Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday was the girls' first Thanksgiving. They got a visit from grandmom and grandpop Zink at home then went to grandmom and grandpop Errickson's for dinner. They had a great time as the center of attention. Of course, once they came home they decided they wanted to raise hell. They didn't want to sleep at all, but they everntually did go down about 4 AM.

Today they are celebrating their first "Dad's Birthday." They helped me celebrate at 1:30 this morning by screaming their heads off simultaneously. It was not quite the birthday treatment, but once they ate, they calmed down...a bit.

Second doctor's appointment

The girls went to he doctor today to get their shot to prevent RSV. They will be going again next week to get their immunizations, but since that is already five shots, we didn't want to add a sixth. But, the big news is that Ava is now the biggest. She is 7# 3 oz., Olivia is 7# 2 oz., and Lila is 6# 13 oz. They've all gained over a pound in a month. Hopefully they can keep this up.

They have been doing well at home. They just have their days and nights a little off. They are a bit more alert and hungrier at night. But, once we can entertain them during the day, they should start sleeping more at night.

Walk in the neighborhood

Lisa and I took the girls out for a walk around the neighborhood on Saturday. I decided to post a picture of them in their superstretch...

Big day out

Yesterday, we took the girls out for the first time to enjoy the weather. We went over to the Promenade for a walk and lunch. Unfortunately, anywhere that had outside seating was a little crowded. We went to Pizzicato restaurant. They gave us a table for four. We took two seats out on one side, put their super stretch next to the table and had a nice lunch. They were very good the whole time and only started fussing just before we left.

We then took a little walk around the shopping center and talked to a bunch of people about them. They did real well and had no issues. We will prbably take them out for a little while tomorrow before we have to hole up for the winter.

Bath night

Last night the girls got their first "tub" baths. They actually did not scream too much. Ava was the worst because she had to wait for us to feed Olivia and Lila before we could get to her. So, by the time she got her bath, she was very hungry and let us know it. That is why she has a pacifier in her mouth while in the tub. All in all, it went pretty well.

Lisa and I got a longer sleep last night because Grandmom and Grandpop Errickson volunteered to stay over. The girls did save their big poop for the middle of the night of course. So, when we got up this morning they were in new clothes.

I added several more pcitures to the site just now, so feel free to peruse and enjoy.

Good check-up

The girls had their first doctor's appointment this morning and all is well. Olivia is 5# 14.5 oz., Ava is 5# 10.5 oz,, and Lila is 5# 4.5 oz (and currently laying on my chest so as not to wake her sisters). We got them into their stroller when we got to the doctor's office. That thing is long once it is loaded with three babies. Plus, we also realized that the rear tires weren't fully pumped up.

The girls were quite a hit when we came out from their appointment. We had several little kids walking up to look at them in the stroller. That was about when I decided to take them to the car1 Overall, everything went fine and they all enjoy sleeping in their car seats...

They also like to snuggle up to each other in their playpen.

"Mama, I'm comin' home..."

That is Olivia's them song for the day. She had two successful days at the NICU and was allowed to leave today. We picked her up around 1:30 and reunited her with her sisters shortly after. She is adjusting well and is right back in between her sisters. Not sure how long she is going to want to be in the middle, but she is for now.

Lisa is asleep right now as we are working a different shift schedule because she was pretty tired. I am watching them from 6 to midnight, then she will watch them to 6 AM.

We have the first doctor's appointment tomorrow morning at 9, so that should be quite interesting.

We are finally all home and have no plans of seeing the NICU unless it's to show off the girls.

Two nights down

Well, we officially made it through two nights (it's about 5AM, so my shift is almost up). Tonight I slept from 8PM -1AM and then Lisa went to bed. The girls are doing well and eating alot. In the afternoon, we had to add more food to Ava's bottle.

Yesterday was their first Halloween, but their only costumes are Haloween onesies. We decided to wait until Olivia is home and then take a picture of all three of them in their Halloween clothes.

Olivia is doing really well and will hopefully be home today. She also is getting second helpings of food and has had no alarms since Monday.

I added a link in the toolbar to a new photobucket album I created of pictures of the girls at home. We'ved on from "In the Hospital" and hopefully will have pics of all three in the "At Home" album tonight.

We also just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all of the comments you've been leaving here. We really appreciate the support and good thoughts.