Brian and I are constantly arguing over what the babies will look like. He doesn’t believe me when I say my family has strong genes. My father’s family is Swedish, I’m third-generation American. They marry dark people and consistently have blonde-haired, blue-eyed, pale as snow children. My mother is Cajun, brown hair and eyes, and […]
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It’s a Girl!
We found out today that we have at least one girl. We couldn’t get a good enough look at the other two today, so we don’t know about them, but Lefty is now Tamara Elayne. Hopefully we’ll be able to see the other two better on Monday, when we go in for the Level III […]
Moving
I was supposed to be moving last weekend. We got a call from the apartments last Tuesday; some people who had put a hold on a first-floor apartment never called back, so we got it! Only the move-in date for it was August 21 instead of the 14th. So we still haven’t moved yet, now […]
Music
Pregnancy has definitely been affecting my musical abilities. I sing and play flute (and piano, but I won’t be doing that this fall), and I’ve noticed a lot more trouble with longer passages. Part of it is babies crowding out my lungs; I have a hard time taking a deep breath now unless I’m in […]
Watching the birth
I’m one of those people who has to watch the whole time if I get blood drawn or stitches done or anything else. They say to cough before I get a shot or something and I say yeah right, just stick me! I asked the doctor if we couldn’t just lower or get rid of […]
Stretch Marks
I’ve discovered an interesting thing with my stretch marks. I have a beautiful set from when I was 17 and I gained about 30 pounds during my fourth semester at college. They look just like pregnancy stretch marks, too. They’ve all faded and turned white now. The new ones for the pregnancy started popping up […]
First contractions
I’m looking forward to the babies’ third birthday. By that time, they should all be walking, talking, and pretty much potty trained. They may not be good at it, but it’ll be a start. They’ll be more like real people then. Well, here comes the fun part of having triplets…Contractions!!! I had a bunch last […]
On the lighter side
Comedian Steve Wright: “I was born by ceserean section. Most of the time you can’t tell, except whenever I leave the house I go out through the window.” Brian’s response: “I was born by natural childbirth. Most of the time you can’t tell, except whenever I leave the house I go out through the cat […]
Missing out
I feel like I’m missing out here. It sounds ridiculous, even to me, but it’s true. It’s not the bedrest or anything else; I can deal with that. Even Brian says bedrest sounds like a dream come true to him; since both of us spend 99% of our time either in front of the computer, […]
Cats and a hospital tour
We are moving in 2 weeks into an apartment closer to Brian’s work so he can walk to work while I am bedridden. Because he’s blind we had absolutely no choice in where we could move to; these are the only apartments this close. Unfortunately, these apartments charge $450 per animal in pet deposits, and […]