The girls have been sniffling a lot lately, Savannah had a bad cold this week and we had to do the nebulizer on her a few times. The other 2 got the sniffles after her around Thursday or Friday. On Saturday after Olivia's nap we noticed that she was breathing faster and heavier than normal. We were headed to my parents to pick up Savannah who had stayed the night at Nana's so we went on down, but really thought she was getting worse. By the time we got there we were contemplating taking her somewhere to get her oxygen checked, unfortunately the minute clinic had already closed so our only option was to hurry back for an urgent care or go to the ER. My parents offered to keep Savannah and Emma so that we could take her if needed. We called a few nurse friends for advice and a neighbor friend that works as a nurse in the ER was available to stop by and take a look/listen. She told us that she had retractable breathing and probably needed to go.
We took Olivia to the ER downtown and it was pretty busy in the waiting room. We got there at 10:30 finally had an ER room by 1am but didn't get to a room upstairs until almost 5am. It was a very long tiring night. They did an x-ray to rule out pneumonia and then diagnosed her with a virus, probably RSV (she had this last year and was in the hospital for 4 days then).
They monitored her oxygen levels with a little red light thing around her toe and she hated it. She kept pulling it off, not because it hurt but just because she did not want it there. She was not a very good patient and cried every time someone came in the room, she did not want them touching her. It was so sad, but honestly they did not even hurt her, she did not have an IV, they didn't draw blood, or even hook her up to oxygen. But still she did not want them to touch her or listen to her lungs. Her oxygen was just above the point where they would have needed to give her oxygen (91,92) when she slept, but when she was awake she worked much harder and could get up to 95,96. After about 12 hours they let us go home since they decided she was not getting worse.
We watched her closely that night, and she seemedto be getting a little better. By Monday night we saw some real improvements and by Tuesday she was doing so much better. The other girls are now over their colds so hopefully we will be healthy for a while.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Bathtub Fun
I am usually in charge of baths for the girls. As soon as they came home from the hospital, I took this task as my mommy duty and mine only. I have given them almost all of their baths since they were born. I use to love the one-on-one time I had when I bathed them in the sink. And then when they were big enough to play in the tub I taught them to blow bubbles and showed them how to splash. I just love being the one to bathe them and I just love little naked baby butts. The other night I had to log on to work so I asked Scott to give them a bath. I walked in to find that he had styled their hair:
They were full of giggles, I'm glad they were enjoying bath time with daddy tonight. But I will be taking back the bathing duty.
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| Olivia, Emma, Savannah |
They were full of giggles, I'm glad they were enjoying bath time with daddy tonight. But I will be taking back the bathing duty.
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| Olivia thought this was very funny stuff |
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Escaping Monkeys
I wanted to write an update on our little escaping monkeys. About 2 weeks ago my sister was watching the girls. They had been down for naps for about 2 hours when she heard a pitter patter noise coming from upstairs. She went to check it out and Savannah had climbed out of the crib and was running around and playing with toys in their nursery. Luckily we close their door at nap time and bedtime so she couldn't get into real trouble. Then last week Savannah and Olivia both climbed over the baby gate downstairs, granted it is not a very tall gate but now that they have figured it out we will have to find something else.
Last week I called Scott and he ran upstairs to look at something and in the short amount of time he was gone all 3 girls climbed onto the changing table (they have been climbing it for a while now even though they are told no) and were sitting with Vaseline, which they had found on the diaper changing rack, they took the lid off and were all smearing it on the wall. I wish he could have gotten a picture of this as it sounds kind of funny. He did not think it was funny since he then had to clean it off the wall.
Since Savannah has not been escaping her crib on a regular basis we still keep her in the crib and have removed anything that she could have used to step on, this seems to be working for now. This weekend we went down to my moms house and planned on having the girls take naps there since a few weeks ago they had all taken a nap their together so we knew it could be done. However, this time it did not go so well. We had 2 pack-n-plays and a crib so Emma and Savannah went in the pack-n-plays and Olivia in the crib. We left and thought they were going to sleep. About 10 minutes later I passed the room and heard the noise of someone dialing a telephone. Well obviously no one had a telephone in their bed so I peeked in and saw Savannah with the phone walking around the room and handing things to her sisters. They were all having fun and definitely not sleeping. So we put Savannah in the crib and Olivia in her pack-n-play. All was quiet for 10 minutes so Scott and I went to get some milk and stuff. My mom called while we were out to say the girls had been screaming and she went in to check on them and Olivia had escaped but was trapped on one side of the room but was busily playing with the toys in that area. But her sisters were screaming because they were upset that she wasn't bringing them toys. So the girls got to stay up until we made it back, we ended up putting Emma in the pack-n-play that both Olivia and Savannah had escaped from and this time we finally got 2 babies to go to sleep...ahhhh what a long day. Olivia was the one who would not go to sleep. Now we have to figure out how in the world we are going to get them to sleep other places where we do not have cribs.
On a similar note, now that the girls are getting taller their favorite past-time is to turn lights on and off, on and off, on and off.
Last week I called Scott and he ran upstairs to look at something and in the short amount of time he was gone all 3 girls climbed onto the changing table (they have been climbing it for a while now even though they are told no) and were sitting with Vaseline, which they had found on the diaper changing rack, they took the lid off and were all smearing it on the wall. I wish he could have gotten a picture of this as it sounds kind of funny. He did not think it was funny since he then had to clean it off the wall.
Since Savannah has not been escaping her crib on a regular basis we still keep her in the crib and have removed anything that she could have used to step on, this seems to be working for now. This weekend we went down to my moms house and planned on having the girls take naps there since a few weeks ago they had all taken a nap their together so we knew it could be done. However, this time it did not go so well. We had 2 pack-n-plays and a crib so Emma and Savannah went in the pack-n-plays and Olivia in the crib. We left and thought they were going to sleep. About 10 minutes later I passed the room and heard the noise of someone dialing a telephone. Well obviously no one had a telephone in their bed so I peeked in and saw Savannah with the phone walking around the room and handing things to her sisters. They were all having fun and definitely not sleeping. So we put Savannah in the crib and Olivia in her pack-n-play. All was quiet for 10 minutes so Scott and I went to get some milk and stuff. My mom called while we were out to say the girls had been screaming and she went in to check on them and Olivia had escaped but was trapped on one side of the room but was busily playing with the toys in that area. But her sisters were screaming because they were upset that she wasn't bringing them toys. So the girls got to stay up until we made it back, we ended up putting Emma in the pack-n-play that both Olivia and Savannah had escaped from and this time we finally got 2 babies to go to sleep...ahhhh what a long day. Olivia was the one who would not go to sleep. Now we have to figure out how in the world we are going to get them to sleep other places where we do not have cribs.
On a similar note, now that the girls are getting taller their favorite past-time is to turn lights on and off, on and off, on and off.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Super Bowl
The girls attended their second super bowl party on Sunday. They are lucky to get invited to so many fun events. On the way to the party we realized we had forgot to bring the box of blocks that we had for them to play with. Our friends don't have any kids so we knew there wouldn't be much to play with, we were too far to go back so we just figured we may not get to stay long. The girls actually found lots of 'non' toy things to play with. The hosts (our good friends Jen-Lynn and Larry) had lots of decorations that were kid friendly so they had a great time. Emma was so funny she would go to anyone and hug their legs and let them pick her up, she is so friendly. The other two were shy at first but soon would climb up beside someone and hang out there then go find someone else to sit with. I think they really enjoyed themselves. I was also very glad to have an occasion for them to wear the cute cheerleader outfits I had bought them. Here are some pictures of our cheerleaders!
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| Emma |
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| Olivia |
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| Savannah |
Sunday, January 30, 2011
18 Months
The girls had their 18 month checkup yesterday and everyone is doing great. We were told during the pregnancy of all of the additional risks having triplets would be and how their health could be affected by prematurity, etc. So I have to say that we continually feel extra blessed to have such healthy little girls. Here is a little more on each girl.
Emma weighed in the lightest at 20 pounds and 4 ounces which is the 5th percentile, you can already tell she will have a small frame and will be thin and tall like her daddy. She 31 inches and is in the 25th percentile for her height, but we think she is taller than Savannah so it may be more like 31.5 which would be the 50th. Surprisingly she is our biggest and least picky eater. We have not found a food lately that she didn’t like, we even gave her mushrooms and she ate them up. Often she will eat her food and then finish off her sisters leftovers. She has become a very good walker in the last month and no longer walks on her knees. The doctor said he had no concern and said she was just a late walker. Emma has a lot of words like, hi, bye, duck, up (up is her favorite), shoes, socks etc. Emma is the most friendly to strangers and loves to be held, especially if you are standing. She is very sweet but lately we have seen a little feisty side to her. If someone tries to take away a toy that she has she will lean over to bite them, we have had several incidents of an open mouth approaching an arm, but she hasn’t actually made contact with anyone yet. We are trying to break this habit before it becomes an issue.
Olivia weighed in at 21 pounds even which puts her in the 10th percentile, she is also the tallest baby at 32 inches which puts her in the 75th percentile. Her hair is getting very curly and it is super cute. Everyone says she looks like me, I think her big eyes and curly hair are the culprits. Olivia is a good eater and likes most things, though last weekend we found out olives are not her thing. Olivia is still our little hoarder and feels that she needs all of whatever she is playing with. Last weekend at my mom’s she went around and gathered all of the remotes and to keep her sisters from taking them she proceeded to sit on 2 while she played with 1. She is very smart and plays well by herself, she probably talks the least but is very vocal when someone steals a toy. She has a lot of little words like hi, bye, up, etc. but her favorite words are juice and shoe. Her mood can change quickly she can turn on some big alligator tears and pop out her bottom lip very well and quickly, but she also is the easiest to make laugh even when upset. We haven’t decided if Olivia or Savannah is more dramatic.
Savannah weighed in also at 21 pounds which also puts her in the 10th percentile. She is 31.25 inches tall which puts her in the 50th percentile. She is our pickiest eater but our best drinker, she will finish an 8 ounce cup of milk or juice in no time, and she will often help out the other girls with their juice as well. Savannah is our biggest and best talker she says very funny things. She says No Mam to her sisters when she doesn’t approve of what they are doing or if they try to take a toy, it is funny. She also loves to tell everyone to Stop. She also has little words like, buh-bye, hello, shoe, sock, etc. She is the best at helping get things for me, if I ask her to bring me Emma’s shoes she will walk over and pick them up and bring them to me.
Emma weighed in the lightest at 20 pounds and 4 ounces which is the 5th percentile, you can already tell she will have a small frame and will be thin and tall like her daddy. She 31 inches and is in the 25th percentile for her height, but we think she is taller than Savannah so it may be more like 31.5 which would be the 50th. Surprisingly she is our biggest and least picky eater. We have not found a food lately that she didn’t like, we even gave her mushrooms and she ate them up. Often she will eat her food and then finish off her sisters leftovers. She has become a very good walker in the last month and no longer walks on her knees. The doctor said he had no concern and said she was just a late walker. Emma has a lot of words like, hi, bye, duck, up (up is her favorite), shoes, socks etc. Emma is the most friendly to strangers and loves to be held, especially if you are standing. She is very sweet but lately we have seen a little feisty side to her. If someone tries to take away a toy that she has she will lean over to bite them, we have had several incidents of an open mouth approaching an arm, but she hasn’t actually made contact with anyone yet. We are trying to break this habit before it becomes an issue.
Olivia weighed in at 21 pounds even which puts her in the 10th percentile, she is also the tallest baby at 32 inches which puts her in the 75th percentile. Her hair is getting very curly and it is super cute. Everyone says she looks like me, I think her big eyes and curly hair are the culprits. Olivia is a good eater and likes most things, though last weekend we found out olives are not her thing. Olivia is still our little hoarder and feels that she needs all of whatever she is playing with. Last weekend at my mom’s she went around and gathered all of the remotes and to keep her sisters from taking them she proceeded to sit on 2 while she played with 1. She is very smart and plays well by herself, she probably talks the least but is very vocal when someone steals a toy. She has a lot of little words like hi, bye, up, etc. but her favorite words are juice and shoe. Her mood can change quickly she can turn on some big alligator tears and pop out her bottom lip very well and quickly, but she also is the easiest to make laugh even when upset. We haven’t decided if Olivia or Savannah is more dramatic.
Savannah weighed in also at 21 pounds which also puts her in the 10th percentile. She is 31.25 inches tall which puts her in the 50th percentile. She is our pickiest eater but our best drinker, she will finish an 8 ounce cup of milk or juice in no time, and she will often help out the other girls with their juice as well. Savannah is our biggest and best talker she says very funny things. She says No Mam to her sisters when she doesn’t approve of what they are doing or if they try to take a toy, it is funny. She also loves to tell everyone to Stop. She also has little words like, buh-bye, hello, shoe, sock, etc. She is the best at helping get things for me, if I ask her to bring me Emma’s shoes she will walk over and pick them up and bring them to me.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Christmas #2
Last Tuesday Scott’s parents and grandmother arrived to celebrate Christmas with us. Their flight was very delayed because of the snow storm and they arrived about 6 hours after they had planned. They said it didn’t look much different when they landed from when they took off because we had a good bit of snow here too. Scott and I were excited to visit with his parents and we both took time off while they were here. We celebrated Christmas with the girls and they really had a good time. By now they have really figured out how to unwrap gifts. They got some really cute outfits and toys, here are some cute pictures from our Christmas with Scott’s family.
Unfortunately the rest of the visit did not turn out as well as I had planned (and I had really done a lot of planning to make it fun). I came down with a terrible cold/virus and I felt awful but with having company I could not just stay in bed. Plus Scott decided that he and my dad and his dad were going to build a small built-in bookcase in the playroom. It turned out beautiful but took 3 days instead of the 1 I had been promised so instead of resting I was making meals and watching the girls. I was very ready to go back to work where at least I could sit down all day at my desk.
Mem was in charge of morning snacks and each girl stood right by her to get their raisins or goldfish it was cute. They also found Mem to be a fun jungle gym and climbed all over her. 
Here is a picture with the girls and their Grammy (Scott's mom). This was the day I returned to work and so I am not responsible for the girls hairdo's or lack thereof. 
I am still recovering from this horrible cold/virus, it seems to be making rounds everywhere. The girls seemed to be snotty and grumpy for a few days but they are all better now, I wish I was so lucky.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
A White Christmas
I remember wishing for a white Christmas when I was younger but the closest we ever got was a few snowflakes on Christmas Eve. This Christmas the forecast was calling for snow on Christmas but I was skeptical. The snow arrived a little late to really enjoy on Christmas, it started falling at our house around 7pm. However, since we had over 1 1/2 inches by midnight it was declared that Charlotte did indeed have a White Christmas for the first time since 1947.
The next morning we had 4 inches of snow which is a considerable amount for this area especially in December. The girls hardly noticed all of the white stuff on the ground, though I did catch Savannah looking out the window at it a few times. We bundled them up around 10am and took them out to see the snow, which was still falling. Their reactions were quite different:
Emma was totally excited and sat in the snow trying to throw snowballs at us. Scott had thrown a few at her so she would pick up the snow and throw it, but of course by missing the 'roll into a ball' step it didn't make it very far. It was really cute.
Olivia didn't mind it at first but when she tried walking in it she fell down and I think she didn't like how cold it was because I had to carry her from then on, she would have nothing to do with it and screamed when I tried to get her to taste it. She did however, think that the snow falling on us was fun and would laugh and point at it.
Savannah would not walk in the snow, but she enjoyed eating it, she would walk along the sidewalk and pick some up to eat but would not get any closer.
We took them out again around noon and this time Olivia actually ate some snow and really enjoyed it. Here are some cute pictures of them enjoying the snow.
Here are a few cute videos:
After the snow we gave them baths and let them try some snowcream. They loved the snowcream so I think it is safe to say that they are true southern girls now.
Here is a video and some pictures of their first snowcream experience:
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