Proof that I am crazy!

This picture was taken in the mall on BLACK FRIDAY, because yes... I'm cool like that. I've gotten up early to shop before, but never as early as I did this past Friday. Deana somehow managed to talk this sleep deprived NON-MORNING person into leaving the house at 3am. YES people, I said 3AM! My perky friend called me at 2:55AM and was already in my driveway waiting for me. She's certifiable (insane!) I tell ya! But oh what a good friend....She took me straight to Starbucks, which was open for all of us nuts! Mmmm Chai tea latte!

We were in the parking lot at the mall by 3:30AM! Our plan was to hit JC Penny. They were having a fab sale on small household appliances that I just HAD to have. (really...I had no choice. Things call my name and I can't control it.)

Anyway... We saw people actually getting INTO the store. So we jumped out of the car, but we weren't employees.... haha... The people getting in worked there! So we had to wait outside with the rest of them. We even tried to play the "triplet card" that usually works so well for me hahahahahaha...But not this time. I had to trample people to get to the front of the line. (Yeah right!)

Finally, 4am hit and we ran into the store. My plan was to go straight to the slow cookers, because who could pass up a $13 five quart slow cooker right? I ended up also getting a 7 cup food processor and a blender thingy (just like the "as seen on tv" Magic Bullet) but not the same brand....for a total of $70 for all three items. SCORE!!!

Took those items out to the trunk of the car because, clearly, carrying them around would hold us back from the rest of our shopping!!! (And a cute young hunk carried them out for us :) We went back in, and I ended up buying 3 shirts for myself and three SUPER cute Christmas pajamas for the babies. When the rest of the mall opened, we hit up Macys and I bought some unmentionables. Then we went to The Children's Place where I bought some cute white tights for the babes. After a quick break and some Wetzel's Pretzels, we decided to move on.

So we headed to Best Buy and bought a big fat nothing. Then I remembered Babies R Us was having a super cool diaper and baby food sale. I bought 8 packages of diapers for $40. Turned out to be just 13 cents per diaper, which as you know, ROCKS MY WORLD! Also took advantage of the BOGO sale on Earth's Best Baby food. Got 4 cases for $20. I LOVE good deals! Oh and I bought a toy for the girls too.

The thing that cracks me up about this shopping trip is that it was not MY idea and I spent more than Deana! I would never think to get up at 3am. I tell her that it is her fault I spent so much since it was HER idea. hahaha...I have to blame someone! I was handing out cash like candy!

We ended up having such a great time. I am totally game for doing this next year too. I think we're going to have to get up really early the day after Christmas as well. I'm hooked and the girls' first birthday is right around the corner! Also, we need at least a 12 foot Christmas tree for our tall ceilings. Can you say 50% off? (I can, I can!)

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a fun weekend. We sure did!

Two sets of triplets take on THE MALL?!?!!!

My Mother's of Multiples group has a monthly coffee/play date at our local mall. Somehow I was able to talk my friend (who has 9 week old triplets) into going with me. Can you just imagine the stares we got with our SIX babies?! What was even more fun was that our get together had a great turn out. We had 4 triplet moms and 4 twin moms. We had such a great time. I was a little nervous about taking the girls out because we meet before 10am and my girls are usually napping from 9am-10.... But I thought I'd live on the wild side and see what happens if I took them to the mall instead. hahaha... The girls did great. They got tired and they all eventually fell asleep. I was thankful that, at the last minute, I decided to pull our small triple stroller OUT of the van and bring the nice comfy Peg triple instead.

Here are a few pics from that day.

Deana, me....and our SIX babies!



Turns out....I love this stroller (even though I hate it hahahahaha)


Morgan with her paci on her finger...too cute!


Oh and also a great thing about that day... While Deana and I were talking with our twin mom friends, a pregnant woman came up to us. At first we thought maybe she was just another looky loo.... because you know we get a lot of those... Turns out, she is pregnant WITH triplets! I am so happy she just happened to be at the mall that day. When I was pregnant, I was so overwhelmed and if I had known a local triplet mom or two....well that would have just been so helpful. So I'm really happy we met her and invited her to join our MoM group. I wish I had joined while pregnant. I think it would have been comforting since a triplet pregnancy can be so difficult.

It just turned out to be such a great day. I was so happy for Deana for getting out with her boys for the first time. I also love that my girls did so great. I look forward to many more fun outings like this! Good times!

This time, last year....

As soon as November came, I couldn't help but think about what was going on last year at this time. November 2nd was probably one of the scariest days of my pregnancy. We went in for our routine bi-weekly check up at 22 weeks.....and left the doctor's office fearing for the lives of our babies. Preterm labor. I had been experiencing contractions without knowing they were contractions. My cervix had shortened 2 centimeters in just two weeks. We were facing several very crucial weeks in the pregnancy. I was sent home with medication to slow the contractions and was told that bed rest for the duration was the best way to keep our little ones safe. The next two months were the longest of my life. I was so thankful just to make it to the 3rd trimester against all odds.

Somehow we made it to 35 weeks and 1 day before I delivered the girls. And look at us now. Here we are at over 9 months old. We have three healthy, beautiful baby girls who are thriving.

Our girls amaze me every day, and I feel truly blessed to be their mother!

Our girls

I've been taking so many pics of the girls lately. I'm quickly realizing that we have less than 3 months until their first birthday. Time is flying, and I don't want to miss a thing. Our babies are turning into toddlers right in front of our eyes.

So here are some recent pics of our cuties.

Rachel smiling for Mommy! Doesn't she just melt your heart?


Here is our happy Sophia! She is such an easy going baby.


Morgan.... So cute and she looks just like Daddy.





I often find the girls crawling all over each other...Who needs Twister? (Thanks Donna)



Sophia supervising and making sure Morgan finishes that bottle. (Or she is getting ready to steal it..either way. hehehe...)



And this picture would have been PERFECT if it didn't make me realize how badly our carpet needs to be cleaned. lol....



I'm not shy, I'll say it. WOW...these are some cute babies! We are truly blessed!

Just goes to show how tired I have been....

Okay I am cracking up. I just read through some of my recent posts on this blog and WOW...I am rambling and repeating myself. There will always be posts about how sleep deprived I usually am......but yeah... I should be blogging when I am not so tired.

Just sayin..... lol

We're 9 months old!

We've been 9 months old for a couple of weeks now, but you know I'm always late with these updates!

So what are we doing? Morgan was the first crawler. Rachel was the second, and Sophia started crawling one week after Rachel. WE ARE MOBILE!!!! Watch out world! (Note to self...buy more gates!)

We can all sit up. While Morgan has mastered this skill, Rachel and Sophia are wobbly sitters. Morgan can also pull up to standing. She pulls up on just about anything or anyone she can find. We're all babbling and talking all day long. Sophia's favorite thing to say is... Da da da da da da da da da over and over again. Morgan's is Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mum mum mamama.. So cute. What is Rachel's favorite thing to say you ask? She likes to say the letter H. She pronounces it just like the letter sounds. Its funny to see your 9 month old just look at you and say H, H, H, H, H.....

The girls are really getting to be good eaters. They are eating us out of house and home. lol... I've recently had to buy double the baby food than just a few weeks ago. I think I finally need to get on the band wagon and make some of our own baby food. Plus, at 9 months old, I'm fully aware that they can start eating some mashed table foods. I'm so afraid of that though. Earlier this week, I was at Target with my mom and the girls buying, what else..... baby food. Well, everyone knows I am afraid to move on from the Stage 2 foods. So my mom talks me into buying a couple of jars of Stage 3 foods. I think we bought beef vegetable with rice and then one lasagna. I've tried giving the girls the Gerber Puffs and yogurt melts. Sophia and Rachel spit them out immediately. It took Morgan a couple of tries, but she will actually chew the puffs and melts and eat them. Anyway, so we get home and my mom starts to feed them the Stage 3 beef thing. I assumed they would spit it out since they spit out anything they are not used to, but my mom was just sure they'd love it. Well.... LMAO... They totally spit it out! (Well Morgan chewed a little bit of it, but she wasn't looking too happy about it.) I wish that they would have eaten it. I feel like I feed them the same things over and over again because I'm afraid of everything else. Needless to say, we have not tried the lasangna one yet. Also, Sophia and Rachel are such picky little eaters. They act like I'm trying to kill them if I put a green vegetable or baby food meat in their mouths. On the other hand, Morgan will eat anything you put in front of her.

Oh TEETH... Rachel is the front runner and she has 6, yes SIX, teeth. Two on the bottom and FOUR on top. The 4 on top have just come in, but she is oh so cute. Morgan has two bottom teeth and is cutting one top and one more bottom one currently. Sophia also has her two bottom teeth and is getting FOUR on top too....they just haven't broken all the way through, but I can see that they are going to any day now! So yes, I know they are ready for more foods. I am so afraid they won't know to CHEW the food. Go ahead and laugh at me.......

Overall, the girls are really doing great. We're so proud to be their parents! Time is just flying by. I can't believe we have less than 3 months until their first birthday. *tears*....

Yes, we have conventions!

I recently returned from my first "Mother's of Multiples" convention. Yes people, we have conventions. At first I really didn't understand why in the world moms of multiples would need a convention. I just signed up for it because some friends in my local club talked me into it. But after going, I realized it's for the same reasons that we join our local multiples club in the first place. We need to support each other and learn from one another. Being a mom to multiples is just a different experience! Also, it is a great excuse for a weekend get-a-way.

I had such a great time. I have to admit that part of the reason I went was just so that I could get a full night of sleep!!!! If you know the real me, then you know I am not the type that goes out of my way to meet new people. I have always been a little on the shy side. (I know...unless you know me...because then I never shut up.) Anyway, doing something like this is usually NOT within my comfort zone. I have to admit that I'm proud of myself for going.

I made sure to reserve my own hotel room. It was possible to get a roommate, but I really wanted to have some ME time and make sure that I got some really good sleep with no interuptions. When I arrived at the hotel, I let them know I was there for the convention and that I have 9 month old triplets and can't wait to get some good sleep. So the clerk smiled and then clicked and typed away on his computer and then said.... "I've upgraded you to a mini-suite. You'll get plenty of rest there!" (SCORE!!!!) I was so thankful and totally excited. When I went up to my room and saw how nice and big it was, I was so excited! I had a living room with a couch and lounge chair....and a GIANT king size bed all just for ME!

When some friends of mine called me to tell me they arrived, I told them about my sweet room and my free upgrade. We had planned on making drinks in their room after the Friday night activities, but instead we decided to move the festivities to my super cool suite! They were in my room within 15 minutes. lol....

The Friday night activity was a lot of fun! I must admit that we drank many appletini's so that made it even more fun. A few of us ended up in my room until just after midnight.... But I still got great sleep! The Saturday morning stuff started at 8am, but I decided I would skip the breakfast stuff and sleep in. It was soooooooo wonderful to sleep so long. I ended up falling asleep around 1am and slept until 7am. I woke up thinking it was time to feed the girls, and then I quickly remembered that I didn't have to do that, so I went right back to sleep until almost 10am! I have to admit that even though I slept so good, I wished I could sleep all day!

I got downstairs in time for the luncheon, which was really nice. We had a keynote speaker that I enjoyed. The afternoon seminars were a little....um... not something I was that interested in, but I still learned a lot anyway.

Overall, it was so nice to be able to get away and have some time for myself. I have to admit that as soon as I woke up Saturday morning, I missed my babies and wished I was home with them. After lunch, I couldn't wait to leave because I wanted to be with them. Maybe that's why I didn't enjoy the afternoon seminars as much.

I couldn't stay the full weekend because I'm just not ready to be away from the girls that long yet. As soon as the seminars were over, I was so outta there! I was practically in tears pulling in the driveway when I arrived home. I couldn't wait to see my sweet babies. I walked in the door and was greeted by three little girlies who missed their mommy. They were climbing all over me and I loved every second of it. I only had 30 minutes to spend with them before bedtime. It was the one night that I really didn't want them to go to sleep because I just wanted to spend more time snuggling.

As much as I missed the girls, having the time for myself was very refreshing. I'm so excited to be making new friends and meeting other moms who know what having multiples is like. I can't wait for the next convention. I've already got it marked on the calendar! Next time, I hope I can stay for the whole weekend!

Oh and I forgot to update about Rachel...although for those of you who get my Facebook updates.... you already know that Rachel is better now. She didn't have any infection and was back to her normal self by Tuesday of this past week. Sophia and Morgan have been lucky enough to NOT come down with whatever it was that Rachel had. I am very thankful my babies are all healthy!