sleep on the way. It has pretty much back fired on us each and every time, but we keep trying. There must be a better way. Hasn't someone invented a pillow or something for car seats so their heads won't fall forward???

Cheyenne is Miss Animal Planet. She loves all and every animal. This is what I cut her down to to travel to Grammy's house. Her crib is over flowing with stuffed animals, and she would have more if we would let her.

Sometimes we get lucky and these sibling actually get along. It actually happens a lot, but you seem to forget easier than all the fights. This is the most beautiful picture to me :)

Brody, Savannah, and Cheyenne on Mother's day. It is so hard to get pictures of them all together these days so it's a treasure when we capture a good one.

Header????

2009-06-15T13:14:00.001-06:00

I really want a header for my blog!! Why can I not figure it out???? I am trying to re do some things on my layout, but I am back and ready to blog!

Is spring here yet?

2009-04-02T10:34:00.005-06:00

Hi! I know, I know.... it has been forever since I've updated.

We are ready for spring or summer which ever gets here first. We had a week of good weather before it got cold again so we got a little taste of outdoors. Hopefully it won't be much longer where we can just spend the whole day playing outside.

So here is what I am thinking about today. This past weekend we went to buy the kids some spring clothes and I realized how much bigger Brody is. The girls wear a size 4 shoe whereas Monster Brody wears a size 8 wide. Yeah we can't go to Walmart or Target for his big feet. I have found that Nike, New Balance, and DCs work the best for him.

Can you tell the difference????

My mom visited last week and we took some pictures so I thought I would share them. My grandparents were here a couple of days and I want to be sure to have some pictures of them with the kids on here. I think it is awesome that they are still around and healthy enough to get to know and enjoy their great-grand kids :)

My Sister, My Best Friend

2009-02-25T09:20:00.004-07:00

My sister, Amber, is the most wonderful person I know. She and I have been sisters my whole life, and we've been best friends for that long to (we just didn't always know it.) She has been the greatest second mommy to my triplets, and she has wanted a baby of her own for years. On Monday, Febuary 23, 2009 she became a mommy at 12:59pm. Her little man, Justin Dean (JD), weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 20 3/4 inches long. She is going to be a great Mommy, and Larry is going to be a wonderful Daddy.

Congratulations Sis!!!! I love you more than words could ever describe, and I am so proud to be your sister.

Larry, I couldn't have asked for a better brother in law than you. You are such a great man for my sister, and JD couldn't have gotten a better Daddy!! I love you!

My precious little Justin, I am so excited to be your Auntie and so very happy that you are in our family, and I know that you have made the sun shine brighter for your parents. You are a very loved little boy, and I can't wait to get to know you, and give you tons and tons of hugs and kisses. Your cousins are looking forward to meeting you, too. We love you and welcome to the world!!!

Eating Time

2009-02-19T08:28:00.005-07:00

Feeding time has always been an adventure around here, but I thought it would get easier. I WAS WRONG. Breakfast, lunch, snack time, and dinner are all the same around here, "don't throw your food to the dogs," "don't put your plate on your head," "don't steal you sister's food," "eat your food don't play with it," "get your feet off the table," and "stop picking your nose and trying to give me your boogers and eat your food!"

We eat 4 times a day at the table so this seems like it happens all day long, and it is driving me crazy!

Maybe I put them up to the table to soon, but I think they are big enough and old enough to eat at the table. Clean up is not so much fun, lol.

21 Months Old

2009-02-02T09:34:00.007-07:00

Sometimes I just think I am going to stop blogging all together because I can't seem to keep up. But then I remember that I am doing this for my babies and not for me or whoever may still check in every once in awhile.

Tomorrow Savannah, Cheyenne, and Brody will be 21 months old. I can't believe we are already thinking about what we are going to do for the 2nd birthday. They are such wonderful kiddos and I am the luckiest mommy in the world.

Brody has become a huge mommy's boy. He wants me all the time and even if he doesn't want me he doesn't want his sisters to have any mommy time. He throws the biggest fits of the bunch and he is the biggest bully. He wants the toy that Savannah has at all times and if he can't steal Savannah's he will go for Cheyenne's. He has also become my biggest cuddle bug. He will wrap every part of his body around mine and just squeeze, I love it.

Cheyenne is gaining more independence every single day. Do you remember when this little girl refused to crawl and wouldn't have a thing to do with anyone but mommy and daddy? Well now she is on the go and she loves playing with her Bubba and Sister. She loves to talk and she pronounces everything she tries to say so well. She doesn't really attempt words that she doesn't think she can say, but she has so much fun scream "MOMMY" "DADDY" over and over and over again. Her personality has evolved so much in the last couple of months. She's a dancer! She dances all the time and sings along with every song that comes on. They all dance together and hold hands, its so freakin cute. I will have to get it on video so I can show it to the world. Oh and Cheyenne started doing happy feet. She will do it all day if I ask her to. I have that on video but I don't know how to download it to this computer.

Savannah is my character. This little monkey makes the funniest faces and gestures that make me laugh so hard I cry. She eats like she's the size of Brody, but she has gained less than 2lbs in the past 4 months. She is the one with a security blanket that she most have at all times. I was hoping she would take one of the blankets a loved one made for her, but she loves her crib blanket. Luckily I have 3 of the same blanket so I can switch them out to wash them, lol.

We are all ready for the winter to be over so we can get out of this house. They fight A LOT and there are many days I want hide under my pillow and cry, but we are all healthy and for the most part hart :)

Here's some pictures.......

2008-12-29T13:15:00.002-07:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas with our now toddlers. They had so much fun unwrapping box after box after box. We unwrapped a couple of presents Christmas Eve and then the real fun began at 8 Christmas morning, by the time we finished unwrapping presents it was time for me to start cooking lunch. After our nap we headed over to Gammy and Grandpa's and contunied the fun. The babies got the hang of unwrapping presents but they all had to tag team the same present.

We got sick in November, but thankfully it didn't get too bad and it didn't stay around to long. It did make itself around the whole family even aunts, uncle, and grandparents. I think we have done pretty good so far though. We got sick in November of 07 and not again until a year later, hopefully we won't get sick again for a long time. It is so draining and hard to take care of a sick family and being sick on top of that is even worse. So between being sick and having the fussiest babies in the world this has been a very long month.

I have some pictures to share. I tried to download some videos but it is taking forever and I just don't have that kind of time so maybe next time.

GREAT NEWS!!!!

2008-11-18T12:41:00.003-07:00

Brody no longer has hydrocephalus!!!!!

The doctor said that his brain looks great and he sees no damage from his hemorrhages. He believes that Brody will see no long term affects at all. We are going to leave in the reservoir because its safer than going in and having Brody put under to take it out. If Brody wants to have it taken out when he is older we can do that with just numbing it and it can be removed with Brody awake. We don't have to go back for any more scans or imaging unless we have problems in the future.

Brody is such a smart little guy and I am so happy today. He loves his sisters and he wants to hug and kiss them all the time. Here are a couple of pictures of Brody kissing Cheyenne and Savannah.

Brody

2008-11-17T09:20:00.003-07:00

I was just looking at my little miracle this morning and thinking how lucky I am and how strong he is. This little man has had a very long journey to where we are today. He was born the baby of the family and he has had the hardest journey to heath. The picture above was right before we went to surgery for his hydrocephalus. We had his MRI done last week and tomorrow we are going in for the follow up appointment. I believe that we are going to get great news, but of course there is always worry. So please keep this little miracle in your prayers tonight and I will update tomorrow after the appointment.

Hi!

2008-11-11T14:49:00.005-07:00

Has it really been a month. Ok well I am just not a great blogger, but I think I'll keep trying.

Nothing much new going on here. We have an MRI appointment Wednesday for Brody but we won't know anything until his follow up appointment next week.

We will just do some pictures today :)

Balloon Fiesta

2008-10-10T10:25:00.008-06:00

My sister, Amber, dragged us to the balloon fiesta this year. At first I really didn't want to go, but we had a great time. I think this will be something we do every single year. I have lived in New Mexico my whole life and this is the first year I made it to the balloon fiesta. Last night was the special shape balloons and the babies thought it was amazing. They really had a great time.

Look at Brody looking at that cracker :) Brody is such a handful! He is so friendly and he loves everyone, especially grandpas. Every time I turned around he was making friends with an older man (like 70s and 80s), it was really cute but scary at the same time. I am going to have to get a leash because I couldn't ever relax in fear one of my precious angels would disappear.

Look at these balloons, aren't they awesome. They were a bit overwhelming at first, but it was so neat to see them all blown up and glowing. Cheyenne and Brody were completely in awe with it, but Savannah was ready to get the heck out of there. She didn't like the noise of it all.

Brody and Cheyenne just sat there and watched as they crews got their balloons spread out. I also just thought this was a great picture!

I will probably always refer to these 3 as my babies, but they really are growing up. They walked all over that field. Amber and I were so freakin tired when we got home. I think they talk to each other in their secret language and tell each other to go in separate directions. We got home last night and thought we were going to die, but of course we didn't and I even stayed up until midnight playing wii.

Guess who loved this balloon....... Savannah. Yeah, she didn't like being out there much after they balloons where up, but when she saw the monkey she started blowing it kisses.

How cute is this balloon?

Grass hasn't always been a good thing around here, actually its been a problem. But now that they wear shoes and they don't have to feel the grass they love it. Brandon got the backyard cleaned up and little play yard put up in the back, and it is such a life saver. I still don't know what we are going to do when it gets too cold to go outside.

This is what we looked like most of the day. All we did was run after the babies, pick them up, and bring them back to where we were sitting. It was a great day that I will always remember and I am so glad that Auntie Amber asked us to go.

Toys Toys Toys

2008-10-07T14:00:00.009-06:00

Anther toy to join our cluster here in toddler land. There will be a day when I have a living room again I just know it. I think they get so tired of their toy s and I don't know what to do about it. I spend too much money on clothes to start buying a new toy every week. I think there should be a toy exchange program. You know where you take the toys and exchange them with a neighbor who's toddlers are tired of the toys they have. They love balls and what better way to keep them entertained than with 150 balls in a blow up toy. I have balls all over the house now and they try to stick them any where they might fit.

And then there is the trash that comes with the toys.... that keeps them entertained for a while. Actually Savannah wanted nothing to do with the balls, but she played with the trash for about an hour :) That's what I could do is just keep all the boxes and packaging materials from all the toys we buy to help keep them happy. We wouldn't look like a day care anymore, we would look like a garbage dump. I do keep some of the boxes around for a couple of days if they seem to be interested in them at the time. They usually end up in the garbage when we have WWIII over it.

Brody is a handful! He was such an easy baby, but that is not the story now. He has to have his way or its no way. He throws the biggest tantrums if one of the girls takes a toy or if I have to take something from him that he shouldn't be playing with. Just look at that little face..... he is gonna be trouble.

Cheyenne on the other hand was such a trying baby. She had to be held all the time and she screamed for what I felt was no reason at all. She is now the most calm and easy going little girl. She has almost a full mouth of teeth which I thinks helps her be calm. Brody and Savannah are still trying to break their molars, but Cheyenne has had them for a while now. The only time she is pretty needy is if there is someone around that she doesn't know.

Savannah is my Rock Star! I have said that since she was kickin me like crazy in my belly. She still is my little rock star. She loves her little sunglasses and she carries them with her all the time. She just figured out how to put them on herself and she loves it. She has a lot of skin problems right now and we can't figure out if its something she is allergic to or if it is eczema. I am taking her to the Dr in the morning to get them to take a look at it. It started as a little spot on her arm and then she started getting it on her checks. Well now it is all over her face, chin, checks, and eyelids. She even has a little bit on her back. I hope its not something that is going to be with her for life. My mom and grandma have really bad skin problems and it is just miserable for them.

Golf Tournament

2008-10-02T08:21:00.002-06:00

I am going to go play golf today! I am pretty excited about getting out in the sun before it gets cold, but I am very nervous too. I haven't played golf in a year and I have never left the babies (awake) with a babysitter for this long. I'm sure everything will be ok, but my stomach is in knots right now.

Anyway, we are having a golf tournament for the babies again this year. Last year we had a fundraiser and it helped us out a lot, but this year we are putting all the money back into prizes. We are putting this tournament on to celebrate the life of the Triplets and to bring everyone together for a little fun. If you are interested in playing please email me at tripleblessed@gmail.com and I will send you all the info.

YUCK!!!

2008-09-16T14:02:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I don't have that natural mother's way around the poopy diapers and the vomit and all the gross things that babies do. I clean it up trying not to gag the entire time. The first time I put my finger in Savannah's poop in the NICU Brandon had to take over the diaper change for me to go throw up. I'm getting better though, I haven't really gagged in a long time. UNTIL TODAY

Our morning naps have become more of a "quiet" time than nap time. It gives me a way to take a shower and have a minute to myself. Well this morning they didn't sleep at all and about 30 minutes after I put them in their cribs they all start really crying so I had to go check on them. OMG Savannah got her diaper off...... YUCK!!! Poop was everywhere. Now I don't know if that's why Cheyenne and Brody were crying but it smelled soooooo bad. She had it smeared all over her crib, in her blanket, and on herself from head to toe.

They really enjoyed their mid morning bath, but mommy's tummy is not feeling good :)

Along for the Ride

2008-09-15T13:39:00.003-06:00

Load the truck, unload the truck, load the truck, unload the truck! That is what I think about every time we decide to go somewhere. It is a lot of work! The babies love riding in the truck, most of the time, but sometimes we have to play baby Einstein the entire time we are driving. Its enough to make someone go crazy. BUT we have been having so much fun getting out of the house and I am not ready for that to end. We took the babies out both days this weekend. Saturday we took them tailgating at the Lobo's football game and Sunday we went to a picnic. Last night I felt like I had ran a marathon and it was the first night I went to bed before ten and actually fell asleep fast. My point is that I LOVE getting out of the house with the babies and I am not ready for RSV season!

Lake Pictures

2008-09-11T19:23:00.002-06:00

Here are the picture of the kiddos at the lake.... it was a lot of work but we had a great time!

Where were you??

2008-09-11T09:36:00.002-06:00

I don't know when this day, if ever, will not bring tears to my eyes and pain in my heart. I didn't loose anyone I knew on this day seven years ago, but they thought of all the people who did is heart breaking. I was in the Army and stationed in Alaska on this day September 11, 2001. I was just waking up getting ready to go to PT when my phone rang, which was kinda normal because my mom was 2 hours ahead of me and would call to say good morning. Well this was not the same Happy mommy on the other end of the line. She was frantic and scared and asking me what was going to happen to me. I was so confused because I had no idea any of this was going on. She told me to turn on the TV and see what was going on. I actually turned on the tv about the time the second plane hit the towers. As I sat in shock and still not really grasping what was going on my mom was saying, "are you leaving, are they going to send you somewhere?" I told her not to worry, but I needed to go to get to work. I changed out of my pts and put on my uniform, got in my car, turned the radio on, and drove 3 hours (usually 5 minutes) to work.

All the families that lost someone and all the troops are especially in my heart and my prayers today!

Babies Walking to Daddy

2008-09-09T14:56:00.003-06:00

This video was taken a few weeks ago, but it was when they were all starting to really get the hang of standin up.

The Lake

2008-09-06T19:26:00.002-06:00

So Brandon had to go to Elephant Butte for work and we just decided about a week ago that we would go with him. I didn't plan very well and I packed the morning we left. It actually didn't turn into the disaster I feared it would. The babies did amazing the first day. It took us about three hours to get there and the babies pretty much played and laughed the whole time, I was hoping they would fall asleep, but no such luck. So we got there unloaded into our "suite" (just a little bigger than a normal room with an extra coach), and then we went to get a bite to eat. The hotel had a swimming pool and hot tub so we were planning on checking it out after we ate, but the babies had a different plan. We got back to the room and the melt downs begin. Cheyenne started it and she was not going to be out done by Savannah or Brody. Brandon had gone to the golf course to drop of the trailor so it was just me and Tiada (yah I wasn't trying that by myself and THANK YOU Auntie Tiada for going with us), we made them some bottles but that wasn't what they wanted. So I held Cheyenne and Tiada tried to juggle Savannah and Brody and I was just waiting for the someone to knock on the door and tell us we had to go, lol...

Well after they finally went to sleep and had some rest the next day was a little better. We went out to the golf course for about an hour and Brody would not let anyone hold him. He was gonna walk and that was that. The girls did pretty good too, but they didn't really have anywhere to just hang out so we didn't stay very long. We went back to the hotel to have a nap and get ready to go out to the lake. Again they didn't sleep because they are in pack n plays and in a weird place so I thought we were destine for fussy babies on the boat. They actually weren't too bad. We rented a boat and finally got on the lake at 2:30pm and we had 3 hours of fun ahead of us. Well that was true for Brody and Savannah, but Cheyenne DID NOT like the boat, the body glove she had to wear, or the sun in her face. We keep going on though hoping that she would finally calm down and realize that she loves water and this is just one big bath tub. Well that didn't work either. We finally stopped in a cove and let the babies get out and play in the sand and they seemed to like it after they figured out that it wasn't going to hurt them. Savannah ate lots of mud and Brody walked and swam and just had a good o' time. Cheyenne even started having fun a few minutes before we got back on the boat.

They were so tired when we got back to the truck. Savannah barely made it to her car seat before she passed out and Cheyenne and Brody weren't too far behind. So we had a pretty good day and they sleep great last night. We got up this morning loaded the truck back up, it took my suburban and Brandons long bed chevy, and headed back to Albuquerque. It was a lot of work, but we had a blast doing something different. I probably couldn't have done it without my wonderful sister in law Tiada, Love you!!!!

I am going to put a couple of pictures on here whenever I can get them downloaded so check back soon.

Walking

2008-09-01T10:03:00.008-06:00

So during the time that I wasn't posting Brody, Savannah, and Cheyenne started standing up without any help and taking steps. The first time Brody walked I was shopping with my mom and sisters, but luckily my brother in law pulled the video camera out. Thanks Larry!!!

Here is a video of Brody pushing Savannah around on their bus. They love this bus and they fight over it all the time.... this is one time they actually played together :)

Here is Cheyenne standing up... a few videos of her.

My mom and my sister, Amber, bought the babies stuffed animals and they love them. One is a pig, one is a monkey, and one is a lion. Cheyenne kisses and kisses these animals. Brody is starting to following in her footsteps. Here is a video of them kissing these animals.

OK thats enough for now. I have some more of them walking and dancing and will post them in the next couple of days.

Happy Labor Day

Climbing....

2008-08-29T11:48:00.003-06:00

We climb everywhere! My little monkeys are into everything. I can handle it, really I can. :0)

When they first started climbing on the couch I thought, 'OMG, I am going to have a heart attach' but that is nothing now. They climb on the kitchen chairs, on the coffee table, on the end tables, they even try to climb on my bed. I know this is what they do and its great that they are, but now Brody has climbed out of his crib! I don't know what to do now. I do not want to spend the money on a crib tent. I know that is what I need to do, but he will only use it for a couple of months, right? So what did my mom do before crib tents were invented? Did she just let me fall?

So during the day they are pretty much free to roam the house because I hate putting them in a "cage". I have pretty much given the house to the babies. I have childproofed the living room, dining room, and the extra bedroom. I just close the doors to the other rooms and let them go. I have forgotten to close the bathroom door once or twice and always find Brody in the toilet so I have gotten a lot better about closing doors behind me. I made the extra bedroom into a play room, but if I gate them in there then they hate it and all they do is scream so I don't use it like I intended on using it. I have a play yard, but its only been set up like its suppose to be used a couple of times. My point is that I am sucker..... these babies have me wrapped around their tiny little fingers. You will probably see me on super nanny in the future, lol :)

Cheyenne aka Monkey #3
Brody aka Monkey #2
Savanna aka Leader of the Pack Monkey #1

Its been a long time.

2008-08-25T19:42:00.003-06:00

I have been having a heck of a time with my computer lately, and my motivation. Sorry it has been so long since an update.

Everyone is doing great. I found out that we aren't getting the RSV (synagis) shots this year. It is kinda scary, but its good that the trio is too healthy to qualify for the shots. I am not looking forward to being stuck in the house again, but that was going to happen with or without the shots. We have all stayed healthy and haven't had any major issues.

We took Brody to a follow up appointment with the neurosurgeon and the Dr said that he isn't concerned about having to place a shunt. We are going to do a MRI at 18 months old just to make sure. Then the only question will be is if we want to have the reservoir removed. Brody is just an amazing little man! When he was born and our "wimpy white boy" we had so many scares, and now look at him.... the FIRST one to walk. That's right our wimpy little white boy is walking all over the place. Savannah and Cheyenne are starting to walk now, but Brody was first. I don't think any of us would have put money on that.

It is so much fun watching them grow and learn. I never could have imagined how amazing it really is. They days seem to be much easier now than they have been. A lot of triplet moms would tell you that it doesn't get easier it just gets different, but in my opinion it is way easier. For me, I can deal with chasing them all over the place and redirecting them when they start fighting, but I had a really had time with all the crying and not knowing how to make them feel better. Don't get me wrong we still have a lot of crying, but it is way down from what it use to be. The hardest thing for me is not being able to cuddle with all three of them when they need me to. When they wake up from their nap they want mommy time so bad, all of them! I do the best I can, but there are days the only thing I can do is load them up in the car and let the drive sooth them. It breaks my heart :( Another thing that is really hard for me is the feeling that I am giving one more attention than the other two. I have really been feeling that way with Savannah. She has always been pretty content on her own and now I think she just expects it.

Most days are great, some are bad, and some days I want to run away, but I am having the time of my life.

Chuck E Cheese

2008-07-21T11:06:00.005-06:00

We went on an adventure to Chucke Cheese last weekend and here are the pictures. It went really great, thanks to Misti going with us and giving us the 3rd pair of arms. We got some really cute pictures...

Savannah and Brody had an absolute BLAST at Chuck E Cheese, but Cheyenne was attached to my hip (like always). That is why Cheyenne isn't in many of these pictures. But the picture below is Cheyenne getting her first kiss, lol.. we went to a birthday party last weekend and this little boy really wanted to give Cheyenne a kiss.

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-10T07:22:00.008-06:00

I think this is by far the longest I have gone without updating. There is so much to tell I don't even know where to start.

Well Cheyenne is finally showing some interest in crawling, she's not crawling yet, but she is showing interest. She won't put herself in the position to crawl because she won't move. I mean if I set her down in the sitting position that's how she plays and she doesn't move until I move her. If I put her on her belly she will stay in that position until I move her, and same thing if I lay her on her back. Our EI therapist wanted to go to therapy once a month, yeah right! Next Tuesday she is getting evaluated by a physical therapist, AGAIN. I am predicting that she will be either crawling or low crawling very well within the next week. One thing about her just sitting in one position for long periods of time, she is very observant and loves to learn new things. I have been teaching them sign language since they were around 10 months old and she does a couple of signs. She will sign milk and more! Isn't that just the coolest thing ever.

Savannah is my monkey. This little girl climbs on EVERYTHING. One day we were in the playroom and I went to change a diaper and left the door open (daddy was in there) and she sneaked out and I found her in a swing in the living room, lol. I'm just thankful she didn't hurt herself. She gets on the couch with no problem and it scares me to death. I am going to have a heart attack by the time I am 31 because I don't know how I am going to keep up with them when they are all walking. We still use walkers because Cheyenne loves being mobile and that's the only way she is, but Savannah HATES being in a walker. The walker is just way to constricting for her so she just climbs out of it. I want to get a play gym for outside, I think she would really enjoy something like that.

Brody is becoming a mommy's boy big time. He just loves me so much :) I have been trying to let them play by themselves in the living room while I just sit back and watch, but Brody won't play with his sisters when I am in there. He wants to be in my lap or climbing on my legs. I don't mind, but I want them to entertaining themselves a bit more. Brody is pointing! He is doing so great. He also plays peek a boo.... he puts his own hands over his eyes and everything. I don't know when they are "suppose" to do that, but it is so darn cute. It has also helped the changing table situation. Brody is a turkey while trying to change him in anyway, he just refuses to stay on his back and he screams like he is being beat, but since he has started playing peek a boo he will lay there still playing peek a boo while I change him. I LOVE IT! Brody also loves to play ball. He will play ball with daddy, mommy, and Bear Bear (our dog) for hours.

We had a pretty good 4th of July, but Brody wasn't feeling very good. He had a low grade fever all day and he just wasn't he's happy little self. We went and bought a few fireworks so the babies could see their first. They were amazed at first, and then one was a little to loud and Savannah freaked. That was the end of the firework show. I did get some pictures....

This is the first time I have tried to take "organized" pictures of the babies since they have become mobile. It sure isn't the same.... it was really hard to get them to pose for a picture so I got in there with them and they still didn't smile. But we did get some cute pictures.

Cheyenne is the easiest one because she will sit in the same spot for hours.

My poor little guy was feeling icky :(

"WHAT!?!? You want me to just sit here!" LOL

Here we are!!!

Savannah was so excited to see her first firework.

Cheyenne was in ahhh

Brody wanted to help daddy light the fireworks.

Let's go Cheyenne!

2008-06-18T07:28:00.003-06:00

So little miss Cheyenne may actually start moving. We have an early intervention therapist coming to the house every two weeks to work with the babies, mostly Cheyenne. Yesterday she came and at the end of the hour she said, "I think we need to go to once a week with Cheyenne." You see Cheyenne is my little sitter, that's it, that's all she wants to do, and if she wants something she just screams. Well last night while we were playing we put on her belly and she stayed there. She loves my cell phone so we moved it in a circle and she MOVED with it. So she went around in circles while laying on her belly, and we are very proud of her. She wouldn't move forward but this is a great start. She is standing up though and she can actually stand for a few seconds without any support.

Cheyenne is going to move soon, and I am so excited!

We have been trying to get out of the house as much as possible these days. The babies love it and it is really good for mommy. Brandon wanted to go hit some golf balls so we loaded up the babies, the choo choo wagon, some blankets, and food. We went out and had picnic under a shade tree and watched daddy hit golf balls on the driving range. It was actually a lot of fun and the babies just love watching people. I took a few pitcures with my phone so I am going to put them on here. The pictures never turn out great from my phone and they are usually pretty small, but I wanted to share what I can.

Precious Babies

2008-06-04T11:07:00.003-06:00

My babies are scared of the grass :) We have been going out to the backyard here lately and they will not get of the blanket. I tried to just sit them in the grass and that was a big no go! They love being outside but don't understand what the grass and why it feels so funny.

We took them out to eat, TWICE. It was actually a lot of fun. Brandon and I took them to Chile's after an adventure at Wal-Mart and they did really well. We were even getting into their nap time and they didn't break down at all. The hardest part was trying to keep their hands out of everything, They gave us 1 highchair and 2 booster seats and we really needed 3 highchairs. Our 2nd time out was for Tiada's birthday and we went to Boston's, which is my FAVORITE place to eat. It went Great. They babies did absolutely amazing. We left when I was ready and not when the babies were ready. They had 3 highchairs for us and there were plenty of people there that every baby had one on one attention. It was so much fun. We took them to a bbq on Sunday and they did great there too. It was a little hot, but we had a good time. I think we have gone more places in the last 2 weeks then we had all winter long and its been so nice.

Cheyenne is really getting around in her walker. She follows Brody and Savannah around like she is crawling along with them. I don't know what else to do so I am putting it all in her hand for a little while to see if maybe she will just figure it out. The walker has been a life changing object in the our house. Cheyenne is laughing and just being a very happy baby. She is also pointing all the time.... I think her finger is stuck in that position, lol. Well when she needs a place to rest her pointing finger it is in her nose.

Savannah is in so much pain. She has 2 blood blisters on her gums and they are really giving her a lot of pain. We took her to the dentist about a month ago and he said that we just had to wait it out. Poor little girl! She is biting everything. She bites me, her siblings, her toys, and even herself. I don't know what to do for her and it is killing me.

Brody HATES being on his back for anything. Changing his diaper has become the biggest challenge around here. He fights me every second. A 15 second diaper change has turned into a 5 minute fight. But on a good note he is cruisin. He loves to stand and he attempts it everywhere and on everything.

Brandon and I are doing good too. We are really having a lot of fun with the new stages in the babies lives. We love being able to take them places and getting out a little ourselves. I went to the movies a couple of nights ago to see Sex and the City with Tiada and had a great time. LOVED the movie!!! I never watched the series while it was on tv, but when the babies were in the NICU I borrowed the entire season from Tiada and watched it from beginning to end so sharing the theatre movie with Tiada was pretty special for me.

I still don't have a way to download pictures right now, but we are planning to get my desktop set back up this weekend. I will post new pictures as soon as I can.

Update on the Babies

2008-05-28T07:00:00.004-06:00

I have really been slacking on my blogging, worse than usual. Oh well, I write when I can and am willing and I just haven't felt like it lately. I have been pretty busy chasing after my 1 year olds. I can't believe they are ONE. Everyone is doing awesome.

Savannah is still made for speed. That girl crawls so fast its unbelievable. She is trying to pull up to standing, but she gets stuck. She will get there soon. She is really loving eating table foods. She eats better than she ever has before. She has a blood blister on her gum and its getting ready to pop so you could imagine the pain she is in. She has been unusually grumpy and I really think it is the tooth coming in under that blood blister, my poor little girl. She is still a pretty happy little girl most of the time.

Cheyenne is still not moving much. She loves to sit on her Elmo chair and dance. She loves music and she will dance to anything with a beat. Brandon works with her constantly and she is doing much better at being on her tummy. She is using a walker and she can move around that way, but I don't put her in it very often because I want her to crawl. She loves to stand and she can pull herself up if we put her right next to something she can pull up on. She may skip crawling all together and go directly to walking. She is our pickiest eater. She doesn't like much of anything besides toast. This little girl could eat toast for every meal.

Brody, my littler terror, is doing wonderful. He is crawling and pulling himself up to standing. He loves playing in his walker and he is, for the most part, just a happy little boy. He likes to bug his sisters ans he always steals their toys and wants anything they have. He will steal one of their toys and they usually will just find something else to play with, but if they do steal the toy back he throws the biggest fit. He is such a mommy's boy and when he wants me to pick him up he is the most demanding of all. He's not big on the table foods, not that he doesn't like table foods he just doesn't like to feed himself. He's has always been my best eater, but he wants to be fed. He can feed himself but he prefers to just open his mouth and let mommy and daddy do all the work. We are still in the process of switching him to whole milk, but the pediatrician told me that he didn't need to drink more than 28 ounces of whole milk a day. Well he needs more than that until he starts eating his solids better. One day at a time.

Everyday is a special and exciting day around here. Everyday I thank God for giving me these precious gems. Everyday I get choked up because I am so in love with each one of these amazing babies.

I have been almost as bad with the camera as I have been with blogging so I don't have any pictures to share at this time. I have a few pictures on my camera but my desktop computer isn't up right now and I can't download them to my laptop. I will post some pictures as soon as I can.

Birthday Party

2008-05-14T14:05:00.003-06:00

We had so much fun at the babies birthday party, and I think the babies had a lot of fun too. I was pretty stressed about overstimulating them, but I think they really enjoyed it. They have been pretty much confined to the house since they came home from the hospital and I think they have cabin fever almost as bad as mommy.

Which is getting better because we have been able to start taking the babies out and it has been great. We went to Wal-Mart yesterday and the babies had sooooo much fun. There was so much to see and it was all brand new to them. I HATE going to Wal-Mart, but it was actually really cool to watch the babies in a new environment. I think that is going to become a ritual around here, we are going to go somewhere after the 4pm feeding. It really helped with the fussiness too.

We had our 1 year check up and it went ok. They are growing, but Savannah still isn't even on the chart for her weight and Cheyenned just barely hit the 10th percentile so the pediatrician wants to keep the girls on formula until 15 months. Brody is in the 5oth percentile and he can start on cow's milk now. We have been feeding them a little bit of table foods, but just toast and avocado, but now they can have all kinds of table foods. Today was the first day I actually cooked for them and let me tell you that is not an easy task.

So I haven't shared their weights in a while and since its been a whole year.....

Savannah - Birth Weight: 2lbs 3oz 1 year: 16lbs 14oz

Cheyenne- Birth Weight: 1lb 15oz 1 year: 18lbs 2oz

Brody - Birth Weight: 2lbs 10oz 1 year: 22lbs 14oz

They are all doing amazing!!!! We have managed to get through this cold/flu/RSV season with 1 not so serious cold back in November. We are still going to have our guard up, but it is nice to be able to relax for a little while.

Here are a couple of pictures from the birthday part....

2008-05-03T10:43:00.001-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL BABIES!!!!!

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS COULD EVER SAY.

Brody is Crawling!

2008-04-29T08:19:00.003-06:00

Ok well he's been crawling for a while now, but finally took more than 3 "steps" forward. We have tile in our house and he HATES it. He will not crawl on the tile. We took him over to friends house on Sunday and when he got on the carpet he took off. So we got our new floor in and he loves it. He still low crawls a lot, but he will actually crawl on his hands and knees on the foam floor. I think all three of them are really enjoying it. Cheyenne like the cushion on her booty :)

Here's what it looks like....

It's Just Wednesday?!?

2008-04-23T07:44:00.003-06:00

Well this has not been a very good week. I love my tv and more important I LOVE TiVo, but since we have had the babies there isn't a whole lot of t.v. watching around here. We may sit down after the babies go to bed and watch one or two of our recorded shows, but since we don't get to watch it often I have a lot of shows recorded and ready to be watched.... WELL I should say HAD a lot of shows recorded because our DVR has died and the last resort was to completely reset it so all of my shows are gone! This is the week that Grey's Anatomy comes back on too so i am going to have to watch in on our little tv in the bedroom :( Now I know there I worse things in the world but its just not cool.

Not only did our DVR break this week but our garage door is all jacked up too. We are probably going to have to replace it and who knows how much that is going to cost. We have someone coming in to look at today and hopefully they can just fix it, but I really doubt it.

Enough about that stuff .... off to the fun stuff. The babies are doing great! They are just moving and grooving all over the house. Well Brody and Savannah are, but little miss Cheyenne is staying put. We have ordered some foam flooring to put in the living room instead of carpet. They say its water proof so we are going to give it a shot with Lady. I just can't give her away without trying to make this situation work. So I am going to gate off the living room at night because I really think that is when she is peeing in there and I am going to put them outside during the day. I hope this works because I really don't want to loose her. We have also decided that we are going to rent a storage room and clear as much stuff out of the house as possible. The babies have taken over and honestly that is alright with me. We are going to completely clean out the guest bedroom and make it into the playroom and like I said before we are putting foam flooring in the living room, well its pink, purple and blue. We are really wanting to move into a bigger house and start this process there, but until we find something we like and can afford we are going to have to make this work.

So here are some pictures of the three little angels. This first picture was taken to get a picture to put on the front of their birthday invitations.

Brody is weighing almost 23lbs now so we went ahead and got him upgraded on his car seat. He liked it a lot because he could actually see what was going on. We bought the girls theirs too but we haven't started using them yet. This is what we do every weekend we just load up the truck and go for a ride around town.

This past Sunday we decided we should go to the Zoo, so we did. We had a great time, but the babies really couldn't see a whole lot in their strollers. I do think they really enjoyed it, I know mom and dad had a great time.

Just Beautiful! The Polar bears were my favorite this time because they were the ones out and being most active and they are just amazing animals.

Gammy and Grandpa got the babies the choo choo wagon for their birthday and they love it. We got it a little early and the day it arrived we took it out for a spin. They had a blast, even Cheyenne!

To have or not have animals...

2008-04-16T14:30:00.003-06:00

So before I had babies I always saw my animals as my "kids". I am a 100% animal lover and completely believe that once you bring an animal in your home you must love them, care for them, and be responsible for them for the remainder of their precious lives. At the moment I have 3 dogs and no cats. I have Lady who is a 10 year old cocker spaniel, Bear is a 7 year old pomeranian, and Angel who is around 5 or 6 is a mini pincher. Angel has been here for a littl over a week... she just wondered up to the door and kinda made herself at home. I REFUSE to take any animal to the pound regardless of the situation so I have been feeding her, I took her to the vet to see if she had a chip and she doesn't and we've been checking the newspaper for lost dog ads. I will keep her as long as she needs a home and as long as she doen't endanger my children or other dogs. One of my dreams is to be able to open up a rescue for lost/unwanted animals.

Anyway my heart is breaking right now because we are going to have to find Lady a new home. She has always had a problem with peeing on the floor and that is why we have tile throughout our house, but since the babies have started crawling we needed some padding on the floor. Brandon went to home depot and bought a piece of carpet for $70 and we got to use it for a total of 12 days. We probably shouldn't of even been on it that long but I didn't notice that Lady was peeing on it until I stepped on a wet spot. I turned the carpet over to see if it was pee and OMG she had probably peed 10-15 times on that carpet. So there went $$$ down the drain and we just can't replace a rug or carpet ever other day and the babies have to be able to get on the floor and play. Do you see the dilema I am in? I love this dog, but we can't live this way.

Savannah and Brody are getting around very well these days. Brody still isn't crawling but he can low crawl just as fast as Savannah crawls. Brody always goes for the TV and Savannah always heads off to the kitchen. (we have gates ordered but they haven't arrived yet) So yesterday I was playing with them all on the floor and Cheyenne started crying and Brody was trying to pull the DVR off the stand and I was juggling them when I realized that Savannah had wandered off. I found her in the kitchen with the dog food bowl on her lap and dog food in her mouth, lol. Thank God she didn't choke on it!

11 Month Pictures

2008-04-11T19:35:00.004-06:00

I finally got the dang pictures to download. Here are the babies 11 Month Pictures, FINALLY.

Here are few bonus pictures of the babies just hanging out on the living room floor.

This is how we feed 3 babies at once. Look at daddy feeding his babies! He is so wonderful!

Savannah is Fine

2008-04-09T19:46:00.004-06:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to update, but everything is fine. Savannah's EEG came back normal and the doctor said that its probably just her developing brain that is making her "twitch."

Brody got his first haircut today and it is so cute. He did very well sitting still, well as good to be expected of an 11 month old baby. I still haven't gotten their 11 month b-day pictures downloaded but her are a couple of Brody's new do...

I can't believe how blond he is!! When he was born he had a full head of jet black hair, lol.

Frustrating...

2008-04-07T09:32:00.002-06:00

Ugh!!! I can't get the pictures to download on my computer. I don't know what the heck is wrong with it. I am still trying and as soon as I can figure it out there will be more pics.

Just a heads up for all our friends and family ..... we are planning on having a birthday party for the babies on the May 3rd. I could use some help with addresses. Please e mail me your address so I can get invitations out this week. My email address is tripleblessed@gmail.com.

The babies are doing great. Savannah is all over the place and Brody isn't far behind. We are going to the doctor tomorrow for Savannah for her EEG. Poor baby has to be sleep deprived so I have to wake her up at 4am and keep her awake until the appointment at 7:15am. We have the follow up appointment with the neurologist at 10:30am so I will update as soon as I can.

Happy Monday and I hope everyone has a great week!

11 Months Old

2008-04-03T07:21:00.002-06:00

Today the babies are 11 months old. I can't believe that in one month they will turn 1. It has really gone by so fast. I remember being in the NICU and thinking that the babies would never be home and that time was moving in slow motion. That is definitely not the case these days. Time is flying by these days, and sometimes I just want to freeze time in this moment.

Happy 11 Month Birthday Savannah, Cheyenne and Brody!!! I love you so much.

I will try to post some pictures later this afternoon. Have a great day!!!!

Savannah FiNaLLy Crawled

2008-04-01T14:52:00.002-06:00

Oh wow!!! I thought she was never going to crawl, but today is the day she finally figured it out. She is doing amazing and she is just going all over the place. Brody just started getting on all fours and rocking like Savannah has been doing for almost 2 months and I thought he will probably crawl before her. I think she heard me say that so she had to prove me wrong. Which I am so glad she did.

Ohhhh this is so much Fun!!!!!

So Brody's neurosurgeon finally called us back and he said everything is fine. He doesn't need to start treatment and we don't have to go back and see him until Brody is 15 months old. He said he will want to do a MRI when Brody is 18 months old. So for right now we are all good and still don't need a shunt at this time. :)

I took Savannah to the pediatrician last week because she is doing this weird thing with her eyes. She shuts and closes them rapidly and then will squeeze them shut and open a few times in row. I really don't know how to explain it but it made me nervous. It kinda looks like she is having a hard time focusing, but we went to the eye doctor a couple of months ago and her eyes were great. I decided its better to be safe than sorry and she did have the brain bleeds when she was born. She had a grade 2 and a grade 3 when she was born and by the time we left the hospital the grade 2 had resolved and the grade 3 had resolved to a grade 1. Well the pediatrician decided to refer us to a pediatric neurological doctor to do some tests. So next Tuesday April 8th we have to go to the hospital to get an EEG done. I hate putting her through more tests, but its better to be safe than sorry. After the EEG we have the follow up appointment with the doctor so we won't have to play the waiting game. Poor baby has to be sleep deprived for the test so we have to wake her up a 4am and keep her up until they do the EEG. Please keep Savannah in you prayers.

Cheyenne is doing great. She has been a lot happier lately which makes the rest of us a lot happier. She screams (happy screams) all the time and it is so cute. I think I have a video on my phone I'll put it on here when I have more time.

Happy April Fools to everyone. This is NOT an April Fools post. Savannah DID crawl today!!!

Spring is HERE!!

2008-03-26T14:44:00.005-06:00

Oh how I love spring!!! The weather is beautiful, the birds are chirping, and all the window is in my house are open. It is so bright in here with all the windows open. The babies are wearing spring clothes so they can finally play with their toes. What a wonderful season this is, my favorite of all. I really hate cold and winter and I think that is why spring is my favorite time of the year. I love living in New Mexico when spring time comes around. I sure am glad I don't live in Alaska anymore. I remember this time of year when my dad would be playing golf in shorts and I was still wearing a parka, plugging in my car, and praying for the days it would be warm again.

My sister, Amber, came over to hang out with me and the babies yesterday and we ended up going to the park. They just built a cute little park right behind my house that just opened in October so we went to check it out. The babies did great and I think they actually had a lot of fun.... probably not as much fun as mommy and auntie had, but they enjoyed themselves. We took loads of pictures so I have posted tons. Enjoy!!!

I posted twice today because I hadn't gotten the Easter pictures on here yet so keep scrolling down to see them all pretty in their Easter outfits. Thank you Kelli ;)

Brody and Savannah with their hats on

Savannah and Brody swinging. They both really liked it.

Cheyenne wouldn't wear her sunglasses but she loved playing with them.

Savannah and Brody swinging

I needed a video camera for this one. Amber took Savannah down this slide and got stuck. I told her I would have got stuck going down that little slide but she had to try it.

Amber found a slide they could go down.

It sure dowsn't look like Savannah liked it..... don't really know if she did.

Brody liked to swing

He looks so serious..... or mad.

Cheyenne in her huge hat

Savannah looking cool in her shades.

OK I got a lot of pictures of Brody swinging

Me and Cheyenne swinging together

Aunt Amber and Savannah

Me and Cheyenne

Me and Brody

Me with all three babies

Aunt Amber with the babies

Happy Easter

2008-03-26T13:42:00.005-06:00

A little late is better than never ;) We didn't do anything for Easter this year. Brandon, me and the babies just hung around the house and had some "us" time. It was actually pretty nice.

I have a friend that I meet on the triplet connection who had her triplets on the exact same day we had our babies. Its pretty nice to talk to someone who is going through pretty much the exact same things as we are. Anyway she sent us some very nice Easter outfits and so here are those pictures....

It's been a while...

2008-03-18T19:49:00.003-06:00

Sorry it has been so long since my last post, I have just been super busy lately.

Cheyenne is being so needy right now. I thought she was getting better, but she has to have my full attention at all times. I am kinda at a point where I don't know if I should take her to see a doctor. She sleeps great, she eats great, and she seems to be healthy, but for some reason she cries all the time. I have to hold her 90% of the time she is awake and when I don't hold her she cries to the point where it seems that she can't breath. I just don't know what to do. She did suck from a straw today which was pretty cool. She always takes my drinks and plays with the straw in her mouth but today she actually sucked and got her first taste of Dr. Pepper.

Savannah is doing great. She is the happiest little girl in the world. She hardly ever cries, except at night when its time to go to sleep. She is still on the mission to be the first to crawl, but she hasn't accomplished it yet. She moves backwards and she rocks a lot but she still hasn't actually crawled. What she is doing is pushing herself up from the laying flat position. She loves to roll around and pivots in the sitting - rolling positions. She is moving along and I still think it will be any day now that she will be on the move.

Brody is getting up on his knees. He is doing so wonderful and he is still just a happy baby, but he needs to sleep better during the day. He is saying mama, dada, and baba. I still haven't heard anything from the doctor about his head. Just a little reminder.... we went to see the neurosurgeon on Janurary 22nd for a follow up appointment and he didn't have any of his ultrasound images from when he was in the NICU so Brandon went to Presbytarian to get a cd and took it to UNM. Well we didn't hear anything for a few weeks so I called the nurse and she said she hadn't seen the cd and would check with the dr and call me back... another couple weeks go by and still nothing so I call the dr and leave a message and NOTHING. I haven't heard back from them at all. Brandon is going to go to Presbytarian tomorrow and get another cd made and take it to the clinic again. It is pretty frustrating to say the least. I think he his doing fine, but his ventricles are still large and if something happens to him because this doctors office is inefficent I am going to be extremely upset.

I have been slacking on the picture taking as much as I have on the blogging. I haven't taken any pictures since the last ones I posted, but as soon as I do I will post them.

10 Months Old

2008-03-05T08:38:00.004-07:00

Wow.... I can't believe my babies are 10 months old. They are doing so great it is unbelievable and amazing. We have early intervention specialists and therapists who come to the house and work with the babies on their milestones. We have an occupational therapist that comes over every Tuesday for an hour, we have a developmental specialist that comes over ever Friday for an hour, and a message therapist that comes over every other week for two hours. Sounds like a lot and it feels like a lot at times also, but that is all coming to a halt. We just got set up to add a physical therapist to the chaos, but our occupational therapist recommended on Tuesday that we change to once a month. She predicted that they could be caught up to their actual age by August. She thinks they are doing very very well. So I am going to have the physical therapist come over on the 18th of March and get her opinion on how often we need them to come out. They will be enrolled in the early intervention program until they are three and as of right now we qualify for every program they have because of how early the babies were. I just want what is best for the babies. Honestly it would be nice to not have them come over if they don't need to.

So Cheyenne has a third tooth. She has three bottom teeth now, but no teeth on top. Savannah and Brody have two top and two bottom. I thought Cheyenne was just reverting back to her old ways, but Brandon saw that third tooth on the bottom so hopefully she will be in a better mood for a couple of days. :)

They are all getting so smart and it is fun to watch them "work" at playing with their toys. They are getting so much better at it. The girls finally started jumping in the the jumper that Brody has loved since he was 4 months old and they are understanding why he thought it was so much fun. Brody has started clapping his hands!!! He did it for the first time last night and this morning he has been clapping at everything. I can't explain how much fun it is to be doing something new everyday.

Here are the babies 10 month pictures:

JUST A FEW VIDEOS

2008-03-01T10:27:00.005-07:00

SAVANNAH SAYS OOOOOHHH!!! (Cheyenne crying in the background is normal around here)

SAVANNAH ROCKIN AND ROLLIN

CHEYENNE AND BRODY LAUGING AT EACH OTHER

CHEYENNE TALKING AND JUMPING

Long Week

2008-02-29T14:29:00.004-07:00

I don't know where the time goes. It has been a while since my last post. We are all doing good, but it has been a very long and stressful week. Brandon had to go to Dallas on a business trip and it just messed up our routine. My sister, Mist, came and spent the night with me which was great and it helped me a lot. She got sick on Tuesday and had to leave because we just don't want to risk anything. My other sister was at work, but came over when she got off to help me and I really appreciated that too. I take care of the babies everyday by myself when Brandon goes to work, but for some reason I am terrified of having to do it by myself at night. I know that I could and when I told Misti to go home I wasn't freaking out, but I am glad that Amber was able to come over.

So anyway we have some exciting news. Savannah is finally sitting unsupported and Cheyenne is finally rolling over. When we went to their developmental evaluation these were the only two milestones that were a concern. Savannah is actually sitting even better than Cheyenne and Brody because she is stronger in her upper body. She will fall and catch herself with her arm, whereas the other two just crash.

We have been doing o.k. with the solids, but we only feed them rice cereal and veggies once a day. They hate peas and green beans, but love squash and carrots. We have a lot of fun feeding them. I have tried to feed them by myself in the mornings, but they just scream. I don't really know what to do about that, but we will get it figured out. I decided that they are still getting the nutrition from the bottle so there is really no need to rush it.

The neatest thing they are doing is really interacting with each other. They love to sit in a circle and smile and touch each other. A couple of days ago I was making their bottle and I heard Brody cracking up so I had to see what was going on. Well Cheyenne was laughing too but you couldn't really hear her over Brody's laugh. Cheyenne was in a saucer and Brody was in his jumper and they were laughing at each other. It was priceless.

I have some great videos but I'm on the wrong computer to post them so check back and I will have them on soon.

But here are a couple of pictures until then....

Cheyenne's Smile

2008-02-22T07:52:00.003-07:00

Teething isn't a whole lot of fun! Brody now has his top two teeth and Savannah has one cut and one pushing on the gum. Brody has been so difficult to put down for naps and bedtime. I think that's when he really notices his teeth hurt.

Cheyenne is doing this new smile these days and its so darn cute. It almost looks like its a fake smile because it is so big. She has the cutest dimple on the upper part of her chubby check. I got a picture of it, but the picture doesn't do it justice. She also shakes her head so it looks like a big cheesy smile saying no.

Thank You Brandon

2008-02-19T22:07:00.003-07:00

I am so excited! Brandon bought me a new laptop for Valentines Day. I just got it today and it is great. I only have a desktop and he has a laptop and I am always trying to steal his at night so I can sit in my recliner and play on the internet. I guess he got tired of me hogging his so he just went and bought me one. He love me!!! He even got it in pink. He got me a pink dell computer with a matching wireless mouse and a matching carrying case. I think he spoils me a little :)

So this is the second best Valentines Day I have had. The first Valentines Day Brandon and I were together he made me fall in love with him. I was working at Dillards and had to work until 6pm. He told me to meet him at his apartment and then we would go to diner. So I had bought him a gift but I left it in the car and went up to his apartment. I went in and his bachelor pad was spotless and it smelled great. He had taken off work early came home and cleaned and cooked me diner. I was so suprised. We had only been dating for about 4 months on our first Valentines day, but I knew that we would be together forever. So we ate diner and exchanged gifts and he said, "I have one more suprise for you." It was so cute..... he baked a BIG chocalate chip cookie in the shape of a heart. He stole my heart that night!!!! :)

I Love You, Brandon!

Developmental Evaluation

2008-02-17T02:30:00.004-07:00

Yesterday we had our developmental evaluation at the hospital. They checked they babies gross motor skills and fine motor skill. All three babies scored really well.

So the babies are 9 1/2 months actual age and 6 1/2 months corrected age. Savannah scored 5 months on her gross motor skills because she can't sit unsupported, but if she could have she would have scored at 8 months. She scored 7 months on her fine motor skills. Cheyenne scored 7 months on her gross motor skills until she wouldn't get on her tummy and that set her back to 3 months, but we were told not to worry because she is sitting so well. We just need to figure out a way to get her on her tummy. I know she can roll over because I put her to bed on her back and she will be on her tummy when I check on her. She is just uncomfortable on her tummy so she refuses to play that way. She scord 8 months on her fine motor skills. Brody did the best he past all the test with flying colors. He scored 7 months on gross and 7 1/2 months on fine motor skill.

I can't believe how fast they are growing up. You know there are times when I am ready for them to be a little older, but I'm not ready yet. I am ready for them to sleep through the night. They do sleep through the night every once in a while, but it sure isn't consistent. I think their teeth really hurt right now and that is keeping them from sleeping through the night.

Cabin Fever

2008-02-12T09:33:00.000-07:00

I have such a hard time writing sometimes, because it never sounds the same as what is going on in my head.

It is so hard to be confined to the house for so long. I don't really even go to the grocery store because Brandon will do that on his way home from work. Not that I miss going to the grocery store. Anyway I feel like the walls are closing in on me. I usually get out of the house one night a week because I have the most awesome husband in the world. But this is a different world for us. Brandon and I use to be out doing things all the time. We love hanging out with friend, going out to dinner, going to movies, bowling, and we use to play a lot of golf. I know these things change even with one full term baby, but I feel like I am in prison at times. I love these babies and I really do love my life, but I can't wait for the cold/flu season to be over so we can get out a little bit.

So last night was the second night in a row that the babies sleep through the night. Its pretty exciting and it helps me out a lot. I sure have felt better the last couple of days. The difference between sleeping 7 hours interupted and sleeping 7 hours straight through is night and day. Hopefully they will keep this going. I started feeding them solids 1 week ago, and I know that has a lot to do with them sleeping better.

I love taking pictures of my babies!!! I have so many I'm going to run out of space on my computer. (i know i can save them on a usb, but you have to remember to buy one)

Me and My Babies
Brody is sitting unsupported so well now!
Brody loves to Jump. Look at his feet. :)
Cheyenne can be happy!!!
Picture Perfect if you ask me.
Savannah IS a happy girl!
She loves sitting with a hand behind her head. Its so cute.

I Love Laughing Babies

2008-02-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

It is so cool when the babies laugh. It is the highlight of my day! They all laugh a lot, but Brody will do it the best on camera.

Savannah is trying to crawl. It is so cool. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks. I left the house for a couple of hours today and while I was gone Brandon called me to tell me that she is crawling. I missed it. :( There will be many many more times to see it, but its always cool to see the first time. KWIM

Happy 9 Month Birthday

2008-02-04T19:28:00.000-07:00

The babies turned 9mo old yesterday, and had their well check up appointment today. They are all doing great, but Brody is in the 90th precentile for his actual age so they want him to go on a diet. No, not really. We use Enfamil Enfacare, which is a high calorie formula for preemies and low birth weight babies, but they want him to start using the regular formula. Its kinda going to be a pain because the girls have to stay on the high calorie formula.

Brody weighs 20lbs, Cheyenne weighs 15lbs 5oz, and little Savannah weighs 13lbs 15oz.

We are just now starting to feed the babies something other than formula. Our doctor wanted us to wait until they were 6mo adjusted. Here a video from their first feeding of rice cereal.

Pictures

2008-01-31T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here we sit waiting for the door bell to ring so the babies can get their RSV shots. I know that they really need them and its a good thing that they are getting them, but I dread it every month.

So anyway here are some pictures of everyday life at our house...

Well you know how Cheyenne has always been our fussy one. Well I don't know what happened to this little girl, but she is not the same baby as she was just 2 weeks ago.

Here is a picture of the old Cheyenne and then of the new Cheyenne...

Brody loves his jumper. He use to jump jump jump, but now he is starting to really play with the toys. Look at him reach...

They are getting so strong. Brody and Cheyenne can stand while holding on to something. Savannah isn't there yet, but it won't be long.

Here's a picture or two of Savannah. They all have such beautiful blue eyes. Here is a close up of Savannah's.

Now before I had babies or Brandon I had Bear. He is my love bug. Poor little guy doesn't get half the love and affection he use to, but he is still one of my babies.

Sleeping through the Night

2008-01-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

So the night before last the babies sleep all night. I put them down at 7:15 and they didn't wake up until 7:15am. Oh I was so excited. I got 9 hours of sleep and it was wonderful. I was hoping that this was going to be the new norm, but it sure didn't last very long. Cheyenne woke up at 1:30 in the morning and she will not go back to bed until she eats and that girl was hungry. She usually takes 6 ounces but last night she finished 8 ounces in about 5 minutes. I wonder if she is going through a growth spurt. She is getting so heavy. Little Savannah feels like a feather weight compared to Cheyenne and Brody.

I am going to post some pictures and videos tonight when I have more time.

Have a Great Day!

Infertility

2008-01-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

I have read something on the Triplet Connection today that hit real close to home. As most of you know Brandon and I went through infertility treatment to conceive our precious gems and I wouldn't change a thing. The person who posted this had her triplets at 23weeks and 6 days and sadly lost them all. I just have to share this with all of you...

What do I think God meant when he gave me infertility?

Couples experiencing infertility often receive well-meaning but extremely insensitive "advice." We can all list the most popular ones: "Just relax and you'll get pregnant," or "adopt and you'll get pregnant," or "things happen for a reason", of the most painful from those who think they've got the goods on God's plan, "Maybe God never meant for you to have children." The sheer audacity of making a statement like that never fails to amaze me.

"These same people would never walk up to someone seeking treatment for cancer and say, "Maybe God never meant for you to live." However, because I am infertile, I'm supposed to get on with my life. It's hard to understand that people can not see infertility for what it is, a disease for which I have to seek treatment. What if Jonas Salk had said to the parents of polio victims, "Maybe God meant for thousands of our children to be cripples, live in an iron lung or die." What if he'd never tried to find a cure? Who could think for one minute that that was God's plan?"

What do I think God meant when he gave me infertility?"

"I think he meant for my husband and I to grow closer, become stronger, love deeper. I think God meant for us to find the fortitude within ourselves to get up every time infertility knocks us down. I think God meant for our medical community to discover medicines, invent medical equipment, create procedures and protocols. I think God meant for us to find a cure for infertility.

"No, God never meant for me not to have children. That's not my destiny; that's just a fork in the road I'm on. I've been placed on the road less traveled, and, like it or not, I'm a better person for it. Clearly, God meant for me to develop more compassion, deeper courage, and greater inner strength on this journey to resolution, and I haven't let him down.

"Frankly, if the truth be known, I think God has singled me out for a special treatment. I think God meant for me to build a thirst for a child so strong and so deep that when that baby is finally placed in my arms, it will be the longest, coolest, most refreshing drink I've ever known.

"While I would never choose infertility, I can not deny that a fertile woman could never know the joy that awaits me. Yes, one way or another, I will have a baby of my own. And the next time someone wants to offer me unsolicited advice I'll say, "Don't tell me what God meant when he handed me infertility. I already know."

-author unknown

I agree with every word of this. Brandon and I will sit and talk about the joys that we have and what we have had overcome to get here and it has without a doubt brought us closer as husband and wife. We believe that we are exactly where God intended for us to be. After reading this I cried and then I read it to Brandon and I cried again. I hope you enjoyed this as much as we did. I felt I really needed to share it.

Mine! Mine! Mine!

2008-01-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

It is starting already. Each of them wants the toy that the other one has. It is cute now but I know it won't be cute later on.

So I can't really tell if nap time is getting any better. I started just putting them down and letting them cry it out a week ago. I think they are going to sleep faster which is the most important thing to me because I really hate hearing them cry, but they sure don't sleep for very long. So if any mamas want to give me some advice it would be appreciated. How long do or did your babies sleep at nap time. Around here we cry for about 10 minutes and then we sleep maybe 45 minutes and that's on a good day. Aren't they suppose to sleep longer than that? I have been battling with the naps since they have been home.

My other issue is that we aren't eating any solids yet. We are strictly formula. I am hoping that we will start some sort of solids next week. Our next dr appointment is on the 4th of Feb and I am hoping that our pedi tells us to start. She told us at our 6 month appointment that the babies weren't neurologically ready to start. I guess we will see. I have also been told by both my pediatricians and have read in numerous articles that solids don't help your baby sleep better or more. Now I believe a lot of what the doctors and the experts say, but I have a very hard time believing this. I know that when you start your babies on solids its more of experimenting and finding what they like and don't like and they are still getting their nutrition from their formula, but it has to help a little. What do ya'll think?

They are getting so strong and loving their tummys. Well Savannah and Brody love their tummys. I put them to bed on their backs but when they wake up they are on their tummys. This is the milestone I thought we would never reach and it is so exciting that we have.

Here is a picture of Brody and Savannah on their tummys and Cheyenne sitting up cuz thats what she likes to do.

SERIOUSLY!!!

2008-01-23T09:10:00.000-07:00

Seriously! I get so frustrated with doctors. We had Brody's follow up appointment yesterday for his hydrocephalus and it was almost a complete waste of time. So ya'll remember back when he was three weeks old he was transferred from UNM Hospital to Presbyterian because the Pediatric Neurosurgeon was there. Well right after we got to come home the surgeon moved to UNM. It was a pain in the a$$ to even get his 1st follow up appointment because they said he didn't have a medical number at UNM. What?!? He was born there. So anyway we finally got an appointment and the dr looked at Brody said he was doing fine and that we would get another ultrasound and follow up again in 3 months. Well here we are 3 months later and we went and had an ultra sound done about 2 weeks ago and yesterday was suppose to be the dr explaining the results of that ultra sound to us. Well this is what we heard. The ultra sound come back negative, meaning that his ventricles are larger than the previous ultra sound they had. But the last ultra sound they have is the one when he was three weeks old. So they need me to go to Presbyterians x ray department, get them to burn a CD of all the images taken there, take that CD back to the surgeon's office, he will look at it (who knows when) and then call us to let us know if everything is ok and come back in 3 months or if we need to go get a cat scan to see if we need to start treatment. This is not what I wanted to hear when I went in there. I thought when we requested all of his records to go to UNM they would have gotten everything they needed. And when I told the dr that he said no they only send the paperwork. Well why in the hell couldn't he have taken all the records from the patients he had at Presbyterian to UNM. That would have been way too easy. I just want to scream! OK enough about that! We had Brody and Savannah's eye appointment on Monday and everything looks good. The dr said that they are far sided, but that doesn't mean a whole lot because all babies are far sided, but I guess Brody was a worse that normal so he has to go back in 6 months for another check up but Savannah doesn't have to go back for a year.

Brody having fun at the Doctors

Going Mad

2008-01-21T09:37:00.000-07:00

Oh Savannah. I feel like I am going to go crazy. Ms Savannah will not just go to sleep. Crying it out is one thing, but this girl SCREAMS. I let her finally scream it out this morning and it took about 25 minutes. Talk about a very long and hard 25 minutes. I just sat there and listened to her to make sure she wasn't going to choke or something. And she rolls over to her stomach when she is screaming like that and can't get back to her back so it sounds like a muffled scream. I would just go turn her back over and let her scream. I feel so bad, but I don't know what else to do.

I use to be able to say, "well at least they sleep good at night." Not really anymore. We put them down at 7pm and they use to sleep until about 3 or 4, but now they are waking up at midnight and won't go back to sleep unless we feed them. Well they don't all wake up its usually Cheyenne, but I wake them all up if I have to feed her. They all eat at around 12:30 or 1am and go back to sleep but then Brody usually wakes up around 4am. I am hoping its because they are teething and not that this is going to be their norm. It is harder after we've had company for a while because they are use to all the attention and then when everyone leaves its just me. I'm not complaining because I actually like it when its just me and the babies, but they want a lot of attention when they've had it for a while. So hopefully we will get back into a routine and things will go back to normal.

We have a couple of doctor appointments this week. We are going to get Brody and Savannah's eyes checked this afternoon. Their eyes were ok when we left the NICU so they just wanted us to get them checked in 6 months so that's what we are doing. Tomorrow afternoon we have a doctor's appointment with the neurosurgeon about Brody's hydrocephalus so I am kinda nervous. I believe everything is ok and we don't have much to worry about, but I can't help being a little scared. We had the head ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and we haven't heard anything so I'm sure everything is fine.

Oh Cheyenne is screaming in excitment and it is so cool. I will try to get it on video soon.

Hope everyone has a happy Monday!

We already miss you Nana and Papa!

2008-01-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well my mom and dad are driving back to California this morning. We had such a wonderful time while they were here. The babies love having all the arms here to hold them. It took them a few days to get use to the people, but they did good.

It has been a while since I have written and a lot happens around here in 2 weeks.

Cheyenne is getting better as far as her fussiness. She is still the fussiest of the three, but I do believe she is getting better. She loves being carried around in a snuggle and as long as someone is walking around with her she is great. We all just take turns "wearing her". Brandon thinks she is just so smart that she gets bored really fast. So a couple of days ago she started sitting on her own. She can't get to the sitting position on her own but she is strong enough to hold herself up while sitting. It is so amazing to watch her sit in the middle of the floor and play with her toys.

Here is a picture of Cheyenne in her snuggle with Nana.

Cheyenne sitting like a big girl.

Brody and Savannah are so close to being able to sit too. It won't be long. Brody and Savannah are rolling over, but Cheyenne hates being on her tummy at all. Our early intervention therapist says that she might just go from sitting to crawling. All in all we are doing wonderful. Here are some more pictures...

Video

2008-01-06T15:53:00.000-07:00

Well my parents will be here in about 3 hours and I am so excited.

I haven been trying something new with the babies lately. They don't nap very well and I rock babies all day long so I have decied to try the CIO method. I hate it! It kills me to here them crying, but it seems to be working. They cry for about 5-10 minutes and then they all go to sleep at the same time. Its actually really nice for me because I get a little down time during the day. I still rock them to sleep at night, but I may start trying to let them put themselves to sleep for bedtime too. I don't know.

Anyway we are all doing so good. Brody and Cheyenne both have their bottom two teeth and Savannah has one bottom tooth. It is so cute!

Here is a video of the babies. I like it a lot because if you notice Brody sooths both the girls with his touch.

8 Months Old Today

2008-01-03T20:26:00.000-07:00

We had fun tonight! Uncle Larry and Auntie Amber came over and we took lots of pictures. It was a little late in the evening, but we still got a few good ones.

GO COWBOYS!!!!!

And another tooth

2008-01-03T12:39:00.000-07:00

Today Savannah's first tooth broke through. She screamed her poor little head off and then she bit me and low and behold there was a tooth.

We had our first appointment with the occupational therapist yesterday. They came and evaluated the babies back in October, but the therapist just got an opening to start working with the babes. They are doing great! She said that they are doing better than their adjusted age as far as most of their motor skills go. They are 8 months old today so they are 5 months adjusted. She said that they are sitting like 6-7 month olds. They all have "rolled" over, but they aren't doing it anymore. I don't think they actually ever rolled over on their own. They always had some kind of help so that is what we are working on now. I am just so thankful and amazed how wonderful my babies are growing. To have 26 weekers (I say 27 weekers) and for them to be doing so great is nothing short of a miracle. I have three healthy babies. We are going for Brody's head ultrasound next Tuesday, but other than that we have no concerns at this time.

They got their 3rd round of the RSV shots today and they did so good. We only had about 2 minutes of crying from each of them. We also had Auntie Amber here to help sooth the babies after the shots which helps me out a lot.

My parents are coming to visit from California in a few days. They will be here on Sunday and I am so excited. Brandon and I keep making plans like diner for two or a night out on the town. I already told my mom she won't get to see me much because I am going to be catching up on some sleep. Although I think I get plenty of sleep I still feel tired all the time. I CAN"T WAIT to see MY mommy!

Oh my....

2007-12-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

I can't believe one of my babies have a tooth! So Brandon was giving Brody a bath tonight and he always looks in their mouths and there it was. He yelled, "oh my I think Brody has a tooth!" I ran in there and there it was. I guess its just one of those things that I didn't think would ever really happen. He hasn't been sleeping as well, but I thought he was having tummy problems. You see the girls have been teething for a month or two now (or so it seems). They are drooling like crazy, chewing on anything and everything they can get their hands on, and will scream out of no where. I thought for sure Cheyenne would be the first to cut a tooth.

Anyway pretty exciting stuff. Brandon and I were laughing and dancing in the kitchen after we got the babies to sleep. Oh the things that light up your life!!!

I didn't do very well with pictures during Christmas. I am pretty disappointed, but we did get a few good ones. They had the cutest outfits on and ZERO pictures. I can't believe it. But anyway here are a few pictures we did get.

Savannah and her elephant, Cheyenne and her giraffe, and Brody and his Lion. These animal are so cool! Grammy and Auntie Tiada bought them when the babies were still in the hospital. They are almost big enough to go for a ride. Savannah still needed a lot of support where Cheyenne needed a little support. Daddy was behind her holding her up and would let go and say "now" and I would snap a picture. Brody did pretty good. He got a hold of those lion ears and would hand on. I actually stepped back and we got a good shot of him all by himself.

I hope everyone has a very safe and Happy NEW YEAR!!!!

Merry Christmas

2007-12-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

I can't believe this year is coming to an end. It seems like yesterday when I just found out I was pregnant and feeling horrible!!! We had an amazing Christmas this year. We didn't get to do much shopping so we didn't do much decarating here at the house. We really wanted to. The plan was to do lights outside and a tree and well all the Christmas stuff. I am 30 years old and have never in my adult life put up a Christmas tree of my own. I joined the Army right after I graduated from high school and got stationed in Alaska where I lived for 5 years and never once got to come home for Christmas. It was just too depressing for me to try and put a tree up or even really reconize that it was Christmas time. But I always said when I had kids of my own we would do it in style. I never imagined I would have three infants at once and premature where I can't even make it to the grocery store. So I didn't get to do Christmas the exact way I wanted to this year, but I will next year. I sent Brandon shopping today for Christmas stuff next year. He got us a tree, lights, ornaments, and decor for the yard. We WILL have Christmas here next year!

Even though we didn't get to do Christmas at our house this year, we had a wonderful day. We went over to Brandon's parents on Christmans Eve and spent the night there. They always go out for Christmas and they are a joy to be with. One of the best things we got for Christmas was being able to spend time with Brandon's Grandma Gracie. She is 91 years old and our triplets make 32 Great Grandbabies for her. Our babies are a blessing but them being able to spend time with their Great Grandparents are amazing. We also got a suprise on Christmas day, my grandparents decided to make a trip to see us. So we had Great Grandmother Gracie, Great Grandmother LaDeene, and Great Grandpa Dale all join us for Christmas. You know you really can't ask for much more on your babies first Christmas.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We will post some pics soon. Have a wonderful new year and may God Bless you all.

Pics

2007-12-05T16:06:00.001-07:00

So I didn't get any pictures posted on their actual birthday, but better late than never. Brandon has been sick so now we are just praying that the babies don't get sick too. Other than that we are all doing good. So here is what they weigh now:

Savannah: 11lbs 12oz
Cheyenne: 13lbs 6oz
Brody: 17lbs 12oz

Happy 7 Month Birthday

2007-12-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

I can't believe the triplets are 7 months old today. They have gone through so much and they have came out so well. I am sitting here right now with Ms. Cheyenne just smiling and talking to me. She has the chubbist checks I have every seen. It is so cute. They are all doing different things everyday. They love rasberries, you know when you put your lips together and blow. It can entertain them for a while. They are all laughing out loud, rolling from their stomachs to their backs, reaching for toys, putting everything they find in their mouths, and entertaing me and Brandon more and more everyday. Its like every new milestone they hit or just something new they do I remember thinking, oh they are never going to be able to do that. They still are very fussy and I don't know why. Brandon said the other day, "well it can't get any worse, can it?" Like right now Cheyenne has decided she would rather cry than smile and laugh. The lauging and playing just doesn't seem to last long enough.

I will take pictures and get their weights before the day is over... hopefully.

Non Stop Crying

2007-11-26T09:29:00.001-07:00

I have one baby who cries all the time. I keep trying to tell her that she is a triplet, but she doesn't seem to care. She wants to be held anytime she is awake. It seems to be the only reason why she is crying. If I or anyone else is holding her she perfeclty fine, but put her done and she screams. Needless to say I pretty much have had none stop crying for about a week now. I don't know what to do because I feel like I am neglecting the other two for holding her the majority of the time. I have read and read how you can't spoil a baby at this age, but I am starting to disagree. I can't stand to let her "cry it out," but I have a couple times. I have to put her down I have two other babies who need attention. All I know is she is driving me crazy. I love her so much, but oh my gosh!!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving. It feels a little weird not having our parents here, but it was nice. My sister Amber did all the cooking and her husband Larry fried the turkey. It came out pretty yummy. Here are a couple of pictures from Thanksgiving.

Mommy and Cheyenne

Our Family

Uncle Larry, Brandon, Big Papa, and Brody

Aunt Tiada, Aunt Amber, Me, Aunt Misti, Savannah and Cheyenne

One year ago ...

2007-11-21T09:23:00.000-07:00

We are all starting to feel better. It has been a very long month with three sick babies.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Last year at this time I was waiting by the phone to get that wonderful news that I was pregnant. It has been such a long journey, but so worth it. Last year we had Thanksgiving at my house so my sister and I were shopping on the day before. I was so nervous and anxious to hear the results of my pregnancy test. I was so scared that my nurse was going to call and so "sorry it didn't work." Brandon and Larry were here at the house and Amber and I had gone to her house to pick up some things when my cell phone rang. On the other end my nurse said, "your pregnant." Amber was sitting on the end of the coach and she could hear and we just both started crying. That was the best phone call ever. I called Brandon and told him and he sent a text message to everyone in his phone. (so much for waiting until the 2nd trimester to tell everyone) Going through in-vitro was the hardest thing we have ever done. I got so sick and Brandon was so scared. But this day one year ago made it all worth it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know we will.

Pictures Pictures Pictures

2007-11-15T15:24:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted any pictures in a while so here are a few.

Sitting like big kids

Brody is a MONSTER compared to his sisters

Brody and Cheyenne

Savannah wants to know what Brody is laughing about

Brody

Savannah likes to hold onto her ears :)

A little late, but here are some halloween pics.

All 3 Munchkins

Cheyenne's adorable smile

Pictures

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There are days when I don't think I am going to make it, but when I cuddle with these cuties it makes it all worth it.

Papa and His Girls

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Amber and Larry

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This is a picture of Uncle Larry changing his first dirty diaper. Aunt Amber and Uncle Larry have been our number 1 supporters during this time. I can't thank both of you enough for all the help and love you have given me, brandon, and the babies. We love you so much!

Big Smiles

2007-11-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

I love these babies so much! Last night Brody laughed so hard and I laughed until I cried. It was amazing. Monday we took the babies to the developmental therapist for an evaluation and they are doing good. They all scored 3 1/2 months on their social skills and 2 1/2 months on their motor skills. She told us that was good and we didn't have any worries at this time. I have enrolled them in an early intervention program, but I think I need to find a new company. The one I am enrolled in now came out a month ago and told us the babies qualify for a therapist to come out once a week to work with them, but we haven't seen anyone yet. They have called to schedule and re-schedule three times now. It is so frustrating!!!

All three babies have been sick now for about 2 weeks. I have been the urgent care and the doctor and they say its just a cold and they should get over it pretty soon. I think they are getting better now, but it has been rough. We got the RSV shots last week. Wow they are expensive. The amount of the shots depend on the size of the baby. The more the baby weighs the more expensive the shot is . Poor Brody had to get a shot in both legs because he is so big. Our insurance pays 75% of the cost of the shot. For example Brody weighs 15lbs 5oz so he shot cost $2,166.00. Because this is consider a special medication we have a 15% co payment up to $250.00. To make a long story short it is going to cost us $750.00 per month to get the shots this season. It is one thing after another. I just don't get why everything is so expensive. Ok I get it, but I don't like it!

I think things are getting better. Yesterday was probably one of the best days we have had. I am trying to keep the babies on schedule as best as I can, but you can imagine how hard it is. But yesterday they did great. They ate, played, slept just like they are suppose to, and then they didn't get nearly as fussy last night. I think we may make it through this :)

We Are Still Here

2007-11-01T13:07:00.000-06:00

Has it really been this long since I've updated??? Oh my where does the time go? The babies are all doing amazing. They all have such different personalities already.

I have had help until the last two weeks. Oh wow what a difference it makes. Savannah is a happy little girl. She has been eating a lot better later. Still not great, but better than before. She weighs 10lbs 3oz. She loves her mommy and bath time. She is kicking like crazy and she is the strongest in her motor skills. Brody was the "perfect" baby. He still is pretty great, but he has started not eating. He was my saving grace at feeding time. You know the only one who I didn't have to fight with to eat. Well not here lately. Little turkey will only eat about 2 ounces at a time and then he is DONE. I am feeding him like every two hours. But he is so cute I can't even get mad at him. I try to give him the bottle and he flat out refuses to take it and when I start getting frustrated he smiles so big I just laugh out loud. Even though Brody isn't eating right now he's still a monster. He weighs 15lbs 5oz. He loves the Indians on the walls and he loves to stand. Cheyenne is our fussy butt. She cries ALL the time. It use to be only at night when the other two were fussy also, but now its all day long. She loves to be held and she wants to be held by herself. I keep trying to explain to her that she is a triplet, but she doesn't seem to care. But when she isn't crying she has the most beautiful smile. Her checks are so chubby, just like her daddy. At times I can't believe how chubby my babies are. I just thank God for giving us the strength to get to this point. Oh and Cheyenne weighs 11lbs 7oz.

We did have the golf tournament for the babies in October and it was so much fun. We didn't have the turn out we expected, but the people who were there had a good time. Thank you to every one who came out and celebrated our triplets with us. Brandon is going to put some pictures of the tournament on here when he has a minute.

I tell you what I never knew how much 1 minute meant before the babies. I need 1 extra minute to pee. I need an extra minute to blow dry my hair. I can usually get a shower every other day or so, but it never fails I can't seem to find time to blow dry my hair. But I am loving every minute of this.

We've come a long way

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The babies are amazing. I haven't written in a while because I don't have a lot of time and I really don't know what to say. They are doing great. Gaining weight and growing. They cry a lot and feeding time is frustrating, but everytime they smile it makes it all worth it.

SAVANNAH

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CHEYENNE

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BRODY

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Pictures

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Long nights

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So here it is 5:30 in the morning and I haven't gotten any sleep tonight. On Thursdays I go bowling and Brandon stays home with the babies (isn't he a wonderful husband). Well I never get enough sleep, but Thursdays are the worst. All the babies got their 4 month shots and didn't do so well. All of them got fevers around 100 degrees and all are very fussy. Well it is getting better, but something was sure wrong with Ms Savannah tonight. She was just screaming and I could not get her comfortable. I tried everything! I was hoping the pedi would start them on some ceral or something to help them sleep longer through the night, but it didn't happen. They want us to wait until they are 6 months old. I have three more months of them waking up ever 3-4 hours.

I tried to post some pictures, but something is wrong with my computer. I will try again soon.

It 's been a month...

2007-09-02T12:40:00.000-06:00

I really have a hard time finding the time to get online. I am busy busy busy!!! The babies are doing very well. We are just eating and growing. My mom was here for a month and I thought I was busy then. She left last Saturday and this past week was HARD. I made it, barely, but I made it. Thank heavens for family because without them I don't know what I would do. So real fast I want to say a special I love you to Amber, Larry, Misti, Tiada, and Jenasea. Aunts and Uncles are so important to these little angels and to Brandon and I.

Last night I got 13 hours of sleep. Yes you read that right. We decided to take the babies to Grammy and Grandpa's house. I decided I was going to take a "nap" at 6pm and I got to sleep until 7am this morning. I woke up at midnight and went to check on the babies and Brody and Savannah were asleep in the pack n play and Cheyenne was cuddled up with Auntie Tiada. Grammy was asleep on the couch. It was really cute and so nice of them. So I feel like a brand new woman this morning.

We have been going to the dr at least once a week for some reason or another, but we are doing ok. All the babies are off the oxygen and doing great on room air. Cheyenne is still having to get her eyes checked every two weeks. Her right eye is mature with no ROP, but her left eye is immature with stage 2 ROP. The dr said he doesn't think it will get worse, but since it isn't mature yet it could go either way. Have I said how much I hate taking her to the eye doctor?

This past week was the first week we didn't have a doctor appointment for any of them, but we still got to go see a doctor. I changed Brody's diaper Tuesday morning and he had a huge blister down there. I thought I wasn't changing him enough or something, but then Wednesday morning I changed him and he had two clusters of blister about an inch above the other one. So I called the doctor and they told us to come in. The doctor thinks its a staff infection so he did a culture and started him on an antibiotic. He seems to be doing fine and he hasn't had a fever or anything. We go back to the dr on Tuesday for their 4mo check up and shots. So we will find out more about the infection then.

Savannah is doing great. She is our little drama queen. She must be held at all times or she screams her head off. All together we are all doing wonderful. Tomorrow is their 4mo birthday so I will post pictures then.

Another day

2007-08-12T13:36:00.000-06:00

I really wanted to do better at blogging, but I just can't seem to find the time. My mom has been here for two weeks and even with three of us it is so hard to find time for myself. We are all doing wonderful. Brody is feeling so much better. He hit 9lbs on Friday and just eats like a champ. Cheyenne and Savannah are eating great too. I can't believe how much I love these babies. Everyday when I am just feeling overwhelmed and exhausted I just pick one of my babies up and smile. I think they would all sleep 5 or 6 hours at night if we would let them. I have to wake them up to eat and then it takes everything to get them to eat an ounce. But during the day they stay awake for hours at a time and eat great. I don't really know when I will be able to let them sleep until they wake up to eat, but I am going to ask about that at their doctors appointment in the morning. I don't have a lot to report because they are just newborns. All they do is eat, sleep and poop.

Nana has been a great help. She is totally exhausted, but she still takes a shift at night. I don't know what I am going to do when she goes back to California. Brandon and I got to go out to dinner last night. David and Virgie came to see us from Artesia bought us dinner and helped Nana with the babies. Thank you so much "grandpa and grandma" Romine. We love you and can't wait to see you again.

OH WOW!!!

2007-08-08T09:07:00.001-06:00

Well everyone is finally home. I haven't had much time to post because of the obvious, but I wanted everyone to see our beautiful babies. Brody had his surgery on Friday August 3rd, and it went great. He is like a brand new baby. He eats like a champ and sleeps good. He will also stay awake for hours just looking around. He hasn't even cried much since he's been back home. He weighed 8lbs 14oz before he got sick and went into the hospital at 8lbs 2oz and he has gotten back up to 8lbs 8oz. Savannah is doing ok. She really hasn't gotten this eating thing down. She sucks like crazy, but she has a hard time swallowing. We are working with her and hopefully she will get it soon. I took her to her first dr appointment yesterday and he told me, "now you really need to get her to eat 2 ounces every three to four hours. At least 7 bottles a day." Well its not like I'm not trying to. She will usually take about one and a half ounces and then she is done! What in the world am I suppose to do to get her to eat more!?! He didn't answer that question. She is finally sleeping. I think she is hungry all the time so she doesn't sleep well. She left the hospital weighing 8lbs 13.7 oz and she has lost 2 ounces since she has been home. Cheyenne is doing great. She is eating well and sleeping good. She weights 7lbs 2oz. We have to take her to the eye doctor on Thursday. She is the only one that still has ROP. She had stage 2 in her right eye and nothing in her left eye when we saw the dr 2 weeks ago. Oh and I held her last time while the dr did his exam. NEVER AGAIN. I think I have talked my mom into taking her to her next appointment. No... of course I will take her, but the nurse or tech whatever will be holding her. That was harder on me than on her, I think.

To sum things up. I don't get much sleep, but am loving it! I have my mom here for a couple of more weeks, and honestly I don't know how I am going to do this without her. The babies aren't on a strict schedule because they just won't eat that way. So I really have no time to sleep at night (or day). But there is nothing I would rather be doing.

BIG Suprise

2007-08-05T13:33:00.000-06:00

We are ALL home!!!! I will post more and some pictures later.

Brody is doing Great

2007-08-03T13:56:00.001-06:00

I am only home for a minute before going back to the hospital, but I wanted to give a quick update. Brody had something called Pyloric Sterosis and a hernia in is right and left testicles. The pyloric sterosis is what was making my baby throw up so bad. It is a muscle at the bottom of the stomach that allows your food to go into the intestines. So he had surgery this morning at 9:30. He is doing great now, they have him extabated and back on the nasal cannula. We are going to feed him this evening and hopefully it stays down. He is in the PICU now and his Nana is with him.

Savannah is eating much better. She took all of her feedings from a bottle yesterday, but we had to use the feeding tube last night. She is coming along and will probably be home soon.

Cheyenne is still doing great. Her poor little nose is very sore because of the sniffles and the nasal cannula. The medicine seems to be helping, but her nose could really use a break.

Thank you all for your comments and prayers. Brandon and I really appreciate it so much. We will update more soon.

BAD News

2007-08-02T12:27:00.000-06:00

I am sitting here waiting for a phone call from the babies doctor to tell me they have a bed for Brody. We have to re admit Brody because he can't keep anything down. He weighed 8lbs 12oz at his check up on Monday and today he weighs 8lbs 2oz. He started throwing up on Sunday, but it wasn't that bad. I took him to the doctor and he gave us some medication for reflux. It didn't help at all. So for the past three days he has thrown up every time I feed him. I can't believe this. Hasn't this little boy been through enough? I just can't stop crying. I believe everything will be ok. I have to!

Savannah is still in the hospital and doing ok. Not much has changed with her. She still isn't eating very well. I will call the NICU and they will tell me that she has taken her last 2 bottles, but thats the best she has done. She will take two bottles in a row and then nothing. They did a neuro consult to see if she was having devolopmental problems, but thankful it came back normal. So they so we need to give her more time.

Cheyenne is doing well. She has been eating like a champ. The only problem with her is she is congested and her poor little nose is rubbed raw. She is on O2 so her nasal cannula is making it worse. I just called the dr to get her an appointment. The people at our pediatrian's office is going to know me well and fast.

So tonight I will have one baby in the NICU, one baby in Pedatrics, and one baby at home. Will life every be normal again? I am about to have a break down. BUT I will be strong and one day we will all be home and healthy.

Tomorrow is my due date and the babies will be three months old. I can't believe we had these babies exactly three months early. I will try and update more, but as you can see we haven't had much time.

Very Tired!

2007-07-25T23:33:00.001-06:00

Wow!!! I am so tired. BUT having so much fun. I just wish Savannah was here with us. Hopefully it won't be too long. She still isn't eating very well. She takes about half of her bottle and they gavage the other half. It doesn't seem to be improving at all. The doctors tell me not to worry, that it will come in her own time. It is hard for me to just sit back and say o.k. Anyway Cheyenne and Brody are doing great. They are sleeping together in one crib and they seem to love it. They were both really fussy earlier today so I put them real close and they seemed to sooth each other to sleep. It was really cute. We also got our first home health care visit. She just came in and listened to them, weighed them, and checked their oxygen levels. She said that when she comes back on Monday she will call an hour before she gets here so I can turn their oxygen down and she can see if they are ready for that when she get here. It is really hard to care for two babies on oxygen. Not only that, but Brody is also on an apnea monitor so they are not very mobile. We wanted them to sleep in our room with us, but it so hard to move them to feed during the night. Brandon and I are taking shifts during the night to feed. We just do every other feed and that way we get about 4 straight hours a sleep at a time. It seems to be working, but he goes back to work on Monday so we'll see.

Brody is a monster! He weighs 8lbs 5oz. We have a lot of newborn clothes that he barely fits in now. Oh well, I am happy that he is gaining weight so well. Cheyenne and Savannah weigh 6lbs 5oz. Brody is a whole 2lbs bigger than his sisters. He looks about twice their size.

Here are some pictures....

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We have 2

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babies home now. We just got home with Brody. He is doing great and sleeping next to Cheyenne. It is so exciting and sad. I hated leaving little Savannah in the NICU all by herself. She is doing good. The put her in a toddler bed and she looks like a princess in the penthouse. It is so cute. They are trying to see if she needs to sit up more because they think she my be refluxing. Hopefully we will all be home before to long. We will post some pictures soon.

Having a Blast

2007-07-23T19:58:00.000-06:00

Oh my goodness, we are having so much fun. Well in between the worrying anyway. Cheyenne is doing great, but she doesn't like to wake up to eat. She has done pretty well until today. I'm sure she'll be fine, but I can't help but worry. Savannah use to eat pretty good and then just one day she decided she didn't want to anymore. I know I am probably overreacting, but Cheyenne hasn't pooped either. We went to her first pediatrician appointment this morning and the doctor told us to give it another day before we intervene. She hasn't pooped since the night we brought her home. I check on her like ever 15 minutes just to make sure she is breathing. I am going to drive myself crazy!

These three angels are our miracle babies and I am grateful for every second I get to spend with them. I never under estimated how hard having a new born is, but I never realized the depth of that. I read another triplet mom's blog and she explained how wonderful it is to get to bring a new born home and how we get to do it three times. We are going to pick up Brody tomorrow and we are so excited. It is going to be as new and as wonderful as with Cheyenne. And then in a week or so we get to do it one more time with Savannah. It is the most amazing experience I have ever had.

So I have another issue, I don't know what stroller(s) to buy. I have to buy something soon. Cheyenne and Brody are both on oxygen and Brody is also on a monitor. There is a lot to loading these babies up to go to the doctor. So I don't know if I should by a twin and a single stroller, or if I should by the triple decker. They are all so expensive I just want to make the right decision. Any suggestions?

Can you believe I am bringing an 8lb baby home tomorrow. Yes, Brody weighs 8lbs 2ozs. He is eating 2 to 3 ounces every 2 hours. I don't know how I am going to be able to get him fed fast enough when they all get home. He is very demanding too. When he is hungry he screams and cries very loudly. It's crazy how different their personalities already are. Wow this is unbelievable!!!

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first sleepless night

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We got to enjoy having Cheyenne home for the first night! She did very well. It was Michele and I that had a hard time. Every little noise she would make we both would jump up and see if she was okay. We just couldn't help it. I was so excited to have one of them home that I never did feel real tired, so I took the first shift and Michele finally could let go enough to go to sleep about midnight. Then it wasn't long that I started to feel the sandman putting me to sleep. I went to bed about 3 am and Michele got up and took over. As of now, she still hasn't gone back to bed, because I had to go into work at 6 am and by the time I got back Michele has caught her second wind. We are sure that we will get better at this, but it will be a new experience each time get another baby comes home.

We were expecting to get Brody home this afternoon, but when we called the NICU to check on Savannah and Brody, the nurse told us that Brody dropped his heart rate for a few seconds this morning down to 58. It was self resolved, but they doctors said that they were going to monitor him for 3 days. So as upsetting as it is, he wont get to come home at least until Monday. We understand, but we had gotten our hopes up! Brody just didn't want to leave Savannah there all by herself.

Savannah still hasn't started eating good enough to come home. The nurses are going to try a couple of different things to maybe help her, but as of now we still don't have any idea of when she will be coming home.

Weights:
Brody: 7 lbs 11.7 oz
Savannah: 6 lbs 1.1 oz
Cheyenne's coming home weight: 6 lbs 0 oz

Cheyenne is the 1st...

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to come home. Can you believe it? The smallest one is the one coming home TODAY! Brody and Cheyenne were suppose to be coming home today, but Brody has to wait to get his eyes checked one more time before they will let him come home. That is suppose to happen tomorrow and we are suppose to be able to go pick him up around 4 or 5. Oh I am so excited.

Almost Home

2007-07-16T21:07:00.000-06:00

We are almost there. It won't be long now until we will have babies in our home. I am so excited I can't stand it. Brody is still eating like a champ and he could be home by Wednesday. We are just waiting for his eye exam before they will discharge him. The surgeon released him today. He will keep the reservoir in because there is no reason to go in and get it if it isn't causing any problems. Cheyenne is real close too. She is taking all her feedings from the bottle. She has to go 48hrs before they will let her come home. She also had that spell on Friday so it would be 5 days from then also. But if Cheyenne does well for the next 36 hours then they are going to send Cheyenne and Brody home together this weekend. Savannah on the other hand is being quite stubborn (just like her daddy). She just won't finish her bottles. She doesn't get tired because as we are finishing her feeding in her feeding tube she is wide awake (usually) and going to town on her binky. I just don't get it. Maybe after her brother and sister go home she will realize that she needs to hook up so she can come home too.

I have had all kinds of good news today. I have a high school friend who I love and miss terribly. She moved to Dallas before we graduated and we lost contact. Stacey, I am so glad to hear you are back in NM and I am dying to see you again. I can't wait to give you and your beautiful daughter a hug. Oh and I wouldn't mind meeting the man who got you to "settle down". Love ya girl!

I will keep everyone updated about our homecoming. Please pray that everything goes smooth and we get some baby love in our home soon.

Go Brody Go

2007-07-14T22:14:00.000-06:00

Brody is eating like a champ. He has taken all his feedings from the bottle today. They have decided to let him sleep until he wakes up hungry. He was on a every three hour feeding schedule, but this seems to be working. He took 80cc's every three and half hours. Please Lord let him keep going strong. Dr Marschaund (his head dr) has been on vacation for two weeks, but his team hasn't had to tap his reservoir in a month. He will be back on Monday and we will find out what our next step will be. That will be the determining factor of when our big guy can come home. He weighs 7lbs 3oz. Cheyenne is eating good, but we are taking it slow for her. Savannah has back stepped a little, but she will get it! Cheyenne weighs 5lbs 8oz and Savannah weighs 5lbs 9oz.

Cheyenne's spell

2007-07-14T11:10:00.000-06:00

The triplets are doing good! Brody has hit the 7 lbs mark and he is eating 80 cc's from a bottle. He is still on oxygen, and still once and a while gets tired and has to be fed from his feeding tube. Cheyenne gave a huge scare yesterday. Her heart rate dropped really really low as did her oxygen level. It was so bad they had to help her breath with an air bag for about 3 minutes. She is fine now and they have been able to come down on her oxygen again after turning it up while she was struggling. It just shows that they still are immature, and not quite ready for this world yet. Then this morning she has ate all of her food out of the last 4 bottles they have fed her. So her little spell didn't set her back and that is great news. Savannah is doing well still. Off her oxygen and still feeding from a bottle, but she still isn't able to eat all of her food every time.

Savannah is 5 lbs 8 oz, Cheyenne is 5 lbs 7 oz, and Brody is 7 lbs 0 oz.

We are trying not to get our hopes up, but we think that Brody might be home by the end of this week. He is really starting to eat very well. We haven't spoke to the neurosurgeon yet about what he will let Brody do, but we think that he will let him come home!

Please Eat

2007-07-09T16:56:00.000-06:00

We are all doing so wonderful. Getting bigger every day. They all three got their hearing exams today and PASSED. One less thing to worry about. I wasn't real worried about their hearing, but you never know.

So Brandon and I went to Santa Fe this weekend, just to hang out. We had an absolute blast. We stayed in a nice hotel on the plaza and we ate at my favorite restaurant, the Bull Ring. It was so wonderful, so thank you honey for taking me to Santa Fe. I love you!!!

The babies are all doing great, but we are having problems eating all our food from the bottle. Savannah did very well for about 24 hours and then she just went down hill. She barely will finish half a bottle at every feed. Cheyenne was a late bloomer, but she is doing better now. She can have two bottles per shift, so that is 4 bottles, and she has been doing good. We had a very bad feeding today at 2, 2:30, and 3. Savannah and Cheyenne would hardly eat so we ending up giving their feeds through the tube and stink bug Brody keep having brady's. Brody is doing the best (right now) on eating. This is it! All we are waiting for is to take the tube out of their noses and they are coming home. I want a day! I am so anxious I am driving myself crazy.

We have some "big" babies now. All of them are over 5lbs. Brody is a monster, he weighs 6lbs 8.3oz. Cheyenne has surpassed her sister and she weighs 5lbs 3ozs. And finally Savannah weighs 5lbs 0.3oz.

2 months old

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Almost home!

2007-07-06T14:35:00.000-06:00

Everyday we get a little closer to bringing our babies home. They are all doing very well. Savannah will probably be the first to come home, but Cheyenne and Brody won't be far behind. We are hoping by the end of next week that we will have Savannah home.

Savannah, you are almost there. You are eating on your own almost every time now, and you are still off your oxygen. You have to have five days in a row without any spells, and eat every time on your own for 2 days straight to be able to come home. We thought you were going to start eating every time yesterday because you had ate all day on your own, but then through the night you didn't eat all your food, so they had to finish feeding you through your feeding tube. It won't be long though!

Cheyenne, your still on oxygen, but you are on a very small setting. You finally ate an entire bottle on your own and soon the doctors will let you try to eat on your own more often. You have been gaining weight very well. You actually passed your sister the other day. You are 4 lbs 13 oz, and Savannah is 4 lbs 11 oz. It wont be long until you both hit that 5 lbs mark.

Brody, you have packed it on in the last couple of weeks. You are now 6 lbs 3 oz. WOW! You are eating very well too. You are up to getting to eat on your own 3 times a day, and you usually eat the whole thing. Your oxygen setting is at the lowest it can go, so maybe you will be off the oxygen very soon. The doctors did an ultrasound again and said that everything still looks good in your little head. You will have to come home with your reservoir, but its not permanent.

We are so excited that we are getting so close to coming home with our babies. They all are so alert now and are just checking everything out. Savannah was awake for about an hour and a half yesterday while she was getting fed, and we loved to watch her reactions to us. We have also decided to have a golf tournament for the babies. We will have it at Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course here in Albuquerque. We haven't set an exact date yet, but it will probably be the end of September. It will just be a fun day and the more people we have the better. So start getting your teams (4 person) together and I will have a date set very soon. We want everyone to come!

Tired...

2007-07-02T13:27:00.000-06:00

Everyday we are getting closer to having our babies home. They are all doing great. Its me that is not doing so good. I am so ready to be out of the hospital. Our biggest task right now is getting the babies to take all their feedings by a bottle. Savannah and Brody are taking three bottles a day and Cheyenne is barely taking a few sips once a day. Savannah and Cheyenne have been taken off their caffine but Brody still has spells now and then so they won't take him off just yet. Brody and Cheyenne are both still needing a little O2, but not enough to prevent them from coming home. I will take them home on a little oxygen if I need to, but hopefully they will not need it by the time they get the feedings down.

I kinda had a break down a couple of days ago. I was feeding Brody and he was not wanting to eat. They are so awake when I pick them up to give them the bottle and then when I put them in my arms to feed they fall asleep. So I was trying to feed Brody, Brody was trying to go to sleep and I had to take a walk. I cried and cried because I just want them to come home. I was telling Brody, "don't you want to come home?" I know its not like he's not eating to prolong this but I just got so frustrated. I love these babies more than anything and I am ready to be their mommy. I feel like I am secondary to the nursing staff and it hurts. I want them to wear what I put on them, I want to give them their baths, and I want them to eat for me.

Enough venting for one day. I am so happy with progresses they have made and the weight they have gained. Here is what they weighed last night:

Brody - 5lbs 11oz
Savannah - 4lbs 10oz
Cheyenne - 4lbs 9oz