Tagged!

My pal Reebs tagged me so here goes...

The Rules:
1. Go to where you store your digital photos and open the 4th folder.
2. Post the 4th picture in that folder.
3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag 4 people.

Have fun! .....And before I forget, I tag Kellie, Kara, Jim&Jen, & Staci (to inspire you to blog again!)

So here it is. Back when we were only just dreaming of what our babies would be like. This would be where they sleep. This was where we piled all of the things we were given or had bought to prepare for their arrival. Three little infant carriers that they were almost too little to even come home in! I like to document things so I'm not surprised at all that I have a picture of just the room.
How fun to go back and look at old pictures. Come with me down memory lane! Between gearing up for the March for Babies, a friend's recent blog post, and now this little Tag making me go back and look at old pictures, I'm just in the mood to reminisce!
This is the night before I delivered the babes at 33 weeks and one day. Big, but no torpedo tummy like some mothers of high order multiples. I think I gained 70-80 lbs. I had to eat and eat and eat... lots of protein.

They were in the NICU for almost 4 weeks and almost 7 weeks. Thankfully they were healthy. Aside from a few small things, they just needed to grow and learn to eat. Those days are such a blur. Having Sam and Jules home and taking them every day to be with Sophia in the NICU was so hard. We were just waiting for life to get normal!

And then they were home and life was as normal as life with triplets can be. I have such incredibly happy memories from these early days. My mom basically moved in with us Mondays through Fridays for the first four months. Shane's mom, dad, and my dad filled in the gaps. Being surrounded by family and having such a supportive network of friends was such a blessing. Being up in the wee hours of the night, holding and feeding these precious new babies... sitting in the dark with Shane, we would just marvel at their sweetness. It was exhausting but so sweet.

At four months everything really fell into place. They were on a great nap/eating schedule and had been sleeping through the night for a while. Sam and Julia still shared a crib! Sophia slept in our room because she was still on a monitor. Sophia was also starting to get happier. She was a pretty grumpy baby. And LOUD. Now she's really the happiest of the three.
They were full of smiles.
And their personalities really started to emerge even more.
Sophie isn't grumpy anymore (well sometimes she is) but she is still the loudest. Even in the NICU you could hear her down the hall if she was screeching. As an infant, Julia liked to sprawl all of her limbs out and be free. We still find her sleeping with her arms abover her head sometimes. Sam often had a serious face when he was a baby and today it still takes him some time to warm up and be goofy in new situations!

I could spend all night looking through my old pictures but I want to go to the gym tomorrow morning and it's already past midnight so I better go to bed!