Triplet Trivia Tuesday

In an effort to keep me blogging and get some feedback, I'm going to start Triplet Trivia Tuesday. Leave a comment with your answer, and there just might be prizes involved!!!

I'll keep it simple for the first week. And, of course, this is an "open blog" quiz. You can find all the answers in the archives! :)

ETA:
*You do not have to be the first to post the correct answer. All correct answers posted in the comment section through 11:59 EST on Tuesday will be accepted.*

Which triplet was born first?

Happy Father's Day

To my hubby, the best Dad ever!!

I am so thankful everyday, but especially today, that you are my husband and the father of our children!

Not just anyone could do what you do. You do it all, and you're really good at it too! You have always changed diapers, rocked screaming babies, got up in the middle of the night even though you had to go to work in the morning, made formula, laundry, dishes, food shopping, making dinner, I could really go on and on, but I don't want to brag. (Too much!)

You are the best provider. You work so hard to make it possible for me to stay home with the kids, and possibly for longer than we had ever expected. For those who don't know, not only does he teach 6th grade Math - a job that would kill most men on a good day - he also works for the afterschool program 5 days a week. He doesn't get to take off for the summer either. He is a camp counselor from June - August and has been for the past 13 years. And in the past year, he has developed his own business -providing workshops for afterschool programs and camps on how to use positive discipline. I know, you're tired just reading all that! ;)

It fills my heart to see how you interact with the kids everyday. They know how much you love them because you make time to play with them everyday, and you tell them you love them everyday.

And you still find time to show me you love me too. It's not just the gifts (like the Canon Rebel DSLR camera I just got for no reason at all, and the three stone diamond anniversary ring you got for me early), but those times when you can just tell I need some words of comfort or encouragement or a big hug and kiss after a trying day.

Your love is truly the best gift I have ever gotten.

I love you.

Things have been happening here.

Last days of school
Speech and physical therapy evals for Carter
Planning to go camping
Brenna starting to potty train
Emily having trouble eating her one oral feeding and having some mild spasms last night :(

So little time and energy to post

I'll be back as soon as I can to elaborate . . .

Drew's Surgery - Wednesday, June 3rd

Drew has had ongoing problems with his ears, mostly frequent ear infections, since he was a baby. He has previously had 2 other sets of ear tubes placed, one set at 15 months, and the second set at 3 1/2 yrs. old. When he is "in between" tubes, he gets ear infections back to back to back. Most recently, he had four ear infections from March through May leading up to the surgery! And, at his last ENT appointment, he had a hearing test which showed some mild hearing loss. This is most likely caused by the fluid sitting in his ears that can't drain when his tubes are out.

This time, because the doctor said he shouldn't still be having such problems at his age, he has to get a new set of tubes and his adenoids removed. Removing the adenoids is supposed to help with the constant runny nose. Whenever the nose starts, I know the ear infection is coming! So, hopefully, no runny nose, no ear infection!

Here are some pictures from the big day!

In the prep area

Getting the "giggle juice"

feeling good . . .


feeling really good . . .


gone!

He was just being silly and wanted to hide under the warmed blanket. :)

The surgery went very well. He did not like the IV that they had in his hand when he woke up, and he let us know about that! He was coughing a lot from the tube that had been down his throat, and was disoriented from the anesthesia. But, after I rocked him and sang to him, he got a few doses of pain meds, took a rest, and finally felt ok enough to head home after about an hour and half recovery.

Once we were home, he rested for awhile and surprisingly wanted to eat. We were told to encourage eating as tolerated to help keep his jaw active so it wouldn't get sore from being held open during the adenoid procedure. He also wanted to drink and did not complain of pain in his ears or throat. He was prescribed pain medicine, ear drops, and an antibiotic.

By Saturday morning he seemed to be feeling much better, though he did have a slight temp of 99. We had made plans for Uncle Mark and Aunt Beki to take him out for the day since he had been cooped up and to help me out too since Gee-off was at a workshop in the morning and was going out that night. Well he had a great time, but didn't want to eat when he got home. Unusual.

At first, I was sure he was just exhausted. But then I noticed his eyes were pink and he was warm. Turns out he had a temp of 102!! So I had instructions to call the CHOP ENT if he got a temp over 101.3. The ENT seemed to think he had a virus not related to the surgery. I called the pediatrician and he agreed. So we treated the temp with Tylenol and it came down slowly by Monday.

He is feeling fine today, no fever, and got to go back to school today too. He was so happy to get back!

Me too! :)

Bounce U Party

Drew was invited to the birthday party of a classmate at Bounce U. He had so much fun!!

They could barely lift the super sized boxing gloves! You had to navigate through the obstacle course to get to this slide.

This basketball game was Drew's favorite.

The T-Ball was supported by a flow of air, so it floated until he hit it! Very cool!

Storybook Land

I was so excited that I was able to go along on Drew's Pre-K class trip!! We all rode the school bus down to the park and were free to play as we wished! After Bubbles the Coaster, however, Drew was not up for any "spinny" rides. That left only a few rides, but there was a lot to see, so we ate, skipped around with his friends and had a great time!

Public service announcement

DON'T FORGET TO USE SUNSCREEN!!!!!

This is what happened to me after sitting outside for just one hour watching Drew's TBall game.

Starting over.

Friday night, day 103.


I noticed Emily making some familiar rhythmic motions with her arms. When I peeked in to get a closer look, sure enough, she was having spasms. Ugggh! They were very mild, but lasted almost 10 minutes.

But that's all. So we are now 3 days seizure free.

Celebrating 100 days!!!

Today marks a huge milestone for our little angel, 100 days seizure FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This diet has been everything we'd hoped it would be, but I really never truly believed it would work!

Emily started the ketogenic diet in January, and after a rough start with very low blood sugars and getting a stomach bug during the diet admission week, she has been doing so well. Her seizures actually increased in the very beginning from 1 cluster a day to 2-3 cluisters per day, but in February they stopped! And haven't come back. :)

And because of this, she has been able to do so much more! She is rolling onto both sides, and rolling all the way over sometimes, making babbling/cooing noises, smiling so much and even laughing, sitting better and holding her head up better with help, lifting her head up and getting her body into a crunch from a laying position, eating a larger amount of baby food during her once daily oral feeding, and making eye contact and focusing on objects too. She still enjoys sucking/chewing on her fingers (especially her right hand) and has now found she can bite/chew on her shirt sleeve. She can even grasp a link and get in into her mouth to bite on for a short time. We are so proud!

Drew helped me make a special headband for Em for her big day. We punched out 100 hearts to decorate it and got everyone in the picture.
Hip hip hooray!!!

Tee ball

Drew started Tee Ball a few weeks ago and LOVES it. He's about as (in)attentive as most of the first year players, but is so excited to wear a uniform and make a play. He has played in two games and his coach is an excellent teacher.

Personally, I love the noncompetitive nature at this age, but yesterday I watched Drew call strikes from right field on a girl who kept hitting the tee. After the third, he shouts, "Out! Three strikes!" and said something to the boy next to him. Then, he did a quick spin and started redigging the hole he'd been working on.

This is a rare photo of carter and Brenna NOT screaming and whining during the game. It was decided after the first game that Aimee and I would take turns going to the game and the other staying home with Emily and the Terrors.