First of all, we need to thank Grandpa Kenny for our new camera...the Canon Rebel XTi!!! It arrived about 2 weeks ago and we are still learning about all of its features. It is super quick (definetly helpful when trying to capture the trio in action) and takes the prettiest pictures. THANK YOU SO MUCH GRANDPA...YOU'RE THE BEST!!!
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Two weekends ago it became official...Aunt Ali and Uncle Aaron got married! Daddy was a groomsmen and we had wedding activites to attend both Friday and Saturday. Grammie watched the babies while we attended the rehearsal dinner on Friday night and then we got an extra treat on Saturday when Grandpa and Grandma Gonna Be came out and watched the babies while we went to the wedding. They got us a hotel room at the Marriott and gave us the entire night off! Lathan had been up for most of Friday night and wasn't feeling well on Saturday so we shipped him off to stay with Aunt Pammie and left Logan and Lauren with the grandparents for a night of spoiling (and I'm pretty sure Lathan got a good dose of spoiling too spending the night with Aunt Pammie). It was a fun but hectic weekend so Daddy took off Monday for us all to regroup. Monday was our first attempt at the bucket pictures (which still haven't turned out just right) and we were able to run lots of errands.
Uncle Aaron & Aunt Ali
On Wednesday, Granny, Baubka, and Aunt Darlene came over to watch the babies while I went to Texas Women's to look at the babies medical records. I knew that the babies had been given things like immunizations during their stay and I didn't want to wait too long to get all of their information. I faxed in a records request and got a call a few days later. Each babies record contained 5-9,000 pages and pages were copied based on a per page fee. I could either pay a pretty heafty fee or go down and dig through the files myself and pull out what I really needed. So the sitters arrived Wednesday morning and I spent the day reading medical files. I was able to meet up with one of my nurses for lunch and I got tons of info on the babies. Some of it will be very useful and some of it I got just for fun. The nurses from each shift would write daily notes on the babies. It's like a detailed diary of the first 2 1/2 months of their lives. I wish I could have copied all of it but my hand could only write so fast and the fee for copies was a little outrageous ($1.33 PER PAGE)!!! Here's an idea of what was written in their files...
"Mom at bedside, bonding evident"
"Mom and Dad seem very excited about triplets"
"Both parents involved in infant's care"
"Grandma visited and read books to baby"
"Mom confident changing NG tube, no hesitation" (Now this couldn't be further from the truth! I had to prove that I could change Logan's NG tube before we took him home. I was holding back tears and fighting not to gag as I shoved a tube up his nose and down to his stomach, all while he screamed of course!)
And in my file:
"Patient eating a Sonic lunch with husband and friends"
"Patient's family brought Papasitto's for dinner"
"Patient sleeping with husband by her side"
It was fun to read and maybe someday I'll go back and be able to read some more.
On Thursday I took the babies up to Market Street only to find that it was closed, (they are putting in new grass for the park area) so instead we went to Northshore Park and played with the ducks. The babies had a blast until they realized that I was feeding the ducks their puffs and then they no longer wanted to share! We moved over to the playground part, Grammie met up with us and then we went out to dinner with Daddy.
Then came Friday. Daddy was off and we spent the day packing and trying to get ready to leave town for Shreveport. The babies did EXCELLENT in the car, only requiring one stop to eat, a huge improvement over the last two trips. We arrived in Shreveport right before 11pm, visited for a while and then all went to bed. We got up on Saturday to some pretty cold weather but had made plans to attend an Easter Egg Hunt at the Bossier City Boardwalk so we loaded up and caught the end of the festivties. We hunted eggs, ate some lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings and shopped a little. There just happened to be a Gap and Children's Place that the guys were begging to go into!!!
Daddy, Mommy & their babies!!!
Logan, Lauren & Lathan
Lathan, Lauren & Logan
Lathan & Grammie
Logan & Daniel
Lauren & Aunt Pammie
Lauren
Grammie and the Stroller
On our way home we stopped at the DRIVE THRU DAQUIRI place where we hit happy hour (2 for 1) and then went back to Aunt Sue's. My Godmother, Nani, her husband Tommy and their son Matthew came over to meet the trio.
Lauren, Nanni & Matthew
And then of course, later that night we died Easter Eggs.
Lathan & Mommy
Lauren & Aunt Pammie
Logan, Lathan & Mommy
Now what I didn't mention above was that while Grandpa and Grandma watched the babies for Daddy and I to attend Ali and Aaron's wedding, they taught Logan how to throw a ball. He's really pretty good at it and he even claps his hands after he does it, and we now know that he can throw eggs!!!
Once all the eggs were died (or cracked) we bathed the babies and put them down so that the Easter Bunny could come.
Lauren
Lauren
Logan
Logan
Lathan
Easter baskets for Lathan, Logan, Lauren, Robert, Daniel, Mommy, Daddy & Aunt Pammie (thanks Grammie!!!)
On Sunday, we got the babies dressed for church and let them look through their Easter Baskets.
The Great Aunt Sue helps Lauren put on her shoes
Logan
Lauren
Lathan
We went to church, hunted eggs, ate a delicious lunch and then headed back to Houston!
Our Family
Lauren & Daddy
Lathan & Aunt Pammie
Logan
Logan & Grammie
Lauren
Logan, Lathan & Lauren
The Boys
The babies with Robert & Daniel
The babies again only required one stop to eat and then slept the rest of the trip!
Daddy and his trio
And now I think I'm all caught up on the blog! We're still working on the bucket pictures (there's a photo contest that I want to enter but I know I can do better) but here's what our Easter Cards look like. Hopefully I'll get them out this week!!!
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Two weekends ago it became official...Aunt Ali and Uncle Aaron got married! Daddy was a groomsmen and we had wedding activites to attend both Friday and Saturday. Grammie watched the babies while we attended the rehearsal dinner on Friday night and then we got an extra treat on Saturday when Grandpa and Grandma Gonna Be came out and watched the babies while we went to the wedding. They got us a hotel room at the Marriott and gave us the entire night off! Lathan had been up for most of Friday night and wasn't feeling well on Saturday so we shipped him off to stay with Aunt Pammie and left Logan and Lauren with the grandparents for a night of spoiling (and I'm pretty sure Lathan got a good dose of spoiling too spending the night with Aunt Pammie). It was a fun but hectic weekend so Daddy took off Monday for us all to regroup. Monday was our first attempt at the bucket pictures (which still haven't turned out just right) and we were able to run lots of errands.
Uncle Aaron & Aunt Ali
On Wednesday, Granny, Baubka, and Aunt Darlene came over to watch the babies while I went to Texas Women's to look at the babies medical records. I knew that the babies had been given things like immunizations during their stay and I didn't want to wait too long to get all of their information. I faxed in a records request and got a call a few days later. Each babies record contained 5-9,000 pages and pages were copied based on a per page fee. I could either pay a pretty heafty fee or go down and dig through the files myself and pull out what I really needed. So the sitters arrived Wednesday morning and I spent the day reading medical files. I was able to meet up with one of my nurses for lunch and I got tons of info on the babies. Some of it will be very useful and some of it I got just for fun. The nurses from each shift would write daily notes on the babies. It's like a detailed diary of the first 2 1/2 months of their lives. I wish I could have copied all of it but my hand could only write so fast and the fee for copies was a little outrageous ($1.33 PER PAGE)!!! Here's an idea of what was written in their files...
"Mom at bedside, bonding evident"
"Mom and Dad seem very excited about triplets"
"Both parents involved in infant's care"
"Grandma visited and read books to baby"
"Mom confident changing NG tube, no hesitation" (Now this couldn't be further from the truth! I had to prove that I could change Logan's NG tube before we took him home. I was holding back tears and fighting not to gag as I shoved a tube up his nose and down to his stomach, all while he screamed of course!)
And in my file:
"Patient eating a Sonic lunch with husband and friends"
"Patient's family brought Papasitto's for dinner"
"Patient sleeping with husband by her side"
It was fun to read and maybe someday I'll go back and be able to read some more.
On Thursday I took the babies up to Market Street only to find that it was closed, (they are putting in new grass for the park area) so instead we went to Northshore Park and played with the ducks. The babies had a blast until they realized that I was feeding the ducks their puffs and then they no longer wanted to share! We moved over to the playground part, Grammie met up with us and then we went out to dinner with Daddy.
Then came Friday. Daddy was off and we spent the day packing and trying to get ready to leave town for Shreveport. The babies did EXCELLENT in the car, only requiring one stop to eat, a huge improvement over the last two trips. We arrived in Shreveport right before 11pm, visited for a while and then all went to bed. We got up on Saturday to some pretty cold weather but had made plans to attend an Easter Egg Hunt at the Bossier City Boardwalk so we loaded up and caught the end of the festivties. We hunted eggs, ate some lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings and shopped a little. There just happened to be a Gap and Children's Place that the guys were begging to go into!!!
Daddy, Mommy & their babies!!!
Logan, Lauren & Lathan
Lathan, Lauren & Logan
Lathan & Grammie
Logan & Daniel
Lauren & Aunt Pammie
Lauren
Grammie and the Stroller
On our way home we stopped at the DRIVE THRU DAQUIRI place where we hit happy hour (2 for 1) and then went back to Aunt Sue's. My Godmother, Nani, her husband Tommy and their son Matthew came over to meet the trio.
Lauren, Nanni & Matthew
And then of course, later that night we died Easter Eggs.
Lathan & Mommy
Lauren & Aunt Pammie
Logan, Lathan & Mommy
Now what I didn't mention above was that while Grandpa and Grandma watched the babies for Daddy and I to attend Ali and Aaron's wedding, they taught Logan how to throw a ball. He's really pretty good at it and he even claps his hands after he does it, and we now know that he can throw eggs!!!
Once all the eggs were died (or cracked) we bathed the babies and put them down so that the Easter Bunny could come.
Lauren
Lauren
Logan
Logan
Lathan
Easter baskets for Lathan, Logan, Lauren, Robert, Daniel, Mommy, Daddy & Aunt Pammie (thanks Grammie!!!)
On Sunday, we got the babies dressed for church and let them look through their Easter Baskets.
The Great Aunt Sue helps Lauren put on her shoes
Logan
Lauren
Lathan
We went to church, hunted eggs, ate a delicious lunch and then headed back to Houston!
Our Family
Lauren & Daddy
Lathan & Aunt Pammie
Logan
Logan & Grammie
Lauren
Logan, Lathan & Lauren
The Boys
The babies with Robert & Daniel
The babies again only required one stop to eat and then slept the rest of the trip!
Daddy and his trio
And now I think I'm all caught up on the blog! We're still working on the bucket pictures (there's a photo contest that I want to enter but I know I can do better) but here's what our Easter Cards look like. Hopefully I'll get them out this week!!!
Wow - you guys are so busy!! How do you do it? You guys are amazing parents with amazing kids. Not too long til you have grown up 1 year olds!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you all had SO much fun! Makes me really sad that I missed it :( It also looks like Patrick took over my Easter basket...I did NOT authorize that!!! I demand that the contents be mailed to me immediately!!!!
ReplyDeleteI so LOVE the picture of Lauren at the ATM machine! It's so important to teach a little girl the important things in life! : )
ReplyDeleteLooks like the babies are doing fabulous. Hope you all had a blessed Easter!!! : )
Esther
Woah I just relized that it was their first easter and then it came as a complete shock to find out that their birthday is in 15 days!!! Wow! I knew they were getting older but man not that old! The little babies are growing up. The babies are beauitiful as wonderful and growing bigger and cuter every day!
ReplyDeleteKathryn from NC
WOW! now that's an impressive blog!! i am still amazed that you find time to do all of this. i nominate you for super mommy of the year! so glad you all had a happy easter!
ReplyDeleteI second the supermommy nomination!!! I love all the adorable pics! I'm jealous you had a warm easter - it was freezing down here in austin! We had sleet on sat night! Hunter couldn't wear his easter outfit since it was shorts. :-(
ReplyDeleteI love your easter card! It turned out great!!!
Elle & baby H
The babies are so cute! I also have the same triplet stroller. I like it so far, but with the cold weather here, we have been under house arrest.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos as usual. That's really neat about the medical records and makes me very curious to see ours. Take care!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great time everyone seems to have had. And the kids are totally cute!!
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