Finally, a Real Intro!
Life with triplets is, in one word, crazy! We love it though, and we find ourselves daily amazed by our quickly growing up family.
For those who don’t really know us (this is a public blog after all), I’m the mommy of our now 17 month old triplet boys, Dana. I’m 31, and I used to have a fairly well functioning brain and a full time outside of the home job as a geologist. I met my husband, Bruce, while trying to get out of school for the day. I was a college junior, and Bruce was an actual living, breathing, working geologist putting in some wells that anyone interested could go and view. If you’re anything like me, you are picturing Jack and Jill and a brick circle that you can look down into. I walked onto a property covered in mud with a hole in the ground with mud coming out of it. Hmmmm…. Anyway, at that point, I told him that he was very impressive but I would never be a geologist (famous last words from the former President of the Geological Association of New Jersey). Fast forward a bunch of years to 2002 to make a long story short as they say. We got married that December.
Bruce and I had discussed having children. We had even discussed waiting a year to start “trying.” By May, “Baby Fever” hit me hard. Needless to say, that’s when the trying started. After about eight months with nothing happening, we visited a specialist and began the journey that apparently befalls 1 out of every 4 couples-infertility. The blood work, the ultrasounds, the drugs, the injections in my stomach, the injections in my thigh that caused me to limp and not be able to sit comfortably because of the bruising-they all added to the feeling of absurdity. I mean, I hated getting shots and blood work done, and there I was volunteering to do it several times a cycle! I really wasn’t all that sure about letting Bruce do the injections that we had to do. Don’t people normally go to school for stuff like that???? Oh, we went for a one hour class, but I kind of assume that people who give people injections normally spend a little more time on things like that.
Luckily for us, one in vitro cycle after 18 cycles of “trying” worked. About 10 days after my positive pregnancy test at the doctor’s office, we had our first baby ultrasound showing three sacks-one empty. Ten days later, all three were full. The boys were delivered by emergency C-Section at 30 weeks. Evan spent 5 weeks in the hospital. Will came home two weeks later, and Bobby joined us in our now over crowded home at 8 weeks old. It’s been a real experience to get us all to this point.
Evan is the oldest. He has been in the Terrible Twos from around 9 months old. He has full scale temper tantrums when he doesn’t get his way and bites. However, he can be so sweet and has the most adorable little laugh!
Bobby is the middle baby although he is the smallest in size. Don’t let his tiny stature fool you though, he is a real tough little customer. Bobby is our little chatterbox. He spoke first, and he started to move last!
William is the baby. He is a very sensitive little soul. He is also very confident in his cuteness! Will has the most beautiful little smile and a contagious laugh!
So, I will try to post more about them now later. Right now, it’s time for a little quiet with the Mr.
For those who don’t really know us (this is a public blog after all), I’m the mommy of our now 17 month old triplet boys, Dana. I’m 31, and I used to have a fairly well functioning brain and a full time outside of the home job as a geologist. I met my husband, Bruce, while trying to get out of school for the day. I was a college junior, and Bruce was an actual living, breathing, working geologist putting in some wells that anyone interested could go and view. If you’re anything like me, you are picturing Jack and Jill and a brick circle that you can look down into. I walked onto a property covered in mud with a hole in the ground with mud coming out of it. Hmmmm…. Anyway, at that point, I told him that he was very impressive but I would never be a geologist (famous last words from the former President of the Geological Association of New Jersey). Fast forward a bunch of years to 2002 to make a long story short as they say. We got married that December.
Bruce and I had discussed having children. We had even discussed waiting a year to start “trying.” By May, “Baby Fever” hit me hard. Needless to say, that’s when the trying started. After about eight months with nothing happening, we visited a specialist and began the journey that apparently befalls 1 out of every 4 couples-infertility. The blood work, the ultrasounds, the drugs, the injections in my stomach, the injections in my thigh that caused me to limp and not be able to sit comfortably because of the bruising-they all added to the feeling of absurdity. I mean, I hated getting shots and blood work done, and there I was volunteering to do it several times a cycle! I really wasn’t all that sure about letting Bruce do the injections that we had to do. Don’t people normally go to school for stuff like that???? Oh, we went for a one hour class, but I kind of assume that people who give people injections normally spend a little more time on things like that.
Luckily for us, one in vitro cycle after 18 cycles of “trying” worked. About 10 days after my positive pregnancy test at the doctor’s office, we had our first baby ultrasound showing three sacks-one empty. Ten days later, all three were full. The boys were delivered by emergency C-Section at 30 weeks. Evan spent 5 weeks in the hospital. Will came home two weeks later, and Bobby joined us in our now over crowded home at 8 weeks old. It’s been a real experience to get us all to this point.
Evan is the oldest. He has been in the Terrible Twos from around 9 months old. He has full scale temper tantrums when he doesn’t get his way and bites. However, he can be so sweet and has the most adorable little laugh!
Bobby is the middle baby although he is the smallest in size. Don’t let his tiny stature fool you though, he is a real tough little customer. Bobby is our little chatterbox. He spoke first, and he started to move last!
William is the baby. He is a very sensitive little soul. He is also very confident in his cuteness! Will has the most beautiful little smile and a contagious laugh!
So, I will try to post more about them now later. Right now, it’s time for a little quiet with the Mr.
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