Bye-Bye High Chairs, Hello Boosters!

Here's a picture of us at our first "little ladies lunch" with NO high chairs. We're almost 2, and such grown up girls. We love to have lunch together! To the first lunch of many....cheers!

Love,
MBL

Angels on Earth

On my heart:

Today, we went to go visit Minnesota Perinatal Clinic. Just driving into the parking lot, I felt all of the tension and stress of my pregnancy creep back into my body. Anxiety, nervousness, uncertainty...
As we walked though the doors, and rode up the elevator, my memory was flooded by all of the times I rode that very same elevator, wondering what the appointment would bring.
During my pregnancy there were so many uncertainties:
-High risk triplet pregnancy
-High risk identicals
-A 2 vessel cord and marginal insertion
-Pre-term labor
-Incompetent Cervix and cerclage which funneled down to the stitch (quite literally meaning there was only a small stitch holding all 3 of my babies in)
-15 weeks of the strictest bedrest (meaning few showers, and using a commode next to my bed so that I didn't have to walk "all the way" to the bathroom)
-Home contraction monitors, more medicines and hospital trips than we could ever count
(not to mention the risk of twin-to-twin transfusion, preeclampsia, and brain bleeds, NEC, CP, heart defects, etc. after they were born!)
For those of you who don't know our story, I was admitted to the hospital at 21 weeks with constant contractions. Within the span of 10 minutes, I had a nurse practitioner come in to tell me they had never seen a pregnancy like mine have a good outcome, AND a hospital chaplain come to ask if we'd picked out names for our girls, cause you "can't baptize babies who have died, but you can do a naming ceremony if you choose."
Well, let me tell you, for anyone who needs a good story, this it IT!
God preforms miracles!
I've got 3 of them living under my very own roof.
It is all by the grace of God, and because of the knowledge and love of the amazing and wonderful staff and Minnesota Perinatal Clinic that my little ones are here to bless the world.

Lots of people wonder if I am bothered by all of the stares and smiles we get at the mall, church, playgrounds, restaurants, really anywhere we go.
The answer is emphatically NO!
I SEE the look that total strangers get in their eyes when they see my little girls.
It is like they have just seen a real life miracle.
Guess what...They have!

Triple the Fun!

Hi! It's Maryn.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Guess what we got to do on Friday?! We got to play with the 'other' Alison & Peter triplets. Their moms name is Alison, and their dads name is Peter. Just like our mom and dad!
Coincidence that we're all so cool? I think not... ;)

(L to R Addison, Leah, Brynn, Eli, Morgan, Maryn)

Saturday night, we got to have a sleepover with Grammy and Poppa, cause mommy and daddy went to a wedding. In December, WE get to be in Uncle Nick's wedding. Mom said we have to be really brave and walk down an aisle at church in beautiful dresses. We're going to have to start building up our courage. We will be 2 year olds by then. I think when you get to be two, you're probably pretty brave.
(I think two year olds still sometimes need their nonnies though, don't you??? Especially for courage! My mom's been a big softie about nonnie ever since we were sick a couple of weeks ago. I keep hoping she doesn't remember the rules.)
Hope you had a good weekend!

Love,
Maryn

Wall Art by Brynn Campbell

Thank God for the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser!

A Thursday Morning

Today we went to the community center for the free 'Tot Time'. The most fun morning a toddler could ask for! You get this whole big gym to yourself, and you can pick any toys out of the closet that you want to play with. Really anything! They had way cool toys! My mom took this circle and made it go round and round her tummy. It was hilarious!

We liked to march up and down these mats. March, march, march....mom sang "The girls go marching one by one. Hoorah!" We love that song!

They had a tunnel that was WAY bigger than the one we have at home. Helloooooooo mom!

Maryn thought we should play dodgeball. Look out!

We ran round and round, and back and forth all morning. You'd think mom was trying to tire us out, or something?!

Off for naps!
Love,
MBL

The Object of Our Affection

I know what you're thinking. What?!?!
3 girls have been fighting for 4 days over plastic drum sticks?!
Oh yeah! We've had some good ones. All out 20-month-old chick fights. Biting, scratching, hitting....imagine what it will be like when the fights are over boys and clothes! Ahhhhh!!!!!!!!
In the morning, when the girls wake up, the race is on to find the sticks. We've tried to hide them, but somehow they are found. We've tried to encourage sharing,but you know, it does you no good to have ONE of the drumsticks. You must have TWO...and you will fight your sisters at all costs to get two, cause, it is sooooo worth it.
I think these coveted drumsticks are on their way to the garbage can.
When these girls are teens...God bless us all!

Pow...Pow...Powerwheels

Take a look at our new cars!
Notice that we are riding in our backyard, rather than on the street. (If you know our mom, you're not surprised! ;)




Maryn was at the cabin with Grammy and Poppa while we were testing out our new wheels.
She got to have a special day alone.
On Friday, our family took a field trip to the zoo with Grammie and Poppa. Mommy learned an important lesson that day. We went into the goat cage to get a close look. Mommy brought goat treats in, thinking it would be great for us to get a close look at our furry friends. WRONG! Turns out goats attack for treats. Lesson learned: Feed goats from the OUTSIDE of their cage. hee, hee
Love,
MBL