And Preston makes Three

All three babies are successfully sleeping unswaddled!!!

Kesleigh is still waking a few times a night and just needs to be soothed a bit but goes right back to sleep. Not sure what that's all about but whatever. The boys are sleep champs!! We are getting a set schedule down for naps and for the most part (except Kesleigh) I can put them down at 8:30am to nap. Kesleigh just doesn't seem to need as much sleep during the day.

My mom brought them to our last day of school last week so everyone could see them...wow were we a spectacle for all:)



Hope you have a great weekend!!

Operation Unswaddle

So far so good. Gavin and Kesleigh are sleeping through the night unswaddled. I don't think Preston is ready yet because he's so little still andlikes being wrapped tight. I think 2/3 isn't bad:)

Here are some unverified weights on the babies. We weighed DH and then added a baby so they should be "somewhat accurate"

7 Months:
Kesleigh: 20.4 lbs
Preston. 16.6 lbs
Gavin: 18.36 lbs.

7 Months!

I seriously cannot believe they are 7 months old. Kesleigh is sleeping w/o her swaddle!!I thought for awhile there she would go to college swaddled:)Kesleigh and Gavin are both sitting up w/o help. Little man Preston still needs some help but he's ahead in other areas (like holding his own bottle). It's just so amazing how different they are. We have started taking them out somewhere every weekend just to get a change of scenery. We hear, "my you guys have your hands full" everywhere we go. Yes, I guess we do but honestly we don't know any different so it's not that bad at all. Yes, the first 6 weeks or so were rough but they are interactive now and so much fun. Sorry I haven't updated more, things are a bit busy around here:)

from left to right: Gavin, Kesleigh, & Preston

6 months!!

All three babies are doing really well and growing like crazy.
Here are their current stats-big heads don't seem to be a problem, must have good brains in there:)

Kesleigh:
Weight: 19.5 lbs (95th percentile)
Height: 26.2" (78th percentile)
Head: 18" (99th percentile)

Preston:
Weight: 14.6 lbs (5th percentile)
Height: 24 3/4" (4th percentile)
Head: 17" ( 34th percentile)

Gavin:
Weight: 17.5 lbs. (48th percentile)
Height: 25 3/4" (26th percentile)
Head: 17 1/2" (72nd percentile)

We needed more on our plate...

As if we didn't have enough going on...our Boston Terrier had to have his left eye removed on Monday. He had a bad cyst inside it and was pretty much blind because of cataracts and glaucoma. The vet was really worried about his eye rupturing so we opted to have it removed. Poor guy! He is doing great though, back to his old self which he hasn't been in almost a month.

My surgery went really well yesterday and I am just home resting.

Some Updates

Here's a couple updates on the babies...

- K has decided that she doesn't need to sleep through the night anymore! Yeah, it's not making for a very productive mommy the next day at work. We hope it's just the 4 month (adjusted age) wakeful period and she will be over it soon.

- Gavin had a tooth pop through today. He had been just a little crabby and whiny the last couple days but nothing terrible.

- They have their 6 month check-up on April 15th.

A few things on me...

- The chemo I was doing wasn't working so I have stopped it and plan to start another clinical trial on the 15th. This new trial is a 24 hour IV of meds. The doc told me today that when I have the meds home with me she doesn't want me to hold the babies at all because of the unknown affects if they were to pull it out and get the meds on them.

- I am having surgery to remove a mass in my stomach on Tuesday. Surgery will be outpatient and I should only need a couple days of recovery. We are pretty positive that it's more cancer but it's right under the skin so the removal should be easy.

- I have asked my oncologist to give me an appetite stimulant because I am not eating, not hungry and have lost way too much weight. I am 25 lbs. lighter than when I got pregnant! Who would ever think I would ask for an appetite stimulant!?!

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! I will let you know how Tuesday goes.

5 months!!

Holy moly, how did these babies get to be 5 months old? I took Gavin in today to check and make sure his ear was fully healed...it was. We also got some exciting news. All the babies can come off the vitamins they were taking (good because they are nasty), the boys can come off the Neosure (preemie formula), and we can start cereals with them and then gradually introduce fruits and vegetables. Aggh, that means they are growing up, I'm not ready for that!

Gavin was officially weighed at the Dr. office today but the rest we weighed here at home so they aren't "exact."

Kesleigh: 18 lbs 15 oz.
Preston: 15 lbs.
Gavin: 15 lbs 5 oz.