Ho Ho Ho

Here's some new pics for everyone! 1 - The Peters siblings with the girls! 2 - Emily weighing in at 7 lbs! Addison is 8 lbs!!! and Hailey is 6 lbs 14 oz! 3 - Friendly Packer-Bronco rivalry :) We all know who won the game this year. :) 4 - Our Christmas family pic! :)

Merry Merry Merry Christmas!

Addison, Hailey, and Emily want to wish you all a Merry Merry Merry Christmas! They have been having a great 1st Christmas so far. They're getting plenty of attention now that we have a full house over here (as if we didn't already!) with my entire side of the family here. My dad, Kyle and Kara arrived 5 hours late on Friday...and then Craig and Laura's plane arrived 7 hours late with no luggage on Saturday! But we are thankful all have arrived SAFELY and that their luggage finally came today too! We're having so much fun though and the girls have been doing well. Addison now weighs 7lbs 9 oz! Emily is 6 lbs 5 oz and Hailey is 6 lbs 3 oz! They're all like normal babies now! I can't believe it! :) Pictures are Addison, then Hailey and then Emily . :) The last picture is of the girls with their very own Christmas trees that they can decorate every year. Grandpa Joel and Grandma Gwen gave them their 1st Christmas trees for Christmas! So far, only one ornament on each tree! :)

Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C :)

Hi there - just a couple new pics for you all. Baby A - Addison, Baby B - Emily, and Baby C - Hailey! I still can't believe they were all inside of me! It's so neat to see who they are now and to know who was kicking me where! :) The second pic are the identical ones (who, by the way, - we prefer they be called "the identical ones" instead of "the twins" because they aren't twins - they are triplets! and then poor Addison is left out!) :) Emily & Hailey are just having 'playtime' together. :) And then the third pic is what happens when all hands are full feeding the other two babies. Poor Hailey was kicking herself out of her wrap and was almost out of her bouncy seat! And, I should have taken a picture of this last night but Ryan was fed up with Addison because she was crying forever and would NOT stop. So, he gave her her very first "timeout." He grabbed her bouncy seat, put it on the bathroom floor, turned on the bathroom fan, and then put Addy in the bathroom. She FINALLY stopped crying because the noise of the fan was too loud and she probably figured she couldn't be heard. :) Again - whatever works! :)

Answered Prayers

I should have asked for prayers a week ago! Thanks so much for praying cuz the girls slept AMAZING last night! My alarm had to go off to wake them up! SO GREAT! And, they miraculously stopped spitting as much so that is so great! And, the home health care nurse came and they all gained weight! Addison weighs 7 lbs .5 oz!!!!!! Holy cow! Emily is 5 lbs 12 oz and is really getting some cheeks now! Hailey is our peanut at 5 lbs. 4.5 oz so she's getting there. Quite the difference between Addison and Hailey though! And, NO MORE MONITOR for Addison! She is jumping for joy since she doesn't have to have that tight band around her chest anymore. We are praising God like crazy today! No new pics yet... :(

3 hours

If any of you reading this think of it, could you please say a little prayer for us? For some reason, things have gotten a little tougher over here even though my mom is here to help! I don't know what's going on with the girls! They have NOT been sleeping well lately and Addison and Hailey have been spitting up a ton! They've been on meds to help with their spitting since they've been born but for some reason, it really doesn't seem to be working anymore! It's a crazy circle that we run because we give them their meds, then try to feed them, then they spit up their meds, try to feed again...spit up again, then we stop feeding them because it seems like they'll just spit it all up...but then they fuss and fuss because they are starving! It's crazy!!! Last night I only got 3 hours of interrupted sleep... Someone was always crying and they just weren't satisfied with anything! Emily is doing well though - she isn't spitting up as often and she is eating pretty well. It's just wearing on me when the other two can't keep anything down! They don't act sick or anything though so I don't know what to do with them! Please pray for their little tummies to be able to handle their feedings...and please pray for me as I am getting more and more tired!! Thank you so much!

Yawn...

Wowee - I'm tired this morning. Last night was an all nighter it felt like! Ryan and I had the treat of being able to go out on the town for a Christmas party with a bunch of our friends. It was great! Grandma Gwen manned the troops by herself - and even fed all 3 by herself! She did great though even if it was chaos for a little while. It was so nice to get out of the house though and hang out with our friends. But then we came home late....so didn't get to bed until after the midnight feeding...and then the girls were fussy most of the night! AHH! We'll all be taking a nap today!
This is our typical schedule for those who don't know:
8 p.m. - Lay the girls on the ground for play time where they really just scream and kick around cuz they are starving - but it wears them out so they sleep well for the next couple hours. Then we feed them all and are usually done by 9:30.
12 a.m. - Ryan wakes up with me and bottle feeds one while I nurse one...and then another. I nurse two at a time during the day but at night it's too stressful because when one needs to burp it's hard to keep one on while burping the other. So I nurse two of them at separate times and then pump after that. At my peak I was pumping 8 oz on both sides AFTER nursing 2 of them! CRAZZZZYY! :) Ryan goes back to bed at 12:30 and I go back to bed at 1:30 a.m.
2:15 a.m. - Wake up to stick someone's nuk back in their mouth.
2:20 a.m. - Crawl back into bed.
2:21 a.m. - Go stick the nuk back in AGAIN.
3:00 a.m. - Ryan or my mom wakes up to stick someone's nuk back in their mouth.
4:00 a.m. - Sometimes my alarm goes off to wake them up for this feeding....if they haven't already woken us up. My mom and I get up and she feeds one while I feed two! Back to bed by 5:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - Wake up, get the coffee brewing, get all their meds in order and set up...change diapers (we go through about 30 diapers a day!) and feed them again!
10:00 a.m. - Shower while my mom washes bottles.
11:30 a.m. - Begin giving the girls a bath every day. They get spit up all over them all the time.
12 p.m. - Feed again!
1:30 p.m. - Make and eat lunch! I feel like I can't eat or drink enough these days!
2:00 p.m. - Wash tons of bottles, do laundry, email, nap, Christmas shop, you name it!
2:45 p.m. - Rock a couple whimpering babies....
4 p.m. - Cuddle some more! (It's so hard to set the girls down! I LOVE cuddling with them!) And then feed again!
5:30 p.m. - We have been blessed by having a variety of AMAZING chefs bring dinner over. Seriously - I don't know WHEN we'd think about cooking! The meals have been SUCH a treat!!
And then the night starts all over. Every day feels like the same day. I never know what day it is!

This week was a big week though. The girls had their RSV shots on Tuesday from the home health care nurse and then on Thursday, my mom and I brought them all in to the pediatrician for 4 shots each! AHH! They screamed but not as bad as I thought they would....just ripping the band-aids off felt like I was giving them ANOTHER shot! (RSV is a virus that is really just like the cold that we may get but if babies get it, they can get REALLY sick and even die. This is why the girls aren't going out anywhere yet because colds are everywhere at this time of year! Because they were born at 31 weeks (preemies lungs are smaller and less developed which makes them at greater risk) and because they were multiples, they qualified to get the RSV vaccine every month until March. Each shot costs $1000 every month for EACH of them! EEK! Thank the LORD for good insurance!!!!!!!) Addison's weight now - 6 lbs 8 oz. Emily - 5lbs 6 oz. Hailey - 5 lbs 2 oz.
Other than that, we're loving every minute with the girls. I feel like I am a broken record with how often I tell them I love them and that they are the cutest girls in the world. I have kissed them until they are blue in the face practically. :) I hold one and tell her she is the cutest in the world....then I pick up another and say 'wait a minute - YOU are the cutest in the world...' and on and on it goes! They really are the best gifts EVER! :)

Grandma Gwen is here!

Grandma Gwen made it! The minute she walked in the door we threw the girls in her arms and she was smiling all night long. :) I was holding Addison when she walked in and so I had her guess who I was holding. She thought Addison was so tiny that it must be Emily. But Addison is the BIG GIRL! :) So she was all mixed up from the start. :) The girls were misbehaving for their Grandma's first night of helping though....they did not want to go to sleep until 4 a.m. AHH! So needless to say, coffee is our friend! :)