Saturday May 24, 2008

No excuses... I would like to report that we are on a schedule and not deviating from it but that would be a lie. We are still improvising and our new norm is something completely different than Melissa and I ever thought.

Melissa and her mom have been doing great! It's amazing to see them in action. They work great as a team and the babies are showing the signs of some good lovin'.

As of this past Thursday Ayden is 8 lbs. 14 oz. Breagan weighs in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and Carmen weighs in at a whopping 5 lbs. 7 oz. Carmen also boasts growing to 18 in. long. If these stats do not show the good lovin' I am not sure how else you could tell.

Ayden has developed another hernia. The hernia on his right side was repaired before he was discharged from the hospital. We found the second one while he was getting his two month shots. It was about the size of a dime and could be reduced quite easily. Thursday night while changing his diaper we found that the hernia had grown to about the size of my thumb and was quite hard. This caused quite the concern so Melissa and I took him to see his doctor on Friday afternoon. By this time the hernia had softened up and retracted on it's own. So far the hernia is behaving itself which is good for the three day weekend. We were hoping to wait until around six to nine months to have this done but it appears that this will be happening sooner. We will call his surgeon this next week and see when they would like to see Ayden.

Carmen and Breagan still continue on with growing, sleeping, and filling their diapers. For perspective... Carmen has gone through a package of 34 diapers in just a little under a week. Now we multiply it by three... We were blessed with several packages of diapers from Melissa's family, Melissa's prior place of employment, and gracious friends. WoW! It's amazing how fast we can fill a 13 gallon garbage bag of diapers.

We have been truly blessed and see these blessings grow each and every day. We have chosen July 6th to bless the babies. We hope to have many family and friends that holiday weekend. Please join us for this special day. If you need directions to the church please feel free to contact me for the time and directions.

We love you and appreciate you joining us for this incredible journey. You make it possible for us to continue each and every day with these little angels from heaven.

Grandma Alice holding Great Grandson Ayden.

Monday May 12, 2004

Once again time has gotten away from me and it has been over a week since the last post. Things have been quite eventful but uneventful in the same way.

Melissa has been staying busy with the kids. She has been an awesome mother and works at it like she knows no other. People are constantly amazed at how she looks and cannot believe that she gave birth to triplets just a little over two months ago. Unfortunately, I have not faired as well and still maintain my sympathy weight... Just teasing, it really just an excuse for not shedding my original pounds.

Tonights picture is particularly for my PMT Family. They were gracious enough to bless Melissa and I with a stroller appropriate for the situation. If you look close enough the blankets the kids are sitting in are from a special friend that put each of the kid's names on them.

Talk about our Angels watching out for our special angels. There are Angels around us continually and everything that we have been blessed with are from them. Thank you, our special Angels, and may God bless you for your endeavors. They definitely have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated.

A short but very distinguished list to say Thank You :

Our Ward Family, our Search and Rescue Family, our Burley Jr. High Family, our PMT Family, our Henslee Family, our Draper Family, our Jones Family, our Burley Family, our Rupert Family, our Paul Family, our Hagerman Family, our Boise Family, and so many more Family members... Thank you for everything!!!

Sunday May 4, 2008

Melissa thought it would be fitting to post where we have been and where we are today. Yesterday, May 3, 2008 was the original due date for the babies, judging by 40 week gestational time.

We are more than grateful for the opportunity that we have had thus far. Melissa's mom has been here this week helping out. This has proven to be a great help and we love her dearly for it.

Enjoy the pictures and by all means, thank you Lord and all those that read this. Your prayers have been more than answered. I had the great blessing of talking with a friend today that is going through a particularly tough time in his life. It was my greatest joy to let him know how much I believe in prayer and the blessings it brings. I was more than happy to offer him my promise of praying for his well being and that of his family. I KNOW that through prayer he WILL be blessed. Thank you everyone for allowing me to learn this valuable lesson because of your fervent prayers.

Ayden, the morning after he was born.













Ayden as of this afternoon. "High Five" anyone!!














Breagan the morning after his birth.












Breagan this afternoon. I am not sure where he came up with this pose as I am not aware of "Austin Powers" being shown in the house. Hopefully this is not an indication as to his favorite bad guy.









Carmen the following morning after her introduction to the world.












I am not sure who she is trying to introduce here but nonetheless, you can definitely see an improvement.











Without being able to hold the babies you really have no idea as to the difference of the size between Carmen and the boys. This picture will help you to put things into perspective as Ayden is almost twice the weight of Carmen. (Left to Right - Ayden, Carmen, & Breagan)









Once again, a proud older sister! Taylor is enjoying being a "big" four year old sister.