Lainey Has Cereal

Lainey had cereal for the first time today. She did really well with the spoon but was a little unsure of what to do with the cereal! She spit a lot of it back out. It was adorable!

Let It Snow. . .

Nick Nappin' With His Buddy

A Sincere Thank You

I wanted to take a minute and say how grateful I am for such a wonderful husband. Jeff really is amazing. He is so great with the babies and they just love him to pieces. They get so excited when they see daddy. He will get home from work and instantly take over with the babies to give me a little break. And lately he has been taking the monitor and doing the entire night by himself. Most of you cant really appreciate what that means. Allow me to explain. They babies sleep between 9 and 11 hours at night. Thats greats in all BUT this is how the night usually plays out.

6:30pm: Bed.

12:00am: Lainey usually up. Takes between 5-15 minutes to get her back to sleep.

12:00am - 3:00am: Nick or Gabe or both usually up at least once sometimes twice. Give them a paci and a pat and they usually go back to sleep. Up 5-15 minutes each time with them.

3:00am - 4:00am: Lainey up and needs to eat. Up around 1/2 hour.

4:00am - 5:30am: Both the boys usually wake (at different times) and need a "snack baba". Up about 20-30 minutes each time.

5:30 - 6:00am: Paci babies as mommy does not allow any baby up before 6:00am!!!

6:00am: Our day starts

So, even though the babies sleep well at night, there are three of them. Jeff is usually up from about 3:00am on. He does this every night now so I can get a good nights sleep. He really is wonderful. Thank you baby!! I love you so much!!

My Sweet Lainey

I have to boast about my Lainey for a minute. She really is the sweetest little baby girl ever. The boys are very demanding and have many more issues to deal with than Lainey. She often gets put on the floor or in a toy while I tend to the boys. She is always content and very rarely complains. She will be patient until its her time. She is the first one to offer a smile to you, even if you have not been the most patient with her. She has the most adorable giggle in the world. And she "sings" so pretty (and loud) all day. Although her favorite place to sleep is with mommy and daddy she apparently found another place she likes. Here is a picture of her sleeping in the jumperoo. I just love her so much.

Gabe's A Dancin!

Lainey's Ready For Snow

Picture Tag

My friend Jill who is a mom of adorable triplets that I met on BBC picture tagged me!!

1) What you supposed to do is go to the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder.

3) Explain the picture.

4) Tag 4 people to do the same.

No Cheating, cropping, or editing!! LOL

Here is mine. . .

This is a picture of Nicholas when he was about 4 months old. When Nicholas use to fuss we would put him in the pink chair until we could get his bottle or what not. Judging from the face he was probably put in the pink chair because he was being "bad" LOL.

Ok, I tag Ginny, Amy, Michele, and Jo!!! (And anyone else who wants to play along. . .)

Thanks Jill, that was fun! =)

Christmas Tree

We finally got our Christmas tree. Jeff did a great job picking it out, it is perfect! Jeff and I decorated it today. Here is a picture of the babies watching the lights. They seem to really enjoy looking at them.

My Little Elves!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Winter Wonderland

We got our first big storm of the winter. I dont know how much snow we have but it is still coming down quite hard. Thankfully our wonderful neighbors took turns last night shoveling us out! When Jeff woke this morning to go snow blow, we were all shoveled out. The cars we cleaned off too. What great neighbors we have! Here is a picture of Nick playing in front of the window watching the snow.

Sleepy Jumper!

Gabe loves his jumperoo so much that he jumped himself to sleep this morning! How cute is he?? =)

Camryn Elise McCallum

Jess gave birth to sweet Camryn on Dec. 7th at 10:18am. She was 6.15 1/2lbs and 20 inches long. She is absolutely adorable!! She was born with a head FULL of the most beautiful hair! It is blonde with lighter blonde highlights. She is already like her mommy. =) She and mom are both doing wonderful. Jess, Terry, and Madyson we are so extremely happy for you!! We love you lots!

The Babies Meet Santa!

Nick Rolled Over!

Fabulous Hubby And Rock Star Babies!

I woke up this morning only to discover it was the first time I had woken up since about 10 last night. It was 7:00am! How could this be? Well, my fabulous husband got up with the babies last night and took the monitor with him so I got to sleep. . .sleep sleep. . .all night sleep. He. Is. Wonderful! But thats not all, he also made me breakfast in bed!!! Oh yeah, egg sandwich and some milk! So now I am feeling wonderful because I've had a good nights sleep and a great breakfast but I am feeling a little guilty that my poor husband was up all night by himself. But, he wasnt up all night because my little rock star babies slept all night. From 6:40pm until 5:00am! I could not believe they slept all night. Thank you my wonderful husband and my sweet babies!!

100% Baby

Camera Cord Is Back - Fun Baby Videos!

1st Developmental Appointment

The babies had their first developmental appointment today in Latham. They will have 2 of these appointments because they were so premature. They go by the gestational age which is 4 months, although the babies are 5 months old. They did great! They are developmentally the same as 5 months old, which is really wonderful considering they were 5 weeks early. They are measuring 6-7 months for their lower body motor skills. The nurse and doctor said they were the best behaved babies, and they could not believe how great they were doing. We are extremely proud of them. There are a couple of areas to work on, one is rolling over. They need a little more tummy time so we will work on that. All in all they said the babies "were doing wonderfully". I do not have my camera cord, although I do know what happend to it. A certain gramma accidentally took it home with her! LOL As soon as I get it I will post pictures. We also bought a digital video camera so I will be able to post little videos too as soon as I learn how to work it. We are so blessed with healthy thriving babies!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

5 Months Old!!!

Current Living Room Inventory

Living Room
4 Laundry Baskets
3 Bobby Bouncer Chairs
1 Excersaucer
1 Jumperoo
1 Gimini
3 Bumbo Chairs
2 High Chairs
3 Bobby Pillow
2 Regular Pillows
4 Blankets
2 Baskets of Toys
4 Bottles
5 Baby Books
3 Babies
1 Mommy

Not In Living Room
Camera Cord - Grrrrrr

Finally, An Update

Things are getting a little better. Babies are still not sleeping great during the day. They are teething!!! But they do ok at night. They usually sleep between 7-10 hours. Gabe slept 11.5 last night, he got the "Baby of the Day Award". They all had their 4 month vaccines today (they will actually be 5 months in a couple of days). They did pretty good. Minimal crying, no real side effects as of yet. Gabe cried the hardest but he also missed his nap. So, he was tired, hungry and mad. Poor baby. Nick cried for about 10 seconds then he was fine. Lainey cried pretty hard but she was quick to get over it. The doctor said they are "thriving and doing wonderful". He said he was very pleased with how well they were doing and how big they were. They are:

Lainey

HT: 25 3/4" (95th percentile)

WT: 14.2 lbs. (75%)

HC: 15 1/4" (<5%)

Nick

HT: 24 3/4" (50%)

WT: 15.8lbs (75%)

HC: 16" (10%)

Gabe

HT: 25 1/4" (55%)

WT: 15.13lbs (75%)

HC: 16" (10%)

You'd never now the babies were 3 and 4 pounds when they were born. We are so proud of them!! I finally have my camera back but now I cant find the cord!! Grrrr - So here are so older pics of the trio.

A Rough Couple Of Days. . .

This week has been hard. Plain and simple. We are re-doing the Sheetrock in the kitchen so my kitchen is tore apart. Thus making it difficult to do our daily routine. Thus making the babies a little cranky. So, they have decided not to sleep. Last night Jeff and I got a total of 3 hours each. The babies all woke up at 12:30 and would not go to sleep. Even after a mid-night dream feed we could not get them back to sleep. We ended up letting them cry for about 10 minutes then we were finally able to get them to sleep, it was 2:30. They slept another 3 hours and that was it. The day before the babies only slept 2 to 2.5 hours during the day, they usually sleep 5. So needless to say it has been rough.

Then part of my weekly help is gone. Jeff was is able to work a couple of days a week from home. It was 1/2 day on Tuesday and the entire day on Thursday. Well, apparently "it's not perceived well" that Jeff is working from home so he can only do a half day on Thursday now. Although I am extremely grateful for even that, it is frustrating that because someone doesnt like that Jeff works from home, thats a good enough reason not to let him. Anyone who knows Jeff knows that he is on the phone, cell phone, or computer pretty much constantly so he was not able to do a whole lot, but what he could do was such a great help. Ah-well, at least I still have him home to help a little during the week. We will get through it.

Then to top things off we had our first 911 call. Sounds worse than it ended up being, thankfully. I was feeding Nicholas and somehow he choked. Not a coughing kind of choke but more like gasping for air and gurgling. He would turn really red and his eyes were watering then he would get a small breath. I yelled to Jeff, thank God it was Thursday afternoon, and he took him. This went on for about a minute and a half and Jeff said to call. He just could not catch his breath. He would not turn blue, just really red. This continued the whole time I was on the phone with the 911 dispatcher. Then as the EMT was walking in the door, Nicholas seemed to come out of it. He was able to take more, deeper breaths. He was still a little red and his eyes were still watery but he was not gasping anymore. It lasted about 5 minutes in all. The EMT checked Nicholas out as he is smiling and laughing being his charming self. He said his lungs sounded good, we could take him to the ER if we wanted or we could call his Ped and get him right over. I opted for the Ped. Turns out he has a little virus that is causing a lot of mucus in his nose and mouth and thats what made him choke. He is doing fine now and gets to sleep with mommy and daddy tonight. All in all it turned out to be minor, but a little scary none-the-less.

Last but not least, I still do not have my camera. Racheal was supposed to stop by last week but she never showed so still no pictures to post. I do have some really cute ones on Jeff's camera. As soon as I can figure out how to use it, I will post them.

I am glad this week is over. I really hope next week is a little easier.

RSV - A Serious Respiratory Infection

What You Should Know About RSV
Although RSV is the most common cause of respiratory tract infection in children under five years of age, most people are unfamiliar with the disease. RSV can be particularly serious in infants born prematurely, children under the age of two suffering from chronic lung conditions, and young children with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease. Multiples are also at increased risk for serious RSV disease.

Virtually all children are exposed to the virus during the first two years of life and re-infection throughout life is very common. Infants born at less than 36 weeks gestational age are at a significantly elevated risk for severe RSV disease. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year, up to 125,000 children are hospitalized with serious RSV disease and some of these children may die from RSV complications.

For otherwise healthy children, RSV usually amounts to little more than a cold. However, for preemies and other at-risk infants, the health consequences can be much more serious. In the US, approximately 125,000 children are hospitalized each year with serious RSV disease and sadly, some of these children die.

RSV spreads easily from person to person via respiratory secretions. The chance of spreading the virus within a family is very high. Many times school-aged children introduce the virus into the family. Despite strict infection control procedures, hospital nursery units, day care centers and other similar institutions are also at high-risk for RSV outbreaks.

To help protect your baby, there are simple steps that parents and caregivers can take:
Have family members and caregivers wash their hands with warm water and soap before touching the baby
Avoid being around the baby if you have a cold or fever
Avoid exposing the baby to other children with cold symptoms
Keep the baby away from crowded places
Never smoke around the baby.

This information was taken from a website regarding RSV. It is a very serious infection for preemies. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not visit the babies if you have been sick or been around anyone sick. Thankfully the babies were approved for the RSV vaccine and had the first shot today. They get one shot a month for the next few months. We will be staying pretty close to home for the winter. Thank you for taking the time to read this and making sure not to put the babies at any risk.

Cuties