6 Months old!

Emma Lily

~You turned over to your tummy

~You like to touch your toes/feet while I'm changing your diaper

~You reach and grab for your toys

~you sound like you say, "Hey!"

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Noah Andrew

 ~you started to do planks

~you scoot around the play mat

~you army crawl

~when you cry you say, Mamamamamaa!

~you sleep good during naps and bedtime

~You say baabaa and daddy

~you now drink 7 ounces

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Judah Stephen

~you wake up a couple times a night
~You eyes are brown/green
~You are a happy baby
~You are still fussy at times
~You fall asleep in the stroller during walks
~you are usually the 1st to wake up from a nap

5 Months old!

Emma Lily

~You say ah-geee!

~you are giggling more

~you roll to the side

~you got your 1st cold/cough that last for weeks

~you talk/yell very loudly

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Noah Andrew

~Had my 1st cold

~turned over from back to tummy

~laugh the most

~started to do push ups

~love being in the bouncer

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Judah Stephen

~You are the most cuddly

~You give the sweetest smiles

~You turned over on your tummy

~You are noticing your hands

4 Months old!

Emma Lily

~I heard you laugh for the 1st time

~You are smiling more

~You are starting to put your hands in your mouth

~You are lifting your head higher during tummy time

~You take 2hr naps

~You are starting to 'talk' a lot

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Noah Andrew

~likes to take baths

~Smiles and giggles the most

~Starting to drool a lot

~Does great during tummy time

~Gets tired and ready for nap 1st

~tries to talk

~Grabs for toys

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Judah Stephen

~Eyes look green

~Starting to talk more

~You had your 1st cold

~You laugh for no reason

~You try and turn over

3 Months old!

Emma Lily

~You started smiling

~You were drinking 5 ounces

~I started to put you on a nap schedule and you did really well

~You are more alert

~You sleep 4-5hr stretches at night

~You are trying to talk by opening your mouth wide

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Noah Andrew

~Started on a schedule

~drank 5 ounces

~Likes to look around

~He sleeps the best at night

~Daddy made you giggle

~You make noises at the toys

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Judah Stephen

~Started on a schedule

~Smiles a lot more now

~eyes are now blue/gray

~Does well at tummy time

~when you cry it sounds like you say, "nine"

~you put your hands in your mouth

~you laughed for the 1st time

2 Months old!

Emma Lily

~She was awake more often

~She slept more than her brothers

~Her saliva glands started to work, which equals drool

~She wasn't a fan of tummy time, but was doing better at keeping her head up

~She could follow me with her eyes, which were blue/hazel

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Noah Andrew

~He is more awake during the day

~He started having tears when he cried

~He loves to be walked around

~He follows me with his eyes

~He holds his head really well

~He gives random smiles

~He sucks on his fingers/fist

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Judah Stephen

~He has blue eyes

~He is the fussiest

~He now has tears

~Hi likes to stick out his tongue

~He tries to talk

~He likes looking at his toys

1 Month Old!

Yes, it took this long to update on the past year of their life.  With all the craziness of raising triplets and without having constant access to a computer, it was extremely hard to update.

Thankfully hubby moved our main computer into the kid's playroom, so now I can post about my sweet babies.

Emma Lily

~was the sleepiest of all the babies

~had a unique cry and at times sounded like a cat

~she had a little bit of cradle cap

~she got the hiccups a lot

~she drank her bottle really well

~she was hard to burp

~she had a bad gag reflex

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Noah Andrew

~He drank his bottle very well

~He was the easiest to burp

~was the most alert

~He got hiccups a lot

~He has dark brown eyes

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Judah Stephen

~Slept a lot

~He made these sweet little noises when he was sleeping

~He had a soft cry

~He got hiccups a lot

~He didn't drink his bottle very well

~He was hard to burp

The Babies Are Here!!!

First of all, I want to say thank you to all who have been praying for us during this journey and I'm sorry I didn't update this blog sooner.

Here I am at 33 weeks and 5 days.  I was heading to The Cheesecake Factory to meet up with my coworkers for lunch.

Here I am at 34 weeks and 2 days, the same day I delivered.  I was getting ready to go in the hot tub to relieve some back pain.  The Dr said it was ok for me to use it as long as the temp was under 98 degrees and it helped tremendously.

Here is my delivery story.

Because of my high risk pregnancy, I had to take my blood pressure daily to make sure it was int he safe zone.  The Dr wanted me to call the Nurse if it was over 150/90.  On July 14th, I checked my blood pressure around 8pm and it was 160/97.  I waited a bit and took it again and it was still high.  I called the Nurse and they said they wanted me to come in to check me, this would be the 3rd time we've gone in and something told me that this could be it.  I took a shower and got all of my stuff ready to head to the hospital. 

On our way there, Lawrence said a prayer that everything would go well.  We checked in and they put us in an observation room, which was really uncomfortable.  Of course we had to take a picture of our last night being pregnant.

We were super tired from being in that observation room from about 9pm until 3am.

They hooked up the contraction monitor and checked on the babies heart beats, all was good except my blood pressure.  The on-call Dr said that since my blood pressure wasn't going down and my labs came back a little off, she said I should deliver right away since I was right at the pre-eclampsia stage.  We had the option of staying and waiting it out or to go ahead with the c-section.  Lawrence asked me what I wanted to do and I asked him what he thought.  He said that it's up to me since I was the one carrying them and feeling uncomfortable.  I opted to do the c-section because I knew the babies were at a good weight and that they would be just fine being born a week before our scheduled c-section.  Once we let the Dr know what we wanted to do, they moved us into a delivery room, which had a more comfortable bed.  They started the admitting process and were getting everything ready for the c-section.

Here is a little video clip of me before heading to the operating room.

There were about 10-12 staff members in the operating room.  In the picture below, they are putting on leg massagers to help keep the blood flowing.

Waiting for my babies to come into this world.

And it begins...

Emma Lily was Baby A and came into this world at 5:23am, weighed 5.04lbs and was 18.25 inches long.

Noah Andrew was Baby B and came into this world at 5:24am, weighed 4.12lbs and was 17 inches long.

Judah Stephen was Baby C and came into this world at 5:25am, weighed 5.6lbs and was 17.75 inches long.

They couldn't bring Judah to me because he was having difficulty breathing.

Emma and Noah were fine after delivery, but Judah couldn't breathe on his own and needed to be rushed to the NICU to get breathing treatment.  They had him in the incubator with an oxygen mask for a day and then had an oxygen tube by his nostrils the next day.

I will come back and update about their stay in the NICU soon.  It's now time to go feed the crying babies :)