Stroller Ride for Kate!

Hi, Maryn here.
I just wanted to tell you about a neat thing I did this weekend.
I went on a stroller ride for my very good friend Kate. (She comes to babysit me sometimes!) My mommy pushed me around a lake in Edina so that we could raise money to beat ovarian cancer. We don't want anyone to ever have to be sick with ovarian cancer ever again!
My friend Kate was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, so I rode in my stroller all the way around the lake to support her! (Brynn and Leah wanted to come too, but since it was raining, mommy could only bring one of us and luckily it was my turn!) I had such a good time playing with Kate and mommy's other friends. Kate has a husband named Barry. He had some interesting hair on his face. I guess it was called a mustache. I like Barry. I like Barry's mustache.

Love,
Maryn (who now has 1 bottom tooth!)

P.S. If you want to read more about ovarian cancer, or its symptoms, you can visit http://www.mnovarian.org/

Here are some more pictures from this week:

Barry and Barry's mustache:


Playtime:


Triplet breakfast:


Our new playyard:


Bathtime in the sink!:


Crawling up the stairs:

NICU Follow-up Appointments

Happy Fall! We hope you are enjoying this nice weather. We sure are!
Today we got to go back to Children's Hospital. (our home for 9 days after we were born)
We went to a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) follow up clinic where they check on us to see how we are doing. Guess what our doctor said about us?! He said we're model patients. He said he wouldn't have even known we were preemies. (if he didn't know we were triplets, of course) We're doing everything we should...and then some!
We all did our own tests with different teachers, so we wanted to take a minute to tell you about them. Maryn will go first.

MARYN

I weigh 19 lbs 10 oz. (Lots bigger than the last time I was at the hospital when I only weighed 3 lbs 2 oz!) I am 27 3/4'' long. My highest scores on my test were expressive language and fine motor skills.
Here is my breakdown when compared to my adjusted age:
My real age is 9 months old, my adjusted age is 6 1/2 months old cause I was born 2 1/2 months early. When the doctors look at us, they expect us to be on track for our adjusted age...or our age if we were born at 40 weeks like most babies are.
Cognitive Skills: 1 month ahead
Receptive Language:3 months ahead
Expressive Language: 4 months ahead
Fine Motor Skills: 4 months ahead
Gross Motor Skills: 1 month ahead
My doctor said that I favor the right side of my head and need to practice looking to the left and laying on my left side. That is probably cause that is the way I laid in mommy's tummy. We're going to work on that.
I had a very nice teacher and had lots of fun today!

LEAH

I'm still getting over my cold. (You can tell in my picture, huh?)
Daddy calls me the peanut of the group. I weigh 16 lbs 15 oz and I am 27 1/4'' long. I guess I have always been the peanut. I only weighed 2lbs 14 oz when I was born. I am wayyyy bigger now. I really liked my teacher. She made me smile. My highest scores were cognitive, fine motor and gross motor.
Here is my breakdown:
Cognitive Skills: 2 months ahead
Receptive Language:1 month ahead
Expressive Language: right on track
Fine Motor Skills: 2 months ahead
Gross Motor Skills: 2 month ahead

BRYNN

I got a sticker today. I loved my sticker. I also loved the paper on the table the doctor had me sit on. I tried to eat it. He said I couldn't but he gave me a stick to play with instead. He said he uses sticks to look in kids throats. I thought the stick was a fun toy. I weigh 17 lbs 3 oz and I am 27 3/4'' tall. My doctor thinks I am going to be an athlete cause I am so strong. My teacher had a hard time doing some of my tests cause I was movin' and shakin'! My highest area was fine motor.
Here is my test breakdown:
Cognitive Skills: right on track
Receptive Language:right on track
Expressive Language: right on track
Fine Motor Skills: 3 months ahead
Gross Motor Skills: 2 month ahead

We all had a lot of fun with our teachers and visiting the hospital! They said we are doing so good we don't have to go back for any more follow-up.
Pretty exciting day!

Love,
Maryn, Brynn and Leah

Sick Days

Well, at 9 months and 2 days old we caught our first colds. (I think mommy is regretting feeding us breakfast with the same spoon!)
We cough and sneeze and our noses are runny.
One good thing though is that we get to stay in our PJ's all day and there is lots of cuddle time. (even in the middle of the night! No time outs!)

In other new updates, Brynn is a crawling machine. She goes anywhere and everywhere. Yesterday, when our "uncle" Brett was here with his girlfriend Melissa, Brynn went up 2 stairs for the first time! Maryn and I have mastered the "army crawl", and are starting to get up on our hands and knees too. Look out mom and dad!

Tooth update:
Brynn-4
Leah-4
Maryn-0

xoxo,
Leah

Updates...

Hi! Maryn here. Today we are all going to take a turn to tell you how we are.
Me, I'm good. I talk A LOT. I have a lot to say. Usually it takes me a little longer than my sisters to finish my meals cause I like to chat with mom and dad at breakfast, lunch and dinner time. My favorite words are dada and baba. I said mama and papa a couple of times too. I can sit all by myself and can scoot on my tummy and roll to get anywhere I need to. My sisters both have teeth. I keep waiting to get mine. I have lots of personality. I know what I want and scream (LOUD) until I get it. Sometimes I still get "time outs", but that's okay. I just sit in my pack 'n play and talk (usually to myself) until I fall asleep.

My turn, my turn...it's Leah! I can sit and scoot all by myself too. I have 2 bottom teeth. My favorite foods are carrots, pears and bananas. (I HATE peas and beans-YUCK!) Me and my sisters eat 3 times a day just like big girls now. We have breakfast, lunch and dinner and a bottle before bed. We went to the zoo again last week with some of our other triplet friends. A little boy saw us strolling along with the Hanlin triplets, and he yelled for his mommy to come and see the "sixlets"! hee, hee We're not sixlets, we're TRIPLETS! He was a silly boy!

Hi, my turn! It's Brynn. Guess what!? Today we went to the park, and mommy caught me and Leah eating grass. (Maryn decided to try a brown leaf instead of the green grass) We think it is yummy. Mommy says "no no"! Mommy and daddy would try and put us in the middle of our blanket and we would just crawl back into the grass. It was so fun! We're lucky we can crawl now. We can get anywhere and we put everything into our mouths. I have 3 teeth. Two on the bottom and one on the top.

Well, we're off to bed! It's been a long weekend.
Love,
Maryn, Brynn and Leah

Mommy's note: Well, it was exactly one year ago today I had my cerclage and was placed on bedrest. I remember being so terrified. What a journey we had. So many trips to the hospital, so many different medications, and 15 long weeks laying in bed. I praise God every single day for choosing me to be a mommy to these little girls. They are our greatest blessing! Thank you God for every single busy day!!!

The zoo with the Hanlin triplets and the Johnson triplets:

Bath time:

Triplets picnic:

Go for the grass girls!:

Sleepy Maryn:

Daddy trying to block Brynn from her grass buffet:

Brynn in the grass:

Yum:



Leah in the grass:

Daddy and Leah:

Brynn is officially mobile

GUESS WHAT?!?
I crawled today! It was so neat. Here's how it happened:

I saw this new turtle dad got for us. He was so fun looking! He had flashy lights and sang songs! I really wanted to play with him! There was only one small problem...he was WAY on the other side of the floor. Here is a picture of him:

I decided I was going to figure out a way to get over there. So, I gathered up my strength and used my hands and my legs to crawl.

Before I knew it, the turtle was mine!

I love being a big girl!

xoxo, Brynn

A Day at the Zoo!

Hi! It's Maryn.
We went to the zoo yesterday. It was neat! We saw lots of animals...like camels and monkeys, even "Ma's" cousin the goat!
We went to a farm exhibit and saw tractors. (Daddy liked that and so did we!)
We got John Deere hats from a farmer.
It was a fun day. We can't wait to go back!

Guess what else happened? I got my first time out. Yep, that's right....Time Out!
I was not tired in the middle of the night so I decided to yell for mommy-LOUD!
Last time, when I did that, I got to snuggle with her. I thought I would get to this time too, but this time, guess what she did?!
Put me in a pack and play in another bedroom and made me sleep BY MYSELF! ALL BY MYSELF! Ugh! I'm going to think long and hard before I do that again!
Love,
Maryn

Pictures of our dedication-August 3, 2008

Here are some pictures of our dedication last Sunday.
We had fun at church. We got to go up on stage and everybody prayed for us.
We're so thankful for everybody's prayers!
Love,
Maryn, Brynn and Leah




Leah having a snack with Mimi before the ceremony:

Leah and Mommy:

Maryn, Uncle Nick, Auntie Jenny, Leah, Mommy, Brynn and Auntie Lauren:

Fun with Uncle Nick:

Leah and Auntie Jenny:

The ceremony:
Mommy holding Brynn. Brynn is making faces at her sisters:

Daddy and Leah:

Us being dedicated:

Maryn wishing she had a snack. Sometimes ceremonies can get long! :) :

Our Godparents:
Leah and Uncle Nick and Auntie Jenny:

Maryn with Auntie Lauren:

Brynn with Auntie Meredith and Uncle Marc:

All of us with Uncle Brad and Auntie Katy:

The Jonswold's:

The Klein's:


A dedication is a special time of public ceremony and personal commitment when parents promise to raise their child in the training and instruction of the Lord with the desire that one day, their child will receive Jesus Christ as personal Savior.