A Photographer In The Family......

Madeline took Annabel out for a "Photo Shoot" in the woods. She was a Woodland Fairy. I say she looks pretty darn cute. ;) So nice to have a photographer around. ;)

A Sigh Of Relief......

On a few different levels....

Summer is almost here. School is almost out. Only 4 more full days left! I tend to get super excited that the kids are out of school at first. No more routine. No more getting up early. No more papers to sign and no more homework to remind of. This excitement tends to last about 2 weeks. Then I start hearing, "I'm bored", " There's nothing to do", "This sucks", "What can we do?", "Can I call.......so on and so on. The good thing is, that since I am currently growing very rapidly with the three little ones inside of me, I have a LIST of things to give them to do when I hear those words. I wonder how long it will take them to figure out to quit saying it? lol.

I had another OB appointment today. Everything is perfect. I am 11 weeks today. I got to hear all the babies heartbeats and that is literally the best thing to hear. Ever. I was so nervous about this appointment as this was about the same time that we found out about the twins dying. The Dr. said everything is great and I can finally relax. For awhile anyways.

Oh, and my weekly belly shot. ;). Here we are..Growing. 11 weeks.

869 Million To One..

"Lightning Never Strikes In The Same Place Twice"

Oh really?!?! Well, I beg to differ.

Aaron and I decided, after losing the twins during Lilah's pregnancy, that maybe we really WERE excited for triplets and hey, what the heck, let's try once more for a boy. I mean, we have at least a 50/50 chance right? And Seven is a very lucky number.

Well, how about NINE? Is that a lucky number? Why you ask? Well, it will be the total number of children that we will have. But it IS an odd number at least and I like odd numbers. It seems our "Try For Just One More Boy" has turned into triplets. Again. What are the odds of that? My perinatologist has quoted us "869 Million To One". It's a number that is forever stuck in my head. It's so significant because both times, we conceived these little beans naturally. Just the good old fashioned way. ;). It's more fun wouldn't ya say? My Dr. thinks that given my age, and the fact that I was nursing babies both times we conceived triplets, that I must ovulate bi-laterally. Meaning not only from both sides but also twice within 24-48 hours of each other.

I think we should start buying lottery tickets. I mean, the odds of winning the lottery are less than that. But, if you think about it, we HAVE won the lottery. How many people have the opportunity to experience the pure joy of raising nine beautiful beings? Don't get me wrong, I'm KNOW it's not going to be easy, but life was never meant to be easy, if it were, how would you appreciate it?

And without further ado...I introduce to you Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C. Their estimated due date is Christmas Day (how perfect is THAT? True gifts from God) but seeing as they are triplets, the Dr.'s say that they will most likely arrive around week 32-34. I am 10+1 weeks now. In a mere 24 weeks, I will be the proud mama to NINE kids. My life is perfect.

Baby A
Baby B

Baby C
In Baby A's pic you can make out another sac to the right of the pic, in Baby B's pic, you can see a sac to the bottom left. They didn't give me a pic with all 3 of them. One baby is laying much lower so it was hard to get them all in. Hopefully at the next ultrasound, I'll get one.

They are all three IN THEIR OWN SACS! YAY! When I had the US done, I literally cried when I saw three separate babies and three separate heartbeats. STRONG heartbeats of 178, 180 and 182. The Dr. says we are in most ideal situation for triplets. Separate sacs, separate amnions and perfect yolk sacs. Baby A measures 9w6d, Baby B is 9w6d and Baby C is 9w3d (Must have been the late egg. lol. )

Oh, and a fun picture of their home for the next 6 months. This picture is 10weeks+1day. I'm going to take weekly shots. It'll be fun to see how HUGE I get. ;) Even better? I *think* I'm already feeling them move! The Dr said it's possible because there is so many of them in there and I'm thin. ;)

Knitting!!

By Golly, I think I've got it! Yay! It's fun and so rewarding. I'm by far from perfect but they are wearable CUTE pants that are useable as a diaper cover. I can't wait to knit more. ;)

These are going to be Charlie Brown Longies. I just have to duplicate stich the zigzag on them. Its going across the hips and around back. Oh, and add a drawstring. But I love them. I think they turned out pretty good.

Small Update....

So, I haven't been the best blogger. Sorry. For some reason, if I don't have a picture that goes with the topic of the day, I don't blog. Weird. So, today, no picture, just little update on everyone. I'll go in order. ;)

Madeline: All her stuff is in and ready to go for Running Start. She will only have one class at Prairie next fall. One. Man, I wish they had RS when I was in school. She's still on the lookout for a job. Thankfully her car is not a gas guzzler so she gets by working one day a week, basically for gas money. Poor kid. Her grades are great, and she's just generally a very good kid. ;)

Joseph: High school soccer is over and he's playing for Chinook Alliance again this year. He really seems to like the more relaxed play of Select vs. Premier. I'm not sure if it was Stew's death that changed it for him, made him realize that soccer is to enjoy, not work yourself to oblivion over, or what is was, I'm just glad hes happy playing again. He's been playing soccer daily for 11 years now. Wow. That's a long time. He's loving high school. Doing great with his grades, and VERY anxious to start driving. Papa Gary has been super nice and has been taking him to practice driving on Sundays. He loves it.

Noah: Playing for Chinook Alliance this year also. Thankfully, soccer tryouts swayed him away for the football he's been talking about non stop for the past 3 months. I do NOT like football. Hes taken a huge interest in war. All things war. He reads about war, plays war video games, and talk of going into the service. I don't know where this comes from but he's very intense about it. School is going awesome for Noah. He loves his teacher, is making great grades and really seems to enjoy it.

Juliette: Also playing for Chinook Alliance this year. Um yeah, We are gonna be BUSY. Shes still wrapping up the softball season, while practicing for soccer. She played softball for Team Faith this year and enjoyed it alot. She's just like Joseph, loves to be active CONSTANTLY. I'm just glad that soccer seems to be all the kids first loves, as watching softball is kinda boring. Shhhh...I didn't just say that. ;) Juliette is also doing fabulous in school. She got an amazing teacher this year who is just the right combo on nice and strict. Just what Juliette needs. She tends to talk alot. Go figure. ;)

Annabel: Well, not alot going on but play play play. Shes done with preschool for the year. She did love it. She recognizes her name, knows all her colors and can sing the alphabet. She loves to sing. All kinds of songs. She got a new scooter after Aaron ran over her new trike with the car and we can't seem to keep her off of it. She loves to ride it around. She enjoys art and playing with the older kids. Sweet sweet girl. ;)

Delilah: 16 months old. Already. She's turning into a pretty good girl. We were worried there for awhile. lol. Shes intense. Very intense but shes learning to channel it better. She loves to do anything that Annie does and mimics her every move. Shes turned into quite the Daddy's girl, especially if Aaron is leaving. She's happiest when we are out and about. She is definitely a go- go-go girl.

Me and Aaron? All you gotta do is read the above. ;) I'm home cleaning, making dinner and knitting, (or stitching as Aaron calls it .lol) while Aaron is at work. Evenings turn into a giant carpool for us. I can't believe we manage to do it all and still have time to talk at the end of the night. But we do. And we are loving every minute of it. Our kids are all amazing and I don't think we could ask for anything better. Life is good. ;)

Flower Child

I took the little girls to the park to pick up Noah from his soccer tryouts. Unfortunately, the equipment was so hot that we couldn't play on it. We picked daisies and made Annabel into a perfect little hippy child instead. She loved it. With her fairy wings dress and flowers on her head, she was absolutely beautiful. She totally missed the 60's by a few decades. That's ok, here's to hoping that she can bring it back. ;)

Happy Birthday Madeline! (Belated)

So I could have sworn this blog already got posted as I typed it up and hit submit, but for some reason, It not here. So this is Madelines HAPPY BIRTHDAY post but late. Im sorry sweetie. I KNOW I already did it. Sheesh.


Anyhoos...Madeline just turned 17. Yup, Thats what I said, SEVENTEEN. I thought having a 15yo was hard, 17, is way harder. She is only one year away from being an official adult. Scary. To top that off, shes oficially older than I was when Aaron and I started dating. Now THAT is freaky.

She's pretty darn close to being the perfect teenager too. After my teen years, Im not sure what I did to deserve such an awesome kid, but I thank God every day for her. She kind, happy, considerate, empathetic, pretty much everything you could ask for in a person, yet more.



So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beautiful Madeline. You are the light in my life. I love you so much.