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Justin is cruising! YAY. He finally learned how to stand up to the couch and walk along to get to the other side of the couch!

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Also, ANNA is getting her first tooth!!! I can't see it yet, but I sure can feel it!

Last weekend, my mom, the babies and I went on a road trip to Branson. The ride there was FANTASTIC, everyone pretty much slept the whole way- but the ride back was difficult. Everyone pretty much cried the whole way and I pretty much rode turned around holding paci's the whole way. We had fun, though. Here are some pics...

Ayva sleeping with her lovie-bear.

My mom and me in the car.

My aunt Debbie with Justin.My cousin Ashley with Anna.Me and Ayva.

This is Ayva sleeping in the hotel. She was exhausted and almost NEVER sleeps on her back like this.

And on Monday, my grandpa and grandma and aunt came to see the babies. My aunt lives in CO and she hadn't seen them yet.

Here is my grandpa and Justin- Don't they look alike?? Both bald... It was so funny- I was wondering who he reminded me of, and when my grandpa took his hat off, I just started laughing!

This is my aunt suzie and all three of the babies.

This is one of all the babies and their great-grandparents.

My grandpa with both of the girls.

Another one of my grandpa with Justin.

Happy News...

We had another doctor follow-up appointment today and the results of Anna's MRI are good. There is really no reason other than being born premature that she is having the seizures. She will grow out of them (she is already seizure free, but she won't have to take the medicine forever) and she will be able to learn and talk and walk and play- it will just take her a little longer b/c the seizures made all the progress that she had made go away. It will just take time.

As for Ayva, her EEG was better than before but she is still having seizures. The Dr. added another medicine and we are taking her off of one. He has high hopes that this medicine will do the trick for Ayva and she will be seizure free- his guess was 3 weeks or so. We are so excited and can't wait for them both to be healthy, growing and catching up with Justin!

I've got some pictures to show you of us out in the backyard and a funny video of Justin-

Anna

Ayva

Justin

Ayva (look at her chunky cheeks! The medicine we are taking her off of makes her cheeks really chunky- it will go away once she isn't taking it anymore)

Anna

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Also this weekend the babies, my mom and I are going to Branson. A lot of my family lives in Arkansas and they are all going camping somewhere in Branson. We, however, are NOT camping- we will be getting a hotel room. But I am excited to show off my beautiful babies to everyone who has not gotten a chance to see them yet and I am also a little excited about our first road trip! It takes about 4 hours (maybe 4 1/2) to get there and we are finally at a time where the kids don't mind being in the car **coughAyvacough** Anyways- I won't have access to a computer, but I am taking my camera and will tell everyone all about it when we get back. We are leaving early Saturday morning and coming back on Sunday! Wish us luck on an "easy" trip (even though no trip with triplets is ever going to be easy).

10 MONTHS OLD!!

The gang turned 10 MONTHS old on Monday. I can't believe how fast time is going. They are getting so big and I can't imagine that in 2 short months they will be ONE!!! It seemes like I just had them a couple of months ago! GEEZE! I am so excited about planning their 1st birthday.

Here are our 10 month pictures...

We are dedicating these pictures to our Uncle Brandon. We got these onsies that say "My Uncle Wears Combat Boots". He is in the Army and we don't get to see him very much..... So this is for you Uncle Brandon! We miss you!

Wha- what just happened??

On Friday, Justin went into our room to get ready for work and in the hallway, our thermostat is on the wall and he bumped into it and BROKE IT!!!! So when he left he turned off the air. It got SO hot inside the house. Outside was rainy and muggy and yucky, so we couldn't open up the door and Justin hadn't told me he turned off the air, and we were so hot we had to strip down (not me, the kids).

Then at around 3 Justin called and told me that he just turned off the air (b/c he didn't know what the temperature was set at) and I turned it back on and it got COLD! It must have been pretty low.

Anyways, Anna has her MRI tomorrow to make sure her seizures are not the cause of anything else. So we will be waking up at 4:45 am this morning to have our last bottle until AFTER 11:00 am. She can't have any food past 5 am, only clear liquids. Then after 9 she can't have anything- not even water. Poor thing. I will let everyone know how it went when we get back!

BABIES FROM THE GREEN LAGOON!!

RUN...It's too late for me! Save yourselves! AAAHHH!

Boy was that scary! Those mixed garden veggies don't look too tasty going in....or going out!

I wanted to show everyone what I made (with some help from my mom). I am really excited about them and can't wait for it to be cold enough for them to wear.
They are little caplets and they are warm, soft fleece. I made Justi the hat also! Aren't they stinking adorable!



Also, last Sunday, was the Chiefs first game of the season and YOU KNOW I had to dress them in the approiate attire...

Also we went on a walk today with our "new" stroller. I finally broke down and got a triple stroller. It was just WAY too hard taking 2 strollers everywhere. This was our first walk around this neighborhood and I think it went very well. I got a great workout (three 16 lb. babies plus the stroller up hill) and they all seemed to enjoy being outside!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!

Happy birthday to my sweet, loving husband! Today is his 24th birthday and his very first time celebrating his birthday as a father. He is the greatest dad to our kids and they absolutly love him. He is as good a husband as he is a dad- and he's the best! I am so glad to have met him, gone to school with him, became best friends with him, dated him, married him and became parents, and became a family with him. For that alone I count myself lucky.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

WE LOVE YOU! Love, Sarah, Anna, Ayva, and Justin!

Hello Again...

Well this week has been SUPER busy and it's only Wednesday! And it will continue to be busy as tomorrow is Justin's 24th birthday.

~Saturday we took the kids to The Great Mall of the Great Plains which is a 40 minute drive from our house. The kids were fabulous! Not a peep the whole way there! They were excellent in the mall (although I had to carry Ayva in the baby-backpack and she is heavy). They let us spend WAY too much money at Carter's (they were having a wonderful sale!) And let's just say we are set for winter!

~Sunday I got it in my thick head to take the kids to Santa-Cala-Gon Days in Independence. It is a bunch of tents and crafty things all outdoors. It was SO hot. BUT, the kiddos were GREAT! Not a sound on the way there, let us each carry one of them(I carried Anna, Justin carried Justin, and my mom carried Ayva). We had to carry them b/c it was SO crowded. They all did very well and I think I was the one who was tired of being there- I cannot believe all the stupid comments from strangers. I could even hear people behind me talking like I wasn't even there. Here are some of the dumb ones I heard...

-Are they twins? Um...no. (I just had two and this one is extra) They're triplets.

-Are you their mother? Yes.

-Is it all girls? No...two girls and a boy.

-Are they all identical? Um...no, this one is a boy.

This one tops them all...

-You carried them? Yes. You really did it. (not as a question) and I said to Justin but loud enough for her to hear Yeah, we really did it alright!

Anyway, it was fun, even with all the comments.

~Monday we hung out at home and then took the kiddos to Justin's parents house for dinner. The kids had fun playing with new toys and visiting with Grandma and Grandpa. Then we decided that since it was the last day of Bodies Revealed at Union Station, and we really wanted to go and see it, that we should go. We decided to go at 4:30 pm and the last show was at 5:30. I called my mom and since she didn't want to go, she stayed home and put the kids to bed. It was really neat. They showed real human bodies and their muscles and organs. It was really interesting.

~Tuesday we had the lady from CCVI come. She will be coming every Tuesday and working with the girls' vision for 30 minutes each. We also had CCVI's O.T. come Tuesday and work with the girls 30 minutes also. She will help with their fine motor skills in consideration with their vision.

And today is a lounging day as tomorrow is PT and Justin's birthday. So I decided to take some pictures of the kiddos....

Their new rainboots. Justin's says "Little Firefighter".

These are they head bows my mom made. They are SO BIG on their tiny little heads.

OH and I can't forget to post about Justin's fun with a cinnamon twist from Taco Bell!

Justin(Daddy) gave one to him just to see what he'd do with it. He really liked it.....Until a big chunk fell off in his mouth and I started freaking out. I didn't want him to choke and I think he would have been ok if I hadn't started to try to get it out- but then he started gagging on it and Justin finally put his finger in there and got it out for him.