Triplets, 45 Days Old, Austin's Homecoming

Austin-getting ready to go!I'm ready!Rolling out!First breath of fresh air! with Chelsea

Almost HOME!

12/19: Austin makes it home! Our family is now complete and is finally together!! It is the best day ever!! It feels amazing to have our 3 babies home! Last night was our first night with TWO babies! It really was NOT as bad as we thought it was going to be! The babies only woke up when it was time to eat!! We are tired but not as tired as we could be!!
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 10 oz

Triplets, 44 Days Old, Emily's Homecoming

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12/18: Another GREAT day! Emily comes home today!! Austin will be coming home tomorrow! Last night was our first night with a baby! It was scary and wonderful all at the same time! Most importantly, we survived and so did Matthew! Only more greatness to come! Just like Matthew, Emily made it to 6 lbs on the day of her discharge!
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 9 oz (2517 grams)
Emily weighs 6 lbs 0 oz (2718 grams)

Triplets, 43 Days Old, Matthew's Homecoming

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12/17: What a GREAT day! Today is the FIRST of the coming home days! Matthew is coming home today! We are so excited and sad at the same time. We are so happy to be taking one of our peas home but sad to be leaving two behind. However, Austin and Emily will follow in the next couple days! Matthew made it to SIX lbs! He has doubled his weight in 43 days! We spent some time with Austin and Emily before preparing for Matthew's discharge. We had a ton of discharge paperwork! A BIG MAHALO to Heather and Laura for making this day so special and warm! WE love you guys and really don't know how to thank you for the love you have given our 3 PEAS! We know we have made long time friends and know we will always keep in touch knowing you were there from the start of our babies lives!! (Dina--a big MAHALO to you too! I am glad you were not here today--I don't think we would have had enough tissues!--BIG HUGS!)
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 6 1/2 oz (2450 grams)
Matthew weighs 6 lbs 2 oz (2770 grams)
Emily weighs 5 lbs 14 oz (2675 grams)

Preparing for the BIG Homecoming

12/17: Babies are coming home this week! Tiffiny decorated our yard with these great signs! Thank you, Tiffiny and Rhett for the great homecoming signs and for coming to visit us to witness this event!

Triplets, 42 Days Old

12/16: Austin, Matthew and Emily had their eyes checked again this morning! Overall, this is a pretty traumatic experience for the babies as they have to use this little probe thingy to keep their eye open! Their eyes are testing "premature" still but looking good! We will have their 3rd eye appt in a couple weeks! Premie babies are watched closely for eye deficiencies! We had a great visit with the babies and held and cuddled them as we knew they had a rough morning!

Happy Thoughts: Auntie Tiffiny visited last night on the way home from the airport! Yes, there were tears!Rhett enjoying a zebra ride!

Important Updates:

Austin weighs 5 lbs 5 1/2 oz (2425 grams)

Matthew weighs 5 lbs 15 3/4 oz (2700 grams)

Emily weighs 5 lbs 13 oz (2630 grams)

Triplets, 41 Days Old

Emily and Matthew

Emily and Matthew with Mom

12/15: This is a great start to a new week! Hopefully, the LAST week in NICU!! Keep the prayers coming! The babies look great and have been "episode" FREE!

Happy Thoughts: Auntie Tiffiny is arriving from the Big Island for a visit for a few days! WE are so happy to have her come meet our PEAS!!

Important Updates:

Austin weighs 5 lbs 3 oz (2372 grams)

Matthew weighs 5 lbs 13 oz (2650 grams)

Emily weighs 5 lbs 11 oz (2607 grams)

Triplets, 40 Days Old

12/14: A great Sunday! Our babies looked great and we spent all day at the hospital! It was another gloomy and rainy day here in Hawaii!!
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 2 oz
Matthew weighs 5 lbs 11 oz
Emily weighs 5 lbs 8 1/2 oz

Triplets, 39 Days Old

Who says I can't do it all? Mom with all Three Peas!Emily

Matthew

Austin

12/12: We had a great Saturday! Austin, Matthew and Emily looked fantastic!! We had a great visit! We can't wait to have our babies home so that it will no longer be a visit!! Rob had an exceptional day as he got to go to SEARS and buy tools!

Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 1 oz

Matthew weighs 5 lbs 10 oz

Emily weighs 5 lbs 8 1/2 oz

Triplets, 38 Days Old

Birth Certificates X 3!!12/12: We got up extra early this morning. We wanted to go to the hospital early. The babies looked wonderful when we arrived! The boys are healing very well from their circumcisions. Big news today--Austin made it to 5 lbs thus catching up to Matthew and Emily! Emily had just eaten and was wide awake! She is usally the most alert after eating! She is just too cute for words! Dad held her first and then I held her for a little while but both boys had to be fed. So, I put Matthew to breast for about 5 minutes (until he got frustrated-milk too slow coming out!) and then I fed him and Dad fed Austin! BTW, my milk production is slowly returning--it's not quite where it was when the infection started but I have faith that it will get back up there! We were in the hospital for about 3 hours and then we left to go downtown to the Health Dept. We were so excited---we got our babies Birth Certificates! (Of course, we had to deal with Honolulu traffic!) We went and had a late lunch at Dave & Buster's. Later in the afternoon, the mailman dropped off a package. One of my Lockheed Martin collegues from our San Diego Branch sent us baby gifts. Carol made handmade crochet baby afghans for Austin, Matthew and Emily! They are so beautiful! Carol, THANK YOU! If that wasn't enough for a great Aloha Friday our next door neighbor Paula brought us yummy homemade Christmas cookies!! I think I gave myself a tummy ache eating too many! Thanks, Paula!!
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 5 lbs 1 oz (2304 grams)
Matthew weighs 5 lbs 9 oz (2512 grams)
Emily weighs 5 lbs 7 oz (2473 grams)

Carol's Afghans for Austin, Matthew and Emily! Absolutely Beautiful!!Paula's Christmas Cookies! They were so YUMMY!!

Triplets, 37 Days Old

Matthew NOT happy after today's event!

12/11: Today was quite traumatic for our boys! Austin and Matthew got circumcized!! OUCH!!! I was distraught all morning thinking about it! We headed to the hospital early and when we arrived, after scrubbing in, our boys were being brought back. They were sleeping! I thought for sure they would have been screaming but they were okay. I held both boys as long as I could and I just took turns holding them. They did cry when their diapers were being changed! They were given Tylenol for pain but this was a horrible sight for Mommy to see!! We lived through it and we are sure glad that it is over and the healing can begin! Emily was doing well today! Pretty as can be!! Oh, and today we had torrential rain here on Oahu! It rained and rained and rained!! There was lots of flooding.
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 4 lbs 15 1/2 oz (2256 grams)
Matthew weighs 5 lbs 6 1/2 oz (2456 grams)
Emily weighs 5 lbs 5 1/2 oz (2424 grams)

This was taken from the hospital parking lot.

Triplets, 36 Days Old

Matthew Emily

Austin

Mommy holding Austin

12/10: Babies looked awesome today! They were very alert and were awake for a long time! We love spending time with all of them!! Today I woke up feeling so much better! I guess the meds are finally kickin' in! For the first time in a very long time I feel back to normal. It certainly does take a long time to recover from having babies but oh, so worth it! I felt so good I actually baked banana nut bread for our nurses and for our breakfast!!
Important Updates:
Austin weighs 4 lbs 14 1/2 oz (2222 grams)
Matthew weighs 5 lbs 5 oz (2407 grams)
Emily weighs 5 lbs 3 1/2 oz (2374 grams)