The Day Before Delivery

If you can remember all the way back to February 23... that was my day before delivery! And since I had to be at the hospital by 5:30am, we took pictures of my HUGENESS the day before. So here are the shots that you have all just been waiting for - to see how LARGE I GOT! (Warning: It is best that you don't view this on a wide screen... for obvious reasons!)

Cameron & Carolyn were so excited for the arrival of "the three brothers"!
My mom came up to be present at the delivery and to help with Carolyn & Cameron!

This picture is for my Aunt Judy... who joked with me my whole pregnancy about being able to fit through doors! Just barely, thank goodness I don't walk sideways! :)

This pic brings it home!

Last weekend I thought I better get the swings dusted off and into the house to wash them... and when I set them up - it made it all very real! (2 of the swings are from Cam & Car and the 3rd one is from a kind friend around here who has 20 month triplets --- these are the only 3 matching items I have of anything... should make for some good pictures!) Anyways, I am thinking of just moving the couches out of the family room seeing as pretty much we'll be baby central again! (The changing table has once again assumed its position on the first floor in the kitchen!)

Brett was at work so I sent a picture (Brett took this photo... that is why Cir is home and in it!) of "5 kids", and he agreed, it makes it all a bit more real!

So I am 29 weeks along and have gained 29 pounds - 7 of which were in the last 2 weeks! All 3 babies are in the 2 lb range and one is tipping into the 3 lb range. Full term for trips is 32 weeks... so funny story:

All 4 (7) of us were at the grocery store yesterday and a friend of ours saw us and asked how I was feeling and how soon I'm due. I said "in about 3 weeks" and Brett's face looks a little surprised and he says, "Naw, are you sure?" And I say, "yep, count the weeks!" We all had a good laugh! In Brett's defense though, my doctors want me to get to 34 weeks and so far there is every indication that I'll make it to that! Again, I am just feeling so blessed that I'm not on bedrest! Life is Good!

Our Little Preschool

Me and some friends of mine started a preschool co-op with our five kids. We meet 2 days a week for 2 1/2 hours and take turns teaching. All 3 of the other moms are really great teachers and it is fun to see how far all the kids have progressed since September.

This picture was taken and "enhanced" by one of the other moms who happens to be terribly creative and artistic. I love it! Car & Cam are on the red and blue chairs.

Ever buy something that you later can't find at home?

About 2 months ago I bought some sausage (keilbasa type) and had it in the fridge... and twice went to get it to make some jumbalaya and couldn't find it. I chalked it up to the "pregnancy brain" and just thought that maybe I thought I bought it but really hadn't.

Well, I was laying in our front room on the loveseat the other day (my favorite place... it perfectly rests my ginormous belly) and thought "this cushion is sticking out kinda" and so I reached back and felt something strange. And when I pulled it out, I finally realized I wasn't losing my mind! It was the sausage, perfectly stashed under & between the cushions... and guess who the culprit was... Annie!

She still knows how to open the fridge door and apparently was up to her old tricks in stashing things. (The loveseat is her favorite place for bones!) The kids thought it was pretty funny too!

Fishing in the Fall

Some good friends of ours here in Paso gave Carolyn & Cameron fishing poles (the real deal - no pun intended) for their 3rd birthdays! They would cast in the backyard and "fish"off the balcony catching dum-dum suckers once in a while. And they would cross lines A LOT and tangle their lines A LOT! So after a year of practice we were able to take them fishing. (Brett was conveniently at work :)) This is Larry helping Carolyn take her first fish off. Look at her hands!

Cameron and Carolyn caught about 6 or 7 fish each and they started catching them as soon as they got their worms in the water! It was a great day! This is Cameron's last fish, his 2nd bass and biggest fish of the day! (I got to help reel it in with him!)

On the first bass Cameron caught, Larry had told him he needed to kiss it. That almost made Cameron not want to go fishing! So Larry kissed it! (And you wonder why Brett was at work!) Cameron was pretty glad he wasn't doing the kissing!

This is Carolyn's first fish! A bluegill! She started off fishing with Kathy, Larry's wife, (who has an amazing cast for someone who says they don't like to fish!) but when Cameron caught a fish with Larry right away, Carolyn decided that Kathy wasn't good enough so she planted herself in Larry's lap and never moved!

This was Cameron's first fish! Larry had to do all the "taking off of the fish" and releasing them... but I did put the nightcrawlers on the hook! (But I would only use the ones that Larry had already ripped in half!)

-October 30, 2009

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

For those of you who don't know yet, the triplets I am carrying are all 3 boys! And at one of my last doctor visits they were all 3 head to head (that's what the picture above is!). When the doctor saw this he said, "Look, a meeting of the minds". "Yes", I said and laughed... and thought in my mind - it looks more like 3 conspiring little boys already!

I had another doctors appointment today (one every week) and here are my stats:

• I am in my 26th week... (and still not on bedrest.... amazing! and feeling very blessed!)
• I have gained 22 lbs. (need to gain some more...)
• I am officially the size of a full term singleton pregnancy - with 8 more weeks to go! (Can you say "stretch marks!")

Like I said above, I am feeling really blessed! Brett is really helpful with Carolyn & Cameron as well as all the other household duties. He is quick to step in when I say "I need to lay down", and I feel like I am able to rest when needed! Life is good!