SMILE

So we decided to give in a little today and smile for mommy. After all - she did give us a nice long bath and then she was brushing our hair. We love to have our hair brushed so Hannah and Emily gave mommy a great big smile to let her know how much we like it.

Oh yeah - our visiting nurse came yesterday and we got weighed again. Emily is 8lbs 4oz. Hannah is 6lbs 8oz and Hailey is 5lbs 8.5oz. We sure do love to eat!!!

Just some pics...

1st Hospital visit...from Emily

Well. I don't even know what to say. I eat, sleep, grow and do everything I'm supposed to do. The only time I cry is when I want to eat and mom doesn't have a bottle ready for me. I'm a good girl when we go out. I don't get mad when mom puts me in the car seat and I don't cry when she's left me in the swing too long. I don't cry just because Hannah and Hailey are crying. I don't even spit up like Hannah and Hailey do all the time! I go right back to sleep after I eat in the middle of the night too. I do all of these things and yet...I STILL had to go back to the hospital. It's not my fault I'm too sleepy to breathe! They put those dumb stickers on my tummy and they kept waking me up to take my vitals. I don't even know what vitals are but I don't like them!!!! Sure - the nurses were nice and I even got held most of the time because it was just me and mommy all night. But they made me drink a nasty bottle to do some test and all I heard was beeping and alarms. I thought I left all that behind when I left the NICU!!! Well..I'm home now and mom better not even THINK of bringing me back to that place. I'm angry with her right now. She keeps begging me to smile at her. Yeah...she should hold HER breath for that one.

1st Hopsital visit

Yup...it's happened already. Emily and I spent the night at Children's Hospital. She has an apnea monitor at home with us and she's had a few too many spells so the doctor thought it would be best for her to have an overnight hospital stay for observation. The good news is that she has what's called "periodic breathing" episodes and it's something she'll eventually outgrow. The bad news is that she will have to continue to be monitored at home 24/7. (She has to wear leads and stickers and be hooked up to a machine). We can still hold her and cuddle her and do all the fun things with her!
Also...I now have an overnight bag packed with all my essencials. Apparently you never know when you're going to need it!

This is a picture of Emily with her great-grandmother Elaine. I love it!

Yesterday was mom and dads 7th wedding anniversary! A certain someone special sent a caterer to the house to have dinner served to them! It was very, very nice.

All 3 of us have an appt with the doctor today. We have to get shots today too. We're not so sure about this shot thing. Mom keeps saying it'll be ok but we're a little weary. Oh...mom plays this thing called a DVD for us. We love it! It's baby einstein and it's so colorful and full of pretty music. Emily says she'd rather watch the Food network but she's outvoted. We all have to go take a bath now...we decided to gang up on mommy and give back our vitamins this morning.

From mom: Wow. I have 3 babies! 3!!! Not one, not two but THREE! I still can't believe it. They are doing well. Better than I could have imagined. The past few nights we have let the girls wake us up rather than waking them up. And they've been sleeping 4 to 4&1/2 hours at a time! That means we're getting some more sleep as well. I think I may have even had a dream last night! lol The girls are going for their 2 month check-up and they need to get their vaccines. I wish I didn't have to be there to see them get their shots but at least I'll be able to give them a hug when it's all over. I have the best babies in the world. They don't cry unless they really need something. Lately they've been waking up in great moods and staying awake for longer periods of time. They are sooooo curious about things. I wish I could be in their little heads to see what they are thinking, seeing and experiencing. Their actual due date was 4/20 so I am now looking forward to all of their milestones. Smiling, laughing, cooing, 1st day of kindergarten...lol. They semi-smile now but I don't think it's voluntary yet. I want to wake up, say good morning to them and see them smile at me!!!!! It'll happen soon though.

We keep busy as a family. Making sure to go for walks, visit family & friends, go to the park and just staying active. We do have our days when we just hang out at home which is just as much fun sometimes. I just really thank God that our girls are doing well and are healthy. My favorite part of being a mom? Looking at them and knowing that Pete and I are responsible for creating such beautiful little beings and knowing that I'm going to be able to teach and guide them through their lives! My least favorite thing about being a mom? Right now is bottle making. I really don't like making bottles. Really. We're off to shower...as the girls have informed you - they were kind enough to give back their vitamins this morning.

Lots of love,

Michelle and the girls

Family Fun

We've been busy the past few days. It's been so nice outside that we've been making day trips and taking care of things. Mom went to the dentist the other day. She was planning on having a loose cap put back on and then having lunch with a friend. Haha...silly mommy thought she was going to spend some time away from us and have fun. But...she had to have a root canal and that was the end of her day. She came home cranky! We know what cranky means cuz she tells us that we have to leave our "cranky pants" in bed every morning. We're not allowed to bring them downstairs with us. We are usually pretty good about this rule. Yesterday our grandpa and our great-grandma came down from MA to visit us. It was special cuz we haven't seen them since we were in the hospital. We love company! It means we all get to be held at the same time. Mom and dad have also been house hunting so we've been driving around looking at houses for the past few days as well. Mom is starting to get cranky again cuz the Yankees are losing. This isn't good cuz they lost to the Stinkin' Sox last night.

Oh - Hannah has decided she doesn't like the car. Mom thinks she gets kind of car sick so we have to stop every so often to take her out of her car seat and hold her for a while so she doesn't get sick. Mom tries to tell her that she didn't give birth to a princess but Hannah doesn't listen. She has also caught on to the Elmo trick. Doesn't quite work anymore.

Well...we're gonna go help mom make bottles for the night. We like to sit in the kitchen and watch to make sure she's not giving one of us more than the other.

Emily

Don't even think about touching my lollipop! Do you know what I had to do to get this? I had to be good for the whole day at the doctor! I couldn't even tease Hannah and Hailey about how little they are or how they cried like babies when the doctor checked their ears!!!! Man...it's tough to be a kid these days. It was worth it though. Got my lollipop.