First Movie

Hi! Sorry my blogging has just been blah lately! I was all excited to finally load pics today and then of course, it's not working and I can't figure out why so we'll have to wait. But I just wanted to write about the girls' first movie theatre experience! Last Saturday, we had a little family outing and went to Red Robin for dinner and then to their first Disney movie, Tangled at the Budget Theatre. We had no clue how they would do or if they'd sit that long...but they were enthralled the whole time!! It was so cute looking at them in their huge chairs and seeing them so focused on the movie. Little Emily's body weight wouldn't even put the whole seat down...so she looked kinda uncomfortable the whole time but at least she didn't complain! :) They did great and had so much fun. The only thing that happened was during the part where the princess finds a crown but had never seen a crown before, she puts it on her arm. And then Hailey, for the WHOLE theatre to hear, yells out "NOT THERE SILLY!!!" Then the whole theatre laughed....:) And then the princess puts the crown on her head and then Hailey yelled again. "YEEEESSSSS!!!" So funny and so cute. THEY ARE GETTING SOOO BIG!!!

Hopefully I can figure out the ordeal w/ the pics...

Happy St. Patty's day everyone! I put the girls in green shirts today (which meant they had to wear all of Emily's clothes since that's HER favorite color) and they were SO confused as to why they were wearing Em's clothes and why in the world they couldn't wear PINK or PURPLE today. Such an interesting holiday - I wish there was a Dutch Day! :)

Dr. checkup

Hi there! So we went to the Dr. today to see how Hailey is doing. Turns out, she is doing okay as far as the seizure stuff goes...but then the Dr. checked out ALL of the girls cuz we are all coughing...and it turns out everyone has bronchitis AND Addison has a double ear infection! Go figure....so now we're back to doing triple nebulizers and we cleared the pharmacy out of antibiotics. :) Too bad the pediatrician couldn't just prescribe me with the same stuff. So we'll be hanging out around the house for yet another day. This has been a long week! I am so ready for summer!

Oh What a Night....

Wow - what a night. Here's a glimpse of what happened around here last night. So, Ryan is out of town for work....and my great friend Heather was here visiting (Thank GOD that she was here!!!) Anyway, so Heather and I stayed up til 11:30 chatting last night...then went to bed...at 1:45 Hailey comes walking up to my bed. I tell her it's the middle of the night and that I'll go tuck her back in bed. She wasn't warm, acted totally fine, and said "okay mom." I tuck her in, go back to bed for like TEN minutes...and in that time, she all of the sudden started making this terrible rhythmic crazy sounding noise. So I run into her room and she is on her side, like frozen in that position, but yet shaking uncontrollably and not really responsive. Her eyes were scary looking and she was just making a crazy noise like it was hard for her to breathe or something. I didn't even know what to do. So I picked her up to hold her cuz she just looked so scared herself...and then I realize she wet the bed. So then she stopped shaking like crazy and got really cold from wetting herself and was doing more of a trembling shake like when you have a fever. I checked her temp and it was 104.5. So within like 10 minutes, she went from feeling fine to THAT. CRAAAAZZYY!! Which I guess is why she started seizing. So I had no clue what to do...and then this whole time, Hailey's eyes were totally on the right side of her face. Like she would NOT look directly at me or move her eyes. She kinda acted like she was half sleepwalking/talking and half unconscious. I woke Heather up...just cuz I needed someone to tell me what to do! :) So I called the Dr...and then they said to call 911....and then 911 said "Paramedics are on the way." And I'm like WHAT IS GOING ON?!! Sooo scary!!!! Not only were her eyes really freaky but she was also talking really crazy. She knew her name was Hailey...but then she was calling me 'Uncle Shane." And she kept saying she wanted to drive the car...and that she wanted to sit by Emily, who was sleeping....and when I gave her a sip of water and she spilled a tiny bit she said "I'm drowning Mom I'm drowning!"....and just all sorts of weird out of this world stuff that she never says. That part almost scared me more than anything. It was like she had a stroke or something and couldn't remember stuff. I hate even re-thinking about it!!! So then the paramedics come....and it was good cuz they weren't panicky and they were just glad that she was breathing and not vomiting and stuff. But we still had to go to the ER. So THANKFULLY Heather was there to stay w/ the other girls (who were totally out of it and didn't hear a thing). So Hailey and I go in the ambulance....and then the ambulance gets stuck on our hill cuz it was super icy last night....so a firefighter was trying to push the ambulance up the hill...kinda funny. I didn't even know this was going on I was so worried about Hailey. And I thought I was going to throw up myself! ahh! So then by the time we get to the ER, her fever had gone down and she was acting better....no more shaking/trembling and her eyes were getting a little more back to normal. But she was still saying weird things. She fell asleep on my lap for half an hour as we waited for the Dr. and after she woke up, she was like back to normal. She asked for her poodle (yay!) and then she wanted to hug me and said "I love you so much mama." I was like those are the best words ever! for one, she called me MOM instead of SHANE again :) and she was just her sweet self again. Poor baby!!!!! So then we hung out there til 5 a.m., then called Grandpa Kim to pick us up. But when he got there they apparently didn't know we were still in the room so they told him we were discharged so it took a while for them to figure out where we were. So anyway, we got home and I went to bed at 6:15 a.m.....and Addison woke up at 6:30. WHAT A NIGHT. So now I'm drinking coffee...girls are watching a movie....and Hailey is acting totally normal. PRAISE THE LORD. Apparently, these febrile seizures run in families (but not in ours!) and are very common for infants to 5 year olds. Now that she's had one, she could have more any time she gets a fever so it's super important to medicate early on....but THANKFULLY this does not lead to epilepsy or anything like that. We go in on Monday for a check up. My poor baby. What a scary night.

So anyway, that was our night. I hope the rest of you had a restful night! :)

February

Hi Hi Hi! Sorry we've been M.I.A. lately! The month of February flew by!! I feel like I am finding less time to blog the older they get! Maybe it's because naptime is getting shorter....and their talk time is increasing like CRAZY! Seriously some days, I feel like I don't even have a chance to think. Like when we're driving, I have to totally just not listen to them for a little bit so I can think which way I have to turn. Sometimes I just feel so BUSY because there is non stop chatter and "why" questions...and I keep busy refereeing fights or cleaning up messes! :) About a month ago, we decided we wanted to move their "playing" to the basement since they wouldn't even play in their playroom very much. Their toys were ALL over the house...so we moved their desks into the playroom...and then moved their toys all downstairs. It has been AMAZING! Now they'll go play downstairs and STAY downstairs for a while so we can clean up after dinner in peace! :) They love riding their bikes downstairs and lately, they are VERY into playing "house" and "school" and "camping." This morning, we were over at a friends house in fact...and they were playing house. Then Emily comes down stairs to let me know that Hailey had just taken her pants off upstairs with Tyler. I was like "oh boy." Well then Hailey comes downstairs and her pants are on and everything looks fine. Then I noticed her pants were on inside out. I take her pants down and see that she is now wearing TYLER's underwear and he was sporting her princess panties under his pants. :) All we could do was laugh. I can't wait to tell them this when they are older. :) We have to keep our eyes on those two since they'll be in the same class next year at school. :)

So since we are spending more time downstairs, we started painting it to freshen it up a bit. I LOVE painting so I get kinda addicted to it. It takes a while when the only time I can do it is during naptime or after 9 o'clock. But, we're almost done! :)

What else - oh! I'm old now! :) On Feb. 22nd, I turned the big 30!! Crazy! 30 just sounds OLD to me....even though I know it's not...it's just weird leaving the 20's. SOOO much happens in your 20's...college, dating, marriage, moving, apartments, jobs, houses, TRIPLETS, etc. I hope the 30's are as amazing and exciting as my 20's were. :) I really do feel so so blessed. I had a really great day. Great weekend in fact! On the Saturday before my birthday, Ryan was acting kinda weird in the morning, not wanting me to eat breakfast and telling me I should shower (which I'm SOOOOO glad he did cuz I was soooo gross!) But then at 8 a.m. , the doorbell rings and Ryan surprised me with tons of my friends at the door who then took me away to my fave breakfast place - The Original Pancake House. It was so fun! Then my mother -in-law and sister-in-law picked me up from breakfast and took me for a manicure! So great! Then out to lunch! I was eating like crazy but it was such a nice little getaway. Then on my actual birthday, we went out to eat and had such a great date night. Every time we get a date night out, I think "WHYYYYY don't we do this more often?" It is such a treat and so needed since we can barely get a few words into each other these days. Don't get me wrong- the girls are hilarious right now w/ all the things they are saying. I wish I was better at remembering all that they say to each other and to us. It is such a cute age seeing their little personalities come out and everything.

Other than that, not much else is new. I'll try to get some more pics up here soon.

The Big Blizzard

And oh my was it a blizzard. SOOOO windy last night....and huge drifts everywhere. Of course Ryan's out of town right? :) Oh well - we managed to dig ourselves out this morning. The girls just had to play in the garage cuz they couldn't even take one step at first. Our little snow blower was getting so tired...so thankfully we have the best neighbor friends EVER who came over to help me. Ryan is going to be so surprised we got it all done! :)

Our driveway....

Em....bummed she can't even take a step out....
Our mailbox...
Addy was already in the house...too cold..
Our front sidewalk..
Deck...
Awesome neighbor Luke to the rescue...Our deck...and our grill.....

Skiing in Colorado!!

Here ya have it folks - three future ski bunnies!!! :) Addison - Hailey - and Emily :)

WHEW! What a FUN vacation! (and a tad tiring too!) :) Funny how you often need a vacation after a vacation when you travel with these three. :) No...it was SO GREAT! I SO LOVE COLORADO AND SKIING!!! Here's the recap:

So, Kim and Kathy purchased a week at a condo at the Christian school's auction last April. We were so excited they asked us to come with!!! I think I was particularly excited because this meant we'd be able to see my family as well since they all live there. So - we packed a million pairs of snowpants, mittens, hats, you name it...and managed to only check TWO bags!!! (but we did have 5 carry-ons and 3 carseats) :) The trip down was great as the girls slept on the plane for the most part and then my parents picked us up from the airport. Kim and Kathy and Shane and Jody spent the night at Kim's Aunt Mary's house and then went up to the condo on Friday. We got to hang out with my family in Denver Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday. It was so fun to see everyone! Then we headed up to the mountains on Saturday during a snowstorm. Thankfully we got there in one piece and just had small delays. Then Sunday morning, bright and early, my entire family came up to go skiing with us! THANKS SO MUCH TO GRANDMA GWEN, GRANDMA KATHY and GRANDPA KIM for watching all the grandkids!!!! We had SUCH a great day of skiing and it made me realize how much I miss the mountains and how much I love and miss skiing with my fam!

Here's beautiful Copper Mountain!!!

Oh yes....wouldn't you know it that Sunday, the day we were skiing with my family, also happened to be the day of a super important Packer game. :) Don't you worry Packer fans...Ryan managed to take some long ski "breaks" to watch the game. Lucky for him that my brother Kyle happens to be marrying one of the biggest Packer fans ever so Ryan has someone to watch it with him. I did see the last 30 minutes though and it was SO fun to watch it right next to a table of Bears fans! :) :) It was a great day for our marriage. :) A HUGE Wisconsin Packer win and a PERFECT beautiful day of skiing in the Colorado mountains. :)

The die-hard Cheeseheads :)

My skiin' fam :) I WANT TO GO AGAIN! :)

Then Monday was the girls' big ski day! And they were so excited! Here they are, all geared up trying to find their thumbs to give us the 'thumbs up' sign. (Addy, Hailey, Emily) Their ski's were so tiny and so cute!

Riding up the conveyer belt up their little mountain :) (AHE) Uncle Cory said they look like penguins here. :)

Lots of help from both the grandma's.

Grandpa Joel brought his cross country ski's up to help speed things along. :) Here he is with Emily..
Hailey caught on very fast. She even did a couple turns and could slow herself down! We were shocked at how well they did!
Addy was ALL smiles and was all about going super fast. But then of course, she'd whipe out...and then there were tears. :)
Em did great too....her legs just got tired a lot faster so it was a lot of work for us adults to hold her up and keep her from falling over. We were sweating more than the girls I think. And there is NO way Ryan and I could have taken the girls skiing without the help of 4 OTHER adults. :)

Yup - this is what would happen to Em.. :) THEY all did SO great though! Can't wait to take them again!!

Gotta have some mountain hot chocolate after a hard days work! (Hailey)

Then Monday night, we went on this cool sleigh ride. The sleigh took us out in the middle of no where and then to this cool western cabin. We were serenaded by Country music and served a great dinner. So fun! Have I told you I love where I'm from? :)

Addy clapping for the "Singer Man." He even sang "Old McDonald" for the girls. And, I just have to say that this girl is an amazing eater. Not sure too many 3 year olds would chow down on Beef & Bean Barley Soup but she asked for seconds! :)
Happy Hour :)

Then Monday night was an interesting one. We got back from the sleigh ride and Hailey managed to throw up ALL over Ryan and his coat. Props to him for taking it like a champ and making sure Hailey was okay before freaking out that he had vomit all over him. :) Such a good dad. :) So I thought Hailey was car sick since the mountain road was super curvy and the sleigh ride, etc. But, turns out she threw up at 11 and at 2 that night too! It was a BADDDD night. I don't even know if I slept at all. We were all sleeping in the same room. Ry and I on a queen, then Addy and Hailey on a double bed with Emily on the bunk over that one. Luckily, we had put Addy and Hailey in the bed foot to foot that night or Hailey would have thrown up all over Addison's face. I know this is probably so gross but I just have to share how bad that night was... So yea, it's so horrible being sick or having sick kids in a foreign place. So here we are, in the middle of the night, trying to do laundry and look for cleaning supplies and find extra sheets. We ended up putting Addison foot to foot on the bunk with Emily and then Hailey we put at the foot of her double bed with a random twin bedsheet that didn't fit. Well that was okay but when you sleep in the same room as your kiddos, I woke up every 5 minutes I bet because I THOUGHT that she was about to throw up again...so I'd RUN to her and then she wouldn't. Oh man. It was pitch dark in the room too....so we randomly found a small lamp to serve as a night light for the whole night which was really as bright as a normal lamp so we tried to sleep with the lights on in between vomit sessions. So anyway, at 4 o'clock, Addy wakes up and throws up at the foot of Emily's bed in the bunk bed now! So now we had no choice but to move Addy back down to where Hailey originally threw up. So many sheets were washed that night.... The only good thing about all of this was the timing of it all. THANKFULLY, Ryan and I were "scheduled" to be at home w/ the girls that next day anyway while everyone else went skiing. So that worked out perfectly for everyone else to get out of the house - and for us to finish doing laundry and take it easy w/ the girls. And we didn't have to miss a day of skiing! :) We think it was altitude sickness now....but who knows.

So then Wednesday, Ryan, Shane, and I woke up early to hit the slopes at Keystone. Jody and Kim joined us later. We had so much fun!!! Ry and I stayed late that day too and did a little night skiing which I had never done before. It is TOUGH in the dark!

And this is the girls' Great Uncle Ed and Great Aunt Mary who were SOOOO gracious enough to let us borrow one of their cars all week. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Thursday morning we took the Gondola up to Breckenridge and packed a lunch with the girls and Ed & Mary. They loved it! (Addy, me, and Hailey)
Ry & Em

Playing games with Uncle Shane and Grandma Kathy in the condo

Dooyema family photo!

Peters family photo
Our super cute nephew Bryce!!!

And I just had to take a picture of the mountains. One of my favorite things in Denver is when you drive around town, you get this amazing view of the mountains. Pictures just don't do justice!

Trying to get a cousin pic. This one cracks me up. (Hailey, Bryce, Emily, Kamryn, and Addy)
Grandpa Joel and Grandma Gwen with their little joys.
Trying to get a family pic
My niece!! Cute Kami!!!
My sis, me, and my mom - love you!

And yes, I love Colorado too. It was 68 degrees and sunny and I'd even say HOT while we were there. LOADS of snow in the mountains...and then we sat outside all day in short sleeves. It was fabulous!!

Here the girls are at the airport. They run around on these things to kill time. :) They had a blast flying. They absolutely love it and get all hyper and ask a thousand questions. Our flight home left at bedtime so we thought for sure they would sleep on the plane. But nope. We had the best flight attendant who was great w/ kids...gave them each their own "princess" drink and talked to them the whole time. Hailey would say "Hiiiiiii sweetiieee" every time he passed by. I think she had a little crush. Hailey was so funny. She is quite the socialite. She would talk to anyone and everyone on the plane. She asked the guy behind her why he was sitting there, what his name was, where he lived, where his sister lived, etc. They love traveling and I'm so glad they do so well! :) That being said, we came home EXHAUSTED. We all slept in, then the girls took a FOUR hour nap which they haven't done in FOREVER. We always went to bed at like 9 on vacation but it just wore us all out! But, I'd do it again in a second! :) THANKS SO MUCH for such a great trip Mom & Dad Dooyema!!!

South Eastern Wisconsin Mothers of Triplets or More

Here's a pic of some of the ladies in my South Eastern Wisconsin Mothers of Triplets or More group!!! We had a little get-together last night. Love these ladies!!! Some of us have two month old triplets and some have triplets that are 10!! So fun!!