Jack And The Triplets

Christmas Extravaganza!!!!

2010-12-27T14:26:00.006-07:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! It was a wonderful first christmas at the little house on the prairie. No snow and a balmy 50 degrees. Colin's family were all here to help with the christmas madness!! Seth, Jessie, and baby Xander came in from Iowa and Randi Renee drove in from DC. It was an exciting early morning at 6:30 a.m. with all 5 little boys making quite a haul from Santa!!Every year the plan is to spend less and keep it small, I do try...I just usually fail. Jack got a gator to farm the property with and the babies got a choo choo wagon-a triplet must have! There were numerous other gifts and the granparents spoiled their boys rotten. Here are our Christmas phot shoot- no labels to keep you guessing! The tallest quad is Xander. I hope everyone had as good a holiday as we did!! Love to all- Jenni

New Boy Pics!!!

2010-11-20T19:58:00.004-07:00

Here are the latest pics of the boys. Val did another great job. It is amazing how she can get such good pics out of 4 rotten boys. Jack was a real beast that day. looks really can be decieving because he looks like an angel!!! HAPPY Thanksgiving!!!

Ummm ....yeah we are still here!!!

2010-11-09T20:13:00.003-07:00

OMG!!!n I can't believe that the last posting was in June! Apparently they've shut off the cute background paper due to my absence. I will try to correct that ASAP! I have no pictures which I know is a sin, but things are so crazy around here! The boys just got some new ones done and I will have them on here in a week. I pinky swear!!!
I do however have good reason for not being on here keeping everyone up to date on the family. We bought a new house, moved into it, Jack started Kindergarten, I started school and let us not forget about the Cowboys starting the season..so see ya sometimes Colin! I apologize! Especially to Grandma Brown who did remind me to blog.

Everyone is doing great. Jack loves school and his wonderful teacher. I have a very nice class this year. My mom is back here watching the little boys. Sam is walking in a drunken sailor kind of way. Max is crawling really fast and will stand fall down again. Drew is crawling and getting into the thick of it. Colin is enjoying all of the little projects that I have for him. The house is growing on us and we love being out of town!!!

Mom turns triple play - Wyoming Tribune Eagle Online

2010-06-20T06:40:00.000-06:00

Here is our little article from this Sundays paper. Happy Fathers Day!!

Mom turns triple play - Wyoming Tribune Eagle Online

Life is like finding a Darth Vador Mask in your bed!

2010-06-06T20:37:00.003-06:00

That's right wisdom from the great boy mother. I am considering writing a book and this will be my title. Mimi and Emma are up for a visit. Jack and Emma are creating their own kind of fun, namely mud pits in the backyard. Naked mud pits. I know many of you find it shocking that Mimi and my offspring are not the modest individuals that their mothers are. I am pretty sure that Karma is having a good laugh right now. Too bad we are laughing with her. We think naked mud pit is a funny game.
Colin and I took a short house hunting journey and we returned to 3 spanking clean babies and Emma and Jack in the tub looking sort of like mud wrestlers. Apparently while Mimi was bathing the little boys the two big kids were rolling in the mud like dogs! Enjoy! I am sure that there will be more adventures this week.

Abbi, Jack and Emma in the water

Emma and Jack

Emma and Jack

Mr. Adorables

The Happenings Of The Family

2010-05-30T09:15:00.003-06:00

Well it has been another busy month in the BLV household. Jack and I are finishing up with school and the other people are dealing with us...or atleast me. May is such a crazy month. It is as busy as August for a teacher. Jack wrapped up his last day of preschool last week. He really like pre school and all of the friends he made. His teachers thought that he would be ready to start school in the fall. Which is a good thing. He does have a little problem with socializing. He would rather talk with his friends than work or listen to a story. I personally am SHOCKED! I do not know where he got this kind of problem from.....

In other news the babies are all sitting up on their own. It really is a wonderful stage. They sort of entertain themselves and they CAN'T MOVE!!!! It is fantastic!!! I dread when they are moving in three different directions. All of them are holding their bottles so feeding is lots easier. Everybody is eating really well. I took a picture of their weekly food consumption. I want to remember how much the little piggies are eating. It breaks down to about...

35-49 jars of babyfood
1 big box rice cereal
2 big cans of formula

Needless to say I have decided to try and create my own babyfood. I have only done like two things. They liked it for the most part. How can you screw up squash? Just call me Mother Earth.

In house news we were lucky enough to sell our house 2 days before it was put on the market. Family friends are buying it and we couldn't be more happy. I would tell names, but I am not sure how they feel about being on my highly traveled site. Anyway we are still waiting on news of the Chuckwagon house. I told Colin that I will not freak out until June 15. In the mean time I am currently searching for the back up plan house. Which sucks, because I have already mentally moved into Chuckwagon. I had even come to terms with sending Jack to district 2. The housing market here is super ridiculous!!! Maybe I am cheap, but the price of houses is a joke. The Chuckwagon house definantely needs a little love and for the price I am willing to work on it, but I absolutely refuse to buy a $300K fixer upper! Colin also won't let me pay that much for a house, apparently we have 4 kids to put through college one day. So I have been on the hunt and can hardly wait for school to get out so that the realator and I can become dear friends!
None of the pics have labels this month because they posted in a different format. Hopefully you can tell the boys a part. Max is the biggest, Drew usually has a scratch on his face with fluffy hair and Sam's hair is longer on top!!!

Pictures

2010-05-30T08:39:00.002-06:00

Sad Day

2010-04-11T07:14:00.002-06:00

Yesterday we made the decision to put Issac to sleep. It totally sucked. We have had him since 96, when Mimi and Misty thought we should get a dog. Mimi wanted this blind hard of hearing dog, but they decided on the little red one that kept jumping really high and was an "escape artist". So Issac was brought into our lives. He was a consistent college roomate, running partner for Mimi, furniture sitter, kid lover,window barker and our first baby.
He has watched all of his Moms get married and have babies. He has played with all of our kids and has always been gentle. Alex especially loved Issac even though he shouldn't. Jack took it pretty well, since out of the three muts in this house Issac was his favorite. It sucks! There is just not a good way to put it. But he was in pain and it was not fair to make him suffer.

Jack and Issac

The boys at their table.

Sam practicing sitting! Yeah Sam!!!

Papa Bear breaking in the new triplet accessory.

A Year Ago..... Yesterday

2010-04-01T08:06:00.002-06:00

A year ago yesterday was the day that we found out that our lives were going to change forever. It is hard to believe that a year has already passed and our little boys are here growing and healthy. I can still remember the overwhelming sense of dread that I felt going to the doctor that day, not knowing if we were going to lose the pregnancy. Dr. Storey had told me that if we were miscarrying that there was nothing that could be done blah,,blah.... all the same stuff that they say that really doesn't make you feel any better. We were still a little hopeful that things would turn out all right and the baby would be fine, but we didn't really know.
Dr. Storey was busy that day so Dr. Beveridge performed the U/S with our favorite nurse Leah. I had never met Dr. B before and I am afraid that the profanities that came spilling out of my mouth upon hearing the news may have not left the best impression. Though when you find out that there are 3 heartbeats instead of 1 it can take you by surprise. So I feel ok with dropping the F bomb on him. "Are you F***ing kidding me?" Seriously what would you have said?
And here we sit.... three screaming boys are on the floor in their pj's allright 2 are screaming. Max and Drew are voicing their opinions on my blogging while I try to finish the post. Sam has passed out and the grouchy Jack is watching TV. Life is crazy and we keep adding more to our plate. Colin and I stumbled upon our dream house three weeks ago. A cute farm house 10 miles out of town with 5 acres for boys and dogs. It is a forclosure so we have put in an offer and are waiting to hear from the bank that holds the note. Soooo we are trying to get this house ready to sell and not neglect our children and dogs. Ha! Now we are trying to figure out how to "declutter" a house with baby triplets. I would like to see this show on TLC. Maybe I will call the network........ if anyone is looking for a house in Cheyenne I've got one for sale.

These latest pics were taken 2 weeks ago when Seth, Jessie and Xander came to visit. The little boy that Jack is holding is not the 4th triplet...but Xander.

The Boys

2010-03-13T20:54:00.009-07:00

Well, I can hardly believe how long it has taken me to add a few pics of the litter. The whole full time job thing has really gotten in my way as a blogger. I am pretty sure that I will not be making my millions off of this.

The latest news in the BLV household is that we switched Jack and the babies rooms. I am not sure why I wouldn't agree to it when I was prego, but I wouldn't and I was wrong. We should have had them switch rooms from the beginning and only painted once instead of three times! Oooops! So we now have a Space/Star Wars room. Jack's pick not mine. I tried to influence with more space and less character garbage, but he has a decorating mind of his own. So instead of my usual painted theme I bought the cheap star wars wall stickers and made new curtains for the windows and "fort". It looks cute and we are all happy. I will now have to repaint Jack's room and make it the nursery...again. I like to paint so I really don't mind.

Our boys are all getting so big. I can't believe that they will be six months old in a couple of weeks. Everybody is healthy and fat. There are pictures of the peanut (Max) who is now the biggest of them all. He is almost 16 pounds. I took pics of his giant thunder thighs because they are too damn cute.

The boys are not very modest.. a trait Colin insists comes from my side of the family. We can hardly keep Jack dressed and the babies like the freedom that being a nudist allows!

Jack and Sam in the basket

What is cuter than a baby in overalls? 3 babies in overalls!

Max in his new hat.

Sam in his new hat.

Drew in his new hat. oops I erased it.

Sleepy Drew and Colin

Max's thunder thighs!!!!!

Beefcake!!!!!

Max

Jack and Drew

Max and Sam

PJ Day

Sleepy Max

Sam

Boys

Screaming Sam

Drew

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2010-02-14T11:39:00.001-07:00

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Back to work and all that jazz...

2010-02-11T21:45:00.002-07:00

I haven't written in awhile because my little stint as super stay at home wife/mother is over and I am back to work and spending time with my other children. They are good little first graders. Job share girl did a bang up job whipping them into shape and so these last 3 weeks have been pretty smooth on the work front. The homefront hasn't been too bad either. I miss the boys, but we are lucky to have my mom staying with us to take care of the boy boys while we are at work.
I keep telling myself that I am showing 4 little men what strong independent girls do...they go to work and keep it all together..sort of..with the help of their friends and family. Anyway I have decided that they will all become pharmacist so that their wives/partners will get to stay at home if they want to and raise my grandchildren.
I know lots of other working moms whose kids are normal and well adjusted so I am just keeping my fingers crossed that the therapy bills are small and it will work out. I am sure it will.

The most important news is that the original boy turned 5 on 1-27-10. We had a little party at the Party Pony with a Yoda cake and Darth Vador plates. Everyone had fun. I will upload pics soon!!! Jack is still being Jack. He is still running around the house half clothed shooting at the air, dogs, brothers and us. Needless to say the house isn't quiet. The 3 little boy boys are doing well. Sam is rolling over from belly to back, Max is talking up a storm, and Drew is still our mellow man. They all have little colds, but we have our 4 month appt. tomorrow, so I am not to worried.

Ooops.. The Cutest Pictures EVER!!! For Real ThisTime.

2010-01-13T17:12:00.011-07:00

The boys Aunt Scratchy Face (Randi Rene) bought them these adorable suits for Christmas. I knew that they would not be attending many social events this season ...their calendar is jam packed, so the only thing to do was to haul them to Val Rothwell and play baby super models. They are so cute!!! They look like they are ready to take on corporate america at any moment!

Drew

Sam

Max

We have been adopted by Shannon Ryan in Casper and all of my crew have landed on anesthesia
island! So because Shannon is our new fairy godmother she had her VERY talented sister in law make the boys the cutest onesies ever. So we needed a photo shoot for these too!!!

Max

Drew

Sam

Can you see Sam's hair? It is sticking up everywhere and he doesn't really have that much hair.

Max was all about eating his arm.

Drew

Max- future gymboree model.

Drew

Sam

Seriously....where is their gymboree contract????

The Cutest Pictures..EVER!!!!

2010-01-13T17:11:00.001-07:00

The Beer Fridge... And Trips Down Memory Lane!!

2010-01-06T14:43:00.005-07:00

When Colin and I first got married he kept hasseling me about a fridge in our bedroom to be used specifically for beer. I of course bawked at this letting him know that we were not trailer trash and he would never get a fridge in our bedroom!! Fast forward 9 years and Colin gets his wish, only it holds bottles of formula instead of budlight! The fridge has been in our room since we brought the babies home and two days ago I moved it out to make room for another crib. The babies are getting so big that they need more room to sleep, hence the second crib. You forget how quickly they grow and turn into little boys.

Five years ago we were awaiting the arrival of Jack. I was not a nice pregnant girl. I remember feeling enormous and uncomfortable. Little did I know that in four short years I would truly understand the word ENORMOUS and UNCOMFORTABLE! I like to think that you only get what you deserve so I got mine. I am soooo lucky!!!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-04T13:30:00.009-07:00

Happy New Year!!!!

It's 2010. I am on the phone with my cousin who is in labor with her first baby. So very soon a new addition will be added to the Brown family. Yeah Carrie!!! We are now off the phone because she was starting to feel the contractions!!! I am glad that I can update people from 1500miles away. Ha!
All is well with the Vickers/ Brown-Lenz family. The little boys are growing and changing everyday. The are all starting to babble and coo. Max has the sweetest little voice. Sam is the smiley boy and Drew likes to "talk" to his mobile before bed. They all weigh between 11 and 12 pounds and have grown out of 0-3 month clothes. They are wearing 3-6 months now. I am amazed at how quickly this time has gone by. I will be returning to the land of the employed in a few short weeks. I am on the fence about it. I like what I do, but hate being away from my boys! Summer can't come soon enough!!

Christmas was wonderful again this year. It was very quiet with just our little family, but nice. Jack was up with the babies at 4:30 and ready to open gifts and see what Santa brought. Needless to say we were downstairs by 5:15 and the festivities were on.

Jack & little boys on Christmas morning.

The little boys daily excercise. Drew and Sam hate it and Max falls asleep.

Drew

Sam

Max

Jack's first program.

Me and Max

Jack decorating cookies.

Snowman Max and Jack

9 weeks

2009-12-08T06:54:00.003-07:00

A belated happy Thanksgiving!!!

Jack is a really big help!!!!

Max

Sam

Drew

The holiday season is closing in on us and the boys have are 9 weeks old. They are really starting to get big and they are becoming more human everyday. Sam was smiling at Jack yesterday during a short torture session. Jack is a very good big brother and is staring to have more fun with his sweethearts. The boys all recieved their RSV shot last week. Thank god!! So we are hoping for a healthy winter. Of course they got weighed at the Dr. as well.

Sam = 10lbs 11 oz

Drew= 9lbs 14oz

Max= 9lbs 12 oz

They are really packing it on. Which is a good thing because it means that a full nights sleep is around the corner!! They did really well last night. They ate at 11:30 and Max woke up at 3:45 and started the invasion into our bed. He didn't eat until quarter till 5 and and then Sam and Drew both started to stir around 5-5:30. So really about 5 hours or so!!! The Vickers Trio will be sleeping through the night before Santa comes!!! I have been talking to them about sleeping a lot since they were in their one bedroom apartment in my body and itis paying off!! Alway think positive!!!

7 weeks old ...The saga continues!!!

2009-11-14T09:39:00.003-07:00

We have made it to almost two months with the Trio. Time really flies. They are all growing and changing everyday. Drew,Max&Jack all caught colds and I have spent more time up at the Booger Clinic (Children's Clinic) then I thought possible. Two times in one day with different kids each time! All the boys are over 8lbs, Sam is 1/2 an ounce away from 9lbs. Jack continues to love on his "sweethearts" or "my boys" as he likes to call them as he basically licks their heads and spread all the germs he can on them! It is a disgusting display of love! I have also decided that people really want to see more pics and less of my writing so I doubled the pics this week!! Thanks again to all the help that we have been getting! We are truly blessed with wonderful friends and family!

OOh I almost forgot people are really interested in how much of everything we use. Now we are not the Duggars, but we are cruising through formula, diapers, and wipes at rapid rate!!

One Days Baby needs:
24 - 4oz bottles...about 108oz of formula a day..about 1 can a day.
24-30 diapers a day
1/2 - 1 box of wipes- especially the homemade ones.
9 changes of clothes a day give or take.
Hundreds of burp rags..
2-3 loads of laundry a day.

Drew-Drew Bee- yeah we also call him Drewcilla

Abbi and Auntie Jenn at feeding time. Where is there mother?

Sam I am or Sammi

My Boys...watch out ladies!

The Vickers men.....

Halloween with Nat, Mason, Cooper and Jack!

Max or Maxi Moo

The original boy!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

The Swine Flu..and the Trio is 1 month old!

2009-10-25T16:41:00.006-06:00

The babies are 1month old today. Time really flies! Anyone who knows me or atleast knows me well, knows what a baby hog I am. If I know you and you have a child I have probably stolen your sleeping newborn out of your arms atleast once. I just love babies. Now here I sit with three newborns and I couldn't be happier! The boys are growing and changing everyday. They look totally different from eachother. Drew is a mini Jack, Sam and Max are there own men, who really do not look alike at all. Max is the little one at 6lbs. 3oz. Sam is sitting at 6lbz 13oz and Drew is the bruiser at an even 7lbs.

We are all adjusting to bottle feeding. I am probably adjusting the most. It is what it is I suppose. The boys reflux continues to mystify us. Who would have thought they could spit out their noses daily. Poor babies!!!!

As the title tells the swine flu made it to the house. The carrier- Jack. Colin and Jack both were sick with H1N1 this week. Good times to be had in our household. Both were forced into seclusion in the master bedroom. We brought them food and water and the Wii. Colin had it worse than Jack did. Colin still isn't feeling 100%, but he gets to sleep with me and three screaming babies again so life for him is on the up swing!!!

We have been lucky enough to have lots of great visitors this first month. My Mom has been staying with us, Mimi and Family flew in, Randi Rene has come to help, and My Grandma and Uncle Roch were able to visit. The babies really appreciate the extra help that they are getting!!!

Sam
Sam
Drew

Max

Mom, Grandma, Me and the trio

Abbi, Jack and Emma with the trio

Aunt Mimi and Sam

Jack and Max

Homecoming...

2009-10-08T20:25:00.003-06:00

The boys last night in the hospital

Jenni was released from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. She's on several medications to continue to keep her blood thin to allow her body to break down the blood clots. She's feeling much better, and will continue to be closely monitored. She has also scheduled an appointment with a cardiologist later this month.

The boys give Jack his gift

Lord Vader's true son?

Jack had been hearing rumors for a week about how the nurses had overheard the boys talking about the present they were going to get for Jack when they got to go home. He finally got his gift from them Tuesday afternoon. He was very pleased that his brother's knew exactly what he wanted :)

Jack and the Boys Chillin'

The boys had their follow up visit this morning with the pediatrician. Drew is weiging in at 5#5oz, Max was at 5# 2oz, and Sam weighed in at 5#7oz, so he's overtaken his brother again. We will continue the same food regimen of eating every 3 hours, and do another weigh in next week.

Jack Meets his Brothers...and they finally have full names

2009-10-05T18:22:00.005-06:00

After some finagling by our Dr. and the GREAT nurses at the hospital, Jack was able to finally meet his brothers. HE LOVES THEM!

Jack meets Max Brown Vickers
better known as Jedi

Jack meets Drew Anthony Vickers

Jack and Sam Frances Vickers
Jack's 'Chick'

Jack, Drew, Max, & Sam

In other news, Jenni is feeling much better, though the coumadin has not yet begun to show up enough in her labs to get her sent home. Jenni's good friend Susie was able to meet the boys on Friday night on her way to the Big Apple. Aunt Jen made it up on Saturday to meet them as well. I'd post pics but the blog webmaster only lets you upload 5 pics at a time...

The boys were officially discharged and made boarders in Jenni's room last night. Here's a photo of our new studio apartment. It's a little crowded with 5....

Jenni was allowed to leave her room today (Monday) have lunch in the cafeteria and get her Jack fix as that's the one part of the hospital he's allowed. The boys made the journey as well in the geo-metro better known as the 3 baby stroller...quite the sight to behold...

Ups and Downs of Week 1

2009-10-03T15:16:00.005-06:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, it’s been a busy week with many ups and downs. The boys are all doing great, Jenni is another story I’ll get to in a minute. The boys all arrived and were initially put on oxygen, given IVs and then were introduced to Jenni once they were stabilized. They were put on feeding tubes. They’ve done well most of the week, trying to learn to feed, and had their feeding tubes out later in the week.
Jack has not been able to meet his brothers as the hospital has instituted their flu-lockdown. Meaning, only 2 visitors at a time, and no one under the age of 12, I count as a visitor, no exceptions.

Jenni was doing well initially. Jenni was discharged on Monday, and made a boarder at the hospital, meaning we kept the room across the hall from the nursery, but she was free to come and go from the hospital as she pleased. Jenni initially had some difficulty breathing, only able to breathe in half the volume one would normally. This was thought to be from the massive amount of fluids in her body from carrying the triplets for so long, and once she was able to dispense of the extra fluid everything would return to normal.

Jenni actually had preeclampsia at the time of delivery, accounting for the massive amounts of fluid in her system. Her kidneys and liver were barely functioning Saturday night, but they were functioning and able to get them up and running normally by Sunday morning. Tuesday Jenni still felt shortness of breath, the main concern they were looking for then was surgical pneumonia, though she still retained a lot of water. Her oxygen levels remained high, but her blood pressure was still fairly high as well. Wednesday night Jenni stayed at home and I stayed at the hospital. Jenni called me at about 2am as she didn’t feel like she could catch her breath and couldn’t sleep. She called the on call doctor, and she had me bring Jenni up to the hospital to check her vitals, which looked fine.

By Wednesday morning Jenni had not really slept in 72 hours. Dr. Storey prescribed Ambien. After taking the pill around noon, she still couldn’t fall asleep. I called Dr. Storey’s office and let him know she still wasn’t sleeping and something wasn’t right, he asked that I bring her up to his office right away so he could take another look at her. He checked her out and then let us know we needed to go get some tests done. He was hoping she was anemiac, but wanted a chest x-ray to check for pneumonia. If it wasn’t either of those then he needed us to see a pulmonary specialist. We were sent to the hospital where Jenni was readmitted for blood work and a chest x-ray. Both came back fine.

Jenni saw the pulmonary specialist on Thursday, he informed us unfortunately it was 1 of 3 things, congestive heart failure, a pulmonary embolism, or cardiomyopathy. He said we needed to hope for the congestive heart failure, as that would be a result of the excess fluid and would be easier treated. Jenni was sent for a CT-scan. We came back to his office, and were given the news that it Jenni had clots on her lungs. She was readmitted and we requested to be returned to her room across from the Nursery. Dr. Storey and Dr. Tett made that happen.
Jenni was immediately started on heparin Thursday. The heparin was almost immediately at the therapeutic level, meaning the clot was being broken up and was maintained through this morning (Saturday). They are switching her over the Coumadin today. Jenni also had an Echo Friday morning as well as another chest x-ray. We spoke with Dr. Tett today to discuss the results and treatment. Unfortunately Jenni had all 3 of the conditions he spoke of, but thankfully she is still with us and being treated very well. All of the conditions may be entirely reversible, and heal with time. Jenni is doing better, and can breathe better as she dumps the extra fluid and breaks down the clots.

The boys had their 1 week birthday feeding with mom at noon today, aunt Jen helped.
I cannot say enough about the staff of nurses and doctors at the hospital. Everyone has been AMAZING with both Jenni and the boys. Dr. Storey in particular for recognizing that something was very wrong with Jenni, and it wasn’t just some water retention and the anxiety of having the boys. For many people they don’t find out what was really wrong until it’s to late. He methodically checked each possibility, and kept going until we found what was wrong.
Originally Dr. Tett had prepared us that Jenni may be in the hospital through next Friday. As she responded well to the heparin and they were able to get it to a therapeutic level right away and keep it there as long as they did, we’ve knocked days off that. He said this morning worse case she’s still in her studio apartment through mid-week, hopefully we get her home sooner.
We have 3 35 week boys that are doing better every day, that didn't have to make a trip to Denver, and Jenni is on her way to recovery as well. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time, keep them coming.

Jenni and Trio

They're Here!!!

2009-09-26T16:49:00.003-06:00

Jenni's water broke about 9:15 this morning. The babies were delivered via c-section at 11:44,11:45,and 11:46. Drew came screaming into the world first at 5lbs 4 oz 17 1/4 inches. Max came in 4 lbs 14ozs 18 1/4 inches at 11:45, and Sam weighed in at 5 lbs 1 oz and 17 3/4 inches long.

Mom,Jack,Dad, and babies are all doing great!

34 weeks- Whoo-Hooo!!!

2009-09-22T02:07:00.002-06:00

Well we can officially be delivered here in town as of Friday. In fact I thought on Friday that somethings were starting to happen but um...no. I truly am becoming that dumb pg girl that doesn't have a clue. Being pregnant is still as fun as it has been. I have become an insomniac and am starting to look like the stay puff marshmallow man- swelling is apparently normal with multiples. We have our next appt. with Dr. Storey on Thursday and will see if anything is going on though I pretty sure it is not.
I have decided that they are ordering bedroom furniture and a keg-o-rator and are not planning on moving out of me ever! Jack was the same way,hence the reason I have zero clue what a contraction feels like!
We did get our second triple stroller!!! Yeah I know that we went from not going to get even one to now having 2. This one is a better infant stroller than the first one. I will be posting pics of it after our appt. Their carriers just latch right on it. We are a little concerned about the lack of a breaking system-- it has a strap that you hold onto- but Jack said has assured us that it will be his job to be the brakes! The other triplet mom in town has warned me that her boys have been taken by the wind and to always put the diaper bag in front of the wheel. More adventures to have!! I can hardly wait!
Colin made the exexcutive decision to send Jack to daycare this week so that I could cook his offspring a little longer. I hate that Iam at home and he is not with me, but I know that it is for the best. The longer they hang out in their studio appartment the less likely that one or more will have to go to Denver. And honestly I am not the most fun girl to hang out with, so it is probably better that he spends time with his friends. I really do not like building train tracks on the floor at this point in the game, because I almost need a crane to get me off the floor!!

33 weeks and Pre- School Bound!!!

2009-09-11T16:24:00.020-06:00

Yeah!!! We have made it to 33 weeks!!! We are all so happy that I have made it so far.Most Triplets are born between 29-32 weeks. In one more week they can be born here in Cheyenne and not in Denver. We had our big appointment in Denver last week. The boys are getting big!!! A- is 4lbs and 3oz, B -is 3lbs and 15oz, C-is 4lbs and 10oz! The Perinatoligist that we met with didn't think that I would make the big Columbus day C-section. Another surprise from triplet land! These 3 are going to keep us guessing! Apparently the cervix of steel is shrinking, so she thought that I would either..develope pre-eclampsia, labor would start or my water would break. LABOR??? I do not do Labor. I like to have babies like Brittney Spears. Slice and dice and lots of drugs!!! So we shall see what happens. I could probably handle a few minutes of labor while they prep the operating room...don't you think? How early can they start an epidural?

We met with Dr.Storey today, love him!!! He made it back from his vacation alive and well. I was thrilled!! He is hoping that I can hang on until 35 weeks. He chatted with all of the pediatricians and they are ready for these guys at 34 weeks. The longer they stay in the less likely that they will have to take a trip to Denver. So I am keeping everything crossed and will be taking it easy next week...apparently that means no shopping trips and hanging around the house. We are thinking about sending Jack to daycare next week so I can rest. I am not as hip on this idea as you might think. He already goes to preschool 3 days a week in the morning, so I think that might be enough.
I do have a supply of great babysitters for myself. Chrystal and Alex spent last weekend entertaining me and we were thrilled to have Swue and the girls in before their big vaycay to Disney World!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!!! The girls at work heard about Jack and I eating ice cream for dinner, so they have been on a mission to stock the freezer and feed the family. I love casseroles!!! Colin has been sooo busy with work that he hasn't been home as much as he would like. He was also terrified that the babies were coming this weekend during the big Texas game, so he has had some late nights...hence yummy casseroles from my Lebhart girlies!!!

Let me just start with a disclaimer on this horrendous picture of myself: Yuck!!! I am not looking my super-model best. But this picture is for Mary.... here is the belly.

Jack's First day of Pre- School!!!

Can you believe how big he is???

Aniston and Jack at Pre-School.

Our tomato with the nose. Jack wanted to keep him forever, but he ended up eating him!!!

The boy and the tomato!!!

Fireman/ Pirate?????

So cute!!!!

31 weeks and counting!!

2009-08-28T11:01:00.002-06:00

We have made it to 31 weeks!!! We had our doctor appt. on Tuesday with Dr. Storey. He is heading off the France so we were squeezed in. The babies looked good and heartbeats and fluid were normal. We discussed a tentative delivery day. Think Monday October 12, 2009- Colombus Day if you celebrate. This is only if things continue to go as well as they have. We are keeping a positive attitude and hoping for the best. Ok well Colin is keeping a positive attitude and I am trying to keep my whining to a minimal. I am not really succeeding at it, but atleast I try!!!

30 Weeks and The Binky Fairy

2009-08-23T16:44:00.004-06:00

Well for those of you who are unaware of Jack's closet addiction to the Binky, he has come out and now defeated it with a well known parenting strategy.....bribery. Now before we go any further about how I should have taken them away years ago, I will just say that he LOVES them. One of them has a name..squishy. It was his lovey and his BFF all rolled into one. He talks normally and he only used them to get to sleep. Some people have a cocktail, Jack had a bink. Have I learned my lesson? You might ask. No! The triple threat will get binks too if they like them and frankly, I pray that they do, because I like sleeping and so do the other people in this house.

Now on with my wisdom. It all started at the dentists last monday. Dr. Gallagher told Jack that he needed to get rid of the night time bink because it was ruining his teeth. He didn't say anything until we got in the car that's when he told me that he "didn't agree" with her and that he thought he would just keep them. After a lot of discussion he decided that he would save them for his brothers. We would cut off the ones with holes so he could hold them at night if he wanted and save the others. I know you are worried about Squishy, don't worry he made it into the save box nasty as he might be. So on with the bribery. Well conveniently somebody has invented the Binky Fairy. She lives with Santa and the Easter Bunny and she was kind enough to send us a check, ( it's her busy season or she might have visited herself) an we were off to Toys R Us to pick out whatever Jack wanted to make the Binks go away. This is what we got.....

He is a Storm Trooper.
Yeah the gun is loud and so is the helmet. I don't care.He likes it. So I like it. He isn't allowed to use it with Grandma Chris, because she is not a gun lover and refuses to be a target. Seems fair to me.

On with the triple threat news. They are still in their studio apartment continuing to grow and making me experience pregnancy in a whole new way. Our last appointment was in Denver on friday. It was just a short one. They looked at the babies heart beats and saw how they were positioned on the inside. Think circle of babies with all their feet in the middle. The Dr. noted that they were all big boys and they looked good. She listened to me whine about everything- she is a lovely woman and the she broke the news to me about how long they are going to cook for. Apparently I have a cervix of steel. I guess because it looked so long and strong at the 28 week appt. that the possibility of me going into preterm labor is small. Good news! Hopefully we will dodge preeclampsia and the babies will keep up the good work of growing. We might actually get to leave with them when they are born and not have to do NICU time.

I did ask when we would deliver these guys. How long would they let me go? Not past 38 weeks so somewhere in the 37th week- hopefully the earliest part like 37 weeks 0 days. This is if they are growing well and not in distress and I am healthy. Now, have I mentioned that I look full term? Yes and I feel it too! 7 more weeks???? I am the little engine that could! I will also hold this over their heads until my dying day! I forgot ..two weeks ago they were (A) 2lbs 11oz, (B) 2lbs 8oz, and (C) 2lbs 10 oz.... My guess is that they are 3lbs + at this point . Add it up! That is a lot of baby!!!!! Somebody may want to call a tent company for my apparel needs real soon!

Jack and the belly!

Jack "protecting" the enormous planet Mama!

My Aunt Sharon!!!

My Aunt Sharon and UncleRoch came out for a visit. We were so busy that this is the only picture I have with my camera and I think Jack took it!!!

Jack at Mt. Rushmore- the mini family vaycay!

We have appts. every week so we will try our hardest to keep this up. Jack starts preschool in 2 weeks and Colin will be starting the season here very shortly. I of course will be incubating!

Jack's Photo Shoot and The 25th Week

2009-07-20T16:44:00.008-06:00

I have been "allowed" to write on the blog. Ha! We have been pretty busy these last couple of weeks. Colin has his honey do list and I have been resting ALOT. My day starts around 8 am and ends about 1:30 pm. Jack is trying to grow out of his naps, but I am fighting him tooth and nail. We have incorporated rest time. Sometimes he falls asleep and sometimes only I do. He actually has been pretty good about atleast watching a show while I nap. I think things will change when he starts pre school and is being a little more active. The babies are moving around quite a bit lately and giving us a baby show on as regular basis. Somebody or somebodies were river dancing on my bladder last night, but other than that I have been feeling pretty good. I am growing at rapid rate and should be wearing a 2 person tent real soon! So if anyone has an old one that they might want to lend me ..let me know!

Jack had his 4 year photo shoot last Monday. It is more like 41/2 year photo shoot,but we have had some stuff going on.Val Rothwell took his pictures and she did a great job. Jack was pretty good and left his sassy mouth at home. She took some belly shots with Jack and they are pretty cute! I didn't envision participating at his modeling session, but a plus size super model has to do what she must! My mother in law thought it would be a good idea to take the full body Shamoo shot of me to her chiropracter to show off- you people will have to view it in person because it will never be posted! In fact I hope it gets lost in her apartment!

Jack's Blue Hawaii Look!

This is campaign shot! I am not sure what he is going to run for, but I think he will win with this pose!

He is really starting to look like Colin...hmmm!

He loves them now..... I hope it stays that way!

On to the Appointment! 25 weeks and 3 days!

We saw Dr. Storey today. Jenn and Abbi came over to fight Jack into napping. Thanks Girls!! The boys all look really good. They have changed positions again. A and C are breech and B is laying right across my belly side ways. This of cours gives them the ability to put there heads together and plot against us! You could count 3 little heads all in a row, probably discussing the fact that they don't have real names yet and if they will get any soon! We watched them all practice there breathing. It is alot of legs and arms and other boy parts in there so the U/S shots are not that great. We did get a really good one of C or Chick(Jacks name) opening and closing his mouth.You can't read the caption that the funny Doc put in next to it, but it says- Mom's kid mouth wide open! You can see his little eye,nose and the big black hole is his mouth.They still look a little puppy like to me,but I am hoping that will change as they fatten up.

Week 22-Long Awaited Update!

2009-07-09T23:04:00.005-06:00

Dear Readers of the Blog,

My apologies for not getting the site updates up this past month. As you will see in this latest entry we’ve been up to quite a bit, namely getting everything ready for our hopefully later than sooner arrivals.

Mimi, Clint and Emma were down for a week to help us get some items knocked off my honey do list. We had an appointment in Denver on Wednesday the 10^th. Mimi was able to attend. We had the usual 150 plus ultrasounds images. Everyone did well. Jenni’s blood pressure was good and the babies’ growth was on schedule, Baby A was 10 oz, Baby B was 11 oz, and Baby C measured at a whopping 12 oz.
>We met with Dr. Davies after our ultrasound, but weren’t able to meet with all the other specialists as our 2 appointments were scheduled to close together and the ultrasound went long. Dr. Davies is very nice and answered all of our questions. She informed Jenni she would need to take a blood sugar test ASAP. Mimi about fell out of her chair as Jenni had just finished wolfing down a big ass taffy bar between our appointments. No worries, though as she just wanted her to take the test in Cheyenne before coming back for our next appointment in Denver.

Jack and Emma Played firepeople!

Clint and everyone helped us get a crap load done while they were here. He played Paul Bunyon and trimmed up all of trees. I got to be trusty Babe the ox and haul the carnage to the mulching station. Next we tackled the garage and played sanitation worker by hauling several loads to the dump….make that transfer station, as apparently our fine city no longer accepts TRASH at the DUMP…starting May 1^st…they should have a sign.

After that we played Electrician where we moved the computer down stairs to the closet outside of the bathroom. We had to rewire the cable as everything (phone, internet, cable) all runs off the 1 modem, and install some new power. We even had to steal some parts from the old computer armoir so I could make a holder for my keyboard. So Rita, if Jim can’t figure out where your keyboard goes, you might want to ask Mr. Howe, it’s not in my closet either so don’t look there.

Our next game was contractor, where we fabricated our very own window flashing. We were able to find a place in town that sells huge 50’ X 2’ rolls of aluminum flashing. And for the truly motivated they even rent this huge ass 10 foot brake to bend it all yourself. We trimmed out the windows first and went back the next day and rented the brake, barely fitting it in the back of the wifebeater. To bad it’s dark or I would go take a picture of the wife beater right now. Jack’s going to learn to drive on the wifebeater. The wifebeater is a 1980 truck formerly owned by the highway department. So it’s safety yellow, and really beat up. I mean REALLY BEAT up. It has a formally green door (painted yellow to match by us), the rear bumper is on the front of the truck…do I really have to say more?

Anyways after getting the brake we spent most of the rest of the day driving to Murdock’s and Capital Lumber getting everything we needed to get the job done. Eventually we fabricated our first window and shot it in place. We finished manufacturing all of the windows the next day. Jen and I played on the ladders the next weekend and attached all the flashing. It does look really good.

While the boys were all working hard, the girls played house and painted the babies’ room. They also hung wall paper, and Jay and Jen built the cribs. I think the girls also cleaned the basement but I haven’t checked yet…Here are some photos of the Romanian Orphanage, I mean the babies' room...

I'm told that there was also a baby shower at some point...filling up a couple closets...
For the summer solstice we went to Denver and enjoyed a party at the park hosted by Mimi’s brother Mike and his friends. Good times. For Father’s day everyone but Jenni went and climbed a glacier outside of Denver. Tim skied down it, we had a picnic, and Jack, Emma, and Alex all are little mountain goats who aren’t afraid of hypothermia. But I digress.

Jenni had her next appointment in Cheyenne on the 25^th. Not much happens at the Dr. Storey appointments as he mostly monitors her vitals, does an ultrasound where they check A, B, & C’s heart rates, and answers any questions we might have.

Jenni took her glucose test and learned that her blood sugar measured at 140, a borderline reading. Unfortunately this meant Jenni had to take the longer 3 hour test which requires 12 hours of fasting before you get your blood sugar tested every hour for 3 hours. She was a trooper though and got through it. We heard the results on Tuesday, and everything checked out.

This brings us to our Week 23 appointment which we had yesterday in Denver. We went down on Tuesday night, and stayed with Crystal and Tim. Jack, Chrystal, and Alex all camped out in the tent in their back yard. Very exciting for Jack! Chrystal took Jack and Alex to the zoo while we went to our appointment.

We had a shorter ultrasound with only 110 images. Everything looked good. Baby A had a 134 heart rate and was measuring at 1lb 5 oz, Baby B was at 150s heart rate and measured at 1lb 8oz, and Baby C had a heart rate of 146 and measured in at a whopping 1lb 9oz. Jenni’s cervix was still measuring at over 5 mms, which is great. We met with Dr. Best to go over the ultrasound, and she said everything looked great. We met with Dr. Davies after the ultrasound, and she gave Jenni the news that while everything checked out with her blood sugar, she will have to take the test again around week 32 just to make sure everything is still good. Everyone seems really optimistic that everything is going well and we could in all likelihood make it to at least 34 weeks and have the babies in Cheyenne rather than Denver!

We have our next appointment in Cheyenne on the 20th, our next Denver ultrasound on the 6th, and our next Denver Dr.'s appointment on the 21st of August. In the mean time I will attempt to educate Jenni on the ways of the blog so that you don't have to wait as long for you next update.

Last Sunday, Jack went with Seth's mother to see her friend's fish pond...

Week 18-Its a Sweep!!!

2009-06-01T20:44:00.008-06:00

We had our week 18 appointment Friday morning with Dr. Storey in Cheyenne. Abbi and Jen were in attendance. Stadium seating still needs to be installed in the radiology room, as there are not enough chairs and some folks are having to stand.

The Dr. checked the heart rates of each baby and they are all within range. B's heart rate was back up in the 150's which was good. Dr. Storey double checked the sexes for us and confirmed that they are indeed all boys.

Baby A:

Baby B:
Baby C:

Abbi got to take the ultrasound images to show and tell! Our next appointment is in Denver on the 10th and we will get to meet with the whole maternal fetal specialists.

Jack and I spent the last couple of weeks in Iowa helping out with baby Xander, good practice. Though Seth refused to go find me 2 other newborns so I could get some real practice in. Good Times!

Jack enjoyed the parks as well

Week 15- Gender Determined?

2009-05-14T20:01:00.009-06:00

We had our week 16 appointment in Denver yesterday. We dropped Jack off at Patti’s early but not before loading the kid up on Mickey D’s. Our appointment was scheduled for 11 but in true Vickers' fashion we arrived at 10 and were actually in with the radiologist by 10:30. She took A LOT of scans (somewhere around 150), and Jenni asked if she could check the sex as well...

A and C are most likely boys, and B is ‘probably’ a boy. She was able to get a pretty good look at B but ‘he’ moved and she tried again later and got another good look, saying she was pretty sure it was a boy but wouldn’t guarantee. Before we put Papa Bear on suicide watch, in our meeting with the Dr. after, she felt it was too early to determine definitive anatomy, but thought we would know for sure at either our appointment on the 29th with Dr. Storey, or on our follow up in Denver on the 9th. So there is hope yet. Jack still wants a sister as well, so maybe he and Papa Bear can form a support group...

Researching online I found that they are usually able to tell within about 80% of accuracy within 12-16 weeks. They are more accurate the farther along you are, unless of course the technician rides the short bus to work. Seeing as how we are pretty close to 16 weeks that would put them at about 85% accuracy. Also the errors made at this point are usually incorrectly identifying a boy as a girl and not the other way around, though occasionally a technician will incorrectly identify the umbilical cord as a penis.

Baby A pictured above is located head down on the bottom. A had a heart rate of 148 and all other measurements were good. All babies were measuring within a day at either 15 weeks 6 days or 16 weeks. This is a profile picture and you can see the baby's head laying across from left to right.

Baby B pictured above is breech and located up toward the middle on Jenni's left side. There was some initial concern that A and B might be identicals, but they pretty much ruled that out with this appointment, although they can't tell for certain. Being fraternal triplets eliminates some of the complications that can occur so this was good news. Baby B had a lower heart rate of 127, the Dr. said 120-180 is normal so B was probably just sleeping....B is our holdout and posibly a girl....

Baby C is also breech and is located on Jenni's right side high up almost by her belly button. Jenni thinks she can feel C now that she know's where 'he' is. Baby C had a heart rate of 164 and was doing good as well.

Of course we can't forget Jack attack, here's a picture of him learning to fend for himself.

In other news on mother's day I finally got around to putting the molding up on around the new windows in the soon to be nursery. Like most of my projects I only just put the windows in last summer and am finally getting around to finishing it. Still have to do the outside...but it's a start.

Next appointment-May 29th...in the mean time Jack and I will be heading to Iowa this weekend to spend 2 weeks taking care of the nephew Zander the Jake...

Week 14 Dr Appointment Update

2009-05-05T20:01:00.004-06:00

Jenni had her 14 week appointment today and it went well. We started with an ultrasound to check on the babies growth and heart rates. All babies are measuring at 14 weeks 4 days. I don't have a scanner so I resorted to taking a photo of the ultrasound. You can kind of see baby A on the right side at an upper right angle. B is on the top laying across the picture. Baby C is on the lower left trying to hide, almost straight up and down, head at the top. We can't tell the genders yet and they don't expect to be able to see until our 22nd week 2 1/2 hour mega 4d ultrasound.

The babies have been added to the artwork on the walls of the Dr's office. It's like this is rare or something...or maybe they really are the Dr's and Jenni and he have something they need to share with me....

Jack joined us at the appointment today and enjoyed seeing the babies on the screen. The heartbeats were all measuring in the 140's....according to Jenni boy's typically measure in this range, probably an old wives tail. The telling fact is probably that we can't agree on any boy names, so yeah it's probably all boys...Jack's urinal here we come.

We are going to be co-managed with Denver University hospital, as that is where the babies will be delivered if they decide to make an early appearance. They faxxed our stuff down today and hopefully they can see us next week, as Jack and I will be in Iowa playing mario-party with uncle Seth and Aunt Jessi for two weeks....err taking care of baby Zander I mean...

Jack and I went and saw Seth, Jessi, and Alexander a couple of weeks ago!

Next Dr's appointment is scheduled for May 29th...with the Denver appointment TBD

Week 14

2009-05-03T15:23:00.007-06:00

We took the sister wives down to the Fort to a 'Multiples Garage Sale' to scavange. It was a parents of Multiples group that Jenni found online that has periodic garage sales. And Yes Seth it's means we will only be hanging out with other parents of multiples from now on. We left Jack Jack with Seth's mother so the wives could have my undivided attention.

Of course on the ride down we discuss how we would NOT be purchasing one of those huge ass 3 person strollers because they are like 1200 bucks and we could just buy 1 double stroller from Target and then use Jack's single stroller. The thinking was we probably wouldn't be going out anywhere where there wasn't at least 2 adults. Of course the first item we find and purchase is this:

We were informed the previous owner had been trying to sell it for a while and kept dropping the price with each garage sale. It was a $250 score! Of course now we need to get a luggage rack for the Grand Caravan to haul it around with us. But I digress.

We also found some clothes and other items. We hooked up wih Jay and registered at babies R us. On the way home we stopped and bought some lotto tickets. We matched all 6 numbers, of course no more than 2 on each ticket.

To document how Jenni's progressing we took some pictures today. By Jenni's request, here is the least flatoring one:

We have our next appointment on Tuesday, so expect an update soon. And it looks like the voting is leaning heavily towards 3 boys....

Week 12..Official start of the blog

2009-04-18T16:13:00.003-06:00

It seems every time we go to the Dr we spend the next week repeating the same information to 100 different people. I thought we should have another purging and vote some people off the island but Jenni saw some crap about how Oprah was thinking about blogging so well you know how it goes, wife pregnant with triplets via immaculant conception and you just don't win many arguements. I reserve the right to revisit the island thing again though...so you people are on notice...

So this is the OFFICIAL start of the blog. We'll try to keep everyone updated with Drs appointments and all that other great stuff.