Mother of a Toddler and Triplets Plus ONE: June 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012

THE NEST

I think this is the cutest thing ever. Ava just spent 30 minutes building herself a nest on my bed and then went to sleep in it. I love it! She built Hannah a nest the other day.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy 5th Birthday to my 1st born baby girl

My 1st baby turned 5 on June 6th. I finally get to write about it 11 days later. My sister and her son were in town. We had a pretty low key birthday. We went to her favorite restaurant Olive Garden. Then I took her to Toys R US and she picked out a princess bike and a Kitty helmet. Over all we had a really good day. She is so spoiled. She kept asking me for more and more toys. I also bought her a baby doll with an infant carrier so she could be like mommy and baby sister.

Her Birthday party was on the 8th. We rented a 18ft water slide. The kids had a blast. She got a bunch more presents. Her Birthday cake was "Tangled" I think she likes the yellow hair "because it is like her hair" according to her. LOL She got several Tangled dolls, a toy pony, make up, cloths, and some other princess toys. Ava turning 5 cost me a small fortune between presents and party and she STILL asks me for new toys every day. LOL

Ava's Birthday Dress before we went out to lunch

She loves hold and feeding baby sister. She said baby sister had to dress up too.

It rained all day. She insisted daddy put her bike together before he went to work. A little rain did not stop her from riding her new bike on her birthday. ;-)

The cake. do you know that stupid little toy they charge $7.99 crazy huh?

Take her candles out after singing to her.

She asked for strawberry filling in her cake then decided she did not like it and ate a cupcake. LOL

Friday, June 8, 2012

Praying for this family

http://alwayswishhopethinkpray.blogspot.com/2012/06/scared-22-weeks-4-days.html?m=1

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Valco Tri mode

Loving the stroller

Jacob

@ 3 years old: Jacob is Triplet "B" He is Logan's identical twin. He was also the recipient from the Twin to Twin Transfusion. This caused him to have to much blood flow before he was born. He had a large amount of amniotic fluid around him and an enlarged heart. 3 days before he left the NICU we were shocked to find out he had severe brain damage. Prior to him leaving the hospital he had achieved everything as well as his brother Andrew. He has cysts covering large portions of his peridal lobe and right frontal lobes. We do not know what caused his damage. He never had a brain bleed and nothing bad happened in the NICU that we know of. The doctor seems to belive it was caused by the TTTS, but 1 week old Ultrasounds showed his brain to be "normal" at that time. He has been diagnosed with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. He also has cortical visual impairment, severe reflux (GERD), partial seizures, a g-tube. He can not do a lot right now, but we have faith that he will someday. He has some head control and can pull his chest off the ground and turn his head side to side. He has even surprised us a few times and rolled over.

Andrew

@ 3 years old: Triplet "C" he just hung out will his brother caused havic before they were born. He was a perfect infant and just did his own thing. As he is going into the toddler days he is definately developing his own curious personality. While he may have sat on the sidelines when they were small. He makes himself known these days. He has become quite vocal over the past few months. He learned how to walk when he was 21 months old. He climbs everything! He is a sweet boy and is Ava's best friend.

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