Miss Olivia = BIG GIRL!

Thank you sweet Olivia for being the first to sleep through the night. Last night was the 3rd night in a row for her to give mom & dad a big treat. Although, it's great she is sleeping all night, we still are getting up 4 other times to feed her two sisters.

Norah and Allie, did you miss the memo? You are big girls too! Please, please, please...think about it. Try it out. (Peer pressure!)

...Love, Mom...

Triplets are 6 months old!

Happy 6 month birthday precious girls!!!

From their 4 month well baby visit to their 6 month visit here is how they have each changed...

Allie went from 9 lbs 2 oz & 21 inches to 11 lbs 6 oz & 23 inches!!!

Norah went from 9 lbs 6 oz & 21 1/4 inches to 11 lbs 11 oz & 24 3/4 inches!!!
Olivia went from 9 lbs 4 oz & 21 1/4 inches to 11 lbs 6 oz & 23 inches!!!
We are so thankful for the great progress they are making. At 5 months they each started sleeping in their cribs. That's been a nice change from sleeping in the living room in bouncy seats (due to reflux). Each started smiling and "talking" this past month. Makes all this work SO rewarding!!! Olivia has come a long way with her physical therapy. Allie is doing so well with her airway issues and Norah is just a strong, healthy girl. It's amazing how incredibly different they are from each other. Even Allie and Norah have totally different personalities.

Olivia LOVES to sleep and loves sucking her thumb.

Norah LOVES attention and will squeal to get it.

Allie LOVES to talk in a soft, sweet tone.

We are well on our way to sleeping through the night. We have changed bottles from Avent to Dr. Brown's which is allowing them to easily take 5 oz each feeding. They eat every 3 hours during the day and most nights will do one 5 hr stretch (but sometimes only 4 hours). We cannot wait for a full nights sleep!!! Our goal is to have them sleeping through the night by 4 months adjusted which is March 16th. We'll keep you posted.

Thanks for praying for us and our family. Thank you for the meals, the donated baby items, the nighttime, evening and daytime help. Whatever you have done for us...it has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated! THANK YOU!

The Vetor's

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I'm not sure what I have been doing to keep me away from updating our blog recently. Just busy raising 4 kids under 4 years old, I guess. The girls are all fighting their first "bug" of the winter. It started with Allie's nasty ear infection and has turned into 3 girls with yucky noses, yucky diapers, low grade fevers and lots of fussiness which equals LOTS OF FUN...not! However, other than this past week of not feeling well...they really are doing well. We get LOTS of smiles everyday. Olivia is our happy, content girl. She's just fine doing her own thing, sucking on her thumb. (Our 1st thumb sucker!) Norah is our talker....jabber, jabber, jabber all day long. She cat naps and when she wakes up she'll holler for attention. She's not fussy but demands someone pay attention to her. Allie is so in between Olivia and Norah's personalities but equally as sweet...probably our best cuddler.

Right around their 5 month birthday we transitioned them to their nursery and cribs. That has been a good transition. We are still sleeping in the nursery...taking shifts. We'll get to the point where Nick and I can sleep in the same bed again and start using our awesome video monitors (gifts from our great, prayerful friends The Senefeld's).

We saw their Developmental Pediatrician this week and their weights are:

Allie: 10 lbs. 10 oz.
Norah: 11 lbs. 4 oz.
Olivia: 10 lbs. 11 oz.

They will be 6 months old on Feb. 23rd which seems impossible. In just 2 more days they will be 3 months "adjusted". I feel like their behavior and activity falls somewhere in between their real and adjusted ages.

We are still on lock down until spring. I'm going nuts inside these 4 walls but it's been well worth keeping them healthy...away from H1N1, RSV and other seasonal germs. We'll get out someday...and then we'll start taking walks, going on car rides to visit family & friends...oh I get so excited just thinking about getting out of the house with 3 babies, 3 infant seats, bottles, bottles, bottles, diapers, diapers, diapers, spare clothes, burp rags, pacifiers...and of course Nick and Ryan too.

I promise to post new pictures soon!

Love, Stacie

Enjoying our time together...

Our new reality!!!

Left to Right...Allie, Norah and Olivia. This is how 3 preemies with some severe reflux sleep. But hey...they SLEEP!

BOO HOO...We'll miss you Sammie!

Our Aunt Sammie is moving to Arkansas! What will we do without her?

We love you so much...and we'll miss you so much. You better not stay too long!

Love, Ryan, Allie, Norah and Olivia (the best nephew & nieces in the WORLD!)

Welcome Home Allie (finally)!

Finally, we are ALL home together. On 12/4/09, Allie Rae came home weighing 8 lbs even. (After a pediatrician appt. this week Olivia weighs 8 lbs. 4 oz and Norah 8 lbs. 6 oz). Allie spent 104 days in the NICU! She has come so far since birth when she gave everyone a terrible scare. (I'll save you the details.) Remember, she was the reason we had to deliver the girls at 28 weeks. Weighing only 2 lbs. 5 oz. she was our tiniest BIG miracle.

Such a happy daddy!!!

Officially cutting her loose! Thanks Amber!

We are so happy to wrap up this part of the journey and move on to raising our family of 4 healthy children. We hope when you see our girls and how far they have come, you will remember God's grace. From conception to birth and beyond, God has been with us keeping our baby girls safe along the way.

We love you all. Your prayers have made such a difference and kept us going through a very emotionally exhausting time. Yes, we are exhausted now but that's only from loss of sleep (ha ha). We are SO THANKFUL to have our hospital travels behind us. UGH...those are memories I don't care to keep...except to remember all of the Community North staff, nurses, doctors and RTs who made such a difference in our lives and our girls...and showed us love during our very long stay! (I was admitted on 8/3/09 and Allie was discharged on 12/4/09...125 days/4 months of hospital visits...sometimes more than 1 visit per day.)

Merry Christmas...this will be one we will NEVER forget.

Love, The Vetor's