The "Big Kids" Rooms

This wall is frames of baseball, basketball, football and hockey cards. All are cards from players of local Dallas teams.
I think we are going to wait til Christmas to put jerseys up on this wall. Probably 2 of the four teams will go here above the bed.
I should've taken a close-up of this cute little baseball bat, glove and ball hanger. So cute!
The other two jerseys will probably go on both sides of the dresser on this wall. And when the Mavs stuff is in stores, I will buy a flag like these other 3 and hang it from the ceiling with the others.
Had to get those letters high and out of reach. ;)
Not much changed with decor-wise in the girl's room. Just added the paint and stickers.

Still need to find a dresser for this wall, the changing table was sold. Then eventually we will sell the cribs and get big girl beds. I will update pics when we do.

Merry Christmas - *updated with pictures*

*Updated* (with pictures...lots of them!)

Wow! What a difference a year makes!

Last year I was laid up in my hospital bed cooking my three beautiful babies with the occasional and brief stroll around the hospital for a change of scenery. I went through very time consuming (as the nurses struggle to find/keep the babies' heart rates) daily fetal monitoring of the babies and monitoring of contractions. I had to take daily medication to keep contractions under control which left me feeling pretty yukky. I listened as Christmas carolers sang outside my hospital room. I struggled to eat my recommended several thousand calories per day due to my stomach being smashed by babies. I went through surprise room changes with no notice. I had several more visitors from my wonderful and thoughtful friends and family - my Mom, Craig's parents - Steve and Jami, Kyle and Michaela, John and Angi, Mike, Ame & Blake, Al & Faye, Matt & Sharon, and Jennifer.

This year I cleaned and decorated my home in preparation for my family to come for Christmas. I cooked turkey and dressing as well as a few sweets! I fed my babies their bottles and breakfast. Craig and I had our own special time with the babies and I helped them open their first Christmas presents. We all sat together in the dining room and had lunch together. Then, we all opened Christmas presents and the kids enjoyed their new gifts. We then played a game of Apples to Apples and had a very good time. After my family left to go back home or to another family Christmas, Craig and I played with, read to, fed and rocked our sweet little trio before putting them to bed. It was a wonderful first Christmas as a family of five!

This was a week early Christmas gift. They got it early because they needed some more age appropriate toys that would hopefully keep Tyler out of stuff... Didn't work!
This is Cindy, one of my helpers for the first several months after the babies came home. She stopped by last week to drop by a Christmas gift for the babies.

My 3 little elves.
Can you tell who is who?
Christmas morning we began opening presents after their bottle.
The best 3 Christmas presents ever!
Oops... no bow pic for Whitney. :(
Opening presents!
They really like their new keyboard.
We tried to get a pic of the 3 of them with their Christmas presents, but as you can see, they are too busy for that. Then, my family came over for lunch, presents and games... My Mom, brother Les and Whitney
After we finished playing games, we kicked back for a bit. Me and my SIL, Kimberly.

Les & Whitney and my other brother, KevinUnfortunately I do not have pictures of all my family that came. It was pretty hectic and rushed and weren't intentionally left out. My SIL, Jill, nieces Maddie and Haidyn and nephew Caleb were also there.

After everybody left, Craig read to the babies a little bit before bottles and bed. This was one of their Christmas gifts.

Then, Saturday we had a non-traditional Christmas lunch with Craig's family. We had honey glazed ham, chicken salad sandwiches, veggies and dip, and lots of other yummy dips and desserts. We opened presents and dug through our stockings with the family and had a great time. We also had an exciting scavenger hunt - thank you to my niece Victoria for being my good little helper! Then, we managed to throw together an impromptu and much belated Mother's Day picture of all the grandkids for Mamaw. Later in the afternoon, we played a game together and had a good time straining our brains a little! We very much enjoyed our time together - all 18 of us!


Hannah is the youngest of all so she got to open first.

Whitney 2nd...
Tyler 3rd...followed by 15 more people. Thank you everybody for the wonderful Christmas presents.
Sweet cousins. Michael and Tyler playing together.
Sexy Mama!

Craig was enjoying our new camera and it's close-up features. Picture of his brother, Kyle.
Look at all those kids! And there are 4 not pictured. Lisa, Kyle and Michaela

Papaw is getting beat up by Mamaw!
Mamaw and Hannah (being silly as always)
Aunt Lisa and Whitney
Mommy getting a little R&R with the back massager!
Feeding the chitlens.
Mamaw feeding Whitney.Papaw and Whitney

My scavenger hunt with my helper, Victoria.
All 10 cousins/grandkids!
Wow! What a difference a year makes!

25 week update & the final decision on the names!

Wednesday we had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Koster and everything went great. My cervix is doing great at 4.0 cm! The babies look wonderful and are all measuring about a week ahead. They all have excellent fluid around them, great heart rates and all their measurements are right on track. I was so anxious to have their measurements done again because I knew they must have been in the middle of a big growth spurt based on the amount of growing I had done in the past week.

Baby A (boy) - HR 144 BPM, weight 1 pound 13 ounces
Baby B (girl) - HR 165 BPM, weight 1 pound 12 ounces
Baby C (girl) - HR 141 BPM, weight 1 pound 14 ounces

I can't believe they all weigh almost 2 pounds! I have almost 6 pounds of baby in me! It's crazy how rapidly they are all growing. I have sono pictures, but I can't scan them right now because of the bedrest restrictions. Either Craig will do it later, or we will set up the scanner in the living room with the laptop so I can do it. I will try to get them on here soon.



We got a little clarification regarding the bedrest and I am so glad we asked because Koster's response encouraged me tremendously. We asked if I could get out of the house any for Christmas or church and she said it was fine to go to someone's house as long as I stay off my feet. Also, she said church would be okay because we have the wheel chair. I still can't do anything around the house or anywhere for that matter, but I am so excited to hear that I can leave my house from time to time. Especially with Christmas being near, I don't want to be cooped up here during this time. Of course, all of this is subject to change if my contractions come back stronger or my cervix shortens, I could wind up in the hospital again.

On a different note... we made the final decision on the names of the babies. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.



Their first and middle names are:

Tyler Craig
Hannah Michelle
Whitney Nicole

We are so excited to have their names picked out and the nursery finally complete.

18 week update

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and everything looks good. She measured my belly for the first time and said that I am measuring perfectly for triplets at 18 weeks. All of you (myself included) who said I look small can rest assured that my size is perfect.

I thought you might like to see a frontal view for a change. Isn't my fly away hair lovely? :)

The babies are all measuring about the same--a little over 18 weeks. The baby boy is just a little bit bigger than the baby girls. Their heart rates are great and their measurements are great.

Baby girl B is kind of hard to make out in this shot.

Baby girl C has changed positions to the fetal position.

An update on me... my blood pressure is still good. It is a little higher than it was before, but it is still very good. My back pain is increasing again, so my doctor wants me to wear the support belt for 2 weeks and see if it helps before starting physical therapy.

My cervix is a little shorter, which is normal, but is definitely closed. It is still plenty long, just not as long before. Starting this week, I will be having weekly appointments from here on out! It seems like that is practically what I have been doing already...well, mostly every 2 weeks except when I have had complications, I would go more regularly. I am fine with that...better safe than sorry.

I need to come up with a fun little song to sing in my head to go along with the beat of my pounding heart. LOL! I have been hearing it in my ear for several weeks now, but it was just occasionally; now it is pretty much constant. I believe with triplets, the increase in blood flow is 100%, so my heart is working really hard.

I had to postpone my root canal because I got sick last week, but I still have to get it done. It will probably be next week some time. Me and the babies would appreciate your prayers that it will be a painless and stress-free experience. :)

The nursery... We got the cribs assembled this week and I have been buying accessories and working on hanging them on the walls. Some of you have asked to see pictures of the nursery with the cribs in it, so here ya go. We don't have the dresser yet, which will unfortunately go in front of the window....there is no where else to put it. I wanted to put all the cribs on one wall, but that isn't going to work due space constraints. The nursery is practically going to be or already is wall-to-wall furniture, but we will make it work. :)

The closet doors are just to the right of this picture and the dresser will go in front of the window to the left of this picture.

As you can probably see, the door to the room is on the left, so that cuts into a lot of the wall space. I thought about turning all the cribs long ways to give more wall space but that just reduces the amount of floor space.

This is a tiny wall space between the closet doors and the door to the room. I was planning to just use the top of the dresser as a changing table, but this changing table was given to us and the extra storage below will help. I really like the changing table, but it does take up space...who knows, it may not even stay in this room.