We would like to Thank...

We would like to Thank:

Brad and Steph, and Blake Bacni, Sandusky Ohio for the

New Born Rock N Play Sleeper, The Baby Cloths, Diapers and Wipes. YOU THREE ARE AMAZING FRIENDS!!! We are so blessed to have you in our lives!!!

Jason and Kerri Ziegler, Sandusky Ohio For the Baby clothes for the Boys and Alexis!! You are such wonderful people and I feel so blessed to live in your neighborhood with you. Knowing you are just around the corner if we need you is such a great comfort to us!!!

Beth and Steve, and Brookelynn Chudy, Columbiana Ohio for the blankets and bottles. We love you so much and are so blessed to have you in our lives!!We will always pray that one day you will move back home and live close to all of us!!!

Auntie Niki Forrest, Westlake Ohio for the BEAUTIFUL Baby Blankets for the Babies to use in the NICU!! They are hand sown with so much love and I am honored to have our Babies covered with them when we cannot hold them. For the BEAUTIFUL Baby doll that you made for Alli, SHE LOVES IT!!! What an awesome thing that she gets to have and love. Auntie Niki, You have and always will be just a light in my life!! You have taught me so much about Family, strength, love for music and most importantly that when things get tough Family will ALWAYS be there for you to make a dark day seem sunny. I feel so HONORED to have you as my Auntie, the Babies Thia and Brandon’s Godmother!! Thank you for ALWAYS having a warm place to come and visit, for making every time together so much fun, and for always loving us and making us feel so special. Thank you for taking time out of your day to be with me at my Doctors appointments, and for holding Our spirits high yesterday when things were a bit scary. Having you there meant the world to me. I look forward to having our children learn from you as I have in my life.

Abby Thompson, Vermilion Ohio for your continued support, love and kindness to our family!! You have been an amazing and I can’t begin to THANK YOU ENOUGH for EVERYTHING you do to make this transition comfortable and easy for us. I THANK GOD for allowing you to come home and be here with us, to have blessed my life 17 years ago with your friendship. You have helped me become the woman I am today and I honestly don't know what I would EVER do without you!! To just call you a Best friend doesn't seem enough, you are more like a sister to me and to have both wrapped up in one Best Friend and Sister is just AMAZING!!! CJ is an absolute JOY to be around!! He makes me smile and fills my heart with so much love. We all are SOOOOOO THANKFUL to be a part of your lives and honored to have you apart of ours!!
I love you so much and again THANK YOU FOR LOVING US!!!!

Mike and Jeanne Cunningham (DAD AND MOM), Huron Ohio for the two other Newborn Rock N'Play Sleepers

and all the winter clothes for Allison. To begin to thank you for all the things you have done for me in my life could take up hours to read. You two have always been parents that I have looked up to and wanted to be like. I have admired you and learned so much from you that no book on parenting could have ever taught me. Your kindness to me and my family over the years is just something that no words could truly express my thanks for. I am HONORED to call my Parents TWO OF THE GREATEST BEST FRIENDS I have!! Thank you for your kindness, for loving us, for always being there to support us and hold us when we have felt like this challenge had become too much to swallow, for showing us your fears in this situation and allowing our strength to become yours as well. Mom when I watched you the other day at my Doctors appointment and I saw your face just light up with happiness and pride when you saw the babies on the ultrasound is something I will NEVER FORGET!! Your love for our Children is a God send. Dad, Even though Dads don't show emotions very much, to see the love you have for Allison is something that I take mental pictures of, I hear your voice fill with love when Alli calls you and I record in my mind to play over and over again. I watched you smile with pride yesterday when we told you the Babies are doing PERFECT and saw the pride in your eyes when Mom told you that the Doctor said "I was doing remarkably and she is so proud of me for going this long without any medical intervention." This Journey wouldn't be the same without you two and we wanted you two to know how THANKFUL WE ARE FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND DO FOR US!!! I couldn't be for proud to call you two MY PARENTS!!!

Much LOVE ALWAYS!!!,
Anne, Eric, Allison, Brandon, Alexis, Dawson, and Brophy

"I love you more today than I did yesterday, and I will love you more tomorrow than I do today!!"

This post is dedicated to My Husband Eric....

Some people search their whole lives to find just one person who can be that person who knows them better than anyone. Who can look at them and know exactly what they are thinking without even saying a word. Who could make a phone call to you because they had a feeling something was wrong with you and be TOTALLY right.

I don't know how I got so lucky but I have managed to surround myself with people who are like that and I feel sooooo blessed!!

From the Moment I met Eric, I knew there was something special about him!! His smile left an everlasting impression on my heart, and from our first kiss I knew he was the one!! I never thought that would happen to me but it did. I use to think people were just saying "you will know when you found the "one", there is just something about them and you will know it." Eric and I started out as friends and the whole time I was friends with him, He was the one when we were out that I wanted to talk to. He was the one that my heart raced when he walked in the room and could make a crowded room seem empty because no one else mattered when he was around. :)

Eric has become one of the Greatest Best Friends, Husbands and Father I have ever known!! He has made all my Dreams come true!! He has the same dreams for our future with each other as well as for our Children. To have someone be that close to you and also be someone I am blessed to get to spend the rest of my life with is something I will forever Thank God for!! I will FOREVER be Thankful to God and Eric for my BEAUTIFUL Children!! Being a Mother is something I have ALWAYS wanted to be and they gave me that GIFT!!

This blessing as Parents that we have been given has been challenging, not in the sense that we fight but challenging in the sense that each one of us have to continue to keep each other strong when we want to fall apart in fear. Fear of the unknown, how we will be able to raise all of our children financially, how we will stay strong in the sleepless nights when you just want to fall apart and most importantly keeping me going on the days when throwing in the towel just looks easy.

Eric chose not to coach football this year and just help out when he can which was something I really didn't expect of him but am soooooo GREATFUL to him for doing. We were able to spend allot of Family time together this summer, Make Memories with Alli just the three of us that we wouldn't have been able to and he has helped me create a BEAUTIFUL room for our Babies to come home to and Made Alli's Room the PERFECT place for our little Princess!!

Eric has always been my Rock when I am unable to make it through the nights. He will get me water when I need to take meds, rub my back when I am contracting, Holds me when I am crying, listens to me when the hormones make me have anxiety about the pregnancy, Helps take care of Alli for me and plays with her when I can't, He keeps an eye on me and does whatever he can to help make this pregnancy as easy as he can for me. I couldn't ask for a better person to be there.

Eric,
You have and always will be the love of my life!! I am soooo BLESSED that you chose me to spend your life with me. You take your vows sooo seriously and honor all of them when it comes to our family. You have stood by me in the GREATEST MOMENTS of our lives and held me in the HARDEST!!! I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT!!

To this day take my breath away and I love you more than you could ever imagine. I look forward to our future together!! I cannot wait to sit on our front porch when we are older watching all the Grandchildren play in the yard and be able to look back on everything we created together and know it is because WE FELL IN LOVE that everything we have and will have is possible.

I love you more today than I did yesterday and I will love you more tomorrow than I do today!!

Much love Always,
Anne

The Funny Things kids say

We found this questionnaire and wanted to hear Alli's thoughts. Her are her sweet answers....

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
I don't know Mommy?!?!

2. What makes mom happy?
MEEEEE!!!

3. What makes mom sad?
I don't know Mommy, and she makes a :(

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
I a baby

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A little girl

6. How old is your mom?
21..115

7. Is Mommy Tall?
She shakes her head No

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Sticks her toung out and makes a tooting noise... (I can't explain that, sorry :D )

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
Plays on the computer

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
You be a Doctor

11. What is your mom really good at?
Making me laugh


12. What is your mom not very good at?
Making Dinner... (This one I will toot my horn and say this is not true. :D )

13. What does your mom do for her job?
In the OFFICE!!!

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
Green Zebras???

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
You make me laugh

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Dora!!!!

17. What do you and your mom do together?
We toot!! :)

18. How are you and your mom the same?
Mommy I have to toot

19. How are you and your mom different?
We're Pink

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
You make me laugh

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
The Park

Now Her answers to Daddy's Questions

1. What is something Daddy always says to you?
Sit UP!!

2. What makes Daddy happy?
I make him Laugh!!

3. What makes Daddy sad?
My Mouth

4. How does your Daddy make you laugh?
I a baby.... Mommy are we done yet??..

5. What was your Daddy like as a child?
He was a Baby

6. How old is your Daddy?
21...15

7. How tall is your Daddy?
Stretches her arms really wide and says this tall!!!

8. What is his favorite thing to do?
We play Hid n Seak

9. What does your Daddy do when you're not around?
I'm done Mommy, I hiding... He goes to his office

10. If your Daddy becomes famous, what will it be for?
(Just looks at me funny and smiles)

11. What is your Daddy really good at?
Playing games

12. What is your Daddy not very good at?
He not MAKE DINNER!! (Eric and I thought she would say singing)

13. What does your Daddy do for her job?
Sleeping

14. What is your Daddy favorite food?
I don't know, He makes dinner

15. What makes you proud of your Daddy?
He can make me laugh

16. If your Daddy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Diego

17. What do you and your Daddy do together?
I be Dora and Daddy be Laxie, Daddy be silly!!!

18. How are you and your Daddy the same?
I don't know!!

19. How are you and your Daddy different?
I 1 and then he be 2

20. How do you know your Daddy loves you?
I don't know

21. Where is your Daddy's favorite place to go?
To the park

We'll try this again in a few months. :)

News on the Babies

Life being pregnant with Triplets has its ups and downs. One day you could feel GREAT and like you could run a marathon and other days you can't make it through the day without aching somewhere on your body.

Things are EXTREMELY different with triplets; your body can not handle things as easy as you can with just one. The unfortunate thing is you attribute all the crazy things to "I am pregnant with triplets; it’s not a big deal." The thing is things happen that you honestly cannot ignore that I have been.

Last weekend I was not feeling well, Honestly I have been feeling weird for weeks but I ignored it. I started cramping Thrusday and tried to just take it easy but then Friday rolled around and the cramping became worse. I couldn't get comfortable. I called the Doctor and she advised me to go to the Hospital, it wasn't a joking matter....

Fear set in!! "I am not ready for this, How can I leave Alli, The Babies need more time, I need Eric.. :*(" The tears began to flow like a water fall and I couldn't gain composure.

Alli walked in the room and I fought like heck to swallow my tears, She ran over to me and said "MOMMY WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?!" I said "I am ok sweetie, Mommy just doesn't feel too well.” “Why Mommy?” She asked. I said “ I might have to go to the hospital so the Doctors can check on the Babies." She looked at me with the sweetest face and said "It’s going to be ok Mommy!! OH NO!! There are tears on your face!! Why are you crying Mommy??" I said "Because I love you soooo Much and don't want to be away from you" Innocently she said " well that’s ok Mommy, I will just go with you and help the Doctors make you better and then we can come home tonight and cuddle!!" She ran into the bathroom and got me a tissue and wiped away my tears and hugged me sooo hard.

She ran into her room and grabbed her Lambie and said "Hold this Mommy, it always makes me feel better when I don’t feel good."

I couldn't help but smile and forget for a moment everything I was afraid of. I thought, who is being the parent now?? My little girl is only 2 and she has such an amazing way to erase all my pain and fears in such a innocent way. Nothing in this world is that bad that a little girls love couldn’t erase. I choked back the tears and smiled at her and said “ Allison, you make Mommy sooo HAPPY!! I am sooo proud of you and how amazing of a little girl you are!! You are going to be such a GREAT big sister” She smiled from Ear to Ear and said “Thank you Mommy!!”

God works such miracles in us!!! We often over look the simple ways he shows us he is with us and loves us. And in the sweet gestures of my little girl I felt the overwhelming love and knew I could do handle anything .

I got us cleaned up and went over to my parent’s house to try to relax and see if I could make the cramps go away. After a really nice lunch I was feeling better but started feeling short of breath.

Eric came home shortly after that and wanted to go to the Hospital. I again started to panic but after a few hours of the cramping not stopping I agreed to go.

We spent a few hours in Labor and Delivery and the Doctors were able to determine that I had an infection that needed some antibiotics. I also have started to dilate and I need to take things REALLY easy the next few weeks.

The truth is I have been doing way too much!! I have not rested like the Doctors have told me to, I have continued living life the best I could making Alli's Days the best I can. Unfortunately I just CAN'T do that anymore.

The nights are soooo long when my body aches from the constant movement and Go Go Go attitude I have held on to this ENTIRE pregnancy. That in turn makes for long days because I am tired... It’s a vicious circle!!

Tuesday the 11th I have a Doctor’s appointment and they will be telling us the date of the C-section. I am happily anticipating that moment to finally see the day in view. I am not looking forward to possibly being told I have to stay in the Hospital.

We have Allison's Birthday Party on the 16th because I was worried that I would be in the Hospital on her Real Birthday, so I just don't want them to tell me I have to stay and can't go home. I just need one more week and want to be there for her Birthday party!!!

Prayers are always appreciated!! We just want to make it to 32 weeks which is in about 2 1/2 weeks so please keep the prayers coming!! I will try to update with the news of C-section ASAP

Much Love,
Anne,Eric, Allison, Brandon, Alexis, Dawson and our Dog Brophy

Surprise Weekend

Two weekends ago we had a surprise weekend over all. Friday night we had a Diaper Party at our Friends Mike and Steph Hotz's house. Robert and Valerie Burch were able to make it also. We feel sooo blessed to have such kind, loving and generous friends in our lives!! It was such a nice night and we are soo Thankful for everything!!

The Sandusky High School Teachers and Staff also were very giving that weekend and gave us TONS of Diapers. Eric and I seriously had to clean the garage again to make room for all the diapers we received that weekend. Thank you to all the Teachers who gifted us that weekend. We are so blessed!!

Saturday Morning I woke up expecting to go to lunch with two of Girlfriends. I was so relaxed, dressed comfortably and took my time getting ready. I should have known something was up when Eric was rushing me along but I honestly was clueless.

My Best Friend Abby came over to ride to lunch with me and she was GOOD not one slip up to make me think anything was going on. We arrived at the Bartemes's house and Carly opened the door. I just thought she was going to show me her parent’s new house. I walked in to their BEAUTIFUL new home and was SOOOOOO SURPRISED!!

The lights clicked on and the words SURPRISE filled the back room. I WAS IN SOOO MUCH SHOCK!! The room was BEAUTIFUL!! Decorated in Christmas theme and Pink and Blue. The Music was playing some of my FAVORITE Christmas songs and BEAUTIFUL decorations were all over the room.

In the kitchen were some of the GREATEST women in my life and I lost it, I was sooooo HAPPY!! My little Peanuts CJ and Alli came running up to me and gave me huge hugs and kisses, I was floored, How could I have missed the signs?!?! I was filled with so much love and was so choked up!!

What an amazing day it turned out to be, I was looking forward to spending time with my sweet friends and catching up on some Girl gossip and I got to spend it with AMAZING women to celebrate our Babies!!

Everything was PERFECT from the Food, Fun and the AMAZING blessings we received that day. Our Friends and Family were SOOOOO GENEROUS!! Thank you sooo much Carly Bartemes and Abby Thompson for all your hard work in creating the perfect Baby Shower!!

I honestly couldn't have imagined a better way to spend our weekend and I am EXTREMELY humbled and overwhelmed with Thanks to everyone who has been there for us!!

Much love Always,
Anne, Eric, Allison, Brandon, Alexis, Dawson and our Dog Brophy