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

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY ISABELLA

3~24~2009

I can NOT believe my little girl will be 1 entire year old in a few days. She is so sweet and such a brat, JUST like Thalia was. Having a singleton is SO easy and SO much fun. Do not get me wrong, there are TONS and TONS of fun things about triplets, but NOTHING and I mean N-O-T-H-I-N-G is easy about triplets. I love all of my children with my whole heart, every cell in my body. There is nothing I would not do for my children. This is what I was meant to be, a mother. My children are my life and I can survive with nothing as long as I have them, Wally is not so bad either.... heeheeheee.

updates

Thalia...DX with ADHD and recently tested for GIFTED!! She only missed by 1 point! They are retesting her in 6 months. See Thalia is playing catch up. On December 1st we decided to try meds. YEP I said it MEDS!! We were always parents who said we would never do medicine but after trying anything we could think of (changing her diet, taking red dye out, parenting classes, 1 full year of classes for thalia's to help her, and many other things) and seeing that nothing we did was helping her at school. She was falling behind pretty bad and was either below level or on the very low end of at level. Well the short of the long story... Thalia takes meds every am for her ADHD. She started on 12/1st and here it is 3 months later that she is being tested for gifted. Her teacher pulled me aside one day and even asked if I put her on meds because there was such a huge change. We told nobody at 1st. Her teacher said she went from one of the bottom kids in math and she is now in the TOP 5!!!! She can FINALLY FOCUS! So we are giving her  6 months to catch up then test her again, it AMAZES me how easy she gets things now.

Olivia......is my lazy butt. She even fights for what she thinks is "HER SPOT" on the couch. She is very shy, very lazy, and VERY sweet. She many times comes up to me and says mommy...yes baby...I love you so much. Now how sweet is that. She loves school and is perfect while there. Come home and she is CRUEL and MEAN to her siblings, but makes me laugh. Got to love sibling rivalry. She is the 1st one to want to hold one of their hands or rub their hair ever so gentle though.

Elijah....my little Thalia. He is always wanting to get kissed and then haul butt. He is all boy and the only thing on his mind is MONSTER TRUCKS. Crazy. He turns every conversation into something to do with Monster trucks. He loves his school and is the typical little boy. ALL over the place ALL the time.

Nadia....sweet little mommy. She is THE mother of the group. She puts band aides on them, kisses their foreheads, gives them blankets, serves them food, plays with them and MAKES them call her mommy most of the time. She is super smart and finally loves to wear her glasses. She of course if doing wonderful in school.

Isabella....almost 1 year old and dealing with a horrid ear infection for about 6 weeks now, I hear the ENT calling to say TUBES any day now. She is spoiled and has to be pat to sleep. She is on my hip 90% of the day. Screaming at me right now because I am not holding her.

I would not have it any other way ;)

Wally is still out of a job. We are working like crazy on our house and it is nearing the end. We have the windows being put in and stucco on RIGHT now as I type. We think in 2 months we will be IN. I can not WAIT to go from a 3 bed/2 bath home to the end of a 5 bed/3 bath, HUGE laundry room, HUGE kitchen an upstairs deck :) AN UPSTAIRS!!! WOO-HOOOO.

Me...dealing. I am very great full for what we have AND what we do not have. I am extremely blessed and no it. I am not completly happy with myself, but it is my own fault, on I can change ME. NO I am not depressed, just mad at myself for not doing more with my life. YADDA YADDA YADDA!

12/27/2008

Oh my has it really been 5 months since I have updated!   YIKES

Olivia, Elijah and Nadia will be 4 years old on the 29th!! I can NOT believe I have 4 year old triplets! It has been a VERY LONG yet very short 4 years. I can remember so vividly the delivery of my 3 babies. Then as the days went by and then weeks and months I can not seem to remember much between delivery and now! From premature 4 pound babies to healthy 4 year olds that are perfect in every way. ok, other then the typical temper tantrums and the constant fighting. I am so incredibly blessed and I KNOW THIS. I cry tears of Joy when I look at my children. I can not believe the Love that you can have for so many people.

My 4 BIG kids are now all in school I drop off Thalia 1st at her school. She did get dx with ADHD and there is no doubt in my mind that she SUFFERS from it. The teacher and I work VERY hard and she struggles but she is getting through. So I drop her off at her school, then HAUL BUTT to Olivia, Elijah's, and Nadia's school. Both schools start at 8am, Thalia can NOT be a minute late, the triplets can not get dropped off before 7:45am.  PLUS I have the baby, so in and out and in and out all morning long. I can not WAIT till they all go to the same school! I am not complaining though because I LOVE having them all in school. The trio were all seperated at 1st but we had some issues with Nadia's teacher (which NEITHER teach at that school now!) and now Nadia is in class with Elijah. Made my life A LOT easier. Olivia is happy with her class and I am so glad that they are seperated. She loves having her own class, she was the one that I thought would get depressed without a sibling, boy was I wrong!

Thalia oh so sweet Thalia. Again she SUFFERS right now with her ADHD. It is really hard on her and I am not so against meds anymore. I realize that most people who are against meds have not had to deal with what she is going through. The meds will not be for my sanity, they will be for HER sanity. She is such a sweet kind child and she is the favorite of most people. EVERYONE loves her, but it is hard for her to get her work done and she is slowly slipping in school. She is just to "ON" most of the time. I am working on some things though and hopefully we can take ahold of this.

US!!!

Wally was laid off back in August. He is still not working, well he does have side jobs and he is keeping busy but he has yet to be hired at a REAL job. I am really starting to worry. It has been over 4 months now and the only job offer he got would have had him working days and nights and not enough money. Right now he is working the side jobs and at least that is keeping a roof over our head. We hope that in Jan. he can find something. I have been very positive about this from the start. When 1 door closes another one will open. God is good and I put all of my faith in God.

So far Thalia and Olivia both have their tonsils and Adenoids out. Elijah his adenoids and something else was worked on, well it is now Nadia's turn. I have known this since August but I pushed it off because I just HATE doing surgery on my kids. She gets hers out mid jan. I cant wait for it to be over, her tonsils are HUGE and cause her problems. They are always swollen and well I wont bore you any longer but they are coming out. Pray for a quick recover for her and for my sanity!

Isabella is as sweet as ever. Spoiled ROTTEN. She looks JUST like Thalia did. The kids could not love her more. They play with her all the time. She is 1 lucky girl to have so many siblings.

and YES I do want MORE!

of course I will not be having more children anytime in the near future but I can see 1 more in the next few years, let me just get our money straight 1st :)

7~17~08

Well my little girl is nearly 4 months old and she is so dang pretty! I lover her so much and she is so easy and reminds me what it was like to have a singleton! So much different and so much easier then triplets! I forgot how easy 1 baby was!

ok, so updates.....

We went on a week long vacation to the Beach. BEST Vacation we have EVERY had. SO perfect, so relaxing, SO much fun! The kids CRIED when we pulled up in our driveway and said they wanted to go back to our other home, the good Lord knows I wish I could afford that for them. The place we stayed at I think was bigger then our home! Aren't you all so proud of me for FINALLY ADDING SOME PHOTO'S?? It is 11pm so I only added a few below, maybe I will add some more soon to the photo section!!

Thalia is about to enter 1st grade, she is 6 years old and just lost her 1st front tooth. She was so excited that she cried! She is in Girl Scouts (which now I have joined as well, WHO WOULD  HAVE THOUGHT! BROOKE IN GIRL SCOUTS! LOL but I LOVE IT!). She is 1 busy girl and I have noticed that the busier I keep her the better she is, so I am thinking that A.D.D dx I got a year or so ago is prob. right, oh well, no meds for her!

Olivia is having her tonsils out on 7/23 and has to stay overnight, this is stressing me out big time. I worry about my little girl, but I am praying this will make her a happier child. She has a hard time getting that REM sleep because just like Thalia she cant breath very well! We did swim classes for her and she loves the thought of swimming but once actually in the pool, well she has to wear a float the entire time! She is so so cute though.

Elijah is just as hard headed as Thalia and is trying me constantly. Nothing really new with him except that he loves to pee in a bush, what a boy! He LOVES swimming and while on vacation decided he loved the ocean, (JUST like Thalia!). HE is like his daddy as well and is a fish in the water! Swims GREAT!

Nadia is my sweet pea and is so much like Thalia was at 3 years old. She loves to dance and play. I swear that Nadia and Thalia are joined somewhere around the hip. They eat together play together and well do everything possible together. Have to have the same plate colors even!  Nadia is doing great!

Isabella is a sweetpea. The kids LOVE her and have not 1 time shown any type of jealousy yet! She fits in just perfect. She is 3 1/2 months old and about 11 pounds. She has rolls where you wouldnt think rolls could happen! She is exclusively Breastfed and reminds me of the 1 on 1 I had that was so dear to me with Thalia. If all of my kids were as easy as her I think I could have a few more!

Wally and I are doing fine. He wants to look into other career options. He is construction and with the economy so bad he is afraid of losing his job, so he is prob. going to go back to school. I am so very proud of him! I am back to working out FINALLY and maybe 1 day I will get the other 20 pounds off! I gained 53 while preg. with Isabella and just today the scale showed 144, so I only have about 20 pounds left, but about 6 sizes to go down!!! I hope by this time next year I will be worthy of wearing some type of bathing suit that I didnt get from my GRANDMA!!!

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 the morning nap. Then Lynda and dez came over when the little ones woke up from their afternoon nap around 3pm. They put the babies to bed by 7pm and slept here!! Then mon (today) Lynda stayed till about 2ish and my parents came and took over till we got home at 6pm :) THANKS AGAIN!

We booked it (WITH Thalia in tow!). We went to Disney with our annual passes and enjoyed Magic Kingdom. This EXTREMELY nice woman (who is a triplet mom herself) booked us a room at 1 of  Disney's REALLY nice resorts. We spent most of that day with her and her dd. I think I have found a new friend :) Then around 6pm we went off to epcot. Wally and I did what is known as Drinks around the World. Basically you go to the countries and try out the Local Fav. I must say we were feeling pretty good by 9pm!! Thalia was so good, had a ball. Then we did more Disney stuff and headed to our wonderful hotel (THANKS AGAIN MICHELLE!!!) at 12 am!! We were all fast asleep within 30 minutes.

8am rolled around (1st time I have slept that late since the babies were born!!!) and we were all up and going down to a pool that had a cool slide that Thalia just loved.  We toasted English muffins in the room and added the FREE condiments you pick up in the lobby. So it only cost us 3.19 cents to eat breakfast!! Plus we brought home 3 English muffins!

After the pool, long story short, we were locked out of our room for about an hour. After that ordeal we went back to epcot. Rode rides, Did lots of stuff with JUST THALIA! We thought many times how easy things were with just 1 child. We felt extremely guilt that we can not give our children all of these wonderful things. Had many talks. We just get so angry that we didn't do more with our lives prior to having kids. If so we could afford to do Disney all the time, we could afford the hotels, the eating out without having to eat off of the FREE condiments. But well it is what it is. We love our children and when it comes down to it, THAT is worth so much more then what money can buy. (still would love to buy them the world).

I can not thank MY MOM, MY DAD, LYNDA (my mil), DEZ (my niece) enough for taking care of my children for me, Wally and Thalia was such a wonderful present.

Some extra feelings I feel the need to share from Monday August 21st.

8-21-2006

It is 10:15pm. Wally is at work, all the kids are in bed. I am addicted to 3 websites. I have listed some of them in the past. I have been watching these websites for over a year now. 3 different children. I have no idea how I even came across any of them! But I was hooked. Well unfortunalty all 3 children passed away within about 1 month of each other. This has hit me VERY HARD. I am a VERY emotional person. Sometimes when I think I can not do it anymore, that I am going to just lose it if I hear another temper tantrum I go to these sites. This is a HUGE reality slap in the face. What these parents have gone and are going through is horrible. This woman has had 2 of her babies pass away within 1 year of each other. Please pray for her.

http://www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson/

I put this up here so that anyone who is having a hard day will realize how lucky we are to have such hard days and none of it compares to this womans days. I hope that makes sense.

No matter how much I complain about how hard it is being a mother to triplets, I just want to say. I love my children with EVERY OUNCE of my being. I am in tears as I type this because I can not even find the words to express what I feel for my children. They are my everything. They are the air I breath, the blood that runs through my veins. I do not see how I would ever survive the loss of my child. Just the THOUGHT makes my chest heavy and hurt. I pray to GOD to PLEASE never take 1 away. I beg him on a daily basis to let me keep them FOREVER.

I have sat at this comp. for a very long time now in silence just thinking. I so wish I could explain the complete LOVE, the emotions I have for my children.

I know I am rambleing, thats what I do. And honestly I dont care if you like it or not, this is MY site. If you think I am corney or mushy or whatever then just do not read it.

Please check out her website. I will never forget this woman.

here are the 2 other sites I watch, I refuse to get addicted to any other sites. I am just to emotional.

http://www2.caringbridge.org/fl/jacob/

http://www2.caringbridge.org/de/michaeldornauer/index.htm

8-16-06

Well I was a BAAADDD mommy today! I decided I would cut poor little Elijahs hair. Now mind you I have NEVER cut any hair because I am SOOOOO bad at that. Well Elijah was so very still and was so good. I put his hair in a pony tail behind his head and CHOPPED. YES I call it chopped because I butchered the poor boy. I knew instantly what I was doing was not right. So when I was done with the pony tail I tried to "clean it up" and of course made it look worse. Then I tried over his right ear area, HORRIBLE! So I stopped. I put him in his crib before I cried/ He took a nap not knowing any difference.

MINUTES after I put him in his crib I called Jeanette (their Ya-Ya) and within about 2 hours she came flying in wearing her cape and bag of weapons in hand. THANK GOODNESS for her! She was my hero today! she really saved me! If Wally or my mother (who I called and she just about peed her pants laughing at me!) or my mil Lynda would have seen what I did to my poor little boy they prob. would have had a heart attack!

Jeanette was able to fix most of what i messed up, but there were a few places that we will just have to look at for a few week.

I must say that I love his hair being cut though. He looks clean and kept. below is a before i butchered then after Jeanette saved ME!!

Well this past weekend we really did some good work on the house. We painted the living room and it looks so pretty I think. Finally coming together. Wally is working out in the shed to organize the disgusting mess he created, it is way worse then you can ever imagine! Went through lots of clothes and managed to donate as of today will be 7 huge black trash bags!

I have added 2 pages onto the site. Both are in the very beginning stages, but please feel free to check them out.

I will be adding soon another page, dedicated to being fit and little tips I have learned. I am on Weight Watchers and am down to 125.5 It has taken a long time. I still have at least 10 more pounds to lose, then a tummy tuck (I WISH!!)When I had the babies I weighed in at 208. soon after the babies I was stuck at 159. I am now trying to work out at least 3 times a week and I really watch what I eat. It is the hardest thing I have ever done, even harder then being preg. with triplets! So I figure maybe I can help others. So keep your eye out for it! I will try to put up some before and after pict.

8-07-06

I know I have become horrible about updates. Honestly life is crazy around here and just no time.

Disney was fun, didn't feel like a vacation because we were so busy, but I loved it and Thank my niece Dez and my MIL Lynda so much for coming.

I have been getting out more and more on my own. The babies are so much easier in so many ways, and yet so much harder in other ways! I can now pack up some diapers wipe and snack cups and can be on the go for hours if need be. As long as they have a fresh diaper, food, and drinks they are manageable.

Thalia is now in preschool again this year, it is a different 1 then last year and I do not care for this school. It is way over crowded and My gut says pull her. But my niece who is Thalia's best friend is with her and she desperately wants to stick with Emily so I am very torn.

Olivia is a different child since Disney. She got some type of Strep and was sick for over a week. I could NOT put her down. I had to make all meals change diapers and do everything with her on my hip, now she is a momma's girl and only wants me all the time. Very hard for me to split my time. She will actually PUSH the other kids off of me. She will not even share my lap (i have made her though). She would be very pleased if she were the only child!

Elijah is my sweet little boy. He also got sick but  wasnt nearly as bad as his sister! He likes to cuddle, but plays well on his own. He is just so sweet and I love having a little boy who looks just like his handsome daddy. Elijah however chooses not to eat, and well that's another update all together. He eats about 1/4th of a banana for breakfast. 2 bites of sandwich for lunch, maybe 1 cracker for snack, etc... but he is not grumpy, just very content and happy.

Nadia is also a changed girl since Disney. She doesn't cry much anymore, is not AS dramatic about things. Has fun playing and is very happy most of the time now! Her and Olivia have definitely switched personalities. She knows how to say YUMMY and also signs it at the same time. She says mommy and makes noises like mooooo and ruff-ruff. says GOOD-BYE, bye-bye, hello. and will try to say just about anything you say. She lost her glasses and right now we just can not afford a new pair so the poor little thing is walking around cross eyed, it is HORRIBLE! Soon enough I will get her some glasses. We do not have any credit card right now (after vacation we froze them, literally!) so until we get some cash no glasses for my little girl! YIKES!

Wally has been working so many hours to make ends meet, unfortunately ends are STILL not meeting. His reg. job is giving him more hours so he is there 6 days a week but is salary so no pay increase. I am tired of living on foodstamps, WIC and medicaid. THANK GOD for them, but well I am tired of being poor! But that is another subject, another day :)

Yes we went to Disney but we have not even begun to start paying that debt yet!

7-24-06

Well I am going to be short. I am EXHAUSTED! I tried to add some pictures from Rock you, but for the life of me I can not figure out how to put them on the page where I want them, so on top is where they stay for now, I am just to tired to figure it out tonight.

Disney was a lot of fun, but also very stressful at time. The short of it:

Thalia Loved each and every minute of Disney and BALLED when we got home, told me she doesn't like "Our World" she only likes Disney World now! Hates our home and wants to live at Disney!

Olivia had fun, Managed to fall on my MIL and give her whip-lash. I guess it is all in the way they fall, it was not a hard fall or very far, but still did damage on my mil. We are all hoping she feels better soon. Olivia managed to also catch some type of cold. She had a fever of 104.5 last night. Only low fevers today but will not let me put her down. I tried 1 time while making lunch and she cried so hard she threw up!

Did I mention I am tired?

Elijah was attached to my wonderful niece Dez's hip the entire time. He was very happy most of the tri-p but wanted to be on the move the entire time and was the most wiggly baby ever!

Nadia was her usual self. We call her the Drama Queen! She lost her glasses on the last day at epcot, we are out about 200.00 now! She was either very happy or very angry. She loved the characters so much that when we would see 1 she would squell in delight and when we would leave 1 she threw a fit and would scream like someone was stabbing her! What a cutie I tell ya, lol!

Wally & I had our 1st real vacation as a family with all 4 kids. We had lots of fun and did lots of things. I cant thank my niece and my MIL for helping out. It would have been much more stressful without them.

We did a character lunch, went to mid evil times dinner show, Saw shows, rode rides, ate lots of junk food, went in the pool, rode the heck out of a golf cart! Watched Thalia dance to the Magic kingdom fireworks and scream from excitement when she saw Mickey Mouse in the parade.

It really was worth every penny!

I will update more later. going to bed. Hope you all enjoy the pictures as much as I do!

7-10-06

Ok! Sorry I have not been updating lately! That was brought to my attention this past weekend (MARKS MOM! I know you are reading thins, hahaha! This update is dedicated to you, lol!)

Well This weekend was very busy. So busy that I honestly do not remember everything we did! This morning I was on the phone to a guy from Lowes (trying to order something to keep my monkeys in the yard!) and he asked what I did this weekend, now remember this was around 9:30am, and get this. I had NO IDEA what I did this weekend. I was stumped! HAd no idea WHAT to say. HE didnt believe me! I told him I had 18 month old triplets and a 4 year old, that I only think 1 second to the next. \

I couldnt believe that I had no idea. So I have been going crazy all day trying to remember yesterday and sat. We went to a birthday party on sat. that was fun. Wally made Olivia puke on my neighbors couch and even though she (my neighbor) handled it well, it really took a toll on me. My neighbor has this perfect home, no messes, smells wonderful and keeps it looking great. Then again she has no little ones! I do think it would look just as perfect even if she did have babies.

So Olivia puked on her couch after Donna had warned wally to not let her throw up (wally was tossing olivia around and she ahas reflux), Nadia kept touching the radio and nearly broke the volume on the radio (donna, not sure if mark told ya that yet! lol!) Elijah was running around like a mad man. Nadia got green icing on her hand and fear rushed through me that she would touch something and stain it!. All this was taking place at 5pm, which is when my kids are use to eatting dinner. It is just so stressful taking the kids out. Well at least forme it is!

This was only across the street at that! I have found that even though I hate being stuck at home all the time, I miss my home desperatly when I am gone. It is my safe place and my comfort. I see that the children feel that way also. They are never completly happy unless they are at home. Thalia will sometimes beg me to bring her home if we are out and about running errands.

ok so enough babble tonight. It is late and I have to bring Olivia to the ENT tomorrow to get her ears checked on. She went through everything great and it is 2 week check up time.

oh update on my mom:

She had surgery on her left wrist last friday. The lady has been miserable since the accident for nearly 10 days and is constantly taking pain meds (percocet). Please pray that she starts to feel better. She is barely eatting and losing weight and can barely get out of bed the pain is so bad.

I added pict. pf the way Thalia sleeps. EVERY NIGHT we crack up. We decided to start taking pict. and we are going to do a colage (sp) one day for her.

Oh I painted olivias toenails and finger nails. She is turning into my girlie girl, she was always the tom-boy before.

Nadia only let me paint her toenails.

My neighbor did my hair and I love it! I came home and the pict. to the left shows that Thalia loved it also!

7-07-06

No time to do a real update. life has me so busy, but I love it!

another reason I hate motorcycles

7-01-06

Well here it is 10pm at night. All 4 kids are in bed and my husband is still at work and has been since 8am this morning. The guy really works to hard, and NEVER complains. I mean really, I have never heard him say, man I dont feel like going to work today, not ever!

Anyways....

I came on to update to say I just got a call from my dad. My mom is at Tampa general tonight, thankfully with ONLY a broken wrist. I say ONLY because they were hit by a HUMMER tonight on their MOTORCYCLE!

I am SOOOO angry, I am more mad at my parents then the person who hit them (who by the way had road rage AND did a hit and run on them!). I am angry because they just DONT GET IT! To them it is worth the risk. I mean COME ON MOM AND DAD! You have 2 grown children and a total of 7 grandchildren under 7 years old!!!  I guess I get so mad because I love them so much. What would I do without them? They know how much I hate the stupid motorcycle, no news to them, I tell them constantly. I will continue to tell them. I wish they would just sell it. I feel like they love that stupid thing more then they love us. We all hate that they ride, but all of my uncles and aunts do, they use to ride when they were young. About 3 years ago they got this bike and I have lived in fear ever since.

I am sorry but After hearing my dad on the other line I thought FOR SURE my mom was dead, and well that has me crying so hard I cant see the keyboard. My parents are homebodies. They are always at home in bed no later then 7pm at night. I talk to my mom on the phone at least 8 times per day, we always talk around 8pm at night because she is usually falling asleep. I almost called her because she hadn't called me and I was baking a cake. See we call just to say hey I was bored so I am baking a cake, I will give you some tomorrow.

What would I do if I couldn't call her to say stupid things like that!

If anyone knows how to talk some sense into my parents please send me an email. Please also know that I have a cousin who lost 1/2 of his foot and had tons of skin graphs from a motorcycle accident. An uncle who lost a leg. Another cousin who was seriously hurt on his motorcycle. Our family has seen their share of accidents and they still get back on.

1 of my uncles worked for the police dept (recently retired) part of his Job was to teach the motorcycle cops how to ride! So he told my dad no helmet is better! WHAT?? that way nothing is obstructing your view and you can hear everything! (my mom at least wears a helmet).

ok I know this is long, but me and my parents are so close and I am very hurt, is it going to take them to nearly die to get it through their head, the risk isn't worth it for a stupid thrill!

6-25-2006

tomorrow around 8:15am (mon 6/26/06) Olivia will be having a super easy and quick surgery. It is to have tubes put in her ears and she may possibly have her adenoids removed. She will be put under and that's the hard part for me. I will not be able to be with her (which is the HARDEST part for me!). Please pray that everything will go as planned and pray that I will not lose it while handing her over to some strange nurse :(

She is asleep right now (9:30pm) and we have to leave around 6am, she is not allowed food or water or anything from midnight tonight. so her last meal was at 5pm tonight and had lots of applesauce at 7pm then went straight to bed. once she wakes up from her surgery she can have some food, but that may not be till noon!

anyways...

please keep her in your thoughts. I know this is very minor but she does have to get put under and well I know someone who's mother was put under for a very easy simple everyday surgery and died while under so I am TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!

I know this is the best for her, poor thing has suffered from chronic ear infections since she was about 6 months old. she is miserable and anti-biotic no longer work.

6-20-2006

Today the babies had their 15 month well visit. YES you read that right, 15 month! YES they are now 18 months! LOL but well we got busy and never made it to the 15 month visit. The babies, I mean ummmmm toddlers are doing great. They are all growing, some slower then others but they are all growing. here is the stats on everything that is going on. I can tell ya I am OVER having to give medicine all the time! I mean I have very healthy kids but each 1 has some kind of issue. NOT because they were preemies or triplets but because they are HUMANS!

I will update more when I get the chance

Olivia- 22# 11oz  30 1/2 inches tall

Elijah- 20# 12 oz  32 inches tall

Nadia 21# 30 1/4 inches tall

They are all still about the same height and even same weight, but if you look at Olivia and Elijah next to each other in just diapers Elijah is SOOO thin. He doesn't eat much and I do believe he survives solely on air. He is so dang adorable though and has been the easiest kid I have ever had. It does have me a tad bit sad that they are not all the same heights and weights. they have almost always been within 1 pound and 1 inch of each other, I LOVE that, but well I guess they have to grow up and they ARE however 3 different people. They do all cut teeth at the same time (except Elijah has 1 extra). I find that weird since they are fraternal. Thalia had all of her teeth by the time she was 1, I just find it odd. Elijah is the leader with teeth. He always cuts his a few days ahead of the girls. They all have front teeth and all 4 molars.

Another weird thing they do at the same time is poop! I know gross, maybe TMI, but it is true. How weird is that! I mean they don't all sit around in a little circle and poo together, but they always do it within minutes of each other. I find that sooo weird. I mean for those of you without triplets but have more then 1 child. you feed them meals at the same time, do they go #2  all within minutes of each other? well 95% of the time MINE DO! Makes for a very smelly 10 minutes! lol!

ok so back to the update.

Elijah my sweet little boy has exema (sp)! We always thought it was so cute how he would itch his belly constantly when we took of his shirt and his back, well he always has these little bumps also. Dr. noticed them right away and gave him the diagnoses! So we are SUPPOSE to lotion him up 2 times per day and also bath him with very mild soap.

Olivia's ears look a little better. She is still on anti-biotic and on Prevacid for her reflux. She seems to be a MUCH happier baby. Please pray for ME on the 26th. That is when Olivia has her very simple Ear surgery to get tubes in. I am NOT handling this well because that means she is in a different room. I NEVER leave my kids with strangers. It is a very frightening thing. Even when Nadia got a tube down her throat when she was a preemie I was right their watching the dr. shove it down. I am there for EVERYTHING with my kids and I am going to lose it. I think I will go take a pain killer now because the thought is killing me! oh and could you say a prayer for Olivia, after all it IS about her, lol, not me!

Nadia  is doing GREAT. She has allergies and has been on singulair for 1 week now and is doing so much better. She was coughing constantly through the night and would even wake up screaming mad from it. So every night we have to mix up a little powder packet in some applesauce to give her. She loves it, but we have to do this OUT OF SIGHT from the other kids because in our family we share EVERYTHING and our kids EXPECT us to even share the medicine, lol!

Wow what a busy few weeks I have had. Full of sadness and full of so much happiness. The sad part was that Little Jacob lost his fight with cancer, I really have a hard time even thinking of him. I feel so sad for his family, he was a triplet and his poor little brothers really wont even remember him. He had JUST turned 6 years old. He taught me to FROG which is Forever Rely On God.  Actually his mother Heather taught me that. Through all that she watched her son go through and all that SHE went through she always wrote about God. What a wonderful woman she is. If you ever get a chance look on Jacobs website, she is still updating on occasion. I went to his service with my best friend Lesa, she also is a wonderful mother. Thanks Lesa for getting me to go and for crying with me for sweet little Jacob and his family. I will never look at another frog without thinking of Jacob. Also his favorite song was

I LOVE ROCK-N-ROLL

I will always think of him when I hear it and I have noticed myself getting drawn to that song. It was never a song that I cared much about, but I have been playing it over and over again in my home to remember Jacob. They played that song at the end of his service as everyone walked out.

So now go ad count your blessing at this moment his parents are missing him so desperately and most of us can go look at our loved ones laying in be, or playing or whatever they are doing. They can no longer go look at Jacob.

6-12-06

Today is going to be a tough day. It has been raining for 2 days now, pretty much non-stop. We cant go outside and it is just going to be so boreing, as will be tomorrow and most of the week. We do DESPERATLY need the rain though here in Tampa.

Yesterday we went to my neices 4th b-day party (Emily, Thalias BEST friend who is only 4 months younger then her, they do EVERYTHING together, school, parties, playdates). They have been hanging out with each other since Emily's birth, it is SO sweet so special.

The party was a BALL and ALL 4 of my children had a WONDERFUL time. It was at the YMCA and was a Gymnastic party. I will put up a picture. I have never seen my kids run in so many directions in my life!  It was so sweet seeing them all playing.

Thalia is bored stiff at home on summer break, and I have noticed she is regressing, being with the babies somuch, all she wants is to be a baby lately.

Olivia now needs tubes in her ears and has large adnoids (?) and poor thing still has reflux so has started prevecid. I found out the reason her voice sounds deep and is hoarse i because of the reflux! Who would have EVER thought that! I didnt bring it up to the dr. but he asked if she sounds hoarse, and go firgure thats what everyone tells me! So she goes for tubes on 6/26th say a prayer for MOMMY! lol! but say a prayer for her also. Olivia is a BIG GIRL now and can say BALL , Da-Da, Ma-Ma, Ta-Ta (for thalia) and is always telling Elijah NO-NO constantly, but for good reason Elijah is always into something. She has become a mama's girl and is EXTREMELY shy now.

Elijah is ALLLLLL boy. He is so sweet and so cute and into EVERYTHING. If you put a barbie in front of him and a JIJ joe or car he will go for the BOY toys! It amazes me that there really is SUCH a big difference in boys and girls. You will never find him playing with any of the GIrl toys. He only wants the tools, balls, and boy things. But the girls will play with it all. Elijah is ALWAYS scaling the window ceils (sp?) and Jumping off of things, running like crazy. He KNOWS when he has been bad, he will turn around laugh and RUN. He still doesnt do well with food, he just doesnt like to eat at all!

Nadia is our little princess/drama queen. She wants what she wants and wants it NOW. She has melt-downs ALL the time. She will actually throw herself against a wall and slowly melt down it to the floor and then bang her head on the floor and scream more! OVER NOTHING. She puts up a good fight though! I am worried about her because she COUGHS all night long. Have to look into that.

Things I have noticed with the trio lately is that they really like toplay together. They chase each other around the house squelling in delight. They hug each other, they give each othre kisses (melts me!) This morning I sang patty cake and Nadia and Olivia actually did it together. Watchng them play patty cake was SO sweet, I mean how often do you get to see 2 babies that are 17 months old interact like that! I wish they would do that stuff more often and less fighting!

Well is that a long enough update for ya?

Jacob passed away last night. He fought a VERY LONG and difficult battle with cancer. Please go hug your children and family tight. I am crying so hard i can not even see the keyboard.

June 06 2006

WHY am I so TIRED all the time? I just don't get it, and NO it is NOT because I have TRIPLETS! I have ALWAYS been like this. I am very good the 1st 1-2 hours I wake up in the morning then I DRAG till 1pm and when the kids go to sleep I do also. It sometimes is just 15 minutes, sometimes it is the full 2 hours they sleep. I am exhausted! I don't understand why. Then by 6pm I am dragging again. I just don't know what to do, like I said I have ALWAYS been like this, even before being pregnant with the babies. I use to nap with Thalia every day.

Anybody have any suggestions please email me!

SO my update for today.

Well Olivia had a lovely appt. with an ENT (ears,nose,throat dr.) today to see if we could figure out why she is having so many ear infections, it has been 1 after another since she was about 6 months old. Found out she STILL has reflux. She was a reflux baby and was on meds for it, but we took her off around 6 months old, thinking she outgrew it. Well she didn't and the poor thing has been living with it this entire time, I feel like a HORRIBLE mommy!  We have noticed her voice is lower then the other babies and sounds kid of horse, well go figure that has to do with it also. Something like her Adnoids are large, and the reflux well all I know if that she has been having a sore throat this entire time :( SO it isn't that it is "Just Olivia's Voice" it is that she has problems and the reflux comes up and irritates her. poor kid. So she is back on meds, this time trying Prevacid. Also is getting tubes put in her ears.

She had a little SCOPE put down her nose then throat, she acted GREAT, cried but not hysterical. What a trooper.

So say a little prayer that her surgery for the tubes goes smoothly on 6/26th. I am only worried about the anesthesia. But I have been told it is a VERY SIMPLE and VERY EASY surgery and recovery is within hours. THANK GOODNESS!

That's the end, I am to tired to do anything else.

I did put her hair up really cute for the dr. and I will have to update with a pict. later.

6-03-06

Tim and Faith were SOOO good. We had so much fun. My mom, MIL (mother in law) and I sang and danced our butts off. What a show! Just thought I would let everyone know. I am adding a pict. of the 3 of us, looks funny because I took it myself!

6-02-06

Nothing new lately. Wally has been working 3 jobs and is SO exhausted. Thank goodness that is about to stop! I am mentally drained and he is physically drained. To top it off he finally got 2 days off of work and he painted our entire house! So really no days off!

Today Wally only worked 2 jobs so he got a little family time in :) It FINALLY rained here in sunny, hot, humid, drought Tampa Florida. Since the babies had been stuck inside all day We went out for a walk. Thalia use to love to jump in puddles but with no rain she has not done it in a VERY LONG TIME. So we got in the stroller and let her jump in EVERY puddle on our street. After we did that we got the babies in just diapers (and then naked) and let them experience it. I think every child should be able to jump in puddles. They loved it!  Check out the pict. page for the photos! OH and look at the lizard Thalia caught. She catches Lizards ALLLLLL the time. We set up a kiddie pool and she had 3 lizards in it, look below at the pict. of 1 of her lizards, poor things! lol! But what a neat pict. with the lizard driving a toy boat!

I do have a request, PLEASE EVERYONE PRAY for this little boy. He is a triplet and has been in a WAR with cancer. So very sad. I have been following this story for about a year and he is 6 years old and is not doing good at all. He has been so close to death so many times and even has worn the DNR bracelet before. It is heartbreaking, so please look at his website and send a prayer up and then go hug your kids REALLY TIGHT.

http://www2.caringbridge.org/fl/jacob/

Well Hopefully life around here will slow down a little and I will get a chance to just sit back and enjoy the kids instead of constantly tending to them.

OH and I am going to TIM MCGRAW concert tomorrow 6/2 and I AM PUMPED! It is a girls night out with my mother in law and my mom, I will update on that later. Man he is 1 H-O-T man! but not nearly as HOT as the one I got at home, well at work cause the poor guy is always working, lol!

5/19/06

What a week it has been. Wally has been working nights and doing side jobs in between (side jobs for family not paying side jobs), which means no time at home. His day starts around 1pm he wakes up and does what normal people do in the morning, coffee breakfast etc. the babies sleep from 1pm-3pm for a nap, so he doesn't get to see them. Then he has been leaving around 3:30-4pm to go to his side jobs. Leaves those jobs at 8:3-pm to get to work on the interstate at 9pm then gets home around 5am and takes a shower and goes to bed by 5:30am and sleeps till 1pm and then does it again! Hopefully things will slow down next week.

At home I am battleing fleas! on top of all things FLEAS! So today after Wally wakes up we are bombing the house! i cant take it anymore! poor Thalia and all of us (minus Wally cause he is never here!) are getting eatten alive! please send a little prayer that this will work!

Last night I took about 30 pictures of the kids while i was sitting on the couch with them. We were so very bored and they were so fussy but i did manage to get a few decent pictures! I use to hate taking pictures, but looking back at all the pict. of Thalia I cant find barely any with me in them, that has made me realize no matter how bad I think I look I need to get IN the pictures more often! SO last night I tried! of course not so easy when you are taking your own pict. and have all the other kids ON you!

Elijah takes pictures so well, he is so amazingly perfect! I mean they all are, but I am still adjusting to the BOY look. He is the only boy on either side of the family, and Wally's sister said no more babies. As you know my brother and sister in law just ad their LAST baby. So unless a miracle happens, he is IT!

5/13/06

MORE from the FRONT PAGE!

I had to write that Thalia is such a big girl now! She graduated her 1st year of preschool, 1 more year then it is off to kindergarten. What is a mom to do then? THEN the trio will be going to preschool! oh my! I will not know what to do with myself. During the program she danced and sang, she is a RIOT I tell ya! On 1 song everyone was singing so gracefully and ONLY THALIA kept dancing and moving in front of everyone with what i call "Interpretive Dancing" It was so funny, but showed me she IS a class clown because she was NOT suppose to be dancing.

I want to thank EVERYONE who showed up. It proved to me how much you really do love Thalia. She was so proud to have her family there!

I cant believe my little girl is growing up so fast. She is still in swim school and is now on summer vacation, she is going to bug the heck out of me, poor thing is going to be so bored.

The babies are growing up, all walking, all climbing, all getting big time boo-boo's! We try to baby proof everything, but well it is just plain impossible! It is getting so hot down here in Florida that going outside now is having to wait till about 4pm! We use to go out at 11am but to hot! now around 3:30pm , right after snack time, I bring them out to the yard and they play HARD! then have dinner around 5pm, I am still very strict on most of my schedule. I don't know what I would do without my schedule!

The babies still wake at 7am breakfast 8am, nap 9am, 11am up and play, 12pm lunch, 1pm nap, 3 pm up and snack time, 5pm dinner 6pm walk, 7pm bed!

I am about to change them to a 1 nap day so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated on how to do that, I want to do it before vacation in 9 weeks. We are going to DISNEY WORLD thanks to my brother and sister in laws help, and we will be vacationing with them, only way to do it, we love it! I am selling EVERYTHING I can to help pay for this and have been saving up for weeks now!  So if you are in the market for a QUAD RUNABOUT STROLLER then email me :)

I still cant say ENOUGH how much In love I am with my children. YES sometimes I have LONG days, but the weeks are short. Sometimes I cant wait to go to bed, but then I find myself sneaking in their rooms to just look at them. I long for sleep, and then dream of them. There is no feeling like the feeling of PURE LOVE you get from your child. I honestly 100% miss my children every time I leave, even if it is just going out to the mailbox! I know I kow, everyone needs time away, and I believe that, BUT even when I do go to the store I miss them DESPERATLY. I find myself shopping for only THEM! I tell myself NO to things that i love lie the Good bread, instead of the 50 cent bread, but I see some goldfish for a lot more money and thats ok. Ya know the little things!

I guess what I am trying to say is when you see a parent of triplets or any parent, DONT SAY:

Oh I would KILL myself    -or-    Oh how HORRIBLE    -or-    I am so SORRY    -or-    You POOR thing

Fact is I wouldn't change it for the world,  Yep I have my hands full FULL OF JOY AND LOVE. 

I was taking the kids on a walk this past week (like I do everyday) and this time I took a different route and as I was minding my own buisness with my headphones ON listening to music an old man barely able to stand says how are you, while still walking I smile and say great how are you, he says back I THINK I AM BETTER THEN YOU ARE! I of course just smile and say I wouldnt change it for the world I love my life! I am still shocked that I get so many comments like that, every day, every time i go out.I try to remind myself that most people dont mea to be rude, they are just shocked that I could get so lucky to have such wonderful children :)

sorry for the long drawn out story, I just wanted to do a good update and tell the world how much I love all 4 of my children!

5/13/06

ok my Brother and sister in law now have there 3rd and last child. a new baby girl! as of right now no name yet, I think they know what the are going to name her just dont want to tell anyone yet :)

Last night 5/12/06 Thalia graduated from preschool along with Emily (her cousin only 4 months younger and best friend), Jenifer (my sister in law) was admitted in the hospital for labor on 5/12 around 7am, then released, then again around 3pm and released. She hauled butt across town to see Emily do her graduation ceremony (PLEASE look at my photo gallery, You will see a pict. of her with us remember this pict. was taken after she was already admitted 2 times for labor and she WAS having contractions during the program!) well she left the program around 8pm and at 3:28 my last niece was born (nobody plans on having more babies!). She is so cute, weighed in at 7# 10 ounces and a shorty was only 15 1/2 inches long! I am 1 PROUD aunt. My sister in law is 1 very strong woman and had no drugs for her last 2 labors. What a WOMAN!  GO JENIFER, I am so proud of her!

ok now go check out the photo gallery and look at her smiling WHILE having contractions and in pain and only about 8 hours later she had a baby! that lady is AMAZING if you ask me!

MORE ON MY WHAT'S NEW PAGE!!

5/9/06

This is very short and not really an update at all, just an urgent prayer request. My neighbors best friend passed away last friday. Long story short, they are pretty positive the husband was living a double life and either killed the woman or had someone do it . It is all like a movie or weird TV show. Please pray that everything gets resolved and whomever is responsible is put behind bars. It was thought a suicide at 1st but without going into horrible details it is believed the husband did it, but as of right now it is all under investigation. My neighbor is having an extremely hard time with this, as this is a woman she has known since she was 15 years old and they talked every single morning, they were closer then sisters. please pray for them

5/4/06

GOOD MORNING!

This is an email I sent to someone I always tend to vent to. She thought I should copy and paste it to show what type of morning I had and often have! lol!

whew what a night/morning.

I will try to tell it short, lol!

Wally left at 12:30 right as thalia was walking into bed and she was wide awake chatting and rubbing my face and all that. I have to sleep with this brace on so no fun in that.

then Wally got home at 5am right when Nadia started crying this pitiful I am so afraid cry. I am positive she had a bad dream so I went and got her and when I walked in she was sitting right up in bed and put the blanket over her head and she was whimpering. poor little thing. sop I brought her in my bed with me thalia and Wally.

she just couldn't sleep though and for a good hour was still whimpering. after she finally stopped I put her in her crib by then it was 6:15! I ran back to bed and fell asleep and woke up at 7:24 by my mom calling! you know how scheduled we are and I was suppose to be awake at 7am!

so I jump up go get and fill sippy cups and run to the babies who are all awake and giggling of course except Nadia! lol.

take clothes off, change diapers give sippys, run to let jack out make thalias school lunch and the kids breakfast. oh man it was busy busy busy.

finally get thalia to wake up around 8:20 and she threw up because I told her to cough really big and the phlegm got caught and she gagged on it, meanwhile the monkeys are fighting and Nadia is ripping off her glasses once again all in diapers 2 have pooped Olivia ripped her diaper off and was running around naked (but didn't POO!!) I was cleaning throw up jack ate thalias waffle, I kicked him out again. thalia decided that while cleaning herself up from throwing up she would play in the water. it is now nearly 8:35 and my mom usually shows up at 8:45 to pick up thalia.

I finally get thalia dressed and was feeding her a gogurt while she was hacking up a lung (allergies!) Elijah fell off the table and was stuck between the couch and bean bag crying. Nadia once again rips off her glasses and starts saying "pretties, pretties" that's what we call her glasses. then goes and hides them in a toy.

oh did I say I was going to make this short, lol!!!!

so I get thalia dressed hair done, and rush her to the bathroom while she is swallowing her last bite brush her teeth and then do the ritual of her face :sunscreen,neosporin,mederma.

whew 8:45 and she is completely ready, my mom honks I literally shove her out the door.

then get back to the babies, in between all that time I also managed to change 2 poo diapers and get olivias back on!

now it is like war, who is going to win the CHILDREN or ME! I refuse to let them win.

so I start getting them dressed 1 by 1 and what do you know Elijah falls off the couch and hits his head on the table. I grab him sing and hold him, then Olivia trips over my foot and falls and hits her head on the table, grab her and sing to both of them, Nadia found her glasses but right before Elijah fell her snatched them from her (prob. why he fell)! so she is standing on the table and cant see teetering! lol

put Olivia on the loveseat next to me and it is 9am and I put Elijah in his crib, as I am walking to get Olivia to get her dressed and put her in her crib she falls off the loveseat face first into the coffee table, now the tip of her nose is all bruised. that one took a while to get her to stop crying! BUT Nadia is still teetering on the end of the couch! I grab her and throw her in a crib, come back to Olivia and got her dressed and changed her diaper and put her in bed, oh also gave her Motrin because I am surprised she didn't break her nose but it has to hurt AND I had to give her her anti-biotic for her slight double ear infection.

oh did I mention all 3 are cutting both molars and a tooth in front?

AND I did all this with the brace on which is VERY hard to do!

so I hope you laugh at some of that. I am sure I left some of it out. all that happened from 7:30-9am 1 hour! now I am going to microwave that cup of coffee that is ice cold that I have not touched and try to check my bank account! lol.

I have to wake Wally up soon he has to go to the shop. poor guy is not getting enough sleep