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HOORAY FOR EYE DOCTORS!
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Sep 18, 2006 08:04pm (EST)
So, can you tell we didn't get bad news?? 
No prescription changes, nothing out of the ordinary, he didn't even dilate Isaac! It was as good as a two hour visit to a crowded doctor's office, three toddlers in tow, could be! I am *so* relieved!! Before the doctor we headed to Party America (or whatever chain at which we ended up) and got our Hot Wheels tablecloth, cups, party favors, candles, party hats, blowers and napkins. I "drew the line" there and got plain ol' red plates which match the napkins nicely. You can't even see the plates when they're full of food - why do they have to match? 
We got our new computer today, hooray! I have the internet all up and running but none of the other stuff a.k.a. - no pictures until I get off my fanny and install the software! You'll have to take my word on how *adorable* the boys are for a few days!!
Speaking of a few days... in case you've lost count... in less than 36 hours I will be the mom to *two* one year olds... AND A TWO YEAR OLD! Amazing.
Nothing much else to report - thanks for all of the positive thoughts and prayers for the doctor today, I felt them!
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OUR *BIG* WEEKEND
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Sep 17, 2006 08:23pm (EST)
My goodness! What a big, FUN weekend we had! Friday night we (all five of us) went to the Royals game. I finally begged Scott to leave at 9:30 p.m. because *I* was tired - no one else was! Lorne and Sullivan didn't even fall asleep on the way home. The game was SO much fun. The boys have been to *two* baseball games... the first we saw the Royals turn a triple play, the second we saw a grand slam! Lorne did not, however, care for the fireworks that followed the latter. Poor kid, he's *so* sensitive to loud noises still. I also felt very proud that we got the boys into and out of the stadium by ourselves! (we met my parents there and they helped during the game)
Saturday we dropped the boys off at Grandma and Grandpa's and Scott and I went out to lunch before our afternoon wedding. We went to a *beautiful* wedding for Scott's friend, Brandon, and his darling fiancee, Angela. Brandon is a good guy, I've really always liked him, the two of them are a lot of fun to hang out with, we have the same taste in music, sense of humor, all the good stuff... but after a phone call I got - from Brandon - on May 21st, 2004, I feel such a weird closeness to this sweet guy. Brandon is the one who called me (before the "official" call I got ten minutes later from Scott's supervisor) to tell me about Scott's accident. I've thanked him over and over but he will always hold a really special place in my heart. That's weird to feel so close to the bearer of such bad news but I just know it took a lot for him to make that call and I really apprectiate it.
Annnnnnnyway... the wedding was *beautiful* - black and white everything. All black tuxes with white ties and black and white patent shoes, black cocktail dresses and high heels on the girls, it was very 1940's swing and SO cool! The funniest thing... we ran into one of my OB nurses, too! She is Angela's aunt! Small world. We had a great time at the wedding and reception and spent the night at the hotel where the reception was held. I got a couple of cute pics of Scott and I that I need to download. It was such a great time and Scott and I really enjoyed our time together ALONE. The boys, meanwhile, were out at the park ALL day at a family reunion for my step-mom's family and had a great time, too.
After the "exchange" of the boys back to our care, I took Sullivan with me and Scott took the other two home. Sullivan and I went to the mall (where I got a really cute new skirt!) and then we went to a birthday party - just the two of us. The party was for Aiden whose Mommy is Angie, Sullivan's Godmother. They were excited to see us there and it was really fun to get to play, one on one, with Sullivan and run around and let him really spend time with Angie. On the way home, I couldn't get ahold of Scott for half an hour and was getting very worried. I *finally* got ahold of him at like 8:30 (half an hour after bedtime) - he had taken the two boys out for frozen custard and shopping at Home Depot!! He took the boys, *by himself* mind you, into the custard place, they all sat at a table in "big boy chairs" and ate their custard. I told him he gets dad of the year!! He didn't even take the stroller in to contain them! What a guy.
Oh, and I have to add about the wedding and our night away from the boys - TO SLEEP... there was a pretty loud storm here last night and, about 3:30, there was THE loudest crack of thunder I've ever heard and lightning that filled our whole room - I bolted up in bed. Then... the fire alarm went off! We came to find out today that the lightning actually *hit* the hotel and somehow tripped the alarm. So, here it is 3:30 a.m. and POURING RAIN and the alarm is telling us to get out. Totally inconventient and upsetting BUT, for us, especially complicated by the fact that my husband needed to put on his very expensive *electronic* prosthesis before heading out into the rain. For those of you living in a cave: electronics + water = disaster. So I *ran* down to the front desk to see if the alarm was for real, she told me no, so I ran back to tell Scott. I was the hero on the way back, two dozen people poking their heads out of their rooms, holding purses and bags and getting ready to head out into the rain, and I got to say, "The woman at the front desk said it's a false alarm." They were excited to hear that!! So, our night of "uninterrupted" sleep was quite interrupted!
Tomorrow is our bi-monthly appointment to the ophthalmologist. I HATE going to the retina specialist but, while the ophthalmologist is inconvienent and takes usually between two and three hours, the worst news we have ever gotten is just a change in prescription so I'd much rather go there! A change in prescription (which has always been for the "worse") isn't the best thing, it reinforces the fact that boys' eyes have not yet stablized and are continuing to get "worse", but it is not devestating like hearing that your son's retina is folded and detaching. We'll take what we can get!! I'm hoping for NO BAD NEWS tomorrow.
A happy week to all!!
Kara
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2004
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Sep 15, 2006 01:12am (EST)
Today's the day two years ago that I was admitted, "for good", to the hospital after my ultrasound. It was a very scary time for me. I had been admitted twice before but this time seemed *much* worse. Everyone was rushing around, making a big fuss. I was given steroid injections. A neonatologist came in to talk to me about survival rates... long term disabilities... what the NICU might look like... who ALL would be at my delivery... I was terrified.
They had never done any of this before. It almost seemed like they were giving up on me. This time seemed so much worse - like birth was really *going* to happen. Like the other times were false alarms. Because - they'd never done any of this before.
It took a few months and me explaining this to a friend to get it. This time wasn't worse - it was much better! At each admission, I was dangerously close to delivery. But, THIS time - my babies had a chance, albeit a slim one, at survival. This time there was a reason for all of this. They'd never done any of this before - steroid shots, neo visits, NICU info - because those admissions were at 16 and 19 weeks. There was no reason to mature the lungs of a baby at that gestation. There was no reason for a neonatologist to come tell me what the NICU look like and there was no reason for her to discuss rates of life-long disabilities or even survival. Because, sadly, those babies don't survive. The fact that they were rushing around and getting my BABIES ready for delivery is because they had a chance this time. I wish they would have laid that out for me then.
Like many of you - I'd have *loved* to see my boys NOW - then. I'd have loved three bouncy, naughty toddlers coming to tell me things were going to be okay. That they'd eventally hit 20 pounds, that Lorne would eventually come off of oxygen, that they'd be going to preschool - all *walking* in with me. That they'd be okay. Maybe I should work on that time machine! 
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THE LAST OF MY PREGNANCY
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Sep 14, 2006 05:30am (EST)
You know I *must* love you all to share such unflattering pictures! Actually, the last two I think are pretty cute but the first looks terrible! That's fine, you can see I'm still *glowing* from those babies inside of me!! The one below was taken a few days after Lorne was born. And, yes, the secret's out about one of my tattoos! I got it in college and never really think much about it since no one ever sees it... until my *belly* was the highlight of ALL conversations! Isaac's heartbeat was always right on that heart, too, it was pretty cute! And I love how there are Cheez-its and Cheerios are in the pics... those were STAPLES during my pregnancy!!
September 3, 2004
The babies are becoming more active. It is so cool to feel them inside. I have not been having any contractions while monitoring and my pump is working out well.
September 7, 2004
Scott had his first day of rehab today with his new prosthesis. Very exciting though I am so sad that I can’t go with him and cheer him on. The babies are a little "lazier" than they have been so I’m anxious to hear three heartbeats tomorrow. All of the babies have first and middle names now although baby A’s first name is still up for some debate. We have it narrowed down to two choices!
September 8, 2004
Three comforting little heartbeats! Doctor’s appointment today went well. Dr. S said my cervix feels fine. Next week we get to see the babies again!
September 10, 2004
22 weeks!
September 11, 2004
I am very sad I don’t get to go to Meghann and Ryan’s wedding [my best friend and ex-boyfriend, who I’m still very good friends with, from high school married *each other* and I couldn’t go because of bedrest!!] I know it is better for the babies so that is fine. Mom and Bill [my step-dad] are coming over to help Scott today to clean up the nursery a little.
September 14, 2004
Things are going well with my monitor and pump. The nurses at M are all very nice. I like knowing about the contractions and it provides some reassurance between doctor’s appointments. Tomorrow we get to see the babies again and make sure they’re all okay. I also get to ride in the new car for the first time!
September 15, 2004
Sonogram – back in the hospital.
September 18, 2004
On the sonogram a few days ago my cervix looked terrible so they sent me over to Research. I am feeling okay other than tired from the mag. Social workers have come in to talk to me and a doctor from the NICU came, too.
September 20, 2004 - Lorne’s birthday
Last night and this morning I was having horrible pains. I could feel one of the babies was coming. We had to deliver baby Lorne and then put in a third cerclage to keep Isaac and Sullivan in. Lorne is doing well for now but is very, very tiny and immature.
September 21, 2004
[in Scott’s handwriting] Mom is feeling better. Daddy visited Lorne in the NICU and he was doing well.
September 29, 2004
Tonight I was feeling tremendous pressure and start bleeding a lot. They also think one of the bags of water broke. It was very scary and painful. We all thought the other two babies were coming tonight. Dr. S did a sonogram and he thinks my stitch is still in tact and that we are just "on watch."
October 2, 2004
Lorne is still doing well. The only thing is that they respirator they are using is really not working well so they are switching to a different type [oscillating vent]. He opened his right eye for the first time last night when Daddy was talking to him.
October 5, 2004
I got to have a "day at the spa" today! They wheeled me down (on my bed) to a shower in the rehab unit and right into the shower! It was very funny. Isaac’s heartbeat keeps dropping since last Thursday, sometimes for a minute or more. Dr. S said basically that if it gets "worse" he’ll have to deliver but that for now, it is better for the babies inside. I am excited that we are almost at 26 weeks which is when the NICU doctors said the babies’ chances go up dramatically. Lorne is doing really well on his new oscillationg ventilator but it shakes his little body so much!
...Unfortunately, that’s it. No mention of the delivery of my other two boys on October 8th or how the NICU is going. I wish I would have kept up with it! At the time, it seemed like we had "so much more to do", more important things to worry about – like our boys – to keep a journal. But I am often so jealous of those moms who know *exactly* what happened in the NICU! We have *lots* of video and I could, technically, go back and look at all of it and probably piece it together. I just *so* wish I would have kept up with a journal while they were in the NICU! It was neat to go back and look at this pregnancy stuff, though.
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MY PREGNANCY - AUGUST
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Sep 13, 2006 10:20am (EST)
August 2, 2004
A little excitement today Something weird was going on so I called the nurse. She sent me in for a sonogram and my cervix is "funneling." They monitored me in the office for contractions and said I wasn’t having any (when Dr. S saw the results he said no contractions but some definite "uterine irritability"). Dr. S sent me over to Research to Labor and Delivery. They admitted me and did some tests (including my first catheter!). The nurses said I might be here a week or so and Dr. S will come by tomorrow and I might have a surgical procedure called a cerclage.
August 5, 2004
I had a cerclage yesterday to help "keep the babies in." I am on magnesium sulfate to stop any uterine contractions. I am sore and tired. I can’t get up to take a shower so I took a little bath with a washcloth.
August 7, 2004
This morning they took me off of the magnesium IV and switched me to Terbutaline pills. I get to get up and shower and I might get to go home tomorrow. I will be on restricted activity and was told I should be prepared to come back to the hospital.
August 8, 2004
Went home today
August 10, 2004
I am supposed to be horizontal as much as possible. AVOID GRAVITY! I am very anxious that there is now no way we will get this house ready for three babies. I am sure everything will work out and our families have been very helpful. The drugs I am on also make me feel very tired and I feel very lazy.
August 17, 2004
We got our "full scan" on the babies today. Baby A [Lorne] is still a mystery but B [Isaac] and C [Sullivan] are both boys! We are both so pumped. My cervix looks the same and the cerclage is basically holding everything together. It is still funneling. I am getting a little bored already of bedrest so it was nice to get out to the doctor today! The side effects of the Terbutaline (speed!) are not as apparent – I am now taking it every four hours.
August 18, 2004
Very nervous and kind-of sad today. I just want everything to be okay.
August 20, 2004
Back in the hospital
August 22, 2004
Last Friday I was having a heavy feeling like the babies were trying to get out. I went in for a sonogram and I was funneling past the cerclage. Dr. S admitted me back to Research and put a second cerclage in Saturday (the 21st). He put me back on the magnesium sulfate and is hoping to take me off Wednesday (25th) and put me on a Terbutaline pump. I will go home with that and home uterine monitoring. I am so much more physically comfortable at home but it makes me feel very safe how closely I am watched in the hospital.
August 28, 2004
Home again! Got home about 9:00 Thursday (26th). I am eating all my meals on an incline. We got a new Expedition yesterday. It is blue and huge. We need it for all of those car seats!
August 29, 2004
Rebecca [my sister-in-law] and Scott went to Target today to register. They got some really cute little boy stuff as well as necessities and toiletries. I wish I could have gone myself but I trust them. Scott and I decided to try and find the bedding on-line because I really want to be a part of choosing that. We all had dinner together after that.
August 30, 2004
Scott went inpatient for rehab today. My mom is going to stay with me all week.
August 31, 2004
The doctor’s appointment went very well today. My cervix is still 2.4 cm long which means the second cerclage is working. Mom took me since Scott is in the hospital. We got a quick peek at the babies, too, and baby A is a boy, too! Scott and I are both pumped.
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MY PREGNANCY - JULY
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Sep 12, 2006 01:37pm (EST)
This is SO much fun rereading all of these emotions and comments I made. As an aside, we returned the Wal-Mart infant carseats because, seven months later when my four and a half pound babies were ready to come home, they weren't *small* enough for them! Never thought of that at the time. My big nine pound nieces never had that problem and my sister-in-law was the only person I knew to ask these things!!
July 6, 2004
Grandpa Mike’s birthday. We saw Dr. S [the OB] for the first time today. We got to hear the heartbeats today, too. He couldn’t be sure that he found three separate heartbeats so we got an ultrasound, too. Everyone is doing great! After the ultrasound, we talked to the doctor again. He talked to us about the increased risks w/multiples. He said premature babies was the biggest risk. He was very nice and we get to go back in two weeks.
July 10, 2004
Still feeling very sick and throwing up a lot. I get to stop the progesterone tonight and get a lab done on Monday. If the lab is okay, I can go off the pills. Hopefully that will make me feel better! We have also been looking at used baby furniture and furniture on-line.
July 12, 2004
Yesterday, I felt great! Hopefully it was not taking the pills
and I will continue to feel better. Grandma Jackie and I put all of my "skinny" clothes away to make room for new/borrowed maternity clothes!
July 17, 2004
Definitely can see my belly getting bigger. Very exciting! I feel very cute in my maternity clothes. I get worn out and out of breath very easily w/lifting anything or walking a lot.
July 18, 2004
Registered at Babies R Us today
July 21, 2004
Went to Dr. S today. He checked my cervix and said everything looks fine. He said as long as I’m gaining weight the nausea and vomiting is nothing to worry about. I am definitely getting bigger and bigger! The doctor said my belly is the size of 20 weeks (I am 15 weeks).
July 27, 2004
Ryleigh’s birthday party was Saturday at Judy and Steve’s farm in Meriden. We ended up taking a new kitty home! Sydney went to the vet yesterday and has some temporary health problems but nothing *we* can get. She and Murphy haven’t been able to play together yet though. I think I can feel the babies move a little!
July 29, 2004
Tonight, some of Scott’s friends from Scouts came over and brought pizza for diner. It was good to have company and we cleaned up the house before they came.
July 31, 2004
Sean came over tonight and we grilled out. I am feeling very pregnant! I am also having a hard time breathing but I keep reading that that is normal. I can’t seem to sleep through the night and I keep waking up, watching TV for a few hours and going back to sleep.
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A FLUKE???? AND MY PREGNANCY JOURNAL
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Sep 11, 2006 07:03pm (EST)
#1 - First and foremost... we started our *new bedtime routine* tonight. Bath, p.j.s and lotion with Daddy, brush teeth, story on the floor, in bed, tuck in and kisses, light out. I went in ONE time to put Isaac back in bed..., "No Isaac, it's bedtime. Night, night," another kiss... that was it. Have I already won this war??  I won't jinx it....
#2 - A bit of a discrepancy between Scott and I about the day I was admitted "for good" before Lorne's birth and stayed for more than a month (Scott was right, I was off by a day). I got out my pregnancy journal to check and thought it would be fun to share with you guys! Knowing how it "turns out" - it is neat to go back and read how excited I was before having problems and when things change. It's pretty long so I'll start with May and June...
April 30, 2004 Positive pregnancy test? Hard to tell.
May 1, 2004 Positive digital pregnancy test!!
May 2, 2004 Can’t wait to call the doctor tomorrow!
May 3, 2004 Positive BLOOD pregnancy test at the doctor’s office
May 6, 2004 Can’t wait to tell everyone on Sunday!
May 9, 2004 Mother’s Day – We told all the grandparents and aunts and uncles today. Everyone was so excited! Daddy even bought Mommy a "Mommy-to-be" card.
May 14, 2004 Starting to feel a little sick, especially in the car. Very, very tired but SO excited!
May 16, 2004 Nick [my brother] lets out the secret at Brad’s graduation party
May 21, 2004 Daddy’s accident
May 22, 2004 Daddy’s accident was yesterday and his surgery was early this morning. All of your grandmas and grandpas and Uncle JP waited with Mommy until Daddy was out of surgery. Very scary but he is very brave.
May 25, 2004 Sonogram today. Mommy went by herself because Daddy is still in the hospital. He did move down to the rehab floor today because he is doing so well! At the sonogram, Mommy found out there are THREE babies! Mommy started crying and the sonographer thought maybe mommy didn’t think three was good news. She was just SO excited for the good news! Mommy has been worried that the pregnancy could be ectopic because she is still having terrible abdominal pain. We were advised by the nurses at Dr. S’s office not to tell anyone it was THREE until we are further along. We did decide to tell our parents.
May 27, 2004 Mommy got to tell everyone at school that she is pregnant since the secret is already out!
June 1, 2004 Today is the last day of school! There was a going away party for the people not returning next year. Everyone at school thinks the "twins" (as we are telling everyone for now) are so exciting!
June 2, 2004 Daddy goes home today!
June 5, 2004 Mommy is sick, sick, sick. Mommy and Daddy are both glad to be home and in their own house and their own bed.
June 8, 2004 Daddy is doing well. We have so many doctor’s appointments that we are excited to go to the "fun doctor" (Dr. S) on Thursday.
June 10, 2004 Saw Dr. S today. The sonogram looked good. All three babies are within the normal range for how far along we are. Dr. S says a 90% chance we will end up with all three babies
June 11, 2004 Uncle Steve comes and we let him in on the "triplet secret"
June 26, 2004 We decided to call all of our friends and family and tell them about the triplets!
June 29, 2004 My belly is starting to get "poochy" and I have some maternity clothes now. We also bought three car seats on clearance at Wal-Mart. The people at the store said, "Wow!"
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CALLING FOR BACK-UP
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Sep 11, 2006 01:09pm (EST)
All right ladies... mommies, grandmas and aunts... those daddies out there, too... HELP! It has been less than 36 hours since the big SWITCH - and I'm going insane!
Saturday night, Scott came home and went to bed early so we actually couldn't change the beds that night. Lorne is absolutely *anything* but graceful so I couldn't chance him back in his crib. Sullivan can crawl out and crawl back down the other side... Lorne FALLS out. So, I put Sullivan in Lorne's crib and Lorne in Sullivan's bed. The night was full of laughing, playing and general merriment. Bedtime was about 11:00 p.m. For the boys.
Yesterday, "nap time" was anything but. The boys were sequestered for nearly three hours... happily. Laughing, giggling and playing - I could hear it all through the door. I finally relented after those three hours and got them back up. Bedtime last night (keeping in mind they had NO NAP) was almost 10:00. For the boys.
It is, again, "nap time." Isaac has actually I think given up and may be sleeping. I'm afraid to look as I don't want to stir-up anything if he's not. Sullivan and Lorne are *clearly* not sleeping. We went to the zoo this a.m., you'd think they'd be exhausted. Nope!! Oh, did I mention that I cannot leave the room and then *reenter* the room and find Sullivan still in his pants and diaper? Even better when the diaper is poopy. Lorne is so *clearly* defiant. I put him back in bed and, before I even turn around he says, "No, no, no," (in the sweetest little voice )and gets back out.
HELP!! I mean really... what in the world do I do? Let them run around until they tire themselves out? Sit in there and put them back in bed every single time they get out? Check every five or ten minutes and put them back in? This is NEW TERRITORY - HELP!!!!!!
full bedroom
boys in Lorne's bed
S & L in S bed
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**THUD**
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Sep 09, 2006 10:35am (EST)
When your child is in another room... is there any sound that brings more fear or makes you run any faster?? I'm not talking about the sound of toys being thrown on the floor or what it sounds like in the basement when the kids are jumping on the floor above you. I'm talking about a big, loud, tell-tale THUD.
So, here I am "surfing" Share... checking my e-mail... catching up on a few bills. The boys are napping so I am free to do all of this... when... THUD. A big one. One that had me running.
I run to the nursery (next door mind you!) and... Lorne is on the floor in between his and Isaac's beds SCREAMING. Sullivan is actually in Lorne's bed. I scoop up Lorne and he doesn't seem to have any broken bones or major injuries. He is, however, *hysterical.* Sullivan is cracking up running around in Lorne's crib. Isaac looks annoyed - I think more so that they're disturbing his nap than that he wasn't included in the schananigans.
So, tonight, I will put three *toddlers* to bed in their *toddler* beds - for their safety. If they're going to get out anyway, better a twelve inch drop than a four foot one. Scott is out with friends but when he gets home, we'll convert the other two cribs. Hard to believe!! Grandma got the boys new toddler bedding for the boys for their birthdays so I'm hoping to get that soon and put it on (a little early but I don't think she'll mind). I think something new and cool may be an incentive to stay in bed... at least in my dream world it is!
My best friend was in town last weekend (the one that Karri met in Chicago) and brought these robes for the boys' birthdays. How cute are they??? (for those who can't tell it's Sullivan, Lorne and Isaac from left to right - a little harder to tell with most of their heads covered!)
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ALREADY BIRTHDAY TIME *AGAIN*?????
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Sep 08, 2006 12:18pm (EST)
I sent out the birthday invitations last week. The front said, "Start your engines," with some car stickers on it (we're doing a Hot Wheels theme this year). I attached the inside below - wanted you to see how cute it was!
It is SO hard to believe they are almost two. I've heard so many triplet parents (and any other parents!) say the first year is a blur. All of the middle of the night feedings, bottles, everything, all of a sudden they're a year old. Well, I'm here to tell ya... that first year was lonnnnng - THIS one flew by! I think it's because it was so *typical* - relatively speaking. Lorne has been hospitalized one time since his last birthday compared to EVERY month for the first year, sometimes twice a month, we see the retina specialist every three or four months now instead of every week or every other week, we only check their weight at their well checks instead of a home health nurse coming every other day, we were discharged from the neonatal follow-up clinic the week before Lorne's first birthday instead of hauling all three boys there every other week... we were SO busy that first year, it both flew by and draaaaaaaaaaged on.
This second year was much more typical!! Sure, it was riddled with AWESOME milestones, not the least of which happened in April when Lorne went to oxygen "only" at night and certainly not to overlook last Wednesday when they came and took all of Lorne's stuff because he was OFF for good... but it was much more typical. For some reason, that made it go a lot faster in my eyes! There was SO much hurt and heart-ache that first year and, while we have our down days (and weeks), this year has been great! I seriously can't believe we're planning a SECOND birthday party already.
One month and six days until I see you at the Share Union!!
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