One Tubby Tubby, Two Not So Tubby Tubby

THE TRIPLETS ARE 7 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!!

The babies went for yet another weight check appointment last Wednesday. The girls are finely starting to gain at about the same rate as Jaxon. Since the last weighing two weeks ago Jaxon gained 10 ounces and the girls both gained 8 ounces. Avery is now 8 lbs. 9 oz, Jaxon is 13 lbs. 6 oz., and Kinsley is 8 lbs 10 oz. He looks like a giant next to the girls. I'm just happy they finally made it past Madison's birth weight of 7lbs. 8oz.

L:My Sweet Avery, M: Kinsley (AKA Lil Gangster KG), R: My Handsome Little Man Jaxon

All the babies love the fruits and veggies they have been eating. (As you can see from their messy faces.)  I think this is what finally kick started the girls' weight gain. They seem to be very excited to get something besides formula and rice cereal. Oh how I can't weight to be done with formula. Only 5 months to go!




Madison's 1st Tball practice!


Madison has been waiting to play tball for well...forever. When she was three we could of taken her to another town to play. However, Jerry didn't want her to play in a league where there were kids still in pull-ups, eating dirt, or watching airplanes fly over. So she has been practicing and practicing to be ready when she can finally play. She got LOTS of practice while I was on bedrest last summer. (Jerry was always trying to tire her out.) We signed her up the first weekend in February and that is all she has been able to talk about. She had her first practice Saturday. Before we got out of the car she asked me how many other girls would be on her team. I told her there would probably be at least one other girl. My mistake! She is the only girl, but seems just fine with that. I think it will make her a better athlete playing with only boys and she is pretty much the same size as them. The practice went pretty good. Jerry sat up by the field and I sat in the car with the triplets. The babies were excellent the entire time. And according to Jerry, Madison only yelled "Daddy look at the airplane!'' one time :) In her defense, the boys we watching the plane first. They got to run laps and she kept telling the coaches "I want to run 100 times". HaHa! Needless to say she was exhausted. However, she still practiced that afternoon, two separate times on Sunday, and couldn't wait till practice today (only to be rained out). I can't wait to watch her play this spring! I will post pics of her playing soon and once the babies make their 1st trip to tball and actually get to get out of the car.

Kristin

Live...Laugh...Love

Today seems like a great day to make my first post. A year ago today we found out we were expecting triplets. It's so hard to believe it has been a whole year. That day was full of a variety of emotions. I was laughing one minute and crying the next. I still vividly remember cracking jokes in the waiting room while we were waiting to see the Dr. after the ultrasound. It was all I could do to keep from crying hysterically in front of the full waiting room.

We had a miscarriage in October of 2009, so we went into this visit with the mindset "Are we really even pregnant?"  Having been pregnant before with Madison, I am realizing this ultrasound is taking extremely too long. I keep staring at Jerry trying to get a look of assurance that he can see something on the screen...but nothing. The sonographer finally starts asking questions.

Have y'all been doing fertility treatments?    No
Have you been taking Clomid?    No
I begin to think I had a false postitive pregnancy test. She then says so y'all just did this all on your own. I start to panic...Oh my gosh, we're having twins is running through my mind. She then precedes to tell Jerry to please sit down because she doesn't need two patients in the room. I am now certain that she sees twins. My heart is racing!!! After Jerry sits down she says "Well...I see 3". Jerry says "Jesus" and the sonographer tells him that is exactly who we are going to need. I just keep saying "What?" and "How did this happen?" Now that she has told us, she needs to get some more images. This seemed like the longest time ever. I just remember staring at the signs on the wall that stated "Live...Laugh...Love". I remained focused on these words for the remainder of the ultrasound so I wouldn't cry uncontrollably. I didn't realize it at the time, but those three little words are so extremely important to survive life with multiples. If you do those three things, life is truly wonderful and it helps keep stress at a minimum.

Big sister Madison seemed to know the entire time that it would all work out perfectly. As I am crying and trying to talk to my mom, Madison says "It is ok Mommy, you'll hold one, I'll hold one, and Daddy will hold one. It will be ok." My how smart she is. Over the next few weeks, I struggled with a mixture of emotions. I didn't know how to feel. Everyone had the same words of encouragement. 1)Everything happens for a reason 2)God doesn't put more on you than you can handle. I would jokingly say "He's been very busy. I don't think he's been paying attention to me." Oh and I can't forget 3)Better you than me. #3 is NOT actually words of encouragement in case anyone was wondering, but we still heard it often.

So, here we are a year later. The triplets were 6 months old Feb. 14th and we are ALL 6 doing fantastic! This was just a little peek into how our adventure began and I am excited to blog about our lives in the future. It will help me document all of our wonderful memories.

Kristin