Rocking Chair?

Morning! Just wondering if any of you who live around here happen to have a comfy rocking chair that you don't use very often. Ryan and I are wondering if we could borrow a chair from someone for a couple months. We have one rocking chair upstairs but with both of us feeding the girls in the middle of the night, Ryan ends up sitting on the floor. Just let me know if you wouldn't miss a chair for a couple months! Thanks a bunch!

- Thank you to everyone who offered us their rocking chair! We are all set now! Thanks so much!

1st night!

Well, we made it through our first night with all 3 girls home! It was GREAT to have them all here....even IF it meant we were up all night! :) No - really they just woke up every 3 - 4 hours.. if one woke up, we woke them all up to keep them on the same schedule. I would feed one, then another, while Ryan would bottle feed the other one. I'm a little more worried about Ryan as he's not so sure how he's going to handle all of this "no sleeping" business. :)
So last night we went to pick up Hailey and we put all the girls in their fancy stroller and then we got to experience for the first time what it feels like to be in a parade. :) We walked out and TONS of people were looking at us and the girls and asking questions and you name it. We felt like we should have been waving and throwing candy out or something. :) I know our stroller is a definite stranger magnet! It was so great though to drive home with all of them. I'm not going to promise that I'll be updating this thing as often anymore as things are going to be a little crazy for a while. Seriously though - thanks to ALL of you for caring so much about their progress. We feel so incredibly blessed!
Pics below: 1 - The girls in their racecar stroller! :) 2 - Hailey in her carseat ready to go home. She barely fits in there. 3 - me snoozing with Emily and Addison :)

Full House!

Hailey is coming HOME today!!!! We are so excited! So now we got to experience 2 days of having one baby at home, 2 days with two babies...and now tonight will be the real challenge! It seems so unreal that we won't need to be going to the hospital every day and night any more. Our van just goes there on auto pilot. We actually will miss hanging out with the nurses though and all the help that they give. We will be getting a home health care nurse though to come and check their weights and possibly give them their monthly shots. So that'll be nice. We're still waiting to hear if Hailey needs to come home on a monitor or not ...but at least she's coming home! So, the girls were in the hosptial for 33 days, 35 days and 37 days. That's not too bad! We're so thankful that they're doing so well and that the "Dooyema 5" can be together again. :) And now that all 3 will be home, Ryan will take some time off of work...and then my brother and sister (the twins!) will come for Thanksgiving...and then my mom will come the month of December to help...and then my WHOLE family is coming the weeks around Christmas! Can't wait! I still shake my head some days and I can't believe we actually have TRIPLETS - 3 babies...crazy! It makes it more real to see them at home together and to know that Ryan and I are now completely in charge of them. Ahh! :) Addison and Emily did much better last night. ...they woke up "on cue" right before my alarm would go off so that's awesome. I'm usually up for an hour and a half each time I get up...but I feel more rested today! Well - better get in the shower while the little ones are sleeping. Have a GREAT weekend everyone! :) I know we will! :)

2 down, 1 to go! :)

Emily is home now too!!! Addison only had 2 short days to herself with all of the attention....because Emily came home last night as well! Emily however, wasn't so sure of her new surroundings as she kept mom (and even dad!) awake most of the night. She has quite the lungs for being so little. :) I know I need to just get used to having 4 hours of sleep or less. Ahh! :) Addison came home weighing 5 lb 2 oz and Emily came home weighing 4 lb 2 oz!
Yesterday, all the girls had their eyes examined and Addison and Hailey's eyes look great but Emily's are still "immature" and need to be checked out again in 2 - 3 weeks. I guess it makes sense she since was the smallest at birth. It's funny that the girls are already demonstrating their uniqueness. Addison came home on a monitor - Emily didn't need to but Emily has a delay with her eyes. Then Hailey has the blood in her stool. :) And, we can definitely tell a difference in their cries already. :)
This morning I got to take Addison and Emily out to the pediatrician for their first appointment. I could carry the both of them in with no problem but it will get interesting once Hailey comes home! The pediatrician said they look great though! Hailey is hanging in there at the hospital. It was so hard to leave her there all by herself. But, she should be coming home this weekend sometime! Woohoo! :) Then the fun will REALLY begin! :)
The pics below: 1 - Our absolutely AMAZING primary NICU nurses Renee and Cathy with Hailey - Emily - and Addison. They are the BEST and the girls will for sure miss them!!!!! 2 & 3- Addison & Emily all strapped up in their carseats ready to go. 4 - Trying out their new bouncy seats...AT HOME! :)

Yay! I'm home!

Yay! I'm home! :) Addison was very excited to come home on Monday night. She did great too! Up every 3 -4 hours...not too bad! :)

Addison is HOME!

Morning! Just wanted to let you all know that our little Addison made it home last night around 8pm! It's so fun having a baby in our house! :) She looks so cute in her little bouncy seat and I love just being able to hold her in OUR home! :) We gave her a tour last night...and I think she's going to like her new surroundings. :) She eats every 3 to 4 hours and did great last night! She did however, have to come home on a monitor. For those who don't know, the monitor "monitors" her heart rate and her breathing and anytime her heart goes too fast or too slow or if she holds her breath longer than 20 seconds, then the loudest alarm in the world will sound. We wish she didn't have to come home on one because you have to have her "plugged in" anytime she's not being held...like even in the car and stuff...but at the same time, it's nice knowing that she's okay when she's down the hall in her crib and everything. So, now it's back to the hospital to visit her sisters! :) Emily is just about ready to come home as well - she's on the trend event right now to see if she needs a monitor. They'll download that info on Wed. and then she can either come home Wed or Thursday! AHH! :) Everything is going fast now! :) Hailey is still catching up in weight and her stools STILL need to clear up. Please pray for her that her stools stop showing signs of blood! It will be hard to have 2 girls home and leave poor Hailey all alone in the hospital!

Happy 1 month Birthday to Addison, Emily and Hailey!

Has it already been 1 month since we became parents? Wow - can't believe how the month of October FLEW by. The girls have already changed so much! No more breathing help, no feeding tubes, we can hold them...chubbier cheeks, etc. Amazing how much can change in 1 month. Our big news over here now is that Emily is no longer our little peanut! She won the race against Hailey and is now 4 lbs! She is in a big girl crib like her older sister Addison! Yea Emily! Hailey's not far behind though...as she only needs to gain 25 grams before getting in a big girl crib as well! :)
And, Miss Addison is now pretty much scheduled to come home on MONDAY!!!!! Woohoo! Last week, she was taken off of her Zantac that helps her spits and then was put on the trend event that checks to see if she needs to go home on a monitor or not. Well, once off the Zantac, she started spitting again which makes her hold her breath and then sets off alarms. So, the trend event came back saying she needed to go home on a monitor even though she hasn't had alarms in FOREVER. So, the Docs want to do a 're -run.' We'll find out how she does on Monday and then she'll come home with or without a monitor! We're so excited for her to BE HERE!!! So, Ryan and I are trying to enjoy our last weekend EVER without little kiddos at home. :)
Nothing is new with Hailey - we're just still waiting for her stools to completely clear up. Hopefully the next pics we put on here will be pics of Addison COMING HOME! :)