Its Been Awhile!

Well needless to say I haven't kept up with posts very well.....who would have thought having triplets would be so time consuming haha! The babies arrived August 6th at 1:00pm and 1:01pm. They came out in a totally different order....baby A was Jaxen (originally baby c), baby B was Alayna (originally baby A) and baby C was Jude (originally baby b). Jaxen weighed 3lbs 7oz, Alayna weighed 3lbs 0.7oz (she is still our smallest) and Jude weighed 3lbs 4.9oz. Alayna dropped down to 2lbs in the NICU...very tiny. They spent a month in the NICU. They were only on c-pap for two days which is amazing! They spent some time under the lights due to jaundice. There is nothing harder than seeing your baby for the first time all hooked up to feeding tubes, IVs and so on and not even being allowed to hold them, not for 48 hours at least. The c-section went well but recovery was very rough! my swelling dramatically got worse and so did the PUPPS rash! luckily the migraines went away! I'm still not over all the swelling 3 months later! I can't even begin to tell you what my body went through during and after that pregnancy! But it was soooo worth it! I have the most beautiful amazing babies that I am madly in love with! The are my world and I can't imagine life without them! Jaxen got to come home first and Alayna and Jude two days later......then the craziness began! After spending my days at the NICU I got use to having 24/7 help and care from the nurse it was quite an adjustment to bring home three tiny premature babies and be solely responsible for all of them. It has taken some time adjusting to our new normal but we are getting there. Thakfully God has blessed me with an amazing support system. I have the constant help of my husband, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother (who is about to go home...so sad), and my dad and sister on the weekends. I do not know what I would do without them! probably die of sleep deprivation! There is no night time in our house, it is all shift work. As we speak it is 4:18 AM and I have yet to go to bed, that is my usual shift.....I should get relieved here in about 30 mins. yay!! They eat every 3 hours and by the time you are done feeding all of them you get about 45 mins until you have to start over. We are also struggling with colicy babies. Especially my poor little Alayna who we found out has severe acid reflux. She has a hard time keep down her food which in tern is causing her to not gain enough weight. she is currently only 6lbs 6oz. We have her on prevacid and we started putting some rice cereal into her bottles which is seeming to help...fingers crossed. I just hate to see her suffer :(. There is nothing worse than seeing your baby hurt and not being able to do anything about it. Well I think I pretty much have brought you up to date.....now for some pictures :)