Here's the more recent excitement from the Cenal bunch.

4~1~08

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have a brand new SWEET baby GIRL!!!

Isabella was born via c-section on 3/27/08! Weighing in at 6lbs15oz and 19 1/4th inches long. Has hair and is SO perfect. Our 1st "Take Home" baby! She roomed in with me and came home with me. It was SO amazing to have a child leave the hospital at the same time as me! She is sleeping almost 100% of the time. I am waiting for her to become one of the kids and start crying and complaining constantly :)

The kids love her, for the most part.

C-section was a typical one, with the low fluid she had they decided to take her early. Plus she wasnt moving very much anymore.

Ummm did I say she is PERFECT!

I am so exhausted still, from the c-section so....off to bed!

3~21~08

Not much to update. Just thought I would let everyone know that the baby will be here on 4/1st!! YES I will be having an April Fools Day baby! C-section is scheduled and hopefully it will be around 7am, unless I get bumped.

I am so excited, yet so worried! Our home is so small right now. It will all work out. If I do not get on here before then (which is only10? 11? days away!!) Then please send out prayers for me early on the 1st. Also prayers for the baby! I HATE surgery, but I have to have a c-section :(

Olivia, Elijah,and Nadia are all doing well. Growing up, all potty trained (except for nap and night time). They are all still in cribs and I DREAD taking them out of cribs! Right now they still love it and fit just fine! Nadia and Olivia still share a crib and sleep through the night and snuggle a lot. It is sweet walking in seeing nadias foot jammed up on olivias face and 1 of olivias legs stuck up nadias butt! lol. Cranks me up, not to mention they each have big pillows, blankets and at a min. 3 dolls each! I signed them up for school and they will start in August (as long as they get approved which I was promised they would!).

Thalia is doing great. Still on her C-Pap machine and slowly we are noticing changes. Poor kid has so much stress in her life. She rapidly blinks her eyes now, all the time. Went to the eye dr. and he said her sight is fine, it is just anxiety! She also has start putting her fingers in her mouth! Something she never did before hand. I told her worms would grow in her tummy and mouth so hopefully that will take care of that.

WOW, has it really been nearly 3 months since I updated! Well I am just SOOOO super busy!  I am just so exhausted!

So.... the past 3 months, hmmm, what has happened?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THALIA!

Thalia had her 6th birthday at chuck e cheese n 2/18th. Thanks to all who came. She had so much fun!

Thalia has not been doing all that great in school. ALREADY in kindergarten I have had the assistant principle call me!  She has been to 2 sleep studies and they show sleep apnea and not enough REM sleep and something else, but I cant remember. She is prob. going to be put on the c-pap machine at her next appt. in 3 weeks. I am so excited about this!! I pray this helps her, it is not a pill, no meds, no drugs, just a machine to help her breath at night. PLEASE LORD PLEASE let this be the answer! She doesnt get into trouble for being "BAD" to others, it is just following simple directions and not focusing. She is almost DAILY in trouble at school about her work. I feel so sorry for her because it is not totally her fault.

Olivia was once again diagnosed with reflux. I guess I just need to accept it! She is now back on Prevacid and I do remember to give it to her nightly. I am horrible at remembering, but it is now just part of the routine. We have an appt. next week to check her out again. OH and she is lactose intolerant. So she gets lactaid. Seems as though yogurt and cheese are also hurting her. That's a tough one. Her 2 all time fav. foods that she eats almost daily. I tried taking it out of her diet but honestly it is just not possible right now with 3 other kids who LOVE it as well. So we just cut back on it. Today is 2/20th and the 1st day of potty training for Olivia. NOT going good. She just doesn't want to, but she has GOT TO! She will catch on. She loves her diapey though!

Elijah is still getting speech therapy. It is now at Thalias elem. school. He goes 2 times a week for 30 minutes, but honestly he just doesn't need it. Even the teacher says he doesn't need it! He talks GREAT! For now we will keep him in. They keep him for 6 months, so he is good till may. Today we went and he decided while nobody was looking to pull the fire alarm. The entire school FREAKED OUT!  Talk about wanting to crawl in a hole! It was SOOOOO embarressing. They all know me there because Thalia has had lots of trouble in school, I have triplets, pregnant as big as a house, and well I am an active parent there.  In the end every single teacher and staff was laughing about it. Of course that what after the fact that all the kids freaked out and tried to run out all the classes.

Nadia is doing great without glasses. She goes in next week to have her eyes checked. I pray that she doesn't need them. Her eyes are almost always straight, now just in the hopes she sees great.  December 1st we yanked the paci from her and ever since then naps are no more. BUT she is not a 3 year old running around with a paci in her mouth, which I personally think is crazy. She could care less we took it away. We cut the end off and showed her it was broke. She didn't even care. She is now potty trained! Almost 3 weeks! 2/1st I just said, ok panties all the time. She has had maybe a handful of accidents. She is GREAT about it. Now to trained Olivia and Elijah!

RANDOM STUFF

The little ones just had their 3 year old well visit.

Nadia 36 1/2 inches and 29 pounds. Olivia 36 1/2 inches and 31 pounds. Elijah 36 inches and 28 pounds.

amazes me that their heights are so close. Thalia has finally hit 42 inches and we are so exited. She can now ride most of the rides at disney world!

I am 33 weeks pregnant today and LARGE. VERY LARGE! I love being pregnant though and knowing I am near the end just makes me so sad. I am ready to have my own body back and not any of the complications that have come with this pregnancy, but I am just not ready to let go of this baby yet. I love feeling him/her move around in me. It is the most special feeling in the entire world. I just wish everyone could feel it! I will be having a c-section around week 38.  Hopefully I will remember to update the page when the baby arrives.

Wally is doing great. He was in the hospital for about 4 days right around christmas. He got the MRSA (known as mersa) infection. He was pretty bad off for awhile there. Even came home with a PICC line in his arm and had to get IV's at home.  In the end, over 2 grand later. He is doing great.

ok, thats my novel for now. Cant think of anything important to write. Thanks for checking in!

12~06~07

~OLIVIA, ELIJAH, and NADIA TURN 3 on DECEMBER 29th~

So has it really been over 2 months since I updated? CRAZY and sorry about that. I know my page stinks lately. No new photos no new cool things not even an update. I am very sorry but my life has been CRAZY BUSY! So let me get started....

I am a BIG FAT WHALE! I am officially looking VERY pregnant. I am 22 weeks now what is that 5-6 months? I am due 4/11th but they will do a c-section 10 days prior. The hospital doesnt believe in VBAC's :( SO I HAVE to a a section :( BUT maybe that means I will have an april fools baby! NO we are NOT finding out the sex. We have a couple of names picked out but nothing in stone. Finally feeling the baby move more and more and I am telling you it is the most AMAZING feeling in the world! The trio still do not get I have a baby in my belly, but Thalia is just SO excited she will be a big sister again!

Thalia~ She is doing SO much better in school and loves it. After her Tonsil and adenoid removal about 8 weeks later she started sleeping wonderfully and ever since then is a different child! SOOO they thought A.D.D. was it, but looks like it was a sleep disorder! She is doing FAB and growing up SO big!

Olivia~ Is miss fussy pants. She has dealt with more ear infections (even though she has tubes) her tubes have started to come out ALREADY (only had them 3 months) Looks like she definitly has reflux and is lactose intolerant. OH and has had Strep! Well they ended up ALL getting strep. She is the little girl attached to her VERY NASTY DIRTY blanket. She wants to be held almost constantly, and has turned into my shy girl. She is so freaking adorable though! That girl is an EXPERT on throwing fits. She will find the PERFECT patch of black dirt and scream through herself in it and roll. It is NASTY! I do ignore it though and she usually stops.

Elijah~ He is still getting speech therapy and still wears 12-18 month clothes. He is my tiny little boy but is perfectly healthy. Honestly I do not even think he needs therapy anymore! He is eatting better. NOt great but better! HE also has learned how to throw a temper, but his is MEAN! HE screams this high pitch I am being stabbed girly scream, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN! BUt he is also one of the sweetest boys ever and loves to come and sit on my lap and put his cheek to mine and just watch TV.

NAdia~ Has turned into my SWEET HAPPY little girl, well for the most part.She does get her feelings hurt easily, but NEVER is in time out! She is so happy most of the day. BUt she is the BOSS and mother hen! She is still wearing glasses but her vision improved DRAMATICALLY after the surgery! In feb. we go back to see if she even needs them anymore! She does look awful cute in her glasses and her eyes really dont cross anymore. The surgery was DEFINITLY worth it!

Daddy is doing good. He works his butt off in this house that is under constant remodeling. Doesnt even have time to sit and enjoy life lately, but when it is all said and done, it will be SO worth it!

I promise to try to get some pictures up soon, but I have to go get my rugrats up, I am 15 minutes late on getting them out of their crib and they are SCREAMING mommy and singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU cha-cha-cha!!! lol

9-30-07

quick note before I start. Nadia is having eye surgery on 10/2/07. Hopefully fixing her strisbismus and possibly allowing her to no longer need glasses! Please pray for her that all will go well. I am a nercous wreck, but what mommy wouldnt be!

ok.....

Here it is over a month later and I am finally updateing. So let me say SORRY, but I have been VERY sick. So the exciting news......if you dont already know....

I AM PREGNANT!

Yeppers it is offfical! I just hit 12 weeks actually. Not only was I dealing with the typical 1st trimester stuff (like pure exhaustion and morning sickness that last all day) but I got REALLY sick for about 2 weeks and well, lets say it was not pretty around here. It was actually stress and pregnancy induced! I am finally on the mend the last week though. I am heading out of that 1st trimester and luckily the morning sickness is leaving as well. THANK YOU DEAR JESUS for that!

Oh and for those asking, there is only 1 baby in there. I am not sure if we will find out the sex or not. I dont want to know, but everyone else does. Oh and NO we were not trying. We are VERY happy and excited and feel like this is a PERFECT time in our lives to have that 1 last baby...but I can honestly say that we had NO IDEA I was pregnant in the beginning and honestly thought it was darn near impossible. Hard to think that I just lost a baby...I would have been 35 weeks pregnant. But things really do happen for a reason.

So onto the kids.

Thalia ~ is in kindergarten and starting to adjust but still having a very hard time focusing. But she is just so sweet and just being SO good to me. She worries about me being sick and always is talking to the baby!

Olivia ~ is one of the funniest and crankiest kids in this world. She is a blankie addict and whines a heck of a lot. But also is one of the goofiest and funniest kids around. She is doing great in speech therapy and honestly I do not even think she needs it.

Elijah ~ is still a very stubborn little boy who HATES to eat! He eats about 1 meal every 3 days, other then that he drinks "Little Bears" which are pediasure. Thank goodness for those, it keeps his weight up and gives him everything he needs. He is VERY quiet and although will play with the girls, he much prefers a buttload  of trucks, cars, trains and a table to play with them on. He is ALL boy! Still needing some speech therapy, mainly the boy just doesnt want to talk. He would rather play quietly alone! NOTHING wrong with that!

Nadia ~ my sweet little nadia. The girl doesnt shut up and holds complete conversations with you. She is a true mommies girl. She will not let anyone but me change her diaper, make her food, hand her a drink, put in her crib, put her blanket on....man she is killing me! The only way anyone else can do it is if I am not home. She is MEAN! She wants things her way and RIGHT NOW!  But she also wants to cuddle, kiss, and hold hands all the time. Please pray all goes well with her surgery!

Thats about it. Wally is busting his butt working all weekend trying to get this house remodeled. We are trying to add on an upstairs, and bigger kitchen, laundry room, and 1 more room other then the one that will be upstairs. When all is said in done we will have 5 bedrooms 3 baths!!! The house will be FOREVER done in adding rooms! We prob. have another year though with having 3 bedrooms. Right now we have NO IDEA where the baby will sleep! We will figure it out though!

Forget to mention, I am adding a picture we took about a month ago, notice nadia not wearing her adorable glasses, we couldn't find them. Wally was at work. I wasn't suppose to be in the picture but the kids were OVER sitting by themselves, if you look I am actually holding them down! lol.

8-23-07

Not to much to update. Olivia had her tubes redone and adenoids out, she was FINE after realizing thalia was in the next bed and asking where Lijah and Na-Na was.

Thalia surgery went great but recovery was MUCH harder then either of us expected. Even the baby vicoden didn't help much! She was a trooper and only complained maybe 3 times the entire 12 days she hurt! Even now 17 days out it hurts if she sneezes or yawns. I am glad it is done and do not regret it though! Thalia started kindergarten this past Monday and is having a VERY hard time adjusting. She is acting out and I am afraid will get kicked out soon!

Lots of exciting things happening around the house. When I get a chance I will explain later.

Elijah is doing a little bit better in his speech therapy. That kid is VERY stubborn. He is a doll though! His favorite thing right now is to put a dress on and say I am a princess and twirl in a circle! Poor boy, I have some SERIOUS black mail photos for when he is older!

Nadia is the typical 2 year old mother. She is constantly cleaning and tending to hurt siblings. She is so cute! She has to have eye surgery on October 2nd. I am nervous but also so excited for her! She may not need glasses after this and her eyes will not be all funky anymore!

Wally and I are doing great. He loves his new job, I love knowing he will not be out of town anymore. He has been working a lot of side jobs lately so he is not around a lot the past few weeks but it should be well worth it.

VACATION is coming up! It is a 3 nights at disney in 1 of the best resorts on Disney property! I can NOT thank my very good friend enough for doing this for us!

Thats all for now!

8-04-07

SOOOOOO busy as usual. Thalia had a pre-op kind of appt. for her adenoid removal surgery last friday and come to find out she has VERY large tonsils. So I tell her to open up wide for mommy (of course after the dr. leaves the room) and holy crap i dont know how she has been breathing. those things fill up the entire back of her mouth. evidentally those suckers can get swollen but not overnight. with her signs it looks likes she has had large ones for a long time. I feel just HORRIBLE that she will be in so much pain after this surgery. I think the worse thing ever is a sore throat, now my little lady will be having one BECAUSE of me.

Olivia will be having surgery right with her big sister. She is just adenoids and new ear tubes. This will all happen monday the 6th. So say a little pray for my girls and a big pray for mommy to be able to handle all of this! Wally will be working but my mom and my 2 (yes 2) mother in laws will be helping me out. Thank God for GRANDPARENTS!

On wed. the 8th Nadia has her dr. appt. with her eyes to basically set up her appt. for her eye surgery. She has strabismus. She has been wearing glasses over a year now and it has not made the difference it should have. So off to surgery she goes as well!

Elijah is my sweet little boy who is also SOO crazy. I can not take him ANYWHERE with me because he runs and i mean HAULS ASS whenever i put him on the ground. Where he gets the energy from I DONT KNOW because he only eats about 1/4th of a meal a day. We are pushing the pediasure in him as much as possible and it is working. He has gained A LOT of weight and is back on track. But now if we could only get himn to eat. He generally skips all meals and snacks till dinner and will take about 3 bites at dinner and be done. it is so annoying and I feel totally helpless. but he is so heathly that i try to overlook it.

Well there is the updates. I have lost my camera so maybe one day when i find it I will add in some pictures!

Wanted to say a HUGE thank you to AMY AND KATIE for visiting us. We had fun and Thalia misses you both! I cant wait to book a trip up north to see you guys!

7-18-07

Lots going on, not much time to type (Olivia is in her crib crying with an ear infection and here I am on the computer!)

SOOO AMY my love this update is for you, and I can not even begin to say how proud I am that you have joined the MYSPACE WORLD!

I am very happy and yet very sad today. My best friend who also has triplets has joined the working force. Which leaves me the ONLY stay at home mother I know (other then myspace). Every last one of my friends now works.
Her children are now going to preschool and I know mine are soon to follow but I will miss the phone calls of us venting. She truly is the ONLY person who understands what I am going through and have gone through. She is the one I can call and say all the annoying things my kids do and how tired I am and how hard it is and completely get it. When we talk we never have to say, I love my kids and all but this is tough. We NEVER have to say stuff like that. We know we love our children with every cell in our bodies, but she is my go-to person. Now we are in 2 different worlds. I will no longer understand what she is going through when she is tired from work then has to come home to lots of little rugrats! She will remember what it was like to be the stay at home mom but well it will just be different. No more trips to the park, lunches at each others house, trips to the mall, or aquarium :( :( :(

So lady when you read this please know that I am so happy for you that you are back in the working force but I miss you already!

ok, so update on kids.

Thalia has large adenoids is getting surgery 8/6th starts kindergarten 8/20th

Olivia is having her tubes removed from her ears and new ones in, still suffering from reflux, also getting adenoids removed with Thalia 8/6th

Elijah is FINALLY gaining weight! YIPPEE pediasure really does work and he gained about 3 pounds in 1 month! HE is now fitting into his size 12 month shorts much better (still sometimes in 6-9 months at 2 1/2 years old!) He managed to get his 1st black eye. It was bad. He was running and fell of course.

Nadia is my lil' mommy's helper. She talks CONSTANTLY and does everything I do. She passes out sippys, helps when others fall down, helps cook, and carry in groceries. She is definitely a caretaker! Her eyes are still crossing even with glasses so looks like she will be having Surgery around 8/26th to correct that!

I know it was long to read but a short update on everyone. I will try to update soon.

side note : I have a consultation to get a tummy tuck on 7/31st and I just am SO nervous and SOOOO excited!

6~11~07

Oh my! Do I really get to update 2 times this month! man I am on a roll!

I put a few new pictures up here on the front page. I have so many more I want up here but it is after 10pm and I am so drained. As usual! Notice the pict. where they are all wearing the yellow shirts, YES I dress them all alike when we go to busy places. That was Bush Gardens. It was a sad attempt at a picture next to the monkey statues, hence the reason why they are lined up. I was so busy trying to get a shot that I totally left out the monkeys!! But back to the same shirts, let me tell you that it is so much safer then dressing them in different colors. NO I do NOT do it for cuteness! My kids are SUPER CUTE and ADORABLE no matter WHAT they wear! And if ANY of you have something to say about it, just take my kids to the playground, or disney, or the zoo, aquarium, bush gardens and I want YOU to dress them in 4 different things and see how easy it is to lose 1!!!!

I took Olivia to her ENT today because she has been so cranky. He seems to think she still has reflux. She shows some signs, 1 being that she gags and coughs A LOT while drinking her sippy cup. It is ALL the time. So she is being put back on Axid 2x a day. I am TOTALLY game for this if it helps her. In 2 week we go back to see how she is doing. Oh she also has something called grandular tissue growing over her left tube in her ear (which her left has ALWAYS given her troubles!) SO he gave us some drops that are steroids to put in there. So if everything is better in 2 weeks she wont have to go under. If she is the same then she will be put back under and tubes redone with possible adenoid removal. She has some signs of those causing some troubles as well. This is an ENT who does not like to put kids under if they dont need to, so he is hopeful that the drops and reflux meds will help and she wont have to go under.

Olivia is my VERY FUSSY child. she ALWAYS wants me to hold her and is always crying.

Wally is doing good and still loves his job. I just wish it offered insurance! We are already doing so much better money wise with this new job. HE works with 1 of his good friends and loves the time with them.

Elijah really is starting to talk TONS more. Olivia would NOT SHUT UP today when she was out with me alone. I think if she was a singleton she would be talking tons more.

Nadia is still her cute little self being the MOMMY. If someone falls she runs to them and helps them up and put her hand around their back and says dont cry, it is ok. When something looks like it is going to be bad, she will yell BE CAREFUL! When someone raises their voice she yells STOP SCREAMING! When someone is getting to close she yells BACK-UP, BACK UP!! when someone getting into trouble she yells that is a no-no go to time out, RIGHT NOW! so i think you get the point of Nadia! lol! I could go on and on with her!

and Thalia, my kind sweet little girl. She just had her 1st day of Vacation Bible School and loved it. We walk into the church and she puts her hands together and whispers This is God. mommy this is about God. Look at that picture mommy over there, it is GOd! she whispers this! it was so cute. She doesnt get to church enough. Prob. only about 10 times in her life. She is telling me often the past few times after going to church that she loves me as much as God loves me! How sweet! and She loves to call me Mommy Sweetah! what is that I don't know, but I EAT IT UP!

6-01-07

Well it looks like I only get to update about 1 time every month. I am just so tired all the time!

Wally has a new job and is in LOVE with it. He is working with a great friend and is so happy to be learning new things. He works wonderful hours and his starting pay is the same as the ending pay he was just with at his old job. Although he is just going into his 3rd week of this new job he loves it. We LOVE the fact that he knows he will be in town and a dad again! We were so over a lot of the things the old company was doing. BIGGEST downfall is that we no longer have insurance. Totally freaks us out. The kids have it through the state but we don't! This company does not offer any, so I will be doing some research to see what we can do on our own next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me :)

UPDATES:

THALIA: Just finished up VPK (preschool) and is now on summer vacation and LOVING IT! She is excited to start kindergarten but soooo happy to be at home with mommy. We have a lot planned for this summer including the aquarium, zoo, Bush Gardens, Adventure Island and of course DISNEY WORLD! We have passes to ALL of these places. It is nice living in florida. These places are SOOOO cheap for us to get. Most costing 100.00 or less for our entire family for a year! We use our income tax to buy all of them and had plenty left over to pay off a lot of bills :)

OLIVIA: is as cranky as ever. Her tube in her left ear is coming out slowly and long story short has some complications and is hurting her a lot. So she has an appt. with her ENT in about 2 weeks to get it looked at and we (ped. and I) are thinking that he will have her put under to take out the tubes and put new ones back in. I can not wait, she is miserable and making me miserable with her! most days she is crying at LEAST 50% of the time! When she is not crying she is CRACKING US UP! she is so cute. SOOOO adorable. She just got approved for speech therapy and loves it. The girl talks a ton when nobody is around but she mimicks a lot and we want to see her start talking more on her own without being prompted. I am very happy about this though because when they turn 3 in only 7 more month (ok like 6 month 3 weeks and a few days!) they will get approved for headstart. It will be free schooling!

ELIJAH: He was also approved for speech therapy. I definitly believe this little guy needs it. You can barely understand anything he says! HE has a lot of food aversions as well and was not gaining any weight and would stop eatting for days. It is a long story but he was just getting so thin. We got the approval for pediasure and now he is FINALLY putting some weight on. He was only 20 pounds at nearly 2 1/2 years old. He can wear size 6-9 month shorts and pants because of his waist. YOu could start seeing all of his bones. He WANTS to eat but sometimes just cant do it. So now we give him the pediasure. Works WONDERS! He is a much happier little boy as well! He loves to run and play and do alllll the boy things. Sadly he is having tons of night terrors and i feel horrible about that. Other then that he is doing great.

NADIA: She did not get approved for therapy but that didnt surprise me. She is my little mommy. My helped and when I walk in the room I always hear "HI MOMMY, HOW ARE YOU?" she puts the others in time out for me when they are being bad. When 1 gets hurt she rubs their backs. She passes out the sippy cups, she brings them their blankets and pillows. She helps me change diapers and wants to help just do everything. She listens so well.She tells everyone to "STOP SCREAMING". That is her latest thing. STOP SCREAMING LOLLY" or whoever it is screaming. Oh and LOLLY is what they have named olivia. Shi-SHA is elijah and nobody can say anything close to nadia ya. TA-TA or TA-LA-LA is thalia! Nadia still wears her glasses and looks absolutely adorable in them!

I will try tp update some pictures ASAP. I have some really great shots!

Life is good. I am learning to accept when has happened to me. I still think about the baby I lost daily. and every friday seems to be a little hard on me. Friday was the day that everything went horribly wrong. I am not sure if I will ever want to be pregnant again. Some part of me does, and another part says no, that 4 is enough. I have put it in Gods hands.

Let it be HIS will not MINE!

Ending with scripture:

"Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.
How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!"
Psalm 127:3-5

Monday 4-30th-07

Nothing much to report. I added up on top a bible verse I stole from another website. It fits so perfectly on here so I added it to mine :)

It has now been 5 weeks since the true loss of my baby. I think I am still in shock. It just happened WAY to fast. Funny how I only knew the baby a few weeks but the love I had for the child is like well just not describable.

here is another quote and it is exactly how I feel.

"Losing a loved one is like having your leg amputated. You don't get over an amputated leg. The wound may heal, but the leg will never grow back. You'll always have that absence in your life, and you'll always walk with a limp."
C.S. Lewis
 

The kids are growing like crazy! They are just so amazing to me. I love to just look at them. I can say this is NOT an easy job.

Please keep us in your prayers as Wally looks for another job. His company is starting to send him out of town and we just can NOT have that. Plus the company doesn't pay him enough to keep him away from his family.

I think from now on I will end with a scripture.....

"I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul."
Psalm 31:7

 

Friday 4-20th-2007

Last week my BESTEST FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE got me and the kids out. We took her triplets plus 1 and my triplets plus 1 to the Florida aquarium. It was actually very easy and what I needed. She also got me out this past Tuesday to McDonalds! She is JUST what the dr. ordered and in my time of need and normalcy she has been there for me.

Thank You Lesa.

You have no idea how much our friendship means to me and how much YOU mean to me.

Well here it is. Exactly 4 weeks ago I was in emergency surgery.

Let me be honest. This TOTALLY SUCKS! 

ok. well as you all know I had my lovely ectopic pregnancy. My dreams CRUSHED and LITERALLY RIPPED from me. I am incredibly sad about this. Beyond words. I keep very busy and as long as I stick that way I can get through the day. It is when things are quiet. When the kids nap. When I run that very seldom errand, when I lay down at night. ALL I can think about is my dreams. My child.

I know there is nothing I can do about it. I know I am lucky to have 4 wonderful children. I know all of that. I know I still have the chance to have more kids.

I KNOW!!!

so NO right now I am NOT me. This is NOT me. I am NOT happy. It is what it is and there is nothing I can do to change it. I will get through this and I do have some GREAT people supporting me.

So the update on me is not so great.

I am BEYOND tired. I am feeling constantly drained and my stomach is STILL sore!! and my mind, well as I just said, when I am not focused on my kids then ALL I think about is my baby. I want my baby.

Sorry this is all doom and gloom, but well life is like that sometimes. Cant always be chipper now can we. If I was I would be FAKE.

ok. so updates on the kids:

Thalia~ is growing like crazy. LOVES her new cheerleading stuff. Has slowed down on everything else. She just today was at the dr. for some rash on her face. turns out prob. just allergies, but it freaked me out. Monday she has an appt. for her a cavity to be filled. Tuesday she has 1 to go to a behavioral specialist. Her current favorite thing is to repeat EVERY SINGLE thing you say. VERY annoying! But she is a doll face and holds my heart in her hand for sure.

Olivia ~ Has been having some ear troubles. She has tubes and her "bad" ear has been giving her some pain. So I need to make yet another appt. for her. She was just at the per. this past week for that. She has become VERY clingy this week and is darned determined to not wear anything to keep her hair back. which means LOTS of applesauce and food is in her hair all the time.

Elijah ~ my cute little boy has me going on Thursday to a feeding specialist. poor guy just doesn't eat. Other then that he is pretty happy. But I have noticed him starting to get clingy as well.

Nadia ~ she is back to wearing her glasses all the time. She is SUPER smart and is talking in some sentences now. She makes up her own songs and dances to them. She is just so cute, THEY ALL ARE! they all have their differences and believe me are 4 totally different kids!

oh and plus don't forget to add my physical therapy 2 times per week. add that up for next week I think I have AT LEAST 5 appointments.

3~24~07

UPDATE

I had emergency surgery last night. I lost my right tube. I am in a good amount of pain that even my friend named percocet wont take care of all the pain!

It was all so fast and sudden that I still cant process that my tube is gone.

I will write the story later, but basically i went in friday (yesterday) to get the shot for the ectopic pregnancy. I was in unbelievable pain. They sent me straight to the ER. I sat there for HOURS. Mr. Cocky Dr. thought i was fine (even though he saw blood in my abdomin) and sent me to another Dr. office who then scanned me and saw a lot of fresh blood (on ultra sound). I was then sent straight to the hospital (again) and went under emergency surgery. Only to wake up minus my right tube.

I am upset of course but looking at the positive. I still have my left tube and I am alive. Thats what matters. I can still also have children.

I will try to tell the story better later, but I am in so much pain. I wanted to update everyone though before going to bed.

Thank you all for your kind thought and prayers.

3~22~07

Well if you read my last update (below) I figured out why mama was so tired. I was pregnant! Shortly after that update I found out I would be adding another blessing into our lives in late October early November. When I wrote the last update I knew I was pregnant but it was not confirmed yet by a dr.

Sad new is this will NOT be happening.

I recently found out I have an ectopic pregnancy. Which is EXTREMELY dangerous. I am MORE then devastated. I suffered a miscarriage in October 2000 and this one is TOTALLY different. I had known for about 3 weeks I was pregnant. I had planned the next few YEARS out in my brain. Thought of names and how cool if this was a boy. Thought of where he would sleep, what room, well I decided this one would just bunk in with me. I had all the classic pregnancy signs. My face looked horrible, my stomach was turning in circles, my breast soooo tender and other things were happening as well. How exciting. I couldn't believe I got pregnant all on my own!

Well I went in to an ultrasound to determine how far along I was and that's when the rollercoaster started. They saw NOTHING in me. I mean NOTHING, not even a sac :( Long story short I have had 4 ultrasounds since then (1 week ago tomorrow) and have had so much blood work that I feel like I must have track marks from all the needles!

Longer story shorter. I go in tomorrow morning to take a shot to "fix it". If you do not know what an ectopic pregnancy is, then please just Google the word. it only takes a minute and will explain how dangerous this could be.

Please everyone keep me in your prayers. I just can not even begin to wrap my brain around this. We were so happy. So excited. We are so crushed. So heartbroken. TOTALLY devastated.

3~03~07

Mama is TIRED!

I am sorry but I am just drained. Who would have ever thought raising triplets plus a big sister would have been so draining.

Sorry I don't have many pictures to show, I don't have time to take  many! Sorry I promised video a long time ago, I barely even take video now! I am sorry for not calling, for not emailing, for not mailing, for not being perfect. I am DRAINED!

For those of you who do NOT have TRIPLETS PLUS 1 well this may sound rude but you just DON'T understand! and NO having had 4 children is NOT the same! I am tired!

mama needs a break!

but would I change it for all the money in the world?

NOPE

They are the BEST thing that has ever happened to me.

2~17~2007

Could it really be? can Thalia REALLY BE 5 YEARS OLD!!  It is so hard for me to watch my little girl grow up. We cuddle EVERY DAY! we have our own cute little sayings, and so much more that I can not even begin to explain. The love and Joy she brings me is like NO OTHER. She is the most amazing person on this earth. I know she is going to grow up and do something just so amazing!

5 years ago right now (10:30pm on 2/17) I was in a hospital room basically strapped to a bed, having horrible back labor and not even allowed to sit up. It was not an easy birth, it was hard and sad and so very horrible. BUT the outcome was the BEST thing in the world. I always wanted the best pregnancy and birth story ever. Well it DID NOT happen that way. It took me 4 very long years of trying to conceive and 1 very painful miscarriage to get my Gift from God! The pregnancy was ugly, well I was ugly! lol! I am NOT a pretty pregnant girl. I swell and look like the girl that turns into a huge blueberry on willy wonka! BUT I was so proud and so happy it didn't matter.  I was suppose to have a very peaceful water birth with no drugs and in a birthing center. Well didn't get that either. I was pushing for hours on end and ended up having a baby that was not breathing when she was finally pushed out of me and then spent a week in the NICU.

I thought the bond would happen instantly, IT DIDN'T! I thought I would be the happiest mommy in the world. I wasn't! I was afraid, I felt alone, and I felt like my life had ended. Well it DID and I got the BEST life ever in its place! I did bond with her about 1 week AFTER she got out of the NICU (making her about 2 weeks old). Ever since then she is stuck at my hip (RIGHT WHERE SHE BELONGS).

I am so very happy to see her so healthy, happy and full of life. But I do cry nearly every day because she is getting 1 day older and that is making it 1 day closer to her leaving me. What will I ever do without my little girl crawling into my bed every night. Without my little girl to sing you are my sunshine to? Without our cute little jokes that only we understand.

I just cant take it! I wish I could stop time and just hold onto her forever.

So with that I will end. I will pretend in the morning that I am so very happy that my big girl turned 5, but in my heart I will be crying.

1-31-07

I know I know. I don't update nearly as much as I should, but I promise it is because I am CONSTANTLY on the go.

The babies, ummm scratch that the LITTLE ONES as they are now known as, had their 2 year well visit at the ped. on 1/17/07. I still can NOT believe that not only do I have a 2 year old, I HAVE 3 TWO YEAR OLDS!!! I am STILL amazed when I walk in their room that I have  3 cribs in 1 room and 3 children to fill them and all so healthy!! It is a wonderful thing to walk into!

SO the 2 year stats......in birth order:

Height....Weight.........head size:

Olivia-----34 1/2 in--25.7#--18 3/4 in 

Elijah-----33 1/4 in--23.4#--18 1/4 in

Nadia--------33 3/4 in--24.2#--19 in

so as you can see they are all within 1 inch of each other and all within about 2 pounds of each other. it goes Elijah being the smallest in everything and Nadia being right in the middle of everything but her big head (holds a lot of brains she is super smart!!) and Olivia being the Biggest. To me I find this so amazing. I mean if you put 3 different children all the same exact age usually thy have bigger differences in them. But these 3 kids tend to grow at about the same pace of each other. I know they are TRIPLETS but they are NOT IDENT. triplets. It is just like those of you who have 3 children from 3 different pregnancies. If you look back on 1 age and took all of their measurements most of the time it is 3 different ones. Not my kids. And another weird thing is that Thalia was much shorter then them at this age!

Ok so I am rambling but that's what I do best, so I couldn't let you all down.

Thalia is having some issues in school so please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She is doing great academically but social skills she is behind in. I feel bad for her. We have her in creative dance (which is like dance and gymnastics put together). She is also in soccer but could care less about being part of a team, and her cheerleading is about to start up any day now. I pray she enjoys that.

Elijah is the same LOVES Thomas the train. he would eat, breath and poo Thomas if he could! He is so sweet and very seldom gets into trouble. He is a loner and loves to play in a corner all by himself. HATES food (hence the reason why he is the smallest) and is going to be going to a GI dr. on the 8th to see if anything is wrong with him. He had severe reflux as an infant so maybe that is it.

Olivia is all about her mommy most of the time. She will not let me go and doesn't like to share me. She never naps, just plays all the time in her crib. Her hair is PERFECT! Oh how I wish all the girls had her hair. It is soooo pretty. She is always getting into trouble and makes sure you are giving her all your attention as much as possible.

Nadia is turning into the biggest brat I know! she throw 45 minute long fits at least 1 time a day but usually 2 times! BUT she is so very smart. She talks the most and is a daddy girl! She cries when he leave for work and yells out the window COME BACK DADDY. DADDY COME BACK! then cries for a min. of 20 minutes. She does NOT like to share but yet is the only child who has yet to do a time out.  She loves to eat and has grown 2 inches in 6 months!! Her poor hair is a mess and often when out people ask me if I cut her hair like that to tell the difference between the girls. That is 1 of the DUMBEST things I have ever heard!!!

Wally is now working days. For those of you who didn't know he was working on a very dangerous interstate for months. and there was about 2-3 months were he worked 7 nights a week with only Christmas off. It was ROUGH and a hard and trying time in our marriage but we are doing much better. Now he is back to days and is a much happier person only working 5 days a week.

Me...well I am still in desperate need for a tummy tuck and lift. Anyone have any ideas on how I could get 13 grand please let me know! I work my butt off in the gym and have lost ALL plus some of my pregnancy weight, yet I still look about 4 months preg. STINKS! Tummy tuck is the ONLY thing that will help me!

any ideas I am OPEN! I am SOOO serious!              

1~02~07

Well I just stopped in to say that DUCT TAPE is a WONDERFUL invention! For NOW it is what holds the stuff in the diapers here! I will update with a pict. later. The kids are NOT happy with it, but we now have to tape every diaper with the lovely stuff. I mean how many diaper changing tables have duct tape right in between the wipes and diapers!  I love walking in the rooms to see diapers still on! No more poo on faces or hidden UNDER ribs. No more pee puddles from Elijah trying to shoot it across the room towards his sisters!

I LOVE DUCT TAPE!

12~28~2006

Well here it is 11am, only 24 more hours till my little ones turn 2 years old. As I sit here listening to the girls play in their cribs (elijah is asleep as usual) I tear up. I can not believe how BLESSED and LUCKY I am to have these children in my life.

YES it IS stressful sometimes, but isnt life in general anyways?

YES it is hard, but isnt EVERYTHING that is so amazing hard!

I am RAISING HUMANS! of course it is tough, hard, stressful. But it is also the most WONDERFUL job in the world. It takes lots and lots of patients and love to do this job and well sometimes I dont have as much patients as I would like but I sure do have more then enough love to spread.

As I watched them eat breakfast this morning I did start to cry a little. I can NOT believe 1 year ago I was laying in a hospital bed as big as a whale and about to have 3 little 4 pound humans come out of my body. I had NO idea how easy some things would be and how amazing hard other things would be.

I can NOT believe how far they have come in only 2 little years. I mean they have accomplished learning how to walk, run, jump, eat, starting to talk A LOT, sign language! I mean REALLY  what have YOU accomplished in the last 2 years? I know I have not accomplished as much as them!

Just to think 2 years ago 3 little babies blessed OUR world with such joy and happiness. They started off pretty darn healthy but THANK YOU LORD for the technology of this day and age. If not then my little Nadia surely wouldnt be here! She was put on a breathing tube when she was only about 24 hours old. If it was not for that she would have DIED! She would NOT have survived. She could NOT breath on her own. When you are born 7 weeks early your lungs just dont know what to do sometimes. She had tons of IV's and we were not even allowed to hold her for the 1st week of her life. She was not allowed any food. nothing, just an IV drip. She was all alone in a hospital next to the one we delivered at. She had her own little incubator. It was so sad, but look at her now. She giggles, she knows more signs then the other, knows how to talk A LOT more then the others. She is the BOOK SMART one. She is ADORABLE!

OLIVIA! wow! If I would have listened to those STUPID doctors at the beginning of the pregnancy then I would have "Reduced" baby A (which was you and Dr. like to call it REDUCE when it is actually "Aborting" or "Killing"). My sweet Olivia. So cute, loves to smile and loves to get into trouble. Not 1 thing "Wrong" with you. A PERFECTLY HEALTHY child. THANK GOD that we got a Dr. who thought those others were stupid also.

Elijah. My little guy. He loves to sleep and very seldom gives us any trouble at all (unless it comes to food, he hates food). He just loves to put his cheek to my cheek and have that feel of skin to skin. He looks JUST like Thalia. HE well, he is my little man and life would not be right without him. HE is my quiet guy. he is ALLLLLL boy! HE loves anything to do with trains and cars. AMAZING that he is totally surrounded by females all the time, but yet all he wants to play with are boy toys. VERY SELDOM will you find a  baby in his hand, or a purse on his arm, or brushing his hair or anything to do with girly stuff!

I have to include my sweet Thalia. Her world was turned upside down when the trio came into this world. It suddenly wasnt, oh look at your sweet little girl. It was OH you have TRIPLETS, then all the reg. questions. HOW DARE THEY forget her! I always made sure to say, YEP they are triplets and look at the BEST big sister EVER!

I still get EVEN from CLOSE friends. Oh how are the triplets? oh this lady here has 3 kids! and all that kind of stuff.

Thalia is the best big sis ever. She loves to help change diapers (even though it adds lots of stress on mommy, lol) She loves to bring HER babies anywhere she goes. She will actually cry when they are not around.

Ok well this has gone on long enough. I still cant believe they are 2 year old in 24 hours!

12~11~2006

WOW how did Christmas pop up so fast. How is it that only 2 years ago I was carrying 3 little 4 pound babies in my tummy? STILL amazes me that I had 3 babies LIVING inside of me! I was pretty miserable this time 2 years ago. I was as big as a house and on bed rest at home. Now how I CRAVE those big fat bed rest days! HAHAHA! I remember just wanting to be home for Christmas for Thalia. I COULD NOT miss that. The night before Christmas I took myself off of bedrest, did whatever I wanted and labor started that night. I was at a family function and in so much pain, but all I did was smile. I was SO happy to be seeing my little girl enjoy Christmas. Then on the 25th things slowed down a little it, I dont think I ever did tell anyone (even my husband) that I was in labor. I kept it all to myself. Eventually things slowed down enough that I was not in active labor anymore and I just waited till my Dr. appt. on the 28th. I was admitted that morning to the hospital. On the 29th in the morning the nurse checked me and yelled at me TO NOT MOVE. She told me DON'T EVEN SIT UP. you are having these babies, within the hour I had my 3 little earthly angels.

My life changed so dramatically that day. So much harder in some ways then I ever expected it to be, and in other ways so much easier. The physical demand is BIG but I can handle it. The mental part I still strive to get. I never feel like I am a good enough mommy, I mean there are 4 of them and only 1 of me. Thats the hard part. You never have 1 on 1. You never get to cuddle and hug just 1. You never get to look into 1 childs eyes and gaze and fall in love over and over again. I would NOT change it for the world though. I love each 1 of them equally. All of them are SO different and make me laugh and cry in such different ways.

Thalia, well she is 1 fiesty little girl. She is SO full of LOVE but well, she is 4 and really testing me at every single moment. She has suffered so much, she had me ALL the time. I was a VERY attached mommy and she never left my side. I nursed her for 16 months. She slept in my bed till almost 4 years old (still does run into my bed nightly) she took daily naps with me. My husband USED to work on the road for days, and weeks at a time. It was me and Thalia against the world. Now she has LOTS of competition and she knows it. I feel so sad for her, but I know I have given her 3 wonderful playmates and 3 wonderful people that will always look up to her and love her and be her friend forever.

Elijah, he is my sweet gentle little man. He is all boy and only likes cars, planes and trucks. He doesnt say much, but he has the biggest sweetest smile ever. Right when you are feeling down he will come up to you and just lay on you. He loves me to put my cheek up to his and just sit like that. He is so gentle and will make a woman so very happy one day.

Olivia, The ONE that the Dr.'s wanted me to "REDUCE" (abort) If I would have listened to my 1st Dr.. Olivia would have been KILLED during the 1st trimester. For no other reason then that it is easier to carry 2 babies during preg. then 3. SO WHAT!!!! THANK GOD I didnt listen or CARE what they said or thought.  She is my needy girl lately. She has a HUGE smile, long perfect soft hair. She walks funny (on purpose) stomping around. She screams in delight and as of recently screams in anger!  She loves to make you laugh and giggle and is always trying to impress you. She is a show off for sure.

Nadia, oh my little Nadia. She has gone through so much in her short little life. THANK GOD for all the technology these days. If not for that then she surely would not be on this earth. She ended up needing to be tubed on the 2nd day of her life. Something that most people think is small potatoes now but just think even 10 years ago she prob. would not have made it. She is my highly sensitive girl. She LOVES her blanket, and when going to sleep is the ONLY one who still needs a paci (which is only allowed int he crib). She wears the cutest little glasses, and is SOOOO smart. She uses the most words and most signs. I am so proud of her, She loves to giggle and cuddle. She loves to play patty cake, and tag. Loves to sing and play tag. he is just SO full of life and GROWING SO FAST.

Sorry this ended up so long.

No real updates. Life over here is just the same. Crazy kids and a crazy mommy. Wally has been working every single day with not 1 night off in weeks. I can not WAIT till Christmas vacation when we can be a family again. I miss my husband terribly.

I am adding a slide show of recent pictures. check to the right.

11-28-2006

ok, so it has been brought to my attention that i never update my website anymore (AMY!!!) and well she was right! the last time I WROTE something was on 10/30th!! almost an entire month!

so.....I PROMISE to TRY update 1 time a week. but life is so busy lately don't hold me to it!

The kids are all doing wonderfully. I have been getting out more without the kids. Like I think 2 times in about 2 months! WOO-HOOO it was just for a few hours but a few drinks later and I was feeling like a real ADULT! amazing what that can do for your spirit.

so here is the update on the kids.

Thalia ~ wow, my sweet little girl will be turning 5 in less then 3 months. She is doing GREAT in school, but does not like her teachers. She says they put her in time out to much!  Thalia now understands she is her own person and that she CAN say no to things. Kinda sad. She has discovered recently that she LOVES broccoli which is amazing because she is a typical kid who HATES any type of veggies. Also has begun to like grapefruit juice. But I think that is only because our neighbor had Thalia come over and pick fresh ones from her tree's and now we spend lots of mommy and Thalia time juicing them.

Olivia ~ now this girl is FULL of anger! no really. she is ALWAYS angry at something! ok, well not ALWAYS. but she loves to be mad! When she isn't mad she is SOOO funny and full of smiles and lots of giggles. She is starting to talk more and more and is GREAT at sharing with her brother and sisters. She has the prettiest long soft hair ever, but God forbid I put it up she rips it down as soon as I turn my head. She is a great eater and seems to be growing just fine. She climbs into Nadia's crib all the time and goes to sleep with her. it is sweet to see them all cuddly together.

Elijah ~ My SWEET lil' Man! He is the cutest little boy I have ever seen. He HATES anything to do with food. He only weighs in at 21 pounds. He really doesn't eat much. So we are trying new things with him. He never really has liked food. HE loves to put his cheek to mine and just sit there. He is starting to talk more and do LOTS more sign language. One Of his favorite games is STOP ~ GO ~ Wait which he does the signs for and speaks them, usually as he is jumping off the couch onto the bean bag. He has no fear and loves to climb and do things he is not suppose to with a smile and yelling no-no and doing the sign for that at the same time! 2 freaking cute! He was cuddling up in bed with Nadia and Olivia but he started to climb OUT of his crib and ONTO his dresser, which became a safety issue. So he is now in a crib tent and sleeping MUCH more now!

Nadia ~ My sassy little girl. She is a chicken. Hates heights and cries whenever she is over stimulated. She loves to play, hates to share. SCREAMS at her siblings and she really thinks she is the boss. She uses her words much more then the other 2. She can sign but as time goes on she prefers to speak more and use less signs. Just the other day at a party she yelled at Elijah, well SCREAMED at him "GET DOWN, RIGHT NOW" and she was SERIOUS! I mean you could see the veins in her neck popping out! She LOVES to eat and eats more then any of them. She also loves to sleep. She is just so cute. Her hair is finally starting to grow and we can actually do some pig tails!

That is about it on the family. They will be 2 in only 1 month! that is VERY hard for me. My babies are not babies anymore!

They run, jump, hit, kiss, hug, push, and do so much more. I really am truly blessed to have THEM in my life. They are my everything, I could NOT live without them. I cherish every day with them, soon I will be saying, oh my they are turning 21! or oh my Thalia just had her 1st baby. etc..... those will definitely be some bittersweet days for me. I can NOT think of them growing up. It literally brings me to tears.

10-30-2006

Today was a good day. BUSY but good! Olivia had hear ears checked (she has tubes) and had her 1st slurpee while in the waiting room. She loved it! She also got some good and much needed 1 on 1 time with ME!!! We went to toys R' Us and got the little ones Elmo costumes on clearance for UNDER 5.00 each!! They were not going to get to be able to wear costumes this year but I found them so cheap I couldnt resist and out pulled the credit card!

Everything is well over here.

Elijah is starting to actually say Ma-Ma and I eat it up. He says DOWN a lot.He hates to eat and even more he hates to be in his highchair (booster seat). His fav. saying is DOWN in words, but in signs it is HELP. Whenever he needs help he comes running to me and signs it. I love that they know some sign language.

Olivia is starting to chat more also. She loves to sign also and tries SOOO hard to do ALL the signs. She is a great eatter and is definitly outgrowing her brother and sister.

Nadia is just as loveable as ever. She is extremly smart and uses her brain a ton. She signs just about everything and talks even more. She counts and does all types of things. The girl amazes me.

THEY ALL AMAZE ME

They have all learned to crawl OUT of their cribs. I have now taught them to NOT crawl out of their cribs but i do allow crib to crib crawling. For safety reasons we bungee corded the legs off all 3 cribs together. that way nobody would get stuck between cribs or hurt. The definitly dont sleep as much as they use to but they are sleeping enough. I usually walk in to find olivia and elijah sleeping together. Nadia is the loner, but she generally anyways. She plays with them, but when she gets tired she kicks them out of her crib. I will take a pict. soon of how the cribs are together.

all is well. Cant really complain. I am TRUELY blessed and not a day goes by that I dont know it! From my kids to family. EVERYONE is so special and I am so lucky to have you all in my life.

10-22-2006

ahhhhh I am failing my website! I use to have time to update all the time. I am sorry but life is busy around here!

I just want them to slow down. REALLY!!! I was so sad last night thinking of them being teens. I will be heartbroken once the realize they can live without me doing everything for them. Some days are long that's for sure, but when I stop in the moment well I cry. I love my kids with every cell in my body and I LIVE for THEM!

So......the kids are doing great. The 3 lil' ones are cutting eye teeth finally. They are FULL of energy and never fail to amaze me. They play games with each other, laugh and giggle at each other. play a form of "Triplet Tag". They comfort each other when 1 is sad or angry. If Nadia throws a fit, Elijah or Olivia (or both sometimes) will walk over to her on the floor and sit next to her and just stare in her eyes with such compassion. Then no sooner do they give each other kisses will one run over and push another down. They are just as mean to each other as they are kind to each other. DEFINITELY siblings!

They all want to be JUST LIKE THALIA and try day in and day out to do everything Thalia does and just like her. Thalia really is the BEST big sister around!

Lets see new things for each child...

Thalia: Dance class. she LOVES it and only has to be shown 1 time and then has it remembered perfectly. I was only going to give her 1 month of it, BUT she loves it so 1 more month. Then she said she wants cheerleading! She had a choice of soccer or cheerleading. She is learning in LEAPS AND BOUNDS at preschool. She now knows how to spell some things, she knows all of her letters and is just doing so well. She is constantly pretending she is the teacher and I am her student. I play along because right now she loves school and I want her to keep loving it. I do plan by the time she hits 3rd grade to do home schooling though. But we will see on that one!

Nadia: Her vocab is HUGE. She says the usual stuff like. Yes, No, Mama, Dada, TaTa (for thalia). all that stuff. but right now her fav. saying is. Here Ya Go, or There Ya go and WHAT'S THAT!. She says Thank-You tons. Calls My Purdy's (suppose to be my pretties for her glasses, that's what we call them). She actually says so much and I cant even think of it all. She does great at sign language. I have to prompt some of it, but others she says as she actually says the word verbally also. Like : More, Yummy, Cracker, Cookie, and more.

Elijah : He is quiet and likes to play on his own. You wont catch him anywhere near any type of girl toy. I find that very odd. He only wants his cars and trucks. He dies get EXTREMELY excited when we take our walks on the bridge (about an hour long fast walk). He gets to see tons of airplanes in the sky and trucks passing on the bridge next to us. he cries out WOW-WOW-WOW every time! He loves to look into my eyes and hug me and it really just crushes me. He is SO PERFECT!

OLIVIA: She is the biggest momma's girl ever. She wants to be at my side at all times. She has the most perfect long hair and it is just the most perfect color of brown I have ever seen. She loves to eat and dance. She reminds me so much of Thalia. Her spirit is just like Thalia! She talks and does some sign language also. But not nearly as much as Nadia. Nadia and her are BEST BUDS and they have started talking to each other face to face in some weird language. They definitely understand each other but I have no idea what they are saying! I am ALWAYS catching her climbing into Nadia crib. But have yet to catch them sleeping together. That will be sweet!

Wally &  I: Wally works A LOT.  He works usually 7 days a week. It sucks. We miss him so much here at the house and it really is such a strain on our family. Luckily his hours have put him home from about 4pm-7pm which is WONDERFUL for me. I go to the gym at LEAST 3 times per week. I LOVE it and would live there if I could! I try to walk the bridge near our home (almost 5 hours round trip). Usually Olivia gets really cranky and I only get about 4  1/2 miles though. I am in physical therapy and massage therapy (which is VERY PAINFUL) because of the car accident we had April '05. I seem to be getting worse and sounds like they are threatening that I might have to slow down on the gym thing :(

10-10-2006

Well it has been 8 LONG years together! I cant believe it! I love my husband more now then i did when I married him, which i find completely amazing! Just when I think I can not love him enough, I find I love him even more. He is my world. He means more then I could ever explain. He is the PERFECT man! He is still the biggest pain in my butt ever, but how I love that pain!

I just can not say enough about him. You know that corney phrase people say "You Complete Me" well it is SO true. He really does complete me!

Now if I could just figure out how to tell him my true feelings. He has know idea how much Love my heart holds for him. I tell him I love him, but how do you explain something that you can not even understand? I mean really, my love for him is so deep that I dont even get it! How could he? well he NEVER COULD!

ok so enough of my chitter chatter. We are off to go spend a night alone! Have not done that since our 1st was born 4 years 8 months ago! BIG THANK YOUS to ALLLLL the grandparents for helping us acheive this! they are ALL stepping up to the plate and we have the kids in great hands with them!

10-04-06

Many of you do not know but I suffered a miscarriage a long time ago. It is something I will never forget and think of very often. The anniversary of that is coming up. It still can bring tears to my eyes. So please go and hugs your little ones tight on 10-06-06 for my little one that is receiving hugs from God. My baby is MUCH better up in Heaven then down here on earth.  It still hurts tremendously.

SOOO....The Short Story.....Which isn't so short, lol....

I tried to conceive for many years. About 2 years without any kind of help from the Dr. then 1 year of help from 1 Dr. Then I switched to a specialist.

Didn't take long (about 2-3 cycles) to get pregnant. We didn't tell anyone. We were so excited our dreams of becoming a family were TRUE.

I NEVER thought of miscarriage.

I should have!

I was very early on and almost as soon as they said YOUR PREGNANT it ended! It is a hard sad story for me that I have a really hard time even thinking about. I was only about 7 weeks along. I can feel it like yesterday when the nurse called. I remember running to the bathroom to vomit, not because of an upset stomach but out of PURE and EXTREME sadness. ALL of my dreams were shattered in those few seconds. I laid on the bathroom floor in amazing fear, sadness, and completely alone. My husband was in another state working. Our anniversary was only 4 days away and I was m/c our child.  It was amazing that almost immediately I sat on the toilet and started bleeding.

An hour before I was planning how we would tell our parents the wonderful news. Now I had to plan how to tell them horrid news. That I could not even do what normal people do everyday. Carry a baby!

I do remember EXTREME pain. It was so much worse then I would have expected.

I still think about my child at LEAST 1 time a week. It has been almost 5 years since that horrible day. I never would have thought how wonderfully I would be blessed later on. I had a very hard time after the m/c for a very long time.

So just because I was only in the 1st trimester it hurts STILL. Which I find totally amazing tome. I only knew I was preg. for 1 week yet that was MY baby and the love started the second the baby was conceived and will fast for eternity.

Sleep well my child.

9-24-2006

It is late sunday night, I am EXHAUSTED! I went to disney sat. and sunday. Crashed in my friends room with Thalia. Wally stayed here with the babies. It was so nice to get away and spend time with my friend and her son. Thalia loved him and they got along GREAT!

Amy & I were able to catch up on life also! We spent time together but also apart. It was nice being with them and it was nice being with just Thalia also!

Not 1 time did Thalia get into trouble and really didn't act up AT ALL! The only wrong thing she did was not wanting to hold my hand.

We had so much fun and did so much stuff. We rode the safari ride, something I don't think she has ever been on! Her eyes were so big looking at the elephants and zebra, giraffe etc.. It is true that you live THROUGH your child. If she is not happy, then I AM NOT HAPPY!

I  added a slide show up of the pictures.

The babies could care less that I was gone. I did miss them and thought of them often, but I was so happy to not have to lug them around disney, they really don't like disney yet anyways!

I walked in READY for the cries of MOMMY MOMMY! what did i get NOTHING! Elijah came over and gave me a 1/2 butt hug! They were so into baby einstein! I get much more excitement out of them when I come back from a Dr. appt. so I was shocked and a little sad but I know they love me all the same :)

I did notice the Nadia last 1 YEAR molar is FINALLY popping through!  ABOUT TIME! Elijah and olivia have had theirs for MONTHS! All the other teeth they got at the same time! Olivia is now cutting her eye teeth. so I am sure that Nadia and ELijah are sure to follow!

Hope everyone had a GREAT weekend!

well I am SO VERY sorry for not updating much. I have started a myspace thing and I am addicted to it! I mean REALLLLY addicted to it! So I let me site go for a little while.

SOOO.....

Nadia is feeling MUCH better. Poor thing. had croup AND an ear infection on top of that. She is feeling much better, but now has a FULL addiction to her PACI, Blanket AND teddy bear. She SCREAMS when all 3 are not with her. So we have to slowly wean her off of those things. She will actually cry at the baby gate till you let her through, then she goes to her room and reaches in her crib and grabs the stuff!

Elijah is BADDDD right now! he is into everything, just check out the pict. page for 2 examples. He is adorable though. Man he really tugs at my heart. So cute to see a little Wally running around the house!

Olivia is VERY fussy lately. I think she is cutting her eye teeth finally. they all have those left. She managed to rip open her crib tent yet again and actually FELL OUT of the crib today! I was in another room, but my mother in law was here and heard her and ran in and got her and brought her to me. Poor kid. NOW lets see if she learned her lesson! HAHAHAHA

Thalia is growing so big. I try to walk her to school everyday. They are use to seeing me now walking with my quad stroller, sweating up a storm! Thalia is learning how to spell. They use the computer and I a totally amazed at how fast this child can learn.. I must say she is MUCH smarter then I thought she was! Today she learned how to spell her last name! I mean in less then 3 hours they taught her how to spell her last name! AMAZING if you ask me!  She is wonderful and full of energy. I love he with every ounce of my body. There is a bond with her that I just can not explain. I thought all moms and dads got this, but now that I am on myspace and meeting old friends I have been told and see that not all parents feel like this with their kids. pretty sad, they are missing out on something so special!

9-11-06

WOW! It was a long night last night. I a very tired so this will be short, I PROMISE! lol!

Yesterday Nadia woke up not feeling so well. Runny nose and sounding hoarse. Then later in the afternoon started running a fever. by the end of the night it was a little over 104. and she was struggling to breath. We call the Dr. and she said to bring her to the ER. They gave Nadia a HUGE dose of Tylenol WITH Motrin! They also gave her tons of x-rays (of which she screamed through) a BIG shot of steroids in her leg, a breathing treatment that lasted almost 2 hours! End result was croup with a strider cough, which made her sound like a little mouse when she would breath in. BUT very loudly!

This girl is a #1 sleeper and goes to bed at 6:45pm with NO cmplaints and right to sleep every night and doesn't wake up till 7am. well she only slept about 20 minutes of the night at the ER last night. She was MISERABLE, afraid, and well just WAY over stimulated. When she was awake (nearly the entire time till we got home and put her in her crib at 4:30AM!!) she was SCREAMING and crying. very sad. I just wanted to fix her!

Of course being the picture taking mom I am, I didn't forget the video camera OR the digital. So Here are 3 pict. that we took. You should have seen the looks in the Waiting room when we pulled out the video camera at 1am lol!!!

9-8-06

Happy Birthday DAD!

I love you more then you will ever know. Thanks a million times over for being the perfect dad! I will always be your little girl :)

Thanks for all you do for me and the family. You are appreciated and loved beyond words.

Hugs and Kisses

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

9-05-06

Today was interesting.

I decided I wanted OUT of the house and we packed up the kids and went to HOME DEPOT! just so exciting (please note the sarcasm).

While there we got the usual:

 wow you have your hands full = yes we sure do

glad they are yours = so am I

God Bless you = THANKS he sure did!

all the usual comments and of course I answered everything with a smile on my face. I have realized MY HANDS ARE FULL, but I like them that way!  I AM glad that they are mine! I am very blessed. Most people mean well, but the check out lady was, well... odd. I guess she just didnt know what to say. here is our conversation (my talking is underlined):

WOW are they all yours? YES (remember I always smile)

 TWINS! no actually triplets ( I point to the fact it is a very obvious TRIPLET STROLLER).  

which ones are triplets? these 3 (pointing to the 3 babies in 1 stroller again!)

But there are 4? (she points to thalia in the shopping cart helping daddy pay TOTALLY SEPERATE from the trio)! YES! She is the BEST big sister. She is 4 1/2 they are 1 1/2.

ok, this lady is TOTALLY confused and keeps counting the trio in the stroller then thalia. I think it finally clicked when I said in a VERY SLOW VOICE. these 3 are triplets the other 1 is big sister.

WOW! Can you imagine having triplets? (I gave a VERY ODD LOOK) umm yes actually I can imagine having triplets, (still looking at her like WTF kind of question is that?)

This woman did say some more stuff and I just gave her this weird scrunched up forhead look. But she thought I was the weird one. HMMM

and I am sorry but WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS:

CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING TRIPLETS??? ok, now COME ON LADY!

8-27-06

My babies are ready to go to 1 nap a day. I on the other hand AM NOT! They are playing and giggling to no return during 1 nap per day. It is SOOOO cute to hear them cracking up at each other and playing peek-a-boo in their cribs. I can NOT even begin to explain the Joy that I feel when I hear them laughing at each other.

So soon I will change them to 1 nap per day. But right now I will just let them play and giggle. At least they are not crying!

forgot to add:

LOOK at the PICTURE PAGE. Today we caught Elijah playing with barbies! Wally grabbed the camera and Elijah KNEW this would be great blackmail for his future wife. He tried to escape but it is clear he was playing with barbies!

Side Note: I have NO PROBLEM with him playing with barbies BUT this is the 1st time I have ever seen him play with anything other then a TRUCK!

8-24-2006

The babies had their well visit today.

Olivia is about 23 1/2 pounds and 32 inches tall

Elijah is about 21 pounds and 32 inches tall

Nadia is about 21 1/2 pounds and 30 3/4 inches tall.

I put about because the babies, wait ummm I mean the TODDLERS :( :( had pretty heavy clothes on them, plus their shoes AND VERY HEAVY PEE FILLED DIAPERS on them. I wanted them to get naked but it was a very long morning and I just didn't speak up to the nurse. I know I should have! I really don't think the height is all to accurate when they were so wiggly but it gives me a general idea!

Life is BUSY BUSY BUSY right now. My poor husband is drained and is working 7 days a week and has been working so many hours I cant even count them. When he is home he is very angry and just plain old mean to me. All Thalia does is run to him at every moment and tell him, Daddy it is time for you to go to work. Right now he is prob. home and awake for about 1 hour per day. The rest of the time he is working or sleeping. We hope he can do a job change at the beginning of the year. He will make a little less money but it will be in something he WANTS to do and it has potantial to make ALOT of money in the near future. plus if he works a job that has set hours I can go and get a job when he gets home from work :) Please keep on praying for us, IT IS WORKING!

8/21/2006 Monday

Well we just got back from a very nice 2 day 1 night trip to Disney. 

I am so lucky to have parents that are so willing and wanting to help out with the kids! My mother and Father came over Sunday morning right after we put the trio down for