Life outside the home:
Getting out of the house you have to start at least 2 hours ahead of time getting everything ready.
1. You need to get yourself ready 1/2 hour to an hour if taking a shower.
2. Get Allison Dressed, teeth brushed, potty.
3. All three Babies, Changed, Clothes changed and passies to comfort them after the kayos of the moment.
4. Three bottles, Formula, Diapers, and change of clothes in Bag to go
5. All three into car seats, Allison in her coat, us in coats
6. Dog out
7. Final Bag check, Phone check, Lights in the house on or off, one last Baby check to make sure passies are in their seats and time to load the car.
8. Alexis and Allison into the Back of the Van. Then Brandon and Dawson into the bucket seats.
9. Get my Coat on, shoes on, One last mirror check to make sure I don't have Baby puke on me, grab my Bag and out the door.
Sounds Easy... Not really. But we do it because we would lose our minds if we didn't get out somehow.
Managing Triplets and a toddler in a store.
1. Try to get a close spot to the door
2. One parent takes Allison and one baby and walks into the store
3. Other Parent takes two babies and heads into the store.
4. You'll need two carts. One Baby on the top of the cart and the other sideways inside the cart. Allison either inside the cart or riding on the front of the empty cart with a Baby in the basket part of the cart.
Shopping must be planned out. It is not a lolly gagging event; it is a Get in, get your stuff and Get out experience... But it never works out that way unless someone stays in the car with two or all three babies.
Be prepared you WILL be stopped a MILLION times, People will first say "TRIPLETS?!?!?!?!" and when we answer "Yes!" they always ask me "You had those babies?!?!, You don't look like someone who had triplets??" Which I always answer "Thank you, I'm trying" :) Then to follow "BOY YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL!!" Which one of us reply “Yeah we do but it’s better than the ladder, not having our hands full at all"
They will stop and look at them, Tell us they are BEAUFIFUL and then talk to Allison asking her what her name is, how she likes the Babies, How old she is, and always say " I bet your a BIG help to your Mommy and Daddy??" Which we reply "Yes she is!!)
Then they ask "I sure hope you have help??""Do you have family who lives close by??,They ask If we knew this was going to happen, do we have multiples in our family, do we get any sleep, "Two boys and Two girls, the perfect family.." Ask if we want more which I am responding now "I am not sure, right now I want more, I don't feel done yet but I could change my mind some day, but for now No we aren't done" Most of the conversations don't last long but always end with "Good luck. You have such a BEAUTIFUL family. You are soooo blessed. I will pray for you, or CONGRATULATIONS!!! This could last a few minutes to a bit longer depending on how long the people will linger, but makes for time we can’t get stuff done in the stores, mall, restaurant.... So again going out in Public is usually complicated to say the least. :)
For the most part, life as a Mommy of 4 is AMAZING, REWARDING AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE ONE MINUTE OF IT FOR THE WORLD!!!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
About the Kids
Life with the Babies is AMAZING!! Challenging but AMAZING!! They all have their own personalities, they all are BEAUTIFUL and they all stole my heart from the moment I saw them!!! Being a Mother is my GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT!! I remember the Day Allison was born feeling "I finally did something ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!! Not a FLAW to her!! PERFECT!!" And when the Babies were born I heard their Cries and saw their faces and again the same feeling came over me "PERFECTION!!!"
Allison: My first born, the answer to my prayers!! She is absolutely a BLESSING in our lives. I was willing to do whatever it took to have her, and God showed us the way. It wasn't hard, it was his timing and I'd do it over a MILLION TIMES to have my little girl again!!! Allions is sooooo LOVING and we tell each other we love each other a MILLION times a day. She will walk up to me and hug me and say "Mommy, I love you sooo much" not prompted just on her own and I melt!! She will NEVER STOP MAKING ME PROUD OF HER!! Allison LOVES the Babies and wants to help as much as we will let her. She plays Mommy with her Dolls, Changing Diapers, feeding them their Bottles, Singing songs and making sure they take their naps when they need them. :) She is a Girly Girl, Loves princess stuff, Dressing up, My Makeup, painting her nails, cooking, cleaning and relaxing in the Tub with Bubbles or to a movie with popcorn. She is VERY talented in the sports area. You name it she will pick it up the first time you teach her, She self taught herself Gymnastics and can’t wait to go to Dance in the fall. She can dance and sing on rhythm and CRACKS ME UP all the time!!!She has an AMAZING imagination and keeps us busy with games and conversation. She is a Mommy’s Girl and at the same time stole Daddy’s heart!! She has GREAT manners, Please and thank you's, asks to be excused from the table, prays before she eats... and makes me sooo PROUD to be her Mother. I couldn't ask for a Better little girl!! Parents always say, she got this from me, or that from her Father, I ask her " Alli how did you get so beautiful?" and her response every time is "God!" :) That's my little girl!!! My smart, amazingly beautiful, took my breath away with her first breath, MY LITTLE GIRL!!!
Brandon: My Second Born, My First Son is the easiest of the Triplets...He is laid back, calm, and the lightest in fetures of all three of them. My HANDSOME little Irish boy!! His face is like an angle, soft, sweet and full of love!! He likes to talk through his passie, he will stair at you and almost tell you how he feels through his eyes. His smile says sooo much to me and I can't get enough of it. I could talk to him for hours to have him smile at me. He never gets upset when the others cry but if they are really upset he will cry with them until we comfort the other one. He is my First Born of the three and the first to capture my heart with from the moment I saw his beautiful face. He loves to cuddle and snuggle up to my heart. He will wiggle until he is right against my heart and then out he goes. He loves his tub time and loves the feeling of the water on his head and face. As soon as you go to rinse his hair he coos and closes his eyes. :) He has the loudest cry of them all but I think being so calm he feels he has to be loud to be heard, although I wish he would bring it down a few notches I still love the fact that he is his own self and that's just fine with me. Brandon will always be one who will be loving, sweet natured and patient, and for a Baby to have patience at three months SPEAKS VOLUMES to me. What an amazing little boy I have!!!
Alexis: My Third Born, Second Daughter. She is in between both Babies, She is SOOO SWEET!! She smiles and melts my heart; she loves to talk and loves listening to people talk to her. She is soooo compassionate and when one of the Boys is crying she tries to comfort them by reaching out her hand to hold theirs or to offer comfort. She has beautiful Curls on her head like her sister and has my heart like the others. She was the sickest when she was born and is the strongest now. When she was in the NICU, all I could do was Pray to God to help her, I was sooo in love with my children and I couldn't even think of losing her. She was soooo tiny and yet she was a fighter. I held her and I could see in her eyes she knew who I was... And I was head over heels in love. We talked and she promised she would fight and low and behold my little Princess became Rocky and was one of the first to come home. I will forever be proud of her for that!! Coming sooooo far right away!! Lexie wants to be held often but when you have three it’s hard to hold them like you want to so we do our best to suit everyone's needs. Alexis is the happiest baby I've ever seen, she has her moments of anger and frustration but if you talk calm to her she quiets down and looks at you like she understands and 9 out of 10 she will laugh at herself. Lexie looks allot like Alli did and I feel sooooo blessed to have two of the most amazing Angles be MY LITTLE GIRLS!! All I can say is WOW!! These are my Babies!!! :D
Dawson: The Forth Born, the Baby... His the sweetest natured baby like the other two. He has EXICELENT eye contact and you could melt into his eyes when he looks at you. He loves to cuddle, and be held, he talks to you when he is spoken to and loves to be close to his brother and sisters. He is silly too, dances to music when played, try's to eat his brother or sisters closest feature, a shoulder, hand, ear.. He cracks me up when he does that to them. When Allison comes close he follows her with his eyes and reaches for her to come closer. His smile is a million dollar smile; He gets dimples and is sooo proud of himself when he does it. He too loves tub time and wants to soak as long as I will let him. He loves to have books read to him and follows the pages as they get turned. Right now his favorite book I have read to him is “the Cat in the Hat" SMILES from Ear to Ear when he sees the cat!! He is going to be my Book reader like Alli!! Dawson had to have surgery on January 26 and spent the night in the NICU, my prayers were answered when my little man came out of surgery a perfect trouper!!! He has returned to his sweet, calm self like in the NICU and I couldn't be happier for him that he is no longer in pain.
I guess it’s safe to say I am Head over Heels in love with my children!! Each and every one of them has blessed me beyond measure and I cannot begin to THANK GOD or them enough for making my dreams come true. It’s safe to say I will ALWAYS BE THEIR BIGGEST FAN IN LIFE!! I will ALWAYS be there for them in ANY situation and if I had to I'd lay down my life for them, all of them!!
Allison: My first born, the answer to my prayers!! She is absolutely a BLESSING in our lives. I was willing to do whatever it took to have her, and God showed us the way. It wasn't hard, it was his timing and I'd do it over a MILLION TIMES to have my little girl again!!! Allions is sooooo LOVING and we tell each other we love each other a MILLION times a day. She will walk up to me and hug me and say "Mommy, I love you sooo much" not prompted just on her own and I melt!! She will NEVER STOP MAKING ME PROUD OF HER!! Allison LOVES the Babies and wants to help as much as we will let her. She plays Mommy with her Dolls, Changing Diapers, feeding them their Bottles, Singing songs and making sure they take their naps when they need them. :) She is a Girly Girl, Loves princess stuff, Dressing up, My Makeup, painting her nails, cooking, cleaning and relaxing in the Tub with Bubbles or to a movie with popcorn. She is VERY talented in the sports area. You name it she will pick it up the first time you teach her, She self taught herself Gymnastics and can’t wait to go to Dance in the fall. She can dance and sing on rhythm and CRACKS ME UP all the time!!!She has an AMAZING imagination and keeps us busy with games and conversation. She is a Mommy’s Girl and at the same time stole Daddy’s heart!! She has GREAT manners, Please and thank you's, asks to be excused from the table, prays before she eats... and makes me sooo PROUD to be her Mother. I couldn't ask for a Better little girl!! Parents always say, she got this from me, or that from her Father, I ask her " Alli how did you get so beautiful?" and her response every time is "God!" :) That's my little girl!!! My smart, amazingly beautiful, took my breath away with her first breath, MY LITTLE GIRL!!!
Brandon: My Second Born, My First Son is the easiest of the Triplets...He is laid back, calm, and the lightest in fetures of all three of them. My HANDSOME little Irish boy!! His face is like an angle, soft, sweet and full of love!! He likes to talk through his passie, he will stair at you and almost tell you how he feels through his eyes. His smile says sooo much to me and I can't get enough of it. I could talk to him for hours to have him smile at me. He never gets upset when the others cry but if they are really upset he will cry with them until we comfort the other one. He is my First Born of the three and the first to capture my heart with from the moment I saw his beautiful face. He loves to cuddle and snuggle up to my heart. He will wiggle until he is right against my heart and then out he goes. He loves his tub time and loves the feeling of the water on his head and face. As soon as you go to rinse his hair he coos and closes his eyes. :) He has the loudest cry of them all but I think being so calm he feels he has to be loud to be heard, although I wish he would bring it down a few notches I still love the fact that he is his own self and that's just fine with me. Brandon will always be one who will be loving, sweet natured and patient, and for a Baby to have patience at three months SPEAKS VOLUMES to me. What an amazing little boy I have!!!
Alexis: My Third Born, Second Daughter. She is in between both Babies, She is SOOO SWEET!! She smiles and melts my heart; she loves to talk and loves listening to people talk to her. She is soooo compassionate and when one of the Boys is crying she tries to comfort them by reaching out her hand to hold theirs or to offer comfort. She has beautiful Curls on her head like her sister and has my heart like the others. She was the sickest when she was born and is the strongest now. When she was in the NICU, all I could do was Pray to God to help her, I was sooo in love with my children and I couldn't even think of losing her. She was soooo tiny and yet she was a fighter. I held her and I could see in her eyes she knew who I was... And I was head over heels in love. We talked and she promised she would fight and low and behold my little Princess became Rocky and was one of the first to come home. I will forever be proud of her for that!! Coming sooooo far right away!! Lexie wants to be held often but when you have three it’s hard to hold them like you want to so we do our best to suit everyone's needs. Alexis is the happiest baby I've ever seen, she has her moments of anger and frustration but if you talk calm to her she quiets down and looks at you like she understands and 9 out of 10 she will laugh at herself. Lexie looks allot like Alli did and I feel sooooo blessed to have two of the most amazing Angles be MY LITTLE GIRLS!! All I can say is WOW!! These are my Babies!!! :D
Dawson: The Forth Born, the Baby... His the sweetest natured baby like the other two. He has EXICELENT eye contact and you could melt into his eyes when he looks at you. He loves to cuddle, and be held, he talks to you when he is spoken to and loves to be close to his brother and sisters. He is silly too, dances to music when played, try's to eat his brother or sisters closest feature, a shoulder, hand, ear.. He cracks me up when he does that to them. When Allison comes close he follows her with his eyes and reaches for her to come closer. His smile is a million dollar smile; He gets dimples and is sooo proud of himself when he does it. He too loves tub time and wants to soak as long as I will let him. He loves to have books read to him and follows the pages as they get turned. Right now his favorite book I have read to him is “the Cat in the Hat" SMILES from Ear to Ear when he sees the cat!! He is going to be my Book reader like Alli!! Dawson had to have surgery on January 26 and spent the night in the NICU, my prayers were answered when my little man came out of surgery a perfect trouper!!! He has returned to his sweet, calm self like in the NICU and I couldn't be happier for him that he is no longer in pain.
I guess it’s safe to say I am Head over Heels in love with my children!! Each and every one of them has blessed me beyond measure and I cannot begin to THANK GOD or them enough for making my dreams come true. It’s safe to say I will ALWAYS BE THEIR BIGGEST FAN IN LIFE!! I will ALWAYS be there for them in ANY situation and if I had to I'd lay down my life for them, all of them!!
What I've learned about being a mother to Multiples
Ok so our last blog updated people where were came from, so I thought I would update you all to where we are now.
Life at the Hospital and since then is seriously flying. Every day goes by sooo fast and before we know it the sun is setting and we are getting everyone ready for bed. Eric is back to work now and the thought of him leaving us was at one point unbearable to even think if but, now that I've had a week with him gone, things arent as hard as I thought they would be. I have my BF Abby and My Mom helping out and they are a God send, not to mention that I am soaking up my girl time with them!!
Days are typically the same unless we try to venture out in the public which is a chore in it self.. I will get to that in a minute.
Days as Multiple parents: Babies eat every 4-5 hours.. Sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. Dipers get changed and they typically go back to sleep. Sometimes it takes 30minutes but most times its about an hour at a time. Babies eat 6-8 ounces a feeding... A can a day in formula. Dipers can be one change but,our Babies like to poop in a clean Diaper so sometimes that is two diapers in on feeding..per Baby. Babies learned self soothing in the NICU so we are able to lay them down and they just sit there, smile sometimes or put them selves back to sleep... Or we hold them a little longer and fall asleep together... :)
Babies are still in our room in their incline seats. (Fisher Price Rock and sleep's. Next Blog will be the Must haves for Babies as well as Multiples and This is one of the Must haves... More details to come) Reason Babies are still in our room 1. They are only three months on the 12 2. I am just not ready to let them go to their own room yet. I feel comfortable having them beside me, I can hear their Every move and I am able to comfort them immediately when needed so Maybe by 4 Months I will talk about moving them over.. Or maybe sooner it just depends on allot of stuff.
Typical day with out Eric home: I get up around 7, take my shower,brush my teeth, do my hair and check on the Babies, if they are still sleeping I get back in bed and either read the news or fall back asleep.
By 7:30-8 the babies start fussing and I try to hold them off till 9 but it doesn't always work. I get up prop bottles and hit their timers. After feeding Allison is usually up, I ask her to go potty and brush her teeth. During that time I will change all babies and get ready to go downstairs.
Babies get put on their boppy loungers and in the kitchen with me so I can make breakfast for Alli. After eating and cleanup it is usually when someone is coming over to help which is usually between 9:30 and 11 depending on wake up time.
At 12:00 everyone eats again, babies and Alli and guests. I make bottles and lunch for everyone, we eat and babies get changes and at 12:30/1 babies are down for a nap.
Kids play time and clean up the house time. I also start e prep for dinner.
Between 3:30/4 the Babies wake up we change them and try to hold off feeding but mostly make it to 4:30 at the latest. By this time Eric should be home, sometimes this works out that he can help with this feeding but that all depends on how the babies were through the day.
After feeding, I wash bottles, finish dinner, we set the table and dinner is down by 5:30 at the latest.
Babies will stay up the longest till bed time. Every other night is bath night and that is like an assembly line. Tub, towel, diaper, PJ's.
Allison gets to play till 8:30, she then has a snack and gets to watch one show before bedtime at 9:00/9:30 which is then: potty, brush your teeth, wash your face. We read a book, cuddle and then bed time.
Back downstairs to get the babies and bring them up to bed. I make the bottles for the night, make sure we have passies, blankets, and timers for all babies, let the dog out for the final time for the night and up to bed.
I might be able to close my eyes by 11:30.. On a good day 10:30. And then the day starts all over again at 4:30am. Feed, change and back to sleep till 7:30/8am trying to hold them off till 9.
Somedays feels like Ground Hog day and others like today feel like we took a mile and not just a step. The Babies all went down for a nap, awake in their Beds and put themselves to sleep on their own. Sleeping for almost 3 hours... Today was a good day!! A step in the right direction!!!!!
I will never ask God why me, I will never not be GREATFUL to God for this experience, because although hard for people to understand... The ONLY THING I EVER WANTED IN LIFE, more than my own life was to be a Mother!! I AM LIVING MY DREAM!! God loved me enough to answer my prayers, not very many people can honestly say that, and I CAN, why wouldn't I wake up everyday looking into my 4 amazingly beautiful children's eyes and THANK GOD!! I get to Thank God everyday for the rest of my life for loving ME!!
And for that I AM FOREVER GREATFUL!! FOREVER HUMBLED by the love and support we have received, forever THANKFUL for MY LIFE so I could have given the gift of life to others..... FOREVER GREATFUL!!!
Life at the Hospital and since then is seriously flying. Every day goes by sooo fast and before we know it the sun is setting and we are getting everyone ready for bed. Eric is back to work now and the thought of him leaving us was at one point unbearable to even think if but, now that I've had a week with him gone, things arent as hard as I thought they would be. I have my BF Abby and My Mom helping out and they are a God send, not to mention that I am soaking up my girl time with them!!
Days are typically the same unless we try to venture out in the public which is a chore in it self.. I will get to that in a minute.
Days as Multiple parents: Babies eat every 4-5 hours.. Sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. Dipers get changed and they typically go back to sleep. Sometimes it takes 30minutes but most times its about an hour at a time. Babies eat 6-8 ounces a feeding... A can a day in formula. Dipers can be one change but,our Babies like to poop in a clean Diaper so sometimes that is two diapers in on feeding..per Baby. Babies learned self soothing in the NICU so we are able to lay them down and they just sit there, smile sometimes or put them selves back to sleep... Or we hold them a little longer and fall asleep together... :)
Babies are still in our room in their incline seats. (Fisher Price Rock and sleep's. Next Blog will be the Must haves for Babies as well as Multiples and This is one of the Must haves... More details to come) Reason Babies are still in our room 1. They are only three months on the 12 2. I am just not ready to let them go to their own room yet. I feel comfortable having them beside me, I can hear their Every move and I am able to comfort them immediately when needed so Maybe by 4 Months I will talk about moving them over.. Or maybe sooner it just depends on allot of stuff.
Typical day with out Eric home: I get up around 7, take my shower,brush my teeth, do my hair and check on the Babies, if they are still sleeping I get back in bed and either read the news or fall back asleep.
By 7:30-8 the babies start fussing and I try to hold them off till 9 but it doesn't always work. I get up prop bottles and hit their timers. After feeding Allison is usually up, I ask her to go potty and brush her teeth. During that time I will change all babies and get ready to go downstairs.
Babies get put on their boppy loungers and in the kitchen with me so I can make breakfast for Alli. After eating and cleanup it is usually when someone is coming over to help which is usually between 9:30 and 11 depending on wake up time.
At 12:00 everyone eats again, babies and Alli and guests. I make bottles and lunch for everyone, we eat and babies get changes and at 12:30/1 babies are down for a nap.
Kids play time and clean up the house time. I also start e prep for dinner.
Between 3:30/4 the Babies wake up we change them and try to hold off feeding but mostly make it to 4:30 at the latest. By this time Eric should be home, sometimes this works out that he can help with this feeding but that all depends on how the babies were through the day.
After feeding, I wash bottles, finish dinner, we set the table and dinner is down by 5:30 at the latest.
Babies will stay up the longest till bed time. Every other night is bath night and that is like an assembly line. Tub, towel, diaper, PJ's.
Allison gets to play till 8:30, she then has a snack and gets to watch one show before bedtime at 9:00/9:30 which is then: potty, brush your teeth, wash your face. We read a book, cuddle and then bed time.
Back downstairs to get the babies and bring them up to bed. I make the bottles for the night, make sure we have passies, blankets, and timers for all babies, let the dog out for the final time for the night and up to bed.
I might be able to close my eyes by 11:30.. On a good day 10:30. And then the day starts all over again at 4:30am. Feed, change and back to sleep till 7:30/8am trying to hold them off till 9.
Somedays feels like Ground Hog day and others like today feel like we took a mile and not just a step. The Babies all went down for a nap, awake in their Beds and put themselves to sleep on their own. Sleeping for almost 3 hours... Today was a good day!! A step in the right direction!!!!!
I will never ask God why me, I will never not be GREATFUL to God for this experience, because although hard for people to understand... The ONLY THING I EVER WANTED IN LIFE, more than my own life was to be a Mother!! I AM LIVING MY DREAM!! God loved me enough to answer my prayers, not very many people can honestly say that, and I CAN, why wouldn't I wake up everyday looking into my 4 amazingly beautiful children's eyes and THANK GOD!! I get to Thank God everyday for the rest of my life for loving ME!!
And for that I AM FOREVER GREATFUL!! FOREVER HUMBLED by the love and support we have received, forever THANKFUL for MY LIFE so I could have given the gift of life to others..... FOREVER GREATFUL!!!
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