Welcome to the World, Sweet Little Emily!

Yesterday, Thursday, January 26, 2012, we welcomed our newest sweet baby girl into our family!

-- Emily June --

7 lbs. 14 oz.


19 3/4 inches long


6:58 PM


Born by an extremely easy and so rewarding VBAC!!!!


We are rejoicing in God's wonderful miracles and thanking Him for a perfect delivery of our sweet Emily!


We are so in love with all the sweet smells and noises filling our hospital room!


We're all doing great and looking forward to getting home tomorrow so that she can join her BIG sisters!


Birth story to come!

Wordless Wednesday: Eating lunch in our new kitchen!

Saturday while everyone was busy cleaning and organizing...these three little ladies were enjoying getting to eat lunch in our new kitchen! And yes, of course there will be a table by the day we move in!!

13 Months!

Wow, 13 Months! I can't believe you all are this old already! It's such a fun age! 

You all constantly babble at one another. I love listening to you having your little conversations and I know it's just going to continue to elaborate and become more and more. You love to read books in the bath to each other, actually turning the pages and looking up, like you are really reading, it cracks your Daddy up!

You love playing together. Luckily, the biting has not progressed. Amen.

You will have a new baby sister any day now!


You all NEVER SIT STILL!!!!!

We will be moving on February 10th, 2012, and you went to your new home this weekend and even took naps in your new room! Daddy and Uncle Nathan are going to paint it purple this weekend!! We hope you love it!

No more babies in this house right now, until your new sister comes of course, but you have all transferred to toddler-hood so beautifully! 

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{ Madelynn }

You walked across the family room on 01.23.12! I couldn't believe my eyes! You then walked from the couch to the TV! And then I almost died. You have been taking steps and standing on your own without holding on to anything for months now, but you have never taken more than 3-6 steps, but, I think you finally got it! You are such a big girl!!!!!!

You have 7 teeth. 4 on top, 3 on the bottom.

Your hair is light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You wear size 3 shoes.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

You love to eat your feet still!

Your favorite foods are applesauce, pancakes, scrambled eggs, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You shovel everything in your mouth, so now we only give you a little bit of something at a time. You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to whole milk, and never even noticed the difference! You only get one 8 ounce bottle of formula at night, because we have so much of it left over.

You love to drink out of your sippy cups.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You love to dance and listen to music. You rock back and forth on your feet. It's so cute.

You started clapping in the beginning on January, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You can almost wave, but not on command yet.

You love ripping your bibs off, no matter how many times we put it back on you.

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You splash with your hands and now you have learned how to lean back in the bath seat and kick your legs so hard and splash that way.

You are still the bully of the bunch. You think everything is yours and only yours!


You still growl. Everyone thinks it's so funny!

You can say Momma, Dadda, baby, me and baba (bottle). But you babble constantly!

I have been pointing to my tummy and saying "baby" and you will put your hands on my belly and tickle it. It's so cute. I know you have no understanding of what we are talking about, but I love it anyway.

You are very determined and do not like to be told no.

You still will climb gates like Spider-woman!

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and really anything, because you think everything is yours anyway!

You sleep with your lovie, blue bear, soft tag book, binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You love to put your lovie over your face as soon as you lay down with your bottle.

{ Claire }

You have 7 teeth. 3 on top, 4 on the bottom, the opposite of Madelynn.

You wear size 3 shoes.

Your hair is light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

Your favorite foods are yogurt, pancakes, scrambled eggs, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You have a little issue still with textures but you have improved so much! You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to whole milk, and never even noticed the difference! You only get one 8 ounce bottle of formula at night, because we have so much of it left over.

You love to drink out of your sippy cup.

You love taking your bows off.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You started clapping in the beginning on January, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You can almost wave, but not on command yet.

You have an obbession with cabinet doors. Anything that can be opened and shut, you have to do it one hundred times, even when you pinch your fingers constantly.

You have a sweet soul. A little more laid back than your sisters.

You love ripping your bibs off, no matter how many times we put it back on you, even the ones that go over your head, you can take them off too.

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You splash with your hands, and of course your tongue sticking out!!! Silly girl!

Daddy is your favorite person, even when you get hurt, you prefer Daddy to cuddle you.

You can say Momma, Dadda, and baba (bottle). But you babble constantly!

We still call you Lola, Lola Mae, Lola Claire, and Claire-bear.

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and the pretend cookie jar that makes noise.

You sleep with your lovie, beige cow, glow worm, binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You love to put your lovie over your face as soon as you lay down with your bottle.

{ Natalee }

You have 4 teeth. 2 on top, 2 on the bottom.

You wear size 3 shoes.

Your hair is dark brown and very straight.

You eyes are a very dark brown, like your Momma and Daddy's eyes. Everyone comments on your eyes, ever since you were born. You have a deep soul, sweet girl and your eyes haven't changed since the day you were born.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

Your favorite foods are yogurt, pancakes, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You are such a great eater, but for some reason you are not a big fan of eggs. You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to pedi-sure and never even noticed the difference! You love the vanilla and strawberry, but I haven't tried the chocolate yet. We are hoping it makes you gain some weight, you little string bean!

You love to drink out of your sippy cup, but still need a little help.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You started clapping just last week, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You constantly sit on your knees.

You love Mommy so much and have a very hard time separating from me, but as long as you don't see me, your fine!

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You love to get on your knees in your bath seat and try to stand up constantly. You are so tiny in the seat so you can move so easily.

You have a very determined personality. You like to have what you want and when you want it!

You can say Dadda, but I have not heard you say Momma yet. But you babble constantly!

We still call you Na Na, peanut, string bean and puppy (because you sometimes still sound like a little puppy/piggy when you sequel).

You love to be chased, and will crawl away sooo fast!

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and Daddy's cell phone.

You sleep with your lovie, pink bunny, glow worm (glowy), binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You are the only one who could care less about your lovie. You love your glowy, especially the ears. You rub the ears of glowy between your mouth and your nose all of the time.

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We love you all to the moon....and back. You mean the world to us and we are so blessed to have you each and every day of our lives. This was a bitter-sweet month as we knew it was our last month with just the three of you. We know you will never know the difference when your new sister arrives, but we will remember the past 13 months with just the three of you.

We love you so much sweet girls. Happy 13 Months!

BabyFirst TV

Thank you Direct TV for giving us BabyFirst TV for 6 months for free. I love free things. And really, my girls are loving it when I turn it on in order to get a few things done, and Mommy and Daddy really enjoy something different than Elmo.

But I must admit some of the singers that randomly come up between shows are kinda weird. Weird, like scary weird. Just to say it nicely....interesting.

I just wonder where these people come from and what makes them have the "it" factor for grabbing kid's attention?

But it keeps my girls attention for now, so whatever.

Update!

No, E is not here yet. And no, I haven't gone into labor yet. 

We went to the OB today and I am 70% effaced, 2 cm dilated, -2 stage and have a very soft cervix. Her head is about the length of a tuna can away from the doctors hand, which is improved from a soda can's length. He still said it could be any day, or all the way until the 31st. E has been given an eviction notice, but apparently she already has selected hearing. I'll be 39 Weeks tomorrow and she is measuring at 8lbs 3oz....YEAH, the perinatalogist said on Thursday, "this girl will be big!" Tim and I cannot fathom a "normal" size baby! We are so excited to meet her!

I went into severe pain on Wednesday afternoon due to a tooth that has been bothering me since before I was pregnant with E that I was putting off until after E was born since I knew I needed a root canal. Finally, the pain became completely unbearable and even with two Vicodin around the clock, I could not focus on anything. It literally was the worse pain I have ever experienced, right along with the first time I got up after my c-section and when my embryos were splitting and attaching. Thank goodness for my wonderful husband who can take care of three kids alone because all I could do was rock back and forth, cry and pray. We called the dentist, the on-call OB...to make sure what I was doing was okay and what could be done, and of course nothing could be done until the morning. So, Thursday morning I had an emergency root canal, which lasted a total of 6 minutes and was done. I was never so happy to go to the dentist. The 24 hours prior were pure and utter hell. After the Novocaine wore off, I was a new person! 

And you would think the stress would make E come....even the dentist said that the Vicodin could make me go into labor...yeahh...NOPE!

And with packing boxes, making a billion phone calls and getting everything ready to move, you think that would make her come...yeahh...NOPE!

Today I finally got my license fixed and am officially a Gaydos, even after 3 years of being in the family.

Also, we get the keys to our new house TONIGHT!

We're cleaning and painting some tomorrow, if it doesn't snow/sleet/ice too much tonight and we can still get there safely tomorrow morning.

Oh, and a bunch of you asked about what we were doing with the girl's rooms, if we were splitting them up or not. This is what we have decided...We are going to keep the triplets together, with just their cribs in one room. I have thought about it a hundred times and I feel like I can't just split them up. They only know each other, they are a pack, even as individuals, they are still together "a 3", and who am I to make them split up maybe in a way they don't want to be split up, especially when they are sleeping through the night so well. When they can verbally say who they want to share a room with then I will let them do that, but until then, I am not making the decision for them. I plan on just putting the cribs and the humidifier, sound machine, lullaby machine in there and that's it. The other room will have the changing table, toys and everything else, along with E's crib when she gets big enough to be in her own room.

So there's an update for now. I will post some more this weekend if I find some time between packing boxes and praying that I will go into LABOR!!!!!

Going to wake the girls up from nap and go pick up our keys and paint....!!!! EKKK!

Have a good weekend, ya'll!

No More Beavers in this House!

I had some wood-chewing beavers instead of children in our house the past few weeks...but no more.

Madelynn had been chewing on her crib rail for sometime and I had had enough! Every morning when I would walk in the girl's room, I found Madelynn biting, licking, sucking and chewing on her crib rail, covered in white paint chips. Lovely, right. Then Claire started doing the same thing and a week later, Natalee too, so immediately I researched what to get to preserve their convertible cribs for the future, not to mention restrict beaver tendencies and paint chip eating! 

Finally I decided on these from Amazon. They came just a few days later, I washed them and they are on their cribs for good, at least for awhile. They are super soft, very thick, have great ties, were easy to put on and have a plastic backing. I love that they are a super soft fleece too.

Here is a photo of it on Madelynn's crib:

So, if you are having "beaver issues" in your house, I highly recommend this product!

These are just my opinion and I am not gaining anything by writing this product review!

Madelynn, Claire and Natalee: YOU ARE ONE!!!!

OK, horrible Momma here...but with the birthday, holidays, two kids with RSV, two with ear infections, being 9 months pregnant and sick too....well time flies! I guess I need to finish this post before their 13 month post! Haha! I did start writing this way back in early December, so a lot has changed and I'm just going to go with what I had, which isn't much (probably the shortest monthly post thus far) and add some photos. I feel like reading this over they were still babies and now I have three toddlers and they are literally doing so much more!

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You are all ONE? I have ONE YEAR OLDS? I have THREE ONE YEAR OLDS?

What? I cannot believe it. My heart is exploding with love for you each of you. Every month that passes I swear I love you more than the last, if that is even possible. You make my heart smile more than anything in the world and you make life worth living each day. I never knew how much a mother's love was until I became your Mommy. I look at you all and I still wonder why God blessed me so much and why he felt I was worthy enough to mother each of you. I am so grateful.

You are such fun and happy little girls. You smile all of the time and play so great together. I am so lucky to have children that can play for hours with toys and I can get stuff done. You are so not attached to me and for that I am so thankful. I really belive it's because you have eachother. You love me and know I am here, but you don't care if I walk in and out of the room. You all just love palying with one another and I love that. You laugh so hard at eachother and are starting to really play with eachother more and more each month. No matter what toy one of you has, you all want it, even if we have multiples of the same toy. Sharing is not something you are learning easily. You have started biting each other out of frustration and it is NOT nice!! Natalee, when your sisters try to take a toy that you have, you squeal like a little angry piggy! It's so cute, but you are definitely letting your sister(s) know that you have the toy and you want to keep it. 


Madelynn, you are still the biggest bully of all. You beat up and take toys, and you don't care who or what is in your way, if you want it, you go and get! Whenever I hear someone squealing, I know Madelynn, you are most likely doing something you shouldn't!


You all babble at one another like you are really starting to have your own conversations and understand each other, it's so cute.

You are all very dominant children. You want what you want and you know when you want it, whether that means your sister is playing with that particular toy or not! I constantly have to pull you away from one another so you all don't hurt or bite each other.

Out of all your toys, you love measuring cups, your new princess ride-on toys, the leap start play table, Elmo and your lovies the most. Madelynn, you love to run around the leap start table as fast as you can and when you fall down you laugh so hard and pull yourself back up as fast as you can and start going again.  You laugh at yourself constantly while doing this.

Madelynn, you are still the dare-devil of the bunch. You have learned how to stand on toys and make yourself higger or bigger! You little munchkin, your are a crazy girl! You do it everyday and stand on anything you can. You figure out a way to get what you want and even in the "chick pen" you have managed to stand on toys to reach Mommy's desk and all the unorganized papers on it! Thank you for that. Also, Daddy and I have caught you completely climbing the "chick pen", scaling it, like Super-Woman. I almost died! You are too much sometimes, girl!


Madelynn, you also have eaten the paint chips on your railing SO much, that we have had to buy teething crib rails, which are awesome (post on them coming this week too!)!

You all love to lick and taste everything. No matter what it is, you all put things in your mouth immediately.


Madelynn, you bit your sister, Claire for the first time on 12.20.11, on her right hand and she didn't not like it at all. All of you have started "mouthing" each other and Mommy and Daddy, and we constantly say, "no biting". I don't think that it is necessarily intentional at this point but it's getting closer and closer to being that.


You all love laughing at the cats and Audrey! No matter what they are doing, you can have hours of entertainment from them! It's so funny!


You are all learning "no" very slowly, or you may take after your Daddy, and just have selected hearing already...silly girls! I say "no" and you all look at me and just smile...little hams! You know exactly what you are doing, you just prefer not to listen.


Claire, you love pushing buttons over and over. Sometimes musical toys have "disappeared" due to this obsession of yours.

Growing:

Madelynn - Your 5th tooth (the second bottom one to the left) popped through on 12.20.11.


You are all in size 2 or 3 shoes.


You are all wearing size 4 Pampers Baby-Dry Diapers and size 4 Pampers Extra Protection at Night.


In clothes, you all wear 12 or 18 months. You have very long legs, all of you, so most of your pants are 18 months. You can, however, still fit into some 6 month and 9 month onesies, just depending on the brand.


Madelynn and Claire, your eyes are still a beautiful blue and your hair is still a lighter brown and getting thicker by the day. Natalee, your eyes are a dark born and your hair is a darker brown than your sisters and much straighter. Your complexion is also a little darker than your sisters.


Madelynn and Claire, you stand at everything and can stand without holding onto things. Madelynn, you will walk between toys and can not hold on to anything for a few minutes, you just stand there.

Eating:

Madelynn and Natalee, you are pretty much on all people food. You eat bread, cheese, beans, french fires, potatoes, corn, carrots, peas, green beans, macaroni and cheese, pasta, rice, chicken, bologna, turkey, ham, steak...basically anything and everything that we have. Your favorites are corn, carrots, bread and cheese.


Natalee, you love yogurt too and fruit. Madelynn, you still refuse to eat yogurt and baby oatmeal, but you LOVE fruit.


Claire, you will eat cheerios, puffs, bread and cheese, and sometimes so veggies, but that is it. You spit everything out that touches your tongue immediately. You are a funny girl. You still spit at us sometimes and you have to have your puree foods. We still try at every meal to give you some finger foods but you just refuse!

Sleeping:

This month has been so wonderful due to serious sleep-training. I was so scared, read every book over the past year, article after article, listened to what others did and nothing was working. I was at my wits end with waking up every single hour to feed or soothe so I was ready to pay any amount of money to get you all to peacefully sleep through. Sometimes, Madelynn, you could drink 30 ounces at night just because you needed that "soothing sucking". I don't lie when I say you were foaming at the mouth, throwing yourself across the crib


It was by far so easy, I just had the issues not letting you scream but it took barely two nights and now I don't hear a peep out of you all. It is amazing and just proves that I was holding you back. I am sorry for that girls. Mommy has some issues of guilt with letting you cry and be self-sufficient at times, so I take full responsibility for this. But it was amazing and I am so glad I finally didn't give myself anymore excuses!


So now you are all sleeping from 7pm until about 9am! It cannot get any better than that!


Here you guys are at around 12 months old, taking our Christmas Card photos:

Natalee Lynn

Claire Elizabeth

Madelynn Christine