We went camera crazy with our baby boxer, Lacy

Every time we go through a spell of taking pictures of Lacy, we take TONS of pictures of her. I just had to share some of her pictures with you dog lovers out there. She is such a good doggy.

Lacy loves her daddy
The staring contest...
The only furniture Lacy can get on is the office chair. She thinks she weighs 5 pounds rather than 45 pounds... She is a big baby. Daddy playing hide and seek of the face with Lacy

7 week belly pics and weekend update

Okay, so you guys are going to get so tired of seeing belly shots every week (especially before the baby bump really starts showing). We want to be able to look back and see how much I have grown from week to week since I will be growing so quickly.


I still look about the same I guess, but I feel bigger. I feel bigger even since this picture was taken on Friday. I am still fitting into most of my clothes, although not comfortably, so I guess I haven't expanded too much. I wonder if my feeling bigger is because the babies are growing so rapidly or because I am eating SO much food ALL the time. That is really going to be an adjustment for me. I am not a big eater, but I have to be now. I need to be consuming something like 900 extra calories a day (300 for each baby) for a total of around 3100 calories. Man are these babies demanding! And the water I must consume daily... something like a gallon a day. Okay, for those of you who don't know me personally, you should know that drinking 1 8-ounce glass of water a day, for me, is a challenge, much less 16! Now you know what I do more than anything... :)

This weekend was a tough one which is why it has taken me longer than normal to update my blog. Saturday, I helped my brother and sister in law move. Okay, before you start lecturing me on doing too much, know that I truly did not over do it. I mainly just helped my SIL finish packing boxes. I only lifted a few boxes and they weren't very heavy. My SIL is pregnant too and due next month and they have two little ones, so they could definitely use the help. Sunday, I was a little sore from the physical activity but not too bad. I felt so old waking up sore... I normally feel very strong and fit, but these babies have changed that quick! I went to church like I normally do and felt bad all morning and all afternoon.... Just incredibly tired, weak and shaky. The weakness and shakiness was probably from not eating enough. Its not that I have a mental problem eating the amount I need, but so many things don't taste good or sound good to me right now. It is hard to find things that suit me. So, when Craig got home from work (poor thing having to work yet another Sunday), I sent him to the store to stock up on snacks. And OMG, did he get snacks! He came home with tons and tons of snacks. I can't possibly go hungry now...yet I am still hungry 24/7 literally! I wake up almost every night at 3 a.m. starving. Craig is going to put our little refrigerator in our bedroom because he knows I will be more likely to eat in the middle of the night if it is convenient. Isn't that hilarious? We are going to have a refrigerator in our bedroom!! :) He is such a good hubby. He is taking good care of me and the babies.

Well, that is about it for now. I will have another sono to show you all Thursday after our doctor appointment. Yay! Thank you again for all your support and prayers! They are MUCH appreciated.

Check out my FREE glider - A BIG thank you to Michaela...

My sister in law, Michaela called me this morning to tell me about a free glider listed on Craig's list. It just so happens the people giving it away, live right down the street from me. So, I hopped in the car to go check it out. Granted, it is not a fully upholstered glider (which is what I want), but hey... it's free. Can't beat that... Craig wants to get two anyway, but I wasn't sure we would have the room or the finances to do so. So, this worked out great. Its small enough that it will probably fit okay in the nursery or maybe in the living room with the other glider. Boy is it going to be packed in our small house.... Anyway, it is in good shape - the wood and the cushions; the only thing I don't like about it is the fabric color and the wooden arms, but we'll make do. It is a country blue. So, needless to say, I am going to re-upholster it with Michaela's help. She is much more skilled at the sewing/upholstering type of thing than I am. Here is a picture of the before shot... I will show you the finished product after we finish it.


See how country it is? Not really my style, but we'll fix her up.

Speaking of my sister in law, Michaela... I have to back up a few weeks and tell you about the most amazing experience she and her husband Kyle (my brother in law, Craig's brother) allowed me to be a part of. She was pregnant and due earlier this month with their third child, Maggie. Because she already knew about me being pregnant, she invited me to be in the delivery room to experience everything to help prepare me for my BIG day. Granted, at the time, we did not know I am having triplets and will most likely have a C-section, but still, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. So, on July 10th, Michaela was induced, and let me just say if anything helped ease my fears of child birth it would be Michaela. What a trooper! First of all, she handled labor, the epidural and everything else that goes along with labor, like a pro. She remained calm the entire time, or at least I thought she did... She did great when the epidural was being put in. Which, WOW, what a sight to see! It was funny, they made me sit in a chair before the doc started the process so in case I fainted or something, I wouldn't fall and hit my head. I thought that was a good idea... So, fast forwarding a few hours, when Michaela was ready to start pushing, I got very excited, but also VERY nervous. I bet I was more nervous than she was. LOL Well... maybe not, but she had done this twice before. Anyway, when Michaela started pushing, I could not believe how fast she brought Maggie into this world. Everything happened so fast. I videoed as Michaela pushed through a couple of contractions and then I turned the camera off (to save their battery) thinking it would be a while before Maggie came out. Much to my surprise, I think she pushed through only one contraction (maybe 3 or 4 pushes) and Maggie was here. Seriously, this newest addition to the family was here in less than 10 minutes! Unbelievable! It was just a wonderful and special experience to be a part of for which I am truly grateful to them and the grandmothers for letting me take their place in the delivery room to experience it.

Okay... I am fulfilling my promise... I have sono pictures...

My wonderful husband fixed the scanner, so here are the pictures. I hope you can see them. The three dark circles are the gestational sacs that the babies are in. I am sure most of you are familiar with this, but for those of you who aren't familiar with sonograms, I thought it would be nice to explain. The bottom left sac you can see a white blurry spec inside the dark sac, the baby is toward the bottom left of the sac. The next baby in the middle is the clearest (no explanation needed). The next sac is also blurry like the first one. The baby is at the top part of the sac.

This triplet pregnancy is aging me already...

Today around 1:30 or so I discovered that I was spotting. It wasn't a lot of blood but it wasn't a little either. I immediately freaked out and started crying. I called Craig crying uncontrollably and told him what was going on and he said he was on his way home. I then called my doctor to tell them and they told me to come in. While waiting for Craig to get home, I sent out a massive email to about 100 people asking for prayer. Thank you all so much for the prayers and support. Anyway, after Craig got home, we went to the doctor and they did a sonogram. Amazingly, all three of the babies looked great. They all had good heart beats and were all about the same size. My doctor suspected I might have had a blood vessel burst in my cervix because apparently when pregnant, the cervix is more vascular. She said everything looked great with the pregnancy. What a scare!! We were so relieved.

Other than that, everything looks good... Well, other than that my OB thinks I have a mild case of hyper-stimulation. That is just because my ovaries are so enlarged and I have some cysts that are pretty large as well. There is still a chance my hyper-stimulation could get worse over the next few weeks, which could be a serious problem, but it is unlikely. I just have to pay attention to the symptoms I am having and take certain precautions. I am not really worried about it. That is good because I have enough other stuff to worry about. :)

Craig was still very shaken up even after we got the good news. Poor thing...he had a really rough day at work today dealing with his impossible boss. They forced his transfer with work back two more weeks. I think this had some to do with some of his emotions. He is such a sweet and protective husband. Before we knew everything was okay with the babies, he feared my spotting could have been related to his stresses at work. I tried to tell him that wasn't it. He wasn't convinced until he got confirmation from the doctor. So, now I think his anger toward his boss has subsided some. :)

Well, I have much better sonogram pictures, but we still haven't figured out what is wrong with our scanner. They look like they have grown quite a bit just since last Friday. This is very exciting!!! I promise I will post them on here once we get it working.

Oh and a big thanks to Suzanne and her blog buddies for the insight and encouragement with a multiple pregnancy. Your support and encouragement has truly helped me so much!

What an overwhelming weekend...

So, many of you probably know Craig and I have been having some fertility struggles for quite a while now. I finally got pregnant and we found out on July 4th! What an awesome Fourth of July huh? Except for the fact that Craig worked and didn't get home until 8:30 or 9. I was supposed to test on the 5th, but I wanted to surprise him, so I tested early (and I don't know too many people going through infertility who do that)! It was positive so I got him a cute expecting card. I didn't want to just put the card in the envelope because I knew he would immediately know what it was before he even opened it. So, I taped it to the shelf inside the refrigerator because I knew he would see it immediately when he got home. Most of you probably know how many insane hours he has been working with all this rain we have had lately. Well, that being said, he is a complete zombie! He came home, put his stuff down, opened the refrigerator to put his left over lunch inside and didn't even see the card. (I think part of the problem was because I put it on the shelf at my 5'4" height, not his 6'1" height.) Then, he says he is too tired to eat dinner... I was like geez... I have been waiting all day for you to get home, you don't see my card...ugh! So frustrated. Then he says he is going to take a shower. I thought, he is never going to see my card. I couldn't hold it in any more, so I went into the bathroom before he got in the shower and told him "I am pregnant and I got you a card and you didn't even see it" (whining). Craig was very happy - made his day and mine.

The past 2 1/2 weeks, I have been very tired and very hungry except for Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Because of past experiences, I feared something was wrong with the baby. I called my doctor to talk to him about my fears and he told me to go ahead and come in early for my first sonogram. I was supposed to come in today the 23rd but I went in on Friday the 20th instead. I had a very strong feeling all along that I might be having more than one. Not only because I have been doing fertility treatments, but also because I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) which puts me at an even higher risk of multiples. Well.... I was right, my gut feeling was correct. I am having TRIPLETS!

When we first started the sonogram, I immediately saw two sacs and said "twins". I wanted the nurse to do a quick scan to find out for sure how many there were before measuring their sizes and checking for heart beats. She wanted to do one sac at a time, so the entire time I am thinking twins...which we really wanted. So, she checks baby #1...good size and a strong heart beat, she then moves on to baby #2...good size and a strong heart beat... I was thinking "Thank you God!" She then does a scan around my uterus and yes there is another baby! Okay, so we are freaking out by this point. She checks baby #3... good size and strong heart beat. By this time Craig is tightly squeezing my hand and checking my pulse! I think I held my mouth wide open for about 15 minutes straight.

So that was our Friday... nothing big... J/K We have been in complete and total shock ever since. Our lives are about to change drastically - we need to get a new car, eventually a bigger kitchen table and even a new house! There is just so much to think about. Also, we have a two year old boxer and she is soooo hyper. I don't know how we are going to work this out. She is an inside dog, so it should be interesting. She is our baby and we can't and will not get rid of her. She is part of our family and we love her, but it is going to be an added challenge, I am sure we will come up with something.

Many of you have already asked to see updated pictures of my belly as it expands, so I thought I would show the initial belly. Well... not really, it is a little poochier than normal (even from before I found out I was pregnant) because my ovaries are about the size of cantaloupes. Well, not really but they are huge! I am not sure how big they are, but considering I had about 15 mature eggs in my ovaries, they got pretty big.

Friday, 7/20 - 6 weeks 1 day




















I'll try to scan my sono picture of the three munchkins , but we are having problems with the scanner. For some reason our computer isn't finding the scanner....GREAT... :) I will probably just wait to get a better picture in a few days because my RE was having problems with the sono machine and the picture is extremely dark.

Please pray for us to have peace of mind and not to stress and feel so overwhelmed. Also, we would appreciate your prayers for my health and the babies health.

Successful get away weekend

Well, we had a great time at the lake this weekend. Craig very much needed the weekend off and the chance to get away for a weekend. Granted we didn't get down there until Saturday afternoon because Craig worked until 9p.m. Friday night. It was just too late to head to Gun Barrel City at that time of night. Its about a 2 hour drive from our house. One night was still ample amount of time away from my own bed. We had a really good time playing on the jet ski and riding in the boat. We had a nice cook out Saturday night and then we were off to bed. No staying up late for us! We are feeling pretty old these days...

Our dog Lacy loved it. She spent the entire weekend chasing the waves that splashed up at the edge of the back yard. She loves the water, but I learned that she doesn't like the deep water as much as the shallow water. We took her out in the boat with us and she did great. She loved it, but she didn't care too much for her new life jacket or the deep waters. It was very entertaining to watch her swim and splash in the water.

Lacy and Craig...Lacy is not liking the awkward life jacket.












Lacy likes to bite her splashes as she swims.












Mommy, please get this life jacket off of me.













On the way home...she was exhausted.

Finally... A weekend get away

My husband, Craig has been working a million hours over the past two months due to all the rain. His employer never gives them a break. Surprisingly, they have decided to give them a day off so we are going to go to a friend's lake house this weekend. We are both very excited. Our boxer baby, Lacy, is going to love it. We will probably take her out on the boat and maybe even put her in the water (with a life jacket of course). I wouldn't want something bad to happen to my baby. It should be a good time. Maybe I will attach some pictures later. Have a good weekend!