ADDYS NEW TEETH

Watch out I bite!!

SHOPPING

Marek is more into his toy then helping his momma pick out granite

Landon is using his baby blues to get out of trouble as always. Of course he was being a grumpy butt at home depot-fussing etc. One of the home depot employees actually picked him up and held him for awhile. Hes already got the ladies in the palm of his hand.

Addy is a good shopper-just like her momma. See the look of triump on her face as we make a purchase. "Job well done!" her eyes say.

the troop

NO LONGER TOOTHLESS WONDERS

THE TEETH ARE COMING...THE TEETH ARE COMING...!!!! Well a week ago Adalynns two bottom front teeth started poking through her gums. I guess one tooth was too scared to come by itself so it brought a friend. They are so stinking cute. Not to be outdone, a week later both boys also now have bottom teeth braking through the surface of their gums. They just couldnt let Addy have all the glory. I cant wait until i can grab some tooth pics! Right now everytime i pull their lip down for a shot, their tounge gets thrust in the way. Stinkers. Also a reminder that Adalynns surgery is scheduled for April 5th to release her tethered spinal cord. Other than that everyones doing well here. All three can sit up, though Addy is not as stable as the boys, nor can she sit straight up yet. She using her hands to keep herself propped up. Everyone rolls over well now so the next step will be crawling. They are also trying to hold their bottles now. Adalynn is the best at this, but of course the smaller the bottle, the easier it is to hold. They are sleeping better----thank you God! They still wake up in the middle of the night some, but usually a paci or some soothing will put them quickly back to sleep. Landon is getting his helmet adjusted again tomorrow, but we can already see a vast improvement on his head shape. In other news obviously we need a bigger house. Since we currently do not have the money to buy one we have decided to make improvements to our house. This will hopefully help us sale ours when the time comes. We really like our house, but we just dont have the space for triplets, pets, and us. We have picked out new granite countertops, a new sink, and new faucet. I would like to get a new backsplash too, but im waiting due the money and the fact the babies were fussing and there were so many choices that i didnt have the time to pick something out. I would like to get some nateral stone with some sort of detail so we will see.

PASSING THE TIME

this is what syncronized drinking looks like---Grezeszak style!

yes i feed my children. yes they have teething toys. but Marek chose to chew on his floor mat. geez child

Addy has discovered her tounge. She now cannot coo without showing it off.

Pepaws sidekicks!

the whole gang is here

ODDS AND ENDS

these are some random pics from the last few days that i thought u all might enjoy. i took the kiddos walking down to the pond near our house. such a pretty day and it was nice seeing Addy and Marek wearing hats. Unfortunately Landons helmet limits him from wearing one.

took the triplets grocery shopping today. I am loving walmarts new shopping carts. Now i can easily take all three without having to use a stroller or a helper.

playing together= stealing toys from your neighbor!

wanted everyone to see Landons first time wearing shoes. Adalynns worn hers a few times, and Marek has never worn shoes yet! crazy

DOCTORS DOCTORS DOCTORS OH MY

This was the week of the doctors appointments. Seriously! Our week started out Monday taking Landon to have his helmet adjusted. Here he is getting a bottle while the tech was working on his helmet.

Tuesday all three saw the pulmologist for the last time! so lets celebrate with our family international man pose.

these smiles didnt last long when it came to the two shots they each got in their thighs. Three babies screaming---not pleasant!

Wednesday i took Addy to get her MRI results. Unfortunately she is going to need surgery to release a tethered spinal cord. The sooner we do it the easy her recovery will probably be since she needs to lay flat for two days after. We are in the process of scheduling her surgery now. At least now im not as scared of the anesthsia portion since she did so well during the MRI.

And thursday brings us to two babies going to the pediatrition because of fever, crying, pulling on ears and snotty noses. Both Marek and Adalynn have double ear infections and have started their antibiotic treatments.

OMG does the maddness ever end? I swear I live at the doctors office. I bet our insurance company is like WTF!!!! lol We are definitley thankful for my husbands great United Healthcare Insurance and Medicaid SSI!!!

So today is Friday. I am NOT going to a doctors office no matter what------hopefully! :)

MRI and CAMO

My husband bought cute matching camo onesies for the triplets when they were only a few months old. They are now finally big enough to wear them so of course i must document the occasion with a few photos.

Marek and Landon (taking a breather from his helmet)

Marek sure thinks Landon is hilarious

how sweet are my boys

so lets toss a pretty pink camo into the mix. Landons helmet breather is over.

So Adalynn had an MRI last friday. So far this has been the worst experience i have had at Cooks children's hospital and worst experience ever with Addy. I am a huge fan of Cooks since my babies spent their first two months of their life in the NICU, but the outpatient radiology department is seriously lacking. Hello people I work for Baylor radiology----I know how the process should go!! We were told to be there by 8:30 am and they didnt even start the MRI until 11 am-mind u i have a hungry 9 month old, who isnt allowed to eat. The MRI is supposed to take about 45 min. She has to be put under anesthsia and a breathing tube is used due to her age. Over an hour and a half later still no word, then finally they tell me that their was a delay due to a blood pressure cuff malfunction and they need to take another 15 minutes worth of pictures. An hour later yet again no word. I finally had to ask someone. Hello my baby is so little and was so worried something was wrong. Dont they realize how frantic parents of infants are??? Needless to say I didnt get to the valet until 2:30 pm. We were at Cooks for 6 hrs for an MRI!!!!!

Here is my precious girl waiting for her test.

She did great. I however almost burst into tears countless times. We get the results next Wednesday to see if Adalynn has a tethered spinal cord.

LAST WEEK

Landon gets one hour a day without his helmet on so I thought i would take advantage-sans helmet.

I may be biased, but he is so pretty. its not fair that a boy gets such beautiful dark eyelashes!

I didnt have a sitter for Marek so all three babies went to the helmet appointment. Adalynn received her initial consult and Landon had his looked at. It is horrible taking all three to a doctors appointment without help!

Adalynn was not happy during her fitting.

but mom got one good pic

9 month checkup and more

Well i came out alive after taking all three to the doctor for their 9 month checkup all by myself. However in retrospect it does really require two people. The undressing and redressing and soothing after shots and just dealing with the plain fussiness--- an extra pair of hands is a must.

Plus the time of the appointment fell during a feeding so everyone needed a bottle at the same time.

We had a few meltdowns during the hour and a half visit, but the kiddos are doing great. Marek is currently 17 lbs. 8 oz.; Landon is 17 lbs. 4 oz.; and Adalynn is 15 lbs. 2 oz! Of course they are all at the 6% and less on their weight compared to other 9 month old babies, but when you adjust their size based on prematurity to 6 months old they are all about the 50%! Next checkup is at 12 months. Who wants to come? lol

I had to add these next two photos since Landon was being so freakin cute. I started feeding him and immediately his eyes started drooping. I tried to distract him with toys to keep him up until he finished eating, but obviously to no avail.

Of course i let him nap in his highschair for about 30 minutes. Once he woke up, he finished the rest of his meal. fatty!

NEW START

We are all practicing sitting up. Landon (helmet) is currently the most skilled and can last up the longest before toppling over. I cant wait until they can all sit up and interact with each other.

Landon and Marek.

well we finally had our first accident. Figures it would be when i was watching the babies. Marek rolled off the couch when my back was turned and bumped his head. You can see the red bump above his right eye. Good parenting mom!!! Thankfully he only cried for a minute and then started playing.

Note to self: Since the triplets are rolling now they can no longer sit on the couch without u sitting next to them!--hey i never said i knew what i was doing with this whole three babies at once thing.

We are also trying a new night technique. For the life of us we cant get our kids to sleep consistantly through the night. When they would wake up we were trying to console them, but most often we would just give them a small bottle so that they would fall right back to sleep. Well now the bad habit seems hard to break because they wake up every night. So Sunday night i have decided no bottles until 6 am. It was definitely rough. Landon and Adalynn were both up crying at different times and all they got was consolement through pats and rocking. Monday night was slightly better. Im hoping after a week or two of this they will realize no food at night so might as well be asleep. Wish me luck.

They have their 9 month check up today so stats will follow later.